CHAPTER 16
I WAITED A few minutes, and when Luke didn’t reappear, I went to find him.
I’d hoped I was wrong about him being ill, but when I heard the gagging noises coming from the downstairs loo, that hope faded. When I pushed the door open, he was kneeling over the toilet, and judging by the mess on the floor, he hadn’t made it in time.
He groaned when he looked up and saw me. “Please go out. I’m fine.”
No, he wasn’t “fine.” Embarrassed, yes, but definitely not fine.
“I’ve seen worse.” Although not by much. He’d gone from nought to Norovirus in sixty seconds. “Somebody has to look after you.”
“Yes, but not you. I don’t want you here while I’m like this.”
Under his grey pallor, a red tinge spread across his cheeks.
“Well, do you want me to call someone else? Your mother? Or your s
