PROPER, PROPER COOLThe art competition took place a month later
Much to Daisy’s relief, Kippy
hadn’t gone to Dod’s memorial service. He’d told Katrina that he couldn’t face
it. He had, however, spent quite a bit of
time with Dod’s parents. He and Dod had been friends since nursery school.
Dod’s parents were both very fond of him, and they liked to hear him talk about
Dod and all the things they’d got up to over the years.
Not all of it was suitable for
parents’ ears. There were enough jolly japes, though, to make Mrs McCaskill
laugh and cry at the same time.
Daisy had managed not to see Kippy
for the last four weeks. It hadn’t been easy. She stayed away from certain
parts of the town, and she made Katrina tell her where he was all the time so that she could avoid those areas. T
