Chapter 14

The rest of the conversation went by as a blur, and soon I found myself alone in the galley, listening to echoes of what had been said. I couldn’t even remember what I’d asked after they’d told me, but I know they’d had to calm me down to avoid being overheard. I felt stuck; I couldn’t go to the bunks where Jason and Sophia were, and I didn’t think I could go into the rec room where Byron was. In the end, I didn’t have to do either, because Sadie entered the galley looking concerned.

‘Are you...