Winter of Grace (2011)
“‘I told you to call, I was waiting,’ she said. ‘I don’t like you taking lifts from strange men.’ Mum worries too much. I nearly told her Elliot was a church youth leader but I wasn’t ready to break that news to Stella yet. Instead I said, ‘He wasn’t a stranger, he was Jay’s brother, the guy from the peace rally.’ ‘That is a stranger. Next time—’ Mum broke off as Stella gave a huge yawn and sagged against the wall. Her eye makeup was all smudged; she looked like a skinny, bedraggled panda. Sudde...nly I was so tired I could hardly stand up either.
Mum raised her hands. ‘Off you go. And plenty of water before you––’ ‘Before we go to bed, yeah, yeah, I’ve got the message.’ I pushed Stella into my room and she promptly collapsed onto the bed and began to snore. I had to wake her up to tip a bottle of water down her throat before she passed out again. I toppled onto the spare mattress like a fallen tree, and suddenly it was morning.
Stella’s pale, panda face gave me an agonised stare over the edge of the bed.MoreLess
Mum raised her hands. ‘Off you go. And plenty of water before you––’ ‘Before we go to bed, yeah, yeah, I’ve got the message.’ I pushed Stella into my room and she promptly collapsed onto the bed and began to snore. I had to wake her up to tip a bottle of water down her throat before she passed out again. I toppled onto the spare mattress like a fallen tree, and suddenly it was morning.
Stella’s pale, panda face gave me an agonised stare over the edge of the bed.MoreLess
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