Chapter 6TEN DAYS BEFORE
Elizabeth Black tapped her daughter gently on the shoulder and signed to her that it was time to leave. She was in a hurry to get home as she wanted to once again go over the plans for the charity picnic event which was now less than two weeks away. Chrissie pulled a face and held up her open hand, “Five minutes more, please,” she mouthed silently. “We've nearly finished.”
“Please, Elizabeth,” her friend Becky begged. “This email is going to all the local shops asking them to donate tombola prizes for the charity picnic. We've spent ages getting the addresses and we've nearly finished our letter. It's a real tear jerker. They won't be able to resist. If they don't give us stuff they'll look like cruel, heartless losers.”
“I thought the idea was to ask them to do
