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London.
    “Are you enjoying this?” Todd put his arm around her waist.
    “It's great.” She turned her head, and gave him a peck on the cheek. “Thank you.”
    “Am I forgiven for earlier?” he said.
    “For calling me a whore?” Suzy said in a voice which was loud enough to be heard by the other occupants of the pod. “You haven't even begun to work that one off.”
    Todd smiled awkwardly at the other people. “She's only joking,” he said sheepishly.
     
    “Can't we call it a day yet?” Todd said, as Suzy tried to drag him back to the bus stop.
    “We haven't seen half of it yet.”
    “Wouldn't you rather go for a drink? Or something to eat?”
    “I'd like one of those.”
    Todd followed Suzy's gaze.
    “A hot dog?”
    “Yeah. And plenty of onions.”
     
    “Aren't you having one?” Suzy took a bite of the foot long hot dog.
    “I'm okay. Come here.”
    “What?”
    “You've got—” Todd grinned as he took a tissue from his pocket. “There's tomato sauce all over your face.” He dabbed her cheek. “
    “This is delicious. Do you want a bite?”
    “I'm good, thanks.”
    Todd's phone rang. He studied the screen, and then said,” I have to take this. I won't be a second.”
    Suzy took another bite of hot dog as he walked away. She tried to hear what he was saying, but he had his back to her.
     
    Somehow, she managed to eat the whole hot dog. She'd never felt fuller. Still, it had been worth it.
    “Sorry,” Todd said. “There's something I have to do.”
    “Is everything okay?”
    If the look on his face was anything to go by, Suzy already knew the answer.
    “Yeah. Everything's fine. Why don't you buy yourself some clothes and then make your way to the hotel? I'll be back later.” He pulled a handful of bank notes from his pocket. “Here.”
    “I don't need your money.”
    “Did you bring any clothes with you?”
    “No, but—”
    “Then don't be stupid. Buy some and then get a cab back to the Esquire.”
    “They won't let me in.”
    “I'll give them a call to make sure they do.”
    “Why can't I just go with you?”
    “You can't,” Todd said a little too sharply. “It's business. Meet me at the hotel. Okay?”
    Suzy took the money, and watched him hurry away. When she counted, she found he'd given her four hundred pounds. She didn't like the idea of taking his cash—particularly after his 'whore' remark, but she'd need a change of clothes if she was going to stick around.
     
    As Suzy made her way back to the shops, she called Lacey who answered on the first ring.
    “We've just been on the London Eye,” Suzy said—her voice childlike with excitement.
    “We?”
    Whoops! Her and her big mouth.
    “Did Todd turn up?”
    “Errr.”
    “Suzy! Stop pissing around. Is Todd there?”
    “No.”
    “I know you're lying.”
    “Okay. He was with me, but he had to go somewhere.”
    “Where?”
    “He didn't say.”
    “Suzy!”
    “I promise. He took a phone call, and said he had some business to attend to. We're meeting up later.”
    “Where?”
    “He made me promise not to tell you.”
    “You have to. Raw and Carol think he may be in trouble again.”
    “He's not. He's just having a laugh. He's fed up of Rawhide and Carol checking up on him all the time.”
    “What am I supposed to tell them?”
    “Tell them Todd's okay and that he's with me.”
    “That'll make them feel a whole lot better.”
    “You can be such a cow.”
    “Sorry, I didn't mean that.”
    “Tell them I'll keep an eye on him. If he's in any trouble, I'll give you a call.”
    Straight away? Promise?”
    “I promise.”
    “Okay.”
    “Hey, the London Eye is really cool. You can see for miles from up there. We went on an open-top bus tour too.”

Chapter 6
     
     
    Suzy could have spent a whole week on Oxford Street. There were so many more shops to choose from than back home. The pavements and shops were crazy busy, and everyone seemed to be in a rush. Normally, she had to plan her purchases from month to