I strolled slowly towards the bus stop and home, repeating all the day"s events over and over and over in my head. I turned them from one side to the other, rolling them around, twisting them to and fro, and examining them carefully.
I didn"t bump into anyone I knew as I walked through the town and was grateful for the solitude. As my thoughts fell over each other and bumped their unsteady way through my mind, one of them suddenly shone like a beacon. Annie would come to me! She"d be at Mrs Burgess"s waiting for me. i***t! Why hadn"t I gone straight home?
I caught the last bus, thank goodness, and despite willing the driver to go faster with every ounce of telepathy I could muster it was after half past seven when I opened home"s welcoming door. Mrs Burgess popped her head around the kit
