Grief Girl by Erin Vincent

Author:Erin Vincent
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780375891304
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2008-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

It’s now eight o’clock. I’m sitting on the family sofa squashed between Janice and Ted. Danny is now home and is sitting on the floor in front of us. It’s kind of nice, actually. We’ve just eaten a dinner of fried eggs and chips with tomato sauce and are watching an English TV show, Love Thy Neighbor.

I’m waiting for the questions about my exciting adventure or the accident, but they don’t come. Aren’t they fascinated by the fact that they have an international traveler in their midst?

Apparently not. The show ends, and Danny and I are told to go to bed.

“I’ll be up in a tick,” Janice tells us as we climb the olive green carpeted stairs.

“Mum, I’m old enough by now,” Danny yells, and then turns to me, rolling his eyes. “She likes to come up and say goodnight even though we’ve already done that.”

I grab my pajamas and get dressed in the freezing cold bathroom and run and jump into my bed hoping Danny won’t see me.

“Everyone set?” Janice says from the bedroom doorway.

She tucks Danny in and he tells her to stop fussing before she does the same to me.

“You’re a lovely lass, you know that? It’s a real pleasure having another girl in the house. I wish you could stay longer than a couple of days.” She smiles. “Now, if you need anything, just call. We’re right in the next bedroom.”

“Thank you, Janice,” I say, feeling myself get all teary for some stupid reason.

I’ll bet Francine isn’t getting this cozy treatment at that big, cold mansion.

For a few days, it almost feels like I have a family again. When it’s time to say goodbye, we all hug, and I promise Janice I’ll write. There really are some good people in the world.

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