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On Sunday morning, they packed up the car and left The Boulders. Anne had given the photos to Eliot and Sarah, and showed them other developed ones of them. First, Eliot had pretended to be mock angry at his sister, but then he complimented her on how well the photos were taken.
It was five-thirty when they arrived back at NY. Calvin parked the car in a private garage a few blocks away from the Apartment, and they caught a cab home. Sarah and Eliot lagged behind Calvin and Anne as they reached the Apartment. They chose to walk up the stairs with their bags instead of going in the lift.
"Do you go there every holidays?" Sarah asked as they reached the third floor and paused for a rest.
"Yeah. Most holidays, dad gets time off, and we go there as a family. I suppose I enjoy it, but dad really takes the fun off the vacation because he always wants to show off and stuff," Eliot closed his eyes and rested against the wall. "This time, it was really great." He grinned and opened his eyes. "Did you like it?"
"Duh!" Sarah gave him a playful whack on the head. "Of course I did, you must have something wrong with you if you think I didn't." She then looked at her purse. "And the photos that Anne took were really cool, I'm gonna have to get copies of some more of them." Sarah looked ahead. "We better get moving, I can't wait to see Susanna and Craig again. I'm gonna take the lift from here up. Coming?"
Eliot followed Sarah into the lift, and was glad that he didn't need to carry his bags up any more floors.
The doors opened and Sarah flashed Eliot another smile. She took her stuff out of the lift, and then spun around to stop the door from closing. Sarah grinned.
"Thanks again," she said as she leaned forward and kissed him softly. Then Sarah backed away and watched him as the doors closed. She turned around and picked up her bags and walked to the apartment. Sarah knocked a few times.
"Honey!" Susanna threw open the door and hugged her. Sarah grinned and hugged her back. "Oh sweetie," Susanna held her at arms length. "Your face is so fresh looking, that lake-side air must have done you good."
"Hi, Susanna," Sarah grinned at Susanna. "Hey, where's Craig?" Sarah looked around for her granddad. "I thought he had weekends off." Susanna gave her a smile.
"He was acting all mysterious when he went down town. He said he wanted to get something for you," Susanna picked up Sarah's bag and shut the door behind her. "Now, I'll get you a drink and something to eat, and you can tell me all about Lake Winnetka? Is it as beautiful as Eliot bragged?"
"Mm-hm!" Sarah said eagerly, taking off her back-pack. Susanna got a can of coke form the fridge and a cream lamington from the cupboard, and then Sarah told her about her holiday. She skipped parts about Eliot and her, and she could tell that Susanna knew by the curious look in the corner of her eye, but her grandma didn't ask questions.
Craig came in a few minutes later and gave Sarah a big hug. He then pulled a slim, white envelope out of his back pocket and handed it over to her.
"This is for being such a great kid in our lives, and for adjusting into this new life," Craig said with a smile. Susanna gave Sarah another encouraging smile as she opened up the envelope.
"Cool," Sarah pulled out a slick piece of paper and smiled at the picture. It was of her family, and they were smiling at the camera. "It's great, thanks!" She gave them both a hug. Sarah then sprinted off to her room to unpack.
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