CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Meloni jumps up from the couch, clapping her hands fast, and smiles. She grabs Sarah’s hand and pulls her along as she runs to her room.
Sarah gathers her clothes from before. She wads them under her left arm with her bear cloak hanging over her right. Is she leaving anything? Oh! Her boots. She goes into the washroom, grabbing her boots next to the screen, and returns.
Meloni gathers her cosmetics into a small bag.
Sarah looks down at her cloak, picking at bits of mud in the fur. “Meloni, I know I’m supposed to look proper, but until we get there can I wear my bear cloak and gloves?” She cuts her eyes up at Meloni.
Meloni smiles, turning around to her trunk. “Yes, of course, but hand me the violet at’tapud in the closet.” She doesn’t turn around, only points behind
