Chapter 19
Darren dragged Jayden back into town right after a short lunch, inflicted by Mum, who’d caught them on their way downstairs. Jayden had flushed so hard he was sure Mum had seen right through him, but she’d not said anything, and he’d been kind of grateful for Darren’s reasons to escape.
“She’s going to work us out,” he warned Darren as they waited for the bus.
“So?”
“So I’m not out yet, and I don’t know how she’d react, and…”
“And cross that bridge when you come to it,” Darren advised. “Your mum’s not going to freak. My mother might freak, but yours is more likely to hug us both to death.”
“Not much better,” Jayden grumbled, but let it slide.
Town was busy. The economy was crap (apparently; Jayden didn’t know the first thing about economics) and the January sales were int
