Chapter 25
Mum and Max had never fussed over me so much in my whole life. Mum had even momentarily left the bakery in Ming’s hands—something she’d never usually do on a busy Saturday morning.
“You rest today, sweetie,” she insisted. She tucked the edges of my blanket tightly around me, snuggling me up like a burrito. She hadn’t done that since… I couldn’t even remember when. Other people might have found it nice to be coddled, but in my case, it was an overreaction.
“Mum, I’m fine.”
Max leaned over my bedside, scrutinising me with narrowed eyes. “Don’t believe her, Ma. She’ll go back to work on Monday and do the same thing.”
I glared at him at the same time Mum looked over me in disapproval, as if I’d already gone and done exactly what he suggested.
“I’m okay!”
“Sure, if your defini
