It was just an ordinary day. The same as when she arrived in her new place. No sunshine. The sky was clear, true enough, but Polly didn’t notice. Even the cupcakes didn’t taste as good anymore. The shock beyond anything she could have imagined. It wasn’t even the fact of it. The exact details still yet to really settle in her mind. It was the why. A question mark hanging over her head like a sword on a rapidly tearing rope.

The bus was late for once. Often gone long ...