Chapter twenty

As the summer holiday was about to come to an end, Tom dailed Lacey's number and wedged the phone between his ear and his shoulder while he took the basket of clothes handed to him by the maid. He winked at her and closed his room door. The phone had barely rung when he heard her voice. "Please tell me you're ready to leave tomorrow? Cause I can't wait to see you."

"Hi. Sadey is that you?" He chuckled.

"Very hilarious. Are you ready though?"

"In the middle of packing actually. Why are you so excited about me leaving? You wouldn't even be back till next week."

"I just want to know that you're there when I get there. You didn't get to say goodbye and I miss you."

He chuckled again. "I miss you too. It's too bad Toni still has you all to herself. My dad has this thing the weekend before school starts, and before that my friends and I are going out. So I won't get to see you till we get to school."

"I can live with that."

"You sure?"