The Winter Promise by Rosie Goodwin

Author:Rosie Goodwin [Goodwin, Rosie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mary, Wilma, Helen
ISBN: 9781838772987
Google: siLmDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Published: 2020-10-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Susie had no idea how long she had been running, nor even where she was running to, but eventually a stitch in her side made her pause to catch her breath and lean against a fence. A thick smog had descended, coating the streets in an eerie yellow glow, and there was a damp chill in the air that seemed to creep into her very bones. The fog restricted visibility to a few yards in front of her, and as she tried to catch her breath, she peered nervously into the gloom. Running away had seemed such a good idea at the time, but now she wasn’t so sure. Even so, she knew it was too late for regrets now. She wouldn’t be able to find her way home, even if she wanted to. Nanny had never taken her further than the park and back so she didn’t know the area at all well, so now she was just going to have to make the best of things.

Eventually she walked on a little further down the street where she came to some shops, but she could see shapes huddled down in boxes inside the shop doorways so nervously she hurried past them and kept on walking. Sometime later, she passed some wrought-iron railings that were clearly surrounding a park, and when she came to the gates she slipped inside them. It was even more eerie in there, though, as there were no streetlamps to guide her way and for the first time tears pricked at her eyes.

After what seemed like an eternity, what appeared to be a large bandstand loomed ahead of her and she climbed the steps and huddled down in a corner of it. Her teeth were chattering with cold and her hands and feet were numb, but she was so exhausted that very soon she fell into an uneasy doze and knew no more.

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