The Silent Daughter by Kirsty Ferguson

Author:Kirsty Ferguson [Ferguson, Kirsty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books

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Mia couldn’t stop thinking about the meeting at the café with David. The way he had looked at her, what he’d said to her, how she felt safe in his presence. There were no warring parents, and no Oliver stalking her and trying to scare her. She knew it was wrong, that she shouldn’t have let him hug her to his side and she should definitely not have let him put a hand up her shirt. She had touched him back, wasn’t she leading him on? Then again, no one had seemed to see her in a long time, seen within her soul. Not ever actually. David got her.

Walking into the classroom for first period maths with Jane sitting beside her and Oliver behind her as usual, for once Mia was able to ignore Oliver. It was only after Mia looked in her bag that she realised that she didn’t have her textbook and notebook. Where the hell had she left them? It was then that she remembered that she had left them at the café when she had run out on David.

‘Mia?’ She looked up. ‘I’d like a moment of your time outside in the hallway if you don’t mind.’

Mia scraped her chair as she stood, her classmates making noises at her. She looked over at Jane who gave her a look as if to say, what did you do?

Mia walked out into the hallway. David kicked the door shut with his foot. ‘You ran out of the café before you could take your books, so I thought I’d be a gentleman and return them to you.’ He handed over the books to Mia who took them from him, their hands touching briefly.

‘Meet me after school, Mia, near the shed on the edge of the oval. Please. I want to help you with your problems, and I can’t do that if you won’t talk to me.’ He touched her on the shoulder, gripping her gently. ‘Let me help you.’

‘Okay,’ she whispered before opening the door, holding her books and going inside.

She saw both Jane and Oliver staring at her. Jane raised her eyebrows, a questioning look on her face. Oliver looked angry.

The day went slowly. Mia kept glancing at the clock in each classroom, watching the minute hand go round and round, inching ever closer to the three o’clock bell. Should she meet David after school? She still wasn’t sure, even when the bell rang, yet she found her feet walking towards the oval. As the shed came into view, David stepped out from the doorway. His arms were stretched up, hands gripping the top of the door frame. It was hot and his t-shirt was pulled tight across his chest and his arms. Mia found her breath increase in speed, her heart beating faster and faster.

‘Hey Mia,’ said David in his gravelly voice.

‘David, hi. I’m not sure… not sure why I’m here. This is weird. I don’t know.’

‘There’s nothing wrong with meeting up, Mia, we can work on your maths, just like we planned to the other day if you want.

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