Hello World by Joanna Sellick

Author:Joanna Sellick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-01-20T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

My palm feels heavier than usual, the tiny key in the middle of it weighing it down. Sighing, I turn it over and over again, my thoughts following a similar process.

In my palm I hold the key to my past, everything I have kept behind closed doors for fourteen years. Every little secret, every little piece of my parents and maybe even a part of myself sits just gathering dust, almost as if waiting for me to come and open this book that is my life.

But one little thought keeps regenerating itself in my mind. What if I don’t like what I find?

Charlie has grown up with a woman like his mum and still found it in his heart to accept her, what if Charlie has been exaggerating about my parents and they were actually as snobby as my grandmother?

What if my parents aren’t what I hope they are? What if I find something that will shake my little world once again?

What does my house look like? Is it on a fancy estate like my grandmother’s or is it a tiny house like Charlie’s? Is it full to the brim of personal items or smothered with pointless decorative pieces?

I groan out loud and rub my temples. Why is something like this so difficult to decide? I have two choices; either put the key away or visit my old home. It should be simple.

Someone drops beside me and I shouldn’t be so surprised to find who I do. I almost laugh, but instead I lean a head on his shoulder.

‘Charlie called, told me what happened,’ Jay says, his voice edged with something hard. ‘She had no right to say those things, I don’t care if she’s the frickin’ Queen of Tweed.’

This time I do laugh out loud, I have complained a number of times about my grandmother’s love for tweed suits.

‘Wait, Charlie actually called you up?’ I ask in surprise. Jay winks.

‘I guess the charm worked and I’ve finally been accepted into the Willow household, huh? But yeah, he called. I figured this is where you’d be.’

I smirk. I’m sitting on mine and Alex’s hill again, overlooking the small town I have grown up in. Darkness has long since fallen but I’m warm enough in a thick hoodie and coat.

The photo frame I have taken from my grandmother is lying on the grass beside me, and Jay picks it up to take a closer look.

‘Are these them?’ He asks with intrigue.

‘Yeah, my parents,’ I smile softly, the words feeling odd on my tongue.

My parents.

‘Your mum is beautiful. You look so much like them,’ he comments. I nod, still fidgeting with the key. ‘Are you going to go?’ Jay asks quietly, his eyes landing on the shiny object.

I pause. Am I going to go?

It’s funny how the same question can be repeated over and over again, with the only answer ever being silence.

I purse my lips, trying to put my thoughts into something that makes sense.

‘21 Roselyn Avenue,’ I recite from the piece of paper Charlie had given me.

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