Chapter 53

To: Nessa Cahill

Subject: Penzance

Shane frowned, and flipped through the pile. Dad had stapled them together, and Shane scanned the dates. It was an email chain to Aunt Nessa. Dad never bothered printing emails unless they had directions on them. Or ticket confirmations for the football. And half the time he forgot those, too. But this time he’d left them out with Shane’s name written on the top one, so…

Shane dumped his schoolbag on the table and scanned the first email, frowning at Dad’s enthusiasm as he told Aunt Nessa about the new posting. Exclamation marks all over the place, and Shane flipped to the next one. Aunt Nessa’s reply was missing, but she’d obviously asked about Chloe because Dad just went on and on about her and how she’d agreed to come with, and Shane really could have done without knowing how much Dad gushed about Chloe, thank you very much.

And then the third one was about him.

Shane paused.