Chapter 30
Kim yawned and itched her nose. She might be half-asleep, but she still knew what day it was. Daisy day.
Jake poked his head in. ‘I can’t find Dusty. He wasn’t in my room when I woke up.’
Kim rubbed sleep from her eyes and checked the time. Eight o’clock. ‘He probably got sick of waiting, and took himself for a walk. You should get up earlier.’ It had been an unseasonably warm night for late June, and she’d left the back door open to catch the breeze. Dusty had long since learned to open the screen door for himself.
She fell back on the pillow, still tired. It had been a late night, cooking, cleaning – making sure everything was perfect for Daisy’s arrival at lunchtime. There was still plenty to do. Sweep. Make up mattresses on the floor for Grace and Stuart. Put clean sheet
