The Ugly Stepsister by Avril Sabine

Author:Avril Sabine [Sabine, Avril]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781925131178
Publisher: Broken Gate Publishing
Published: 2014-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

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Ellie glared at Tom and Sam as she put a packet of soup in the trolley. “Haven’t you two got anything better to talk about other than the contents of my trolley?”

Tom and Sam shared a look before Tom answered with a grin. “Nope.”

Ellie rolled her eyes, stalking down the aisle. She weighed up walking home with her groceries against Tom and Sam criticising her eating habits. She sighed. Okay, so she was stuck with them. She hurried through the rest of the shopping and headed for a checkout. Her hands hovered over the flour she hadn’t put in the trolley. Then she spied a bottle of vanilla essence and cocoa. She knew who was to blame.

Sam shrugged when her eyes landed on him. “You’re nearly out of flour and you need the other stuff.”

Ellie shook her head and started to put the groceries on the conveyor belt. She found several more items as she went. At least they were all food that was kept in a cupboard. She’d be able to keep them in her bedroom so they weren’t used on the weekend. Except the flour. No one was ever interested in flour.

When they arrived home, Tom and Sam helped her put the groceries away. Neither of them commented when she put the extra items Sam had thrown in the trolley in her room.

When everything was away, Sam looked from Ellie to Tom. “How long are you staying?”

“Ellie?”

She shrugged when Tom turned to her. “I don’t have anything planned.” She faced Sam. “Why?”

“I was thinking of walking over to see Lauren. It’s only ten minutes from here.”

Ellie smiled. Sam had joined her and Lauren at lunchtime, bringing with him custard Danishes. It had been odd having another person hanging out with them all lunch, but before the bell rang Sam had actually managed to talk to Lauren without any awkwardness. Tom had joined them until his friends had dragged him away to play some sport involving a ball. She just couldn’t remember which game it had been.

“Are you going to stick around for a bit?” Ellie stepped closer to Tom.

He nodded. His eyes didn’t leave Ellie as he spoke to Sam. “I’ll give you a call when I’m leaving and pick you up on the way.”

Ellie tugged Tom towards her room, kicking the door shut behind them. They tumbled onto her bed, jolted back to their surroundings nearly an hour later when Ellie’s mobile phone rang. She hesitated. Her lips clung to Tom’s a moment longer before she grabbed her phone from the floor, sitting up to answer it.

She listened as the person on the other end identified themselves as being from the hospital. A sense of unreality washed over her as they continued to speak. Once the conversation was over, she carefully placed her phone on the chest of drawers beside the bed, staring down at it.

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