‘Tina, I wanted to make up for being clumsy. Flowers…’
‘Are lovely but I don’t have them indoors. My mum once sneezed so hard my vase fell off my mantelpiece. Porcelain, flowers, mess, water everywhere, and an embarrassed mum. She’s visiting later.’
‘But…’
‘Sarah, I don’t need presents. Now those slimy frogs are gone, I’m fine. It was odd how they turned up.’
Wasn’t it just, Sarah thought.
A noise from behind made her cringe. It was a croak.