The Silk Factory by Judith Allnatt

Author:Judith Allnatt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Ghost, Chick-Lit, Horror, Fiction, Historical, Women's Fiction, Thriller, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780007523016
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2015-05-20T23:00:00+00:00

Rosie glanced round. ‘It’s all locked. Come on, Cara, come and sit on Mummy’s knee.’

With one chubby hand still on the handle, Cara pressed the other against the thick, frosted glass.

‘It’s your go,’ Rosie said. The glass was already covered with finger smears and, besides, Cara would get bored in a minute.

Cara pulled the handle down and let go, pulled down and let go; each time the handle made a grating noise.

‘Cara!’ Rosie said without turning round.

‘Dirl!’ Cara shouted.

Rosie, busy trying to memorise Sam’s last go, which had revealed the elephant she needed to match the one she’d spotted on the far left of the table, finally glanced round. Cara had her nose and hands pressed flat against the glass, and she was gazing out into the darkness of the garden.

‘What’s she doing?’ Sam said as Cara took her head back, away from the glass, and then slowly leant her forehead against it once again. He got down from the table and peered through the pane above Cara’s head. ‘There’s nothing out there,’ he said, at a loss.

‘Boo!’ Cara called out and began banging her hands on the glass. ‘Boo! Boo!’

‘I think she’s playing peekaboo,’ Sam said. ‘Like in a mirror.’ He put his arms around her middle to lift her away.

‘You mustn’t bang on the glass, Cara,’ Rosie said. She knew it was toughened, shatterproof stuff but still, it could loosen a whole panel.

Sam picked her up like a sack of spuds and began to walk backwards away from the door. Cara reached towards it and began to cry, squirming in his arms. Sam said, ‘Cara! Stop it! You’re spoiling our game!’

Rosie took her from him. ‘She’s tired,’ she said. Cara struggled to get down, pushing herself away from Rosie’s chest. ‘I’ll take her up. Back in a minute.’

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