The next day though, as soon as Abigail came home from an eventful but tiring day at work, she found Lyall sitting in their living room. She started to make a beeline towards her room, but Charlotte stopped her.
“Abigail!” Charlotte screamed at her retreating back, and Abigail closed her eyes and sighed.
Slowly, she turned around, “Yes, Charlotte.”
“You must come in and say hi to Mark, and relieve Olivia here so she can go elsewhere,” Charlotte said pointedly, looking at her daughter. “She’s been keeping Lyall company all afternoon.”
Abigail stared at Olivia and Lyall sitting quite comfortably on the sofa together.
Why weren’t they at work? Did they not work for the same company she worked for? Was there a holiday today that she was unaware of?
Olivia and Lyall looked far too happy in each other’s company to bother with looking up at Charlotte.