Limbo Island Box Set by Simon Farrant

Author:Simon Farrant [Farrant, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrant Fiction
Published: 2019-07-11T22:00:00+00:00

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It was now six Earth weeks since Nancy’s funeral, and Marcus and Hope both put a brave face on their feelings in public, even though they missed their parents more than either of them could say.

Hope resembled her mum in the looks department, and Marcus had taken to calling her ‘mini-me,’ which Hope had become quite fond of. Her school had been more understanding than Marcus had expected, and they sent her to a counselling class every Thursday. Being eleven, traditional counselling wasn’t appropriate, but the school put on a small class with other emotionally challenged children to take their mind off their troubles by doing activities and group talks.

Marcus arrived home with fish and chips for him and his sister. The meal always brought back great memories of their parents. Almost every Friday, the family used to share a fish supper, so Marcus wanted to keep the tradition alive.

Nicola stayed good to her promise of being there for Nancy’s children, calling them several times a week and popping into the house when she had time. Her job in the hospital meant that she always finished before 5 p.m., and her boss was sympathetic if she needed to finish early to offer a shoulder for Hope to cry on or an ear to listen to Marcus.

Nicola and Marcus moaned about Niall from time to time, even though Marcus always felt a little deflated when the subject of his mum’s ex-boyfriend came up. Hope, thankfully, didn’t really remember him.

Hope doused her chips in vinegar, to Marcus’ amusement, and he said, ‘I know you never got to meet Dad, but he always put loads of vinegar on his chips too. It must be a genetic thing.’

‘So is this annoying hair!’ Hope rolled her eyes, pointing to the ginger mop on top of her head. ‘I’m going to make an appointment for after school tomorrow. Mum always said I could have my hair as I liked.’

Marcus pointed his fork at her and said, ‘I don’t think so, young lady. Maybe when you are like eighteen, but Mum would have had veto over your hair. I’ll let you go if Nicola takes you for some girly time.’

Hope rolled her eyes. ‘Okay, Dad!’

Nicola walked through the door to find the pair rolling about with laughter.

‘Nicola!’ squealed Hope. ‘Can you take me to the hairdressers please? Pretty please!’ She fluttered her eyelashes at the older woman, who laughed and agreed without question.

Nicola plonked herself down between the siblings and stole a chip from each plate. She looked at Marcus and said, ‘How’s the work going at the museum?’

‘Really well, although I still don’t know what the curator’s real name is,’ he said thoughtfully. ‘It’s probably something weird that she doesn’t like.’

‘Quite possibly,’ said Nicola. ‘Or maybe she hasn’t got a name and she is a humanoid or a robot or something.’ Laughter pulsed around the table. ‘I’ll make you an appointment for after school, whichever day they can fit us in at the salon.’

Hope smiled with

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