Chapter 254: Hannah

November, 2018

The arctic wind whipped by but none of the kids seemed to notice, bundled up as they were against the frigid winter air. Hannah pulled her thick down jacket closer around her, trying to keep her teeth from chattering as she looked out over the playground, watching closely for any signs of trouble. Daisy was standing next to her, as usual, talking a mile a minute about her horse and training it to jump and Hannah listened with half an ear, making sure to make all of the right noises at all of the right times. Daisy was one of those children who latched onto a teacher rather than making friends with kids her own age, and thus, recess was spent talking the ear off whichever teacher had recess duty that week.

She was a cute kid, if a little overwhelming at times.