Beach View Boarding House [01] There'll Be Blue Skies by Ellie Dean

Author:Ellie Dean [Dean, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Sagas
ISBN: 0099560461
Google: 1p6CIQRuHcUC
Amazon: B005E87WPY
Goodreads: 16562113
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011-08-04T05:00:00+00:00

Ernie woke her in the middle of the night, crying because his back and legs were aching. Sally ran down to the kitchen to fill a stone hot-water bottle; wrapping it in a towel, she got him to snuggle up to it while she massaged him back to sleep.

Lying in the darkness, she could hear the church bells calling people to Midnight Mass. It was almost Christmas Day. She turned off the bedside light and opened the curtains.

The sky was as black as velvet, studded with twinkling stars, and she could see the frost dusting the rooftops like icing sugar. Staring out at the heavenly display, she wondered what her parents were doing. Florrie was probably out dancing, but Dad would be at sea, perhaps looking at the same stars. She hoped he was thinking of her and Ernie, and she wished with all her heart that he could be here for Christmas.

Sally closed the curtains, checked on Ernie and climbed into her bed. There had been no word from him, and she had to hope he was all right. Comforting herself with the thought that Florrie probably hadn’t told him where they were, and that he’d come to visit as soon as he could, she closed her eyes and let her mind wander through the day, and the little scene on the doorstep.

With a soft smile of contentment, she was soon asleep.

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