Chapter Six
Tom
I don’t want to leave for work without checking in on Mia, Mal and Jake. If Jake is going back to the city today and Mal will be off for band practise all day, I can’t not check in on them, to make sure everyone is okay, to make sure Mia will be okay on her own all day. She might need help with something, or Jake or Mal may need a ride to the bus stop or station, which are both on the way to my work for the day.
As I walk up the path to the house, Elly tagging behind me, I first see Mia in the window of the kitchen, and as she catches sight of me she waves at me, while saying something. Then, behind her, Mal and Jake get up and rush out of the kitchen. From all the way over here, it didn’t seem like they were fully dressed, I didn’t see any shirts on them. I let out a la
