The Taste of Apple Seeds by Katharina Hagena

Author:Katharina Hagena
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062293480
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter VIII

ALTHOUGH IT WAS ONLY A short distance to my house I didn’t want to walk it in Max’s blue dressing gown. So I got into his car and Max put the bike in the boot, although only half of it fitted in. He didn’t let me out at the bottom of the drive but opened the wide gate and took me as far as the green gate that led to the yard. He retrieved my bicycle from the boot and inspected it.

“Doesn’t seem to be any damage. You’re lucky.”

I nodded.

Max scrutinized me as closely as he had the bicycle. “You ought to get some rest.”

I nodded again, thanked him, and walked through the garden to the front door, trying to look dignified and poised in spite of the huge dressing gown. I must have succeeded, because when I reached the corner of the house and turned to Max, I could see him watching me with his arms folded. I couldn’t read his expression but I tried to persuade myself that it was full of wonder.

By now it must have been the afternoon. I slipped off my sandals at the bottom of the staircase and hauled myself up, groaning a duet with the banisters. Everything was still hurting. The shock. I threw myself on the bed and fell asleep instantaneously.

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