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26. Need to Be Needed
I should apologise.
I've been telling that to myself since I left the supermarket, all through preparing dinner, through dinner, and now that I'm in my room about to sleep, it's the same song.
He was right, I was being too nosy. If he had been rude, then I had been rudely nosy. Who was I anyway, to say the two hadn't deserved his rudeness? It might have seemed odd to me for someone to behave that way towards a parent, but then again Mr. Walker hadn't been exactly warm towards his son. Maybe that's how they dealt with each other, no love lost, and there I was, being the nosy know-it-all.
Me, 11.32pm: Hey.
That's how long it takes me to gather courage to type out that single word. Two long hours. Knowing Jude, he is still awake.
And still mad?
My phone buzzes a minute later, and I check the text, heart in mouth.
Jude, 11.34pm: Hey. Jo? It's Cole.
Oh. I feel myself deflate. Why is Cole texting back on Jude's phone? D
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