Chapter one- A New Start

Leonie flopped down into her armchair exhausted, she hadn't stopped all
day. Just a few more boxes to pack and she would be ready. Tomorrow morning she was moving to Cardiff. A new start, fresh as the spring dew on the emerald grass outside her condensation smattered window; That's what she needed. The box beside her armchair housed a load of old books and photographs. She reached in and pulled out a tatty old picture of herself, her mum and Granddad. Emotions overwhelmed her and she crumpled. She missed her mum so much, the only family she had.

Her mum and Granddad had a huge disagreement shortly after the picture was taken and they never reconciled. To this day, Leonie had never found out what had gone wrong between them. Leonie was only four years old when all contact with her Granddad halted. Throughout the years he had remained in her thoughts. So sad that when she finally mustered enough courage to seek out her Granddad, she was alas, too late. The only two relatives she knew,had passed on and she felt totally alone.

Closing up the old barbers shop for the last time, watching the tears of the clouds stream down the window pane as she waved goodbye to her old life. A tiny, papery scraping sound disrupted her reminiscence; The culprit? An advertisement for the Barry Grand Hotel. And though she already had a nice apartment picked out in Cardiff, she was strangely drawn to this 'Barry Grand Hotel'. An alien beating in her heart, calling to her. She needed to be there. why? She didn't know...