"Bethany," I whispered, as I engulfed her in a tight hug. It had been too long since I’d seen her last. I felt like a really bad mother who had dumped her child with somebody for a few weeks without any contact and only just returned.
Disgruntledly, she hugged me back. I couldn’t blame her for being a bit mad at me, I’d had so much going on that I hadn’t made much time for her or Jex, but they had had each other so I was sure that she couldn’t be too mad, after all I was giving them space.
"You were gone for so long!" she cried, smacking me softly on the shoulder. I sat down on the black leather couch in the living room and offered her the seat next to me. She flopped down and her frilly white dress trailed after her.
Her blond hair shone and was pulled up into two separate pony tails
