“Thanks,” Ben says.
And with that, the man went and sat back down.
Ben looks at the picture. “This picture is amazing. I’ve just attached it to the family chat so we all have it.”
We all grab our phones and look at the picture. It’s lovely, we all look so happy. I don’t think I’m going to be the only one printing this out and framing it.
CHAPTER 10
Once Connie has finished her feed, we get up and have a walk around the area. There are lots of hills and different pathways.
We have fun running up and down them, jumping out at each other and generally regressing to children and enjoying ourselves.
After an hour or so we decide to leave, after all, crabbing still had to happen. We walk back to the train stop and queue for the train to take us back to the boat. We don’t have to wait long for it to arrive. We all get on except for Temp, Cassie and Sion.
“We’ll meet you there. We’re walking,” Cassie says.
“Walking or running so you can beat us?” Alfred asks with a laugh.
“We’ll give you a head start,” Temp says grinning.
“So kind,” Sal replies.
We hand our tickets to the driver and wave at Temp, Sion and Cassie as the train starts its journey.
Titus and Kean are in the carriage in front of us.
Titus turns around and grins. “We’re going to win.”
“How do you figure that?” I ask.
“I superglued their feet to the path for five minutes,” he tells us.
Adhan, Kean and I burst out laughing, even more when we hear outraged gasps. The four of us turn round and wave at them. The three of them are scowling at us.
Temp suddenly smiles and the land train engine sputters before coming to a halt.
The driver gets out, scratching his head and opens the front to look at the engine.
I turn round and look at Temp, who is laughing his head off.
I can’t believe he did something to the engine. I send my magic out and the engine comes back to life and everyone on the train cheers. The driver gets back in and we are on our way down the hill. I turn back and wave at Cassie, Sion and Temp.
They scowl again my way and cross their arms over their chest.
I turn back and snuggle into Adhan’s side. He drops a kiss on the side of my head and I sigh happily.
We reach the train stop at the same time as the brothers and Sion.
“So that was a draw then,” Tie says, smiling widely at them.
“Only cause you cheated,” Sion points out.
“And you didn’t?” Kean asks them.
“I have no idea what you mean,” Temp says, sticking his nose in the air and walking over to Ben.
“Don’t look at us,” Cassie says, walking off with Sion.
