Tracey was regretting not bringing her jacket. It was chillier than she had expected. "It's all right," she conceded. Compared to Heidi's flat, Tracey's was rather shabby. She watched as Heidi set out the cartons.
Sheepishly, she offered Heidi one of her dumplings. "Anxious to get back to the team?" she asked conversationally.
Eating daintily, she wondered what they should talk about. It was tempting to talk about better times, when they were together at school, but that was hard too on another level.