Head First by Samantha Black

Author:Samantha Black [Black, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-21T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Alexis hesitated before walking up the Quinns’ front drive. Sharon and Ken had been nothing but lovely to her, but their house was intimidating in its size and grandeur, and she felt underdressed in her work jeans and the woolen pullover that she had thrown on when she had left home.

What must Mason have thought of her when he had shown up at Bert’s cottage and seen the layers of filth that coated the surfaces inside?

She furrowed her brow slightly as she stepped towards the door and knocked. She had never really thought about it before, but Mason’s family clearly came from money, from a lot of money. And yet they had been so welcoming to her, even though she really was the poor neighbor.

A minute passed. No one came, and she knocked again, this time much harder. She hoped that the sound would carry across the house. If someone was on the far side, they wouldn’t have a hope of hearing her.

No one came. She was about to turn and leave, but a noise from inside made her peer through the glass windows, only to jump back in embarrassment as Georgia’s unsmiling face appeared and opened the front door. “What are you doing here?”

Alexis wanted to squirm under the girl’s unfriendly gaze, but she held her head high. “I uh, needed some help from Mason.”

“Come on in then,” Georgia said, turning around, and she stalked back out of sight and into the kitchen.

“Is he here?” she called, as she kicked off her shoes. The hallway was long and lit from overhead skylights from the mezzanine floor above them. It never failed to take her breath away, this house. The high ceilings and exposed wooden beams framing the skylights above her gave the feeling that she almost wasn’t inside at all, and instead the house just opened to the heavens.

Georgia had disappeared into the kitchen and Alexis followed her. “Is he here?” she asked again, a bit louder to make sure Georgia had no excuse to pretend she hadn’t heard.

“No.” Georgia’s tone was decidedly curt. It almost sounded like she was about to cry.

As Alexis entered the kitchen, she bit back a gasp of dismay. She had only ever been in the kitchen once before, to help clean up after the night she’d had dinner here. That night it had been spotless. Today, however, there were pots, pans, baking trays and cutlery spread across every surface. A fine dusting of what looked like flour was spread across every surface as well, including splatters on the wall and floor. And there was a distinct smell of burning.

Georgia was also dusted in flour. And now that Alexis looked at her, she could see that the young woman’s eyes were rimmed with red.

A blackened circle shape sat on the bench. The burnt smell was coming from it. “Is everything okay, Georgia?”

Georgia swiped at the flour dusting her face. “Does it look okay?” Her voice was unnaturally high. “I’m meant to be dropping

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