Seeds Chapter 8 Page 4

jumper over the boys head. The sleeves droop down to his knees and she rolls them up over his elbows to free his hands. It’s very big though and looks like he is wearing a woollen dress of some sort but he smiles to her as she rubs his head and then immediately fixes his hair again.

It’s pretty obvious that this is his mother from their interactions and the intimacy which she applies. Steve looks back towards the road nervously to see Belle standing there motionless. She’d let him know well in advance if he needed to get out of there and he returns his focus to the group.

The kid walks over to the two guys to observe their attempts to light a fire but realises after only a few seconds that they were clueless. He gets bored and begins to