14

“Are you ok back there, Isla?” Simon glanced at me from the rear-view mirror. I pursed my lips together and nodded.

I was going to be simply fine.

My mother was free from pain now and my father.

I could not help but feel a little relieved that she was at peace.

Uncle Ed would have been told about mother by now and I hoped that he knew that I was on my way back to Eclipse.

That place was my home.

I had never felt at home at Pembroke.

The thought of seeing Zara soon made me smile and I looked out of the window at the trees and open road.

It would not be long.

We drove in silence most of the way there until Simon decided that it was an enjoyable time for a quick pit stop but I think he secretly craved the idea of a greasy fry up as much as I did.

“Excuse me, Miss?” I turned around in my seat to see a young woman around thirty years old sitting alone and smiling but she was staring at Simon like he was the only one that she could see.

He looked up at imm