The Auction Trilogy

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The difference between Christmas in the Land of Oz and the northern hemisphere is up north, the Christmas lights twinkle through your picture window like a beacon of hope to a tired person coming home. In Oz, however, Christmas comes just after the summer solstice, so when Adam's tires crunched up the driveway, the sun was still so bright it made the lights all but invisible.

I plugged the Christmas lights in anyway. It made Pippa happy, and that's what the dusty expedition through her grandmother's icky spider closet had been all about. She ran out to greet him while I busied myself in the kitchen. The scent of chicken legs roasting out on the barbie filled the air. I tossed a salad and added butter to a bowl of rice.

I kept my nose into my dinner preparations as I heard Ada