As she turned into their street, she saw ahead a new For Sale sign on the old white house. She hadn’t spoken of it to Max and Isabel, thinking that it had no place in her future, but now... She slowed down and pulled over in front of it.
For Sale‘Is this their house?’ Isabel said from next to her.
‘No, Mum,’ Audrey said with a laugh. ‘They’re a bit further along. It’s just that... I don’t know. I saw this house on the first trip here and...’
‘It’s charming... but darling, what is your interest?’
Audrey shook her head. ‘Nothing, Mum. It was just a fanciful idea.’
‘To buy it?’ Max’s attention had been derailed from his notebook.
The vine’s tentacles had wound their way around the posts of the verandah, obscuring the poor condition of the wood and softening the facade. Audrey noticed th
