Roxanne knew she wasn’t going to school today, yet she made extra care that her hair was entirely black and her contact lenses were worn. She did these out of habit, not thinking as to why she needed to know that she wasn’t going to be attending school anytime soon.
“I… I…” Roxanne muttered, unable to truly answer her grandmother’s query.
Linda smiled as she saw the look of uncertainty and surprise in Roxanne’s face.
“I don’t want to see those contact lenses on you when I get back and you should wash away that dye. Their hair bleached somewhere in the kitchen, I labelled it so finding it shouldn’t be too difficult” Linda said.
She turned away from Roxanne and walked down the path leading away from her cottage, waving goodbye to Roxanne
“I’ll be back soon. Take care” She le
