Cicada Summer (2009)
Cicada Summer
“It was hard to believe that not long ago, she would have just let the water pour away down the drain, that she hadn’t known how precious water was. Bree used to have twenty-minute showers. Eloise could imagine how Mo would have thumped on the door and yelled at her.
Precious, beautiful water . . . She’d really like a swim today . . .
Suddenly she wrenched off the taps and jumped out of the bath.
She was barely dry, still buttoning her shorts, as she snatched some toast and crunched it down.
‘Yo...u’re in a hurry today.’ Mo stared over the top of her glasses. ‘Something urgent to do?’ Eloise nodded, then, as she passed Mo’s chair, she impulsively dropped a kiss on her grandmother’s wiry tangle of hair.
‘Strewth! What’s brought this on?’ Mo looked up, startled. ‘Not going to do anything silly, are you?’ Eloise shook her head and grinned as she flew out of the kitchen. She rushed out the back door, launched herself onto the bike and down the driveway, and nearly knocked over Tommy and a slightly-built woman in a blue headscarf as they stepped out onto the pavement.MoreLess
Precious, beautiful water . . . She’d really like a swim today . . .
Suddenly she wrenched off the taps and jumped out of the bath.
She was barely dry, still buttoning her shorts, as she snatched some toast and crunched it down.
‘Yo...u’re in a hurry today.’ Mo stared over the top of her glasses. ‘Something urgent to do?’ Eloise nodded, then, as she passed Mo’s chair, she impulsively dropped a kiss on her grandmother’s wiry tangle of hair.
‘Strewth! What’s brought this on?’ Mo looked up, startled. ‘Not going to do anything silly, are you?’ Eloise shook her head and grinned as she flew out of the kitchen. She rushed out the back door, launched herself onto the bike and down the driveway, and nearly knocked over Tommy and a slightly-built woman in a blue headscarf as they stepped out onto the pavement.MoreLess
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