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1. Deasil
Street
7.3

2. Bernice may have been getting
her act together, but at number
5 next-door life was continuing
as per usual. Alfred Hennrick
arose at his usual hour.

3. He went through the morning rituals the same as he
ever did. Ate breakfast alone at his big dining table.
Didn’t fight over the bathroom.

4. But at about 11am he had a
visitor. A representative of the
company for whom he usually
did work for wanted to pay him
more, if he agreed to work solely
for them. He agreed there and
then. Why not? More money
was more money.
It wasn’t as if he had anyone to
discuss life changing decisions
with.

5. His new employment brief came through by late afternoon, and he started
work right away. Why not? His work was his life. As he began a new piece
of code, it crossed his mind he was lonely. Warren was fun when he was
around, but wasn’t on his wavelength. He wanted a friend.

6. Belladonna was making far more progress than Alfred in getting the life
she wanted. She was now driving Jerix the cat about every day. It felt safe
inside the car, and she was enjoying exploring Appaloosa for the first time
since moving there. Perhaps it was because it still felt like an enclosed
space? Whatever the reason, she was out of the house.

7. Trinity also gave her
sister a bit of a
makeover. She cut
and restyled her
hair, bought her a
new dress… she
hoped that little
things like this would
give her twin the
confidence to make
even more progress.
Maybe even go for a
drink in a bar with
her one evening.

8. Her sister’s phobia of the outdoors and ‘bad people’ had been on her mind
non-stop. She was the Balanced Stone. A high earning thief dating the Poet,
who ran everything criminal in Appaloosa and beyond. She couldn’t reform
herself even if she wanted to, it would mean losing Edward.

9. At number 3, Aimee was at
her wits end. She had literally
run out of places to apply for
jobs. The last rejection was
from the canteen at the local
stables, it was heartbreaking.

10. Malika suggested she look at things from another angle.
Instead of cooking people food, why not teach them to cook?
She could film herself in their kitchen and put it on the
internet. Aimee was astounded, it could work.

11. Aimee started with a dish that wasn’t for
beginners, but wasn’t too hard. It would get
people interested. Malika volunteered to be
camerawoman and had great fun sticking her
face in front of the camera to explain what
her mum was doing.

12. Aimee finished it off with Malika eating the
dish and telling the camera what she
thought of it. Then she posted it on
youtube. If it got some hits, and the next
video did too.. Then she would consider
setting up her own website and putting ads
on to generate revenue.

13. But after that afternoon of fun with her
mum, Malika returned upstairs to her room to do
her homework. She might once have rung Megan
to hang out, or Annette… but they had grown
apart since Megan had aged up into a teen.