C31 A MUST-GO PACK

"Hey, hurry up!" I scream at mum on sighting Jude catwalking from a near distance.

"Sophia, this is..." She stammers. "Dylan!"

"What?" I stoop low and place my chest on his heart. Blood trickles down my earlobe to my jaw as I do that.

"No, no!" I struggle to say as mum looks back every now and then, just to confirm if Jude is still coming for her. No, for both of us.

"Mum