Surprisingly, her mother didn’t question her when she told her that she'd be staying with her grandparents until Monday morning. It turned out that the man she had recently sold a house for, had been quite keen on her, and they were casually seeing one another. Barker was in good hands, and instead of waking up with a head full of questions and dreading the day ahead, she remembered where she was.
She noted a little pile of clothing on the end of the bed and smiled. Every time she stayed over as a teenager, nana would always lay her clothes out for the next day, and picking up the t shirt and jeans she felt a lump form in her throat. These had been hers when she was eighteen, an ace of spades t shirt and stonewashed jeans. Pulling the jeans over her legs, she was pleased to find they stil
