The explosion had knocked her off course, altered the spell!
‘Love potion?’
She could see Lee towering over her. He reached for a potion on the table. He eagerly slaked it back.
Janet ducked behind the shopping, hoping no one would see her.
‘No no, you fool! Not that one!’ Max screamed. ‘That’s my – oh God! I’ve just got to get out of here before it starts working!’
Max rushed out of the door, Lee shouting after her, ‘Max, what’s happening, what’s wro–’
Why was she still so tiny, Janet wondered, when she was back in the present?
Hah, because she hadn’t moved back to the exact time when she’d left, of course!
Which meant there was another version of herself in the next room.
Which meant there was someone else she’d have to make sure she avoided while she got back enough strength to move forward through time once more.
‘Don’t follow me!’ Max screamed down the stairs. ‘No one must follow me, understand?’
‘Sure, sure, I understand!’
Lee looked a little drunk as he pulled up a chair and slumped into it.
Good!
She needed to move to a spot where she wouldn’t knock over the shopping when she jumped forward in time.
And if he was drunk, he wouldn’t notice her–
Oh oh!
‘Me,’ she replied, wondering how she’d get out of this one.
*
The noise at the door gave Janet all the time she needed to throw herself forward through time.
It had been a much easier conversation than she’d imagined it would be.
If a very hurtful one, if she’d guessed correctly what Lee had wished for.
But, whatever it was he’d wished for, she’d grant it.
That was the rule of the slippers; you couldn’t use them for personal gain.
That wouldn’t be fair, would it?
*
Chapter 31
This time Janet woke up where she was supposed to; in the corner of the bedroom, from where she’d originally set off.
The boy wasn’t there anymore.
She felt exhausted, bedraggled, dazed.
The door slowly opened.
‘Janet?’
Lee walked into the room.
‘Janet! What’s happened to you?’
He rushed across the floor towards her, breathing anxiously.
‘Are…are you all right?’ he asked worriedly, touching her tenderly on her shoulder.
She rose to her feet, feeling his arms wrap around her. Help her.
Standing so close to him, in his warm embrace, she could now feel his breathing on her neck.
He pulled her tighter, closer. Like he was never going to let her go.
He kissed her.
She felt the warmth, the softness, the moistness, of his lips.
She felt the hardness and strength of his need.
His need for her.
She responded with all the need she had for him.
*
‘The doors!’ Greg shouted excitedly up the stairs. ‘The doors are open!’
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The Caught – The Rules – Chapter One – The Changes – Sleeping Ugly
The Barking Detective Agency – The Healing – The Lost Fairy Tale
A Horse for a Kingdom – Charity – The Most Beautiful Things – The Last Train
The Dream Swallowers – Nyx; Granddaughter of the Night – Jonah and the Alligator
Glastonbury Sirens – Dr Jekyll’s Maid – The 500-Year Circus
P – The Endless Game – DoriaN A – Wyrd Girl
Heartache High (Vol I) – Heartache High: The Primer (Vol II) – Heartache High: The Wakening (Vol III)
Miss Terry Charm, Merry Kris Mouse & The Silver Egg – Seecrets
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