Sophie’s face fell as she told Julia how she had to go away for the first two weeks of August on holiday with her parents. She told her mother that she was meeting some school friends, and she was going to go shopping for some stuff for their holiday in two weeks time. xxx He watched her face intently as she looked up at him, studying the mixture of anticipation and trepidation that he saw there. Sophie had removed the stockings, and had begun to dress in the clothes she had been wearing earlier in the day. “I’ll see you round, then.” She stood up, and trudged off, back towards the lounge were she knew her parents would be.
