An hour later Johnathan, Chester and Jasmine arrived back at the house. The talk from Martha and Phillip Aqua had bored them nearly to tears, and once they'd been dismissed, it had taken all their self-control not to run from the building.
When they walked into the hall, Samuel met them looking decidedly drained. ‘I hope you had fun while I was here dying,’ he said sourly.
‘You look perfectly healthy to me. I can’t even see that horrendous bump on your head anymore,’ Jasmine said sweetly. ‘And we didn’t force you to stay here, you chose to. Now, where’s Erin? We’ve got some news.’
‘She’s in the living room, treating a few of the children for hiccups. They begged us for ice-cream, and because Erin’s been so down about having to keep out of sight lately, she relented and went out to get s
