Now wasn’t a suitable time. I re-read the message repeatedly. I wasn’t expecting him to turn me down. If anything, I thought he would have been over the moon that I wanted to visit.

He seemed eager the last time we spoke. Something didn’t feel right but I didn’t bother to reply, instead I put it to the back of my mind and went to get ready for the day ahead.

Jake was standing in the kitchen, a coffee in one hand and his phone in the other.

“I’m taking you to breakfast”.

“Can ...