her mother sighed at Rhi at the breakfast table the next morning. “I’ve had exams all week, Mum,” Rhi pointed out. “I just need a break, OK?” “If you’d worked a little harder for your exams, I might agree with you, Rhi,” said her mother. “But they’re in the past now and we’ll just have to hope for the best. Whereabouts in London are you going?” Rhi wasn’t about to give her mother details. “I don’t know,” she said, deliberately vague. “Somewhere central. Shopping, maybe.” “It seems that’s all young people want to do these days.” Her mother put the lid on the jam with more force than necessary. “Is this Lila’s idea? I still think that girl is trouble.” It was an old argument that Rhi wasn’t prepared to have right now. She discreetly checked her watch. She had half an hour to catch the train. “Can I?”
