Chapter 24
“All right.” Mum put her hands on her hips. “Are you sure you’re going to be okay, darling?”
“Mum!” Jayden rolled his eyes. “I’m sure! I’ll be fine. Go and enjoy yourself.”
Mum’s birthday was on Sunday, and Dad had splashed out, booking them in to a spa in Bath for the whole weekend. Jayden was privately doubtful that Dad was going to last the whole weekend in a fancy spa, but it got them away from the house from Friday evening until Monday morning, and he was all for it.
Mostly because he was going to do it. He’d already invited Darren to spend the weekend, and they were finally going to do it. Not that he’d told Darren that, but…well, it wasn’t like he was going to argue, right?
“All right,” Mum said, hugging him and smoothing his hair out of his eyes. Jayden smoothed it
