The Secrets We Keep (2016)
“I’m barely in the front door and I can already tell everything will be shiny. It makes our flat seem even browner and plainer.
‘Wow!’ I gasp, sounding like I’m five. I’ve never been in such a new house before. All my friends live in weatherboard places that constantly need painting.
‘I know. Dad built it and he only finished it last year,’ says Ellie as she leads me through the foyer. ‘It’s not normally this messy though …’ I see what she means. Every room we walk past looks like someon...e has started trying to clean up but stopped halfway. There are piles of folded laundry in the lounge room, the kitchen bench is covered with breakfast dishes and LEGO is everywhere. Ellie must pick up about a hundred pieces just walking up the sweeping staircase to her bedroom. I run my hand slowly up the polished wooden banister as if I were a princess. I’ve always wanted a staircase and a bedroom upstairs.
‘Dad’s not good at cleaning.MoreLess
‘Wow!’ I gasp, sounding like I’m five. I’ve never been in such a new house before. All my friends live in weatherboard places that constantly need painting.
‘I know. Dad built it and he only finished it last year,’ says Ellie as she leads me through the foyer. ‘It’s not normally this messy though …’ I see what she means. Every room we walk past looks like someon...e has started trying to clean up but stopped halfway. There are piles of folded laundry in the lounge room, the kitchen bench is covered with breakfast dishes and LEGO is everywhere. Ellie must pick up about a hundred pieces just walking up the sweeping staircase to her bedroom. I run my hand slowly up the polished wooden banister as if I were a princess. I’ve always wanted a staircase and a bedroom upstairs.
‘Dad’s not good at cleaning.MoreLess
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