The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil

Author:Melissa Keil
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
Published: 2017-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

We don’t speak as we walk outside. I’m still reeling from my encounter with his sister; especially after Joshua’s brief detour to find his contact lenses left Gillian and me alone in their foyer, somehow discussing Monique Keraudren and the flora of Madagascar.

I’m filled with an odd sensation of melancholy as we walk down the giant driveway. It seems so easy for them, so normal. Even Elsie’s brothers, who once trekked en masse to our primary school to confront a kid who’d stolen Elsie’s lunchbox, don’t use the ‘L’ word. I have about as much chance of hearing those words in my house as I do of proving the existence of dark matter.

‘So, I’m sorry about Gillian,’ Joshua says, snapping me from my thoughts. ‘She’s a tiny rage-monster, true, but if you scrape away the attitude, she’s actually a really decent person.’ We reach the main road, huddling beneath the lights of the tram stop. ‘Gilly is just a hell of a lot smarter than most people, and it’s kinda like this weapon she doesn’t know how to wield –’ He pauses, looking at me strangely.

‘What?’

He shakes his head as the lights of an approaching tram crest the hill. ‘Nothing. Nothing at all.’

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