asked still staring through the window, watching the long grass on the verges bend against the April winds. “Did you just leave them without a word?”
“You have a really low opinion of me don’t you?”
Amber didn’t answer him, but just stared at him and curled her lip.
Jake sighed and shook his head. He really didn’t know what he’d done to upset Freckles, but she’d pretty much hated him from the first day that she’d arrived at Luke’s house. He guessed it was his womanising, but Tom was as bad as him and she didn’t treat him with disdain.
Noah, Luke’s nephew, had gone to work at Luke’s record company to train in music production, so Luke had employed Hugo. When that ended in disaster, he asked Amber to step in. Apparently, she’d been going through a bad time, although Luke didn’t expand on why. He just said it was what she needed and as a trained PA she’d be an asset to the tour. And, she was. She seemed to know what they all needed before they did. Bottles of water appeared out of nowhere during rehearsals. When they appeared for more than one night in a town or city, they usually stayed in a hotel and on those nights, their favourite meals were always delivered to their rooms. Room Service usually knocked within half an hour of arriving, without anyone ever having to order it. Their laundry and dry cleaning were always done without having to ask, somehow she just knew when they all needed new underwear and socks buying and more importantly when Jake and Tom needed more supplies of condoms. The fact that Amber was around was also good for Stacey and Martha. It meant that they could look after their children and enjoy time with their husbands without some of the mundane stresses and strains of life on the road. She’d been a godsend to them all, but a bloody mean and angry godsend as far as Jake was concerned.
As the gates at the bottom of the drive slowly opened, Amber let a smile touch her lips. She loved living here and despite the fact that Jake was around, she was actually glad to be back and able to sleep in her own bed tonight. At the top of the drive, she spotted Luke gently lifting Rocco’s car seat out of the back of his Range Rover. He’d had it driven over to the hotel so that they could travel home in it, wanting to pick Auntie Lucia up on the way back. She’d been staying with Gabriella, Luke’s sister, for a few weeks while they’d all been on tour. Amber’s heart warmed when she thought of her aunt and Luke, and how good they’d both been to her – Martha too. It had been Luke though who’d given her a job when things had gone sour for her back home. She’d needed to get away, and Auntie Lucia had suggested she stay with them for a while, but Luke had gone one better and offered her a permanent get away. That first day coming here she’d been nervous about what lay ahead. Okay, they were family, but she knew Luke wouldn’t give her an easy ride if she didn’t cut it, but as soon as she walked through the door, her worries ebbed away. Something clicked inside her head that told her she could do this and be good at it. The only fly in the ointment had been finding a bare arsed Jake taking a busty red head against the summer house wall, when she’d gone for a walk in the vast garden to have a look around. He didn’t even notice Amber. As she turned to rush away, she heard him tell the red head that time was almost up and she needed to hurry. He was obviously anxious to move on to his next conquest, Amber thought in disgust. From that moment, Amber decided he was a prick whom she would avoid at all costs, and he’d done nothing at all on tour to change that decision.
After dinner, Luke and Jake decided to play pool while Martha and Amber cleared the dishes away. Lucia had gone up to her room to unpack and then go to bed as she was feeling tired after some late nights chatting with Gabriella and