As lilian Moon lay in her bed, on the third week of her summer holidays. Confused about what had happened that warm afternoon in her back garden. She had been trying to sleep for the last couple of hours, she never slept much anyway, so she sat up in the bed and looked at the time. 4.36 in the morning. In two hours her adoptive parents would be up and she would confront them.

It had started off as a normal day in number 8 Rose street. Waking up at seven, eating breakfast, watching TV, she then went out to the garden where her brother Dominic was reading a huge old looking book. lily asked him where her mother was, he kept on reading, and she kept on asking again and again with no reply. They had never been close, she was 11,and Declan was they had drifted further and further apart the last 4 years. They only ever had conversations where one asked a question and the other answered, and those were rare. lily grabbed a cushion that was lying on the grass and threw it at Dominic. Hitting him in the head. a grin on her face as she saw his face looking up annoyed and angry

'' If i knew where she was i would 'ave told you. Idiot. now leave me 'lone''
'' That's all i wanted to know. idiot..........Why you reading? you didn't used to .Haven't you got any friends in snob school, so you read some history book to try and get that brain working?''
She never took her brothers insults, she was stubborn
'' Jus' 'cause you 'ave to go to a public secondary school. And for your information my friends don't live anywhere near this dump, and you said yourself that your friends aren't exciting enough for you, there nothing like you there to......boring ''
He was staring at lily for a while looking at her/his face nearly upset for some reason, then he looked behind her, she turned around to see her mother
'' What's wrong with this place Dominic? Not good enough for you? well you don't have to stay here, you don't have to take our money, go back to the care home for all i care. And a public school is a good school, a normal ordinary place...lilian will be going to a normal school, she'll be n...''
SMASH!! One of the green houses window smashed. But how? Ruby was angry at what was being said to her brother, why would she say those things to him?
'' Elizabeth, what happened? ''
Her father had come home and heard the smash. Looking at her mother she was staring at Dominic, scared, whilst he stared back until her father led her mother to the kitchen. Then he gave lilian a quick glance and walked inside and she folowed, only to be told to go to her room.

the rest of the night Dominic and her adoptive parents were down stairs arguing for all she knew, she sometimes heard shouting but after a while she heard Dominic storm upstairs and slam his door after shouting
'' How should I just s'pose to stay quiet remember? Say nuthin ''
The rest of the night had been quiet. They must have gone to sleep but Ruby couldn't get her head around what had been said yesterday, and what had not been said, to her at least.