![]() I even blessed him with a bamboo stick as the queen does. We agreed on that last week – that from now on, he’s my knight. I want to go there, knock on the door, and ask him to come out. It has an ancient feeling, like those castles from Nana’s stories – the ones where knights and princes live. My gaze strays ahead to the huge mansion across from ours. If I weren’t so upset, I would’ve gone to her house and played with her Barbie dolls, but I don’t want to go anywhere. Silver says all gelato tastes the same, but Silver is stupid sometimes. I flop down on the step and lick on the pistachio gelato stick Dad bought me earlier. ![]() No one can hear them now, not the staff, not the neighbours. The sound of Mum and Dad’s fighting follows me until I close the door behind me. ![]() The sun is so bright today, casting a bright hue all over the garden and the fence. I trot down the house’s stairs until I’m outside. ![]() Worlds filled with so much magic, I dream of them. There’s no one to take me away from here or tell me stories that transport me to other worlds. ![]() At least back then, I could stay away from Mummy and how she looked at me. Nana used to tell me that when I spent summers with her in Newcastle. Sometimes, stories end the moment they start. ![]()
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