Seeing Stars
“Not having given any thought to how they’d travel to Tarnia Snepps’ party, the Hayfields van turning up outside Moth Cottage came as a complete surprise to her – but not to Gwyneth and Big Ida.
‘Neither of us drives, duck, so Lewis always obliges,’ Gwyneth puffed happily, using Big Ida’s cupped hands as a leg-up and catapulting into the van. ‘Hello, Jem.’ Amber, trying to look nonchalant, clambered in behind her under her own steam. Unfortunately, the clambering was made less than elegant b...y Pike lolloping in over the top of her and plonking himself on Jem’s lap.
‘You’ll have to sit in the back,’ Lewis grinned over his shoulder at her. ‘Sorry.’ ‘’S OK,’ Amber said, wishing that her black skirt wasn’t so short or her white shirt so tight or her sandals so spindly.
The sandals were not a good choice, she knew. Her feet would be screaming before the evening was half over. Sensible shoes, as prescribed by Mitzi, simply weren’t in her wardrobe.MoreLess
‘Neither of us drives, duck, so Lewis always obliges,’ Gwyneth puffed happily, using Big Ida’s cupped hands as a leg-up and catapulting into the van. ‘Hello, Jem.’ Amber, trying to look nonchalant, clambered in behind her under her own steam. Unfortunately, the clambering was made less than elegant b...y Pike lolloping in over the top of her and plonking himself on Jem’s lap.
‘You’ll have to sit in the back,’ Lewis grinned over his shoulder at her. ‘Sorry.’ ‘’S OK,’ Amber said, wishing that her black skirt wasn’t so short or her white shirt so tight or her sandals so spindly.
The sandals were not a good choice, she knew. Her feet would be screaming before the evening was half over. Sensible shoes, as prescribed by Mitzi, simply weren’t in her wardrobe.MoreLess
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