Broken: The real monsters live disguised as humans by Legat Anna

Author:Legat , Anna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SpellBound Books
Published: 2022-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Seeing Loki walking back into the camp with Auntie Yvonne by his side should have felt like the ultimate betrayal. A sob shook inside Joshua like the shudder of an awakening volcano. Joshua gasped and tears rolled down his cheeks, but he couldn’t tell exactly why. He was torn: worried about what Auntie Yvonne was going to do to him for running away, but also strangely comforted by her arrival.

Auntie Yvonne shrieked his name and ran towards him with her arms wide open. She scooped him into them. Even though Joshua didn’t like to admit it, being in Auntie Yvonne’s arms felt better than just good. He wept some more, his nose dripping onto Auntie Yvonne’s shoulder. Small as she was, she was able to lift Josh off the ground and swirl with him firmly in her embrace, his arms and legs dangling. Then he couldn’t help it – he wrapped his arms around Auntie Yvonne’s neck, so desperate to hold on to her, not to let her go, that he nearly strangled her. She coughed.

She sounded croaky when she finally put him down, grabbed his shoulders and, looking deep into his eyes, said, ‘Let’s go home.’

‘But…’ Joshua tried to have his say.

‘No, don’t you worry. I know everything. Loki told me all about it. You’ve made your point – loud and clear - and you won’t be sent to a boarding school. If I have anything to do with it, and I do, your grandfather had better sit up and listen. I’ll have words with him. That’s a promise.’

That promise was credible and reassuring even though it came from such a small person as Auntie Yvonne. Grandad was scared of Auntie Yvonne and he always did what she said. Joshua breathed a sigh of relief. Although there were still a couple of unresolved issues that needed addressing, at least he wouldn’t be going to prison. It’d be nice to sleep in his own bed tonight and to see Flip and Flop. Maybe he could still raise the possibility of a narrowboat trip with his new friends during the half-term break. That would be as soon as the next month, and the next month was only six sleeps away.

‘Let’s go home.’ Auntie Yvonne reached for his hand.

He withdrew it. He wouldn’t be pushed around now that he had made his point. He had another point to make: ‘But I want to have my fish first. I cooked it myself, and my tummy is growling with hunger. I need to eat something or I may die.’

Showing him all due respect, Auntie Yvonne took a seat on the carved log bench, and waited for Josh to finish his supper.

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