> "This is my home." Derek answered, sitting in the chair beside the door at
a distance. For now the girl was comfortable with Julia and he didn't want
to scare her more than she already had been. Then he added the next bit,
remembering how Kat had reacted in that she thought the idea was 'cool'
"We're on an island."
>
> Julia looked at Philip and grinned at what Derek said before looking back
at Alyssa "I'm going to send my friend Philip to go and try and find your
mom now, okay? He's going to look up your address and your mother's name.
How about until he finds out, you come with me downstairs for some
breakfast? You must be hungry."
>
Alyssa stared at Derek for a moment. England was an island, but maybe he
meant a desert island, she could hear the ocean. "Like pirate islands....or
Ireland?" Yes they were an island too and Wales and lots of Scotland. She
looked back at Julia uncertainly and shook her head. "I'm not
hungry...thank you."
Alyssa
