Pictures in the Sky by Amanda Paull

Author:Amanda Paull
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Women's fiction, humorous romantic fiction, feel-good love story, friends, laugh out loud, starting again, holiday read, sadness to happiness, love and romance, heartbreak to joy, happy ending, gentle love story, soul-mate love, eBooks > Books > Literature & Fiction > General Fiction > Holidays, eBooks > Books > Literature & Fiction > Humour & Satire > Humour, eBooks> Books > Literature & Fiction > Women’s Fiction > Humour, eBooks > Books > Literature & Fiction > Literary Fiction > Humour, eBooks > Books > Literature & Fiction > Literary Fiction > Romance, eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary > Women’s Fiction, eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Women’s Fiction > Romantic Comedy
Publisher: Amanda Paull
Published: 2018-07-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

SARA FINISHED OFF A pleasant afternoon shopping, with a coffee and a chapter of Harry Potter in Costa. When the train pulled into Ashpeth station, it was only half past five – plenty of time to get ready. As she set off for her grandparents’ house, she wondered if her nana would have something nice to snack on before she went back out. Maybe some corned beef pie.

To get to their house in Cedar Gardens, she could either go down Farnby Terrace and up through the garages or walk all the way down Stoben Lane and along the bypass. Sara decided on Farnby Terrace as it was much quicker. The only trouble was that halfway down there was a family with a vicious mongrel dog that always went for her. No one believed the evil beast targeted her, but Sara knew the truth, and it had gone on for years.

She could see the brute out roaming in the road, so she made a detour and went the long way down the bypass. However, as she turned the corner to the street leading onto her grandparents’ cul-de-sac, the beast walked around into the top of it from the opposite end. She went back and forth a couple of times, diving down the sides of houses whenever the dog wandered close by, eventually getting a little closer to her nana and grandad’s house.

Then it spotted her, crouching next to a garden fence, and let rip. She ran as fast as she’d ever run in her life, rueing the day she’d sneaked that first cigarette. She almost made it to the back door, but at the last minute had to dive into the old coal house. She managed to slam the door shut, just in time to escape the dog, snarling inches from her heels, its claws skidding and screeching on the concrete path.

When she slammed the door, the bolt slid along a touch, not all the way, but enough to lock it from the outside. She sat there, for what she thought must be about twenty minutes – in reality, it was more like an hour – waiting for the dog to leave, before attempting to get out. That’s when she discovered she was trapped, and there was no phone signal.

By the time Sara heard a car pull up, another hour had passed. Her throat was hoarse from shouting, and her fists sore from banging on the door. And there was a scratching noise in the corner, which she tried not to think about. Encouraged by the sound of voices and frantic footsteps on the path, she stood up to give it another go. Unfortunately, the people started shouting at each other. One was Nana, but the other sounded like her mother, though she knew it couldn’t be, because she was at home getting pissed with Judy. Damn it, they hadn’t heard her.

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