Reyona marvelled at her acting prowess.

Maybe she had a second career lying in wait for her after all.

But then she had taken it too far when she mentioned the school.

She wished she had stuffed her feet in her mouth before the words got out.

After all, all she had known about it was the name of the school, and she had video-called the children when they were leaving for school on their first day.

That was last week.

Junior's squeal of “Reyona, you came!” was the first hiccup of the night.

Macaulay looked confused for a moment.

“I thought you were not going to…”

“...come back from...