"What do you need?" Andrew's question breaks into my bubbled silence.

"Err... I need to go home," I tell him without so much as looking at him.

"Okay; let's go say goodbye to your friends."

I look at him for the first time and I see concern etched across his face.

When we re-enter the dining room my friends go silent.

Elle asks the first question. "Is everything okay?"

I don't answer. I just pick up my coat. "You're leaving?" Sarah's face is ...