Melissa got to her sister’s house five minutes earlier than she was supposed to be as she had closed early from work. She had enjoyed her day at work and despite her former protests, she was glad to be spending the evening with her sister and her family. Immediately she drove up the driveway, Chuck and Natalie bounded out from the house to greet her. They stood on the verandah of their house, jumping up and down in high spirits and hardly able to contain their excitement as they waited for their aunt to come from her car. Melissa laughed a little, immense love for these two washing over her and she hastened to get out of the car so that she would not keep them waiting. Their mum had forbidden them to ever leave the verandah without supervision and unlike most children, they actually liste
