The Ex-Mas Holidays by Zoe Allison

Author:Zoe Allison [Allison, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2023-09-26T00:00:00+00:00

I owe you an apology for being a dick earlier. I’d like to say sorry in person, if you don’t mind me coming over.

Maya hovered her finger over the phone for a second, but the decision was already made.

Sure. Free whenever you are.

Thanks. On my way.

Maya let out a breath, unsure how to navigate this situation. She blew her fringe out of her eyes. He could’ve just apologized on the phone, but the fact that he wanted to do it face-to-face was touching.

There was a knock at her bedroom door, and she opened it to see Yvonne standing there. “Can I have a word?”

“Sure.” She gestured her mum in. “What’s up, buttercup?”

Smiling, Yvonne sat on the bed. “Do you really want to send those CVs out? Or did you only agree to it to please your father?”

The hair on the back of Maya’s neck pricked up. “No, I want to do it,” she said quickly.

Yvonne raised her eyebrows, but Maya got in there before she could ask more. “Sam’ll be here in a minute. We need to discuss something.”

“Oh yes? What’s going on with you guys?”

“I don’t know, to be honest. We’re kind of friends now.” She paused to sit next to her mum. “Scratch that, we are actual friends. It’s just a bit of a rocky road.”

Yvonne nodded. “I noticed your dad was a bit funny the other day, when I mentioned you working at the resort as a favor to Sam. But later on, when I asked him why, he changed the subject.”

Glancing down, Maya rubbed her toe over the carpet. “Dad used to think Sam was a bad influence, back when I started at the ski center.”

“How come? He didn’t know about your involvement?”

“No, he didn’t. It was a misunderstanding, really. I enjoyed working there and wondered . . .” She hesitated, choosing her words carefully. “Whether I might like to pursue it as a career, rather than going to uni. Sam encouraged me to speak to Dad about it, and I did. But . . . Dad and I both decided it was best that I continue with the plan for an accountancy career. None of it was Sam’s influence, he was just trying to help me voice my feelings.”

She was aware it was a heavily edited version of the truth. But if she told her mum the exact details, then it would be easy for Yvonne to put two and two together. And she didn’t want to put her mum in a difficult position with her dad.

The discussion with her dad had, in fact, been more of a blowout, which had taken place on the date of the Tavern night out. Maya had tried to explain that she wanted to consider deferring university and staying on at the resort. She hadn’t even suggested that the situation be permanent. But Omar had still come down hard, rubbishing her plan and reducing her to an ashamed child. She’d made the mistake of mentioning Sam’s support, and her

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