Chapter 11
Mum appeared in my room about ten o’clock with the perfect cup of tea, which almost made up for only seven hours sleep.
“Your father’s been telling me what an amazing daughter we have. I’ll be honest, dear, I didn’t understand half of what he said, and the other half scared me out of my wits, but I couldn’t be prouder.”
I wasn’t so sure. Those didn’t look like tears of pride. I put the tea down and put my arms around her.
“Oh my,” she said after a very long moment. “Thank you for that, dear. I rather needed that.
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