Tom was pretty sure... almost certainly... that Shelley did not want to go to Southern California with him. Ever since they had come to the  Seaside Rest her mind had been elsewhere.  Padel was something he suggested just to see if he could spark something back in her but it...

"What do you mean it wasn't that nice?"

"I just thought it was, hmm, meh I don't know."

There was a long pause as Shelly and Tom were walking. 

"I just can't believe we played there, and..." Tom was saying. 

She wasn't really listening to what Tom was saying she was imagining...