2. Megan shows Trinity a
picture of her crush
Trinity watched her little
neighbour experimenting with her
look, a little concerned. Was
Megan copying her, and if so how
would her parents react?
3. On one of Megan's visits, Trinity was relieved to discover it was
about her at all. It was about a boy. Though as Megan put it, all
the best people dressed this way and the inclusion of herself in
the girls list of ‘best’ people warmed her.
4. She listened indulgently
while Megan spilled her
heart about her crush.
Eventually, she revealed
it was a teen called
Allain, and showed her a
blurry picture taken
without his knowledge.
She told Trinity not to
laugh, but he was her
babysitter. But she was
sure he didn’t think she
was a baby. Maybe
when she aged up…
5. As gently as she could, Trinity warned Megan that this
Allain probably does see her as just a child. Chances are
even if she aged up soon, he would still think of her as his
old babysitting charge wouldn’t return her feelings. She
could see Megan wasn’t convinced, so dropped it for now.
6. Her relationship with Edward was
stalling. She still had fun on their
dates, but his secrecy was killing her
inside. That was why she made the
decision to use some of her shady
skills and pick his pocket. She had to
find something, a receipt from his
local corner shop, anything.
7. One night he took her to the club,
this was the perfect opportunity.
When he missed his wallet, there
would be any number of people on
the dance floor that might have lifted
it. She bided her time and waited
for the perfect moment.
8. At the end of the night, he left her alone
while he checked with the staff to see if his
wallet had been handed in. She had a rifle
through but there was nothing in it of use
except a tatty old photo.
Luckily, and against all the odds, the
person in it looked familiar…
9. Trinity was certain, the
blurry picture of the teen
Megan had a crush on and
the kid in Edwards wallet
were one and the same.
This was the lead she’d
needed, now she could
track her boyfriend down.
10. As the sun set, two
travellers arrived at the last
empty house on Deasil
Street. They stayed quiet,
not wanting to disturb
anyone before the morning.
11. The next morning however,
Bernice Kasitova couldn’t
wait to tell her best friend
Teresa the news she’d been
keeping from her as a
surprise. She had moved to
Deasil Street!
12. Ambrose Merrihall had
made it possible. After
a few chance meetings
in the city at parties,
Bernice discovered
both of them wanted to
move to Appaloosa. A
houseshare was the
perfect solution,
Ambrose hated living
alone and Bernice
couldn’t afford to.
13. Bernice goes over the road to meet Teresa, big happy reunion.
She chucked a pebble at Teresa’s
window, which had been their
code when teens. Teresa came
out to tell off the papergirl and
was stunned to see Bernice
standing there instead.
14. She ran to Bernice and grabbed her in a big hug. She
hardly dared to think, was the furniture moving
truck she’d seen yesterday connected to her friends
appearance?!
15. Bernice explains her elderly parents
had just died, so she’d finally been
free to move out of the tiny village
where they’d grown up. Following
her to Appaloosa had seemed the
perfect option.
16. Teresa was a bit concerned that Bernice doesn’t
seem too upset by the death of her parents, but
there was no more time that day to do any digging –
she had to get to work.
