family bonds

chapter 1 part 2

A feeling of relief fills her as she leaves the shop. ‘Was it technically stealing’ the thought had crossed her mind. ‘But then again who wouldn't have picked it up’ a smile breezed past her lips as she tucked it into her bag.

As Jess walked round the corner to meet back with Anya their collective thoughts turned to one thing. It was 9 o'clock already! They hadn't noticed how late they actually were but no one would notice either.

It was always better when it was just the two of them. As they headed over to the local park to spend a majority of the day laying in the sun and reading Jess looked through her bag for her bag of crisps. Almost instantly remembering the purse she found at Mr Patels.

“Oh crap Anya!!” Jess exclaimed

“What! What's wrong?” Worried and suddenly anxious Anya had gone paler than normal.

Giggling Jess responded “nothing I just remembered I found a purse in the shop, I put it in my bag and bloody forgot about it”

Placing her hand over her heart Anya replied “You're such a pratt I thought something was wrong!” Relieved she put out her hand “give it here then let me have a look”

The purse was handed over without hesitation.

Anya began to inspect the purse with great detail…

“Classic hand stitching, gentle quilting, crystal detailing. The owner clearly has some money. Or it's the best market knock off I've ever seen in my life” her eyebrow raised almost touching her hairline, a child-like smile crept up the side of her face. “Can I open it?” the cheshire cat grin had reappeared on Anya's face.

“Yeah sure if you want to” Jess smiled back neither one of them knew what could be inside. But they were going to.