Asking for Trouble

‘I want you to stay away from that boy,’ she’s saying now. ‘Mum! That’s not fair! You haven’t even met him.’ ‘I don’t have to meet him to know he’s a bad influence.’ I sit and say nothing. For weeks she left me in charge. I even had to ring the plumber about the hot water service. Now she’s treating me like a little kid. And she hasn’t even met Luke! Gorgeous, bad-boy Luke provides a welcome distraction from the depressing realities of Mel’s life – until things begin to get a little out of control . . .