Page 17 - My Home on the Earth

Chapter Two
‘Cara! Are you here?’ shouted Kay Maitland, as she lugged three heavy bags of fresh vegetables and groceries through the front door. ‘Cara!’
‘I’m up here. I’ll be down in a sec,’ her daughter shouted back. She’d tried not to think about the boy, but her mum had a knack of being able to sense if she was troubled. She brushed her hair and pinched her cheeks before leaving her bedroom.
‘Sorry I couldn’t pick you up earlier, we had a panic with missing prescriptions. Is Grandma OK?’
‘Yes. She’s had her hair coloured again,’ smiled Cara, coming down the stairs. ‘I forgot to tell her it suited her.’
11