Lola Jacob drove us home and then both he and Jack carried all my bags inside their home. I had tried to take a couple of them but they both seemed to be offended at the suggestion I carried anything. " Mum is home with your things," Jack had told me as we walked up the steps to the door of their house. " How do you know?" I asked him. " Oh, I, er, saw her car as we drove in." " But how do you know she has my things?" " Because we know she wouldn't come back without them, right J?" Jacob had chimed in. " Yeah, exactly." I narrowed my eyes slightly as I looked at them both. Why did I get the feeling they were being evasive about something? I decided not to dwell on it though. Why would they be lying about how they know that their mum has my things? Maybe, after years of living in

