two can come and help take all this stuff to the kitchen,’ he snapped, moving round to the back of the truck.
‘Oh…do we have to?’ moaned the girl.
‘Yes, you do. You too, Mickey.’
‘I’m just finishing this game—’
‘Now!’
Evidently Hal didn’t believe in reasoning with children. No wonder the children looked sulky, thought Meredith. It worked, though. Mickey put down his computer game and trailed down the steps after his equally reluctant sister, but both stopped dead and stared when Meredith got stiffly out of the truck and stretched.
Hal followed the children’s glances. She looked decidedly the worse for wear. Her suit was rumpled, her hair a wild bush around her head and she was swaying with tiredness, but he had to admit that there was a certain style about her. Putting a hand to the small of her back, she stretched and winced at the soreness of her muscles.
‘Emma and Mickey, you’d better come and say hello to—’ he began, only to find himself interrupted by Lucy, who had come out of the door and was standing at the top of the steps, staring in disbelief at her sister.
‘Meredith?’ she said, astounded.
‘Hi, Lucy.’ Thousands of miles she had travelled, and that was all she could say!
Shaken out of her trance, Lucy came hurrying down the steps to sweep Meredith into a warm hug.
‘I can’t believe it’s really you!’ she cried. ‘It’s so good to see you.’ Then she pulled back to hold Meredith at arm’s length as her beautiful blue eyes darkened with puzzlement. ‘But what on earth are you doing here?’
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