Chapter Forty-one

Summary

• Maddie reflects on her feelings towards Sam, acknowledging his attractive traits but realizes she needs time to understand if he's genuinely kind and funny.
• Maddie seeks advice online and from friends about whether it's acceptable to date Jo's casual ex, receiving a mix of responses.
• Shu and Nia offer differing opinions — Shu encourages the date, unaware of who Jo is, while Nia suggests talking to Jo and reminds Maddie she doesn't have to date anyone.
• Maddie reveals to Jo that she's moving out to live with Nia and intends to accept a dinner invitation from Sam.
• Jo coldly acknowledges the situation, showing signs of being hurt but not openly confronting Maddie about it.
• During their conversation, Jo admits that they were never truly friends, just flatmates, which leaves Maddie with mixed feelings.
• Shortly after, Maddie is called home urgently by her mother because her father's solicitor has arrived to read his will, which is unexpected to Maddie.
• At her family home, Maddie learns from Mr. Ackah, her father's solicitor, that her father left an investment worth £50,000 solely to her.
• Maddie's mother and brother James are stunned by this revelation, with her mother expressing an expectation for a share, citing financial needs in Ghana.
• Despite her mother's and James's reactions, Maddie is told by the solicitor that the money is hers alone, as per her father's emphatic will.
• James points out the irony of their mother's earlier statement about not being attached to Earth's material things, quoting the same Bible verse she used.