made a sandwich lunch, and Donna appeared and asked if she could carry the tray outside. I placed the tray containing the sandwiches and crisps in her outstretched hands, and I followed with a jug of orange squash.
‘I'll fetch Adrian and Paula,’ Donna said helpfully, setting the tray on the table on the patio.
‘Thanks, love.’
I watched her stroll down to the bottom of the garden. She was talking more now she had a role, and it was like having a little mother's helper. ‘Adrian and Paula,’ I heard her call from a distance, as I sometimes did. ‘Come on now, your lunch is ready.’
They both stopped what they were doing and began to run up the garden towards me. I smiled: they had come a good deal quicker than when I called them.
‘Are your hands clean?’ Donna asked as they sat on the benches either side of the table ready for lunch.
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