Chapter Eleven
Mia
“What colour would you like?” I’m in the paint section of a hardware store with Elly and Tom.
Dylan, Mal and Jake are cleaning out the final things from Elly’s new room and we’re picking up some paint and supplies to make the room really hers.
I’ve not heard back from my parents yet, but I don’t want to wait any longer on their answer, we can just start doing this now. We don’t have to wait to start doing some painting around the place, if my parents decide to sell the house, it’ll be freshly painted, and Elly can choose new colours for her room in a new house. Nothing lost, only gained, because doing this feels like we’re finally making progress, that we’re really all moving into the house, we’re really all moving in together.
Elly stares at the wall with the cards
