Violet gazed at her brother Ben on the screen of her phone. ‘Mum was almost at the top of the mountain when she slipped,’ she told him. ‘Thankfully, the surgery to fix her ankle was a success and she’ll be home tomorrow. I’ll stay here with her for a few days.’
Ben smiled. ‘She’ll insist she’ll be fine on her own before you’ve had time to boil the kettle.’
He was on a beach almost 6,000 miles
