The Wide Explorers

Marco picked up the phone. 'Marco it's me,' said David, 'I'm not with Milly and none of the people I have asked have seen her, how about you?' Marco sighed as he often did. 'No, we haven't anything from her here,' he replied, 'Sally has found about mum and is threatening to tell you, I thought I'd better tell you now.' Marco heard a tear drop on the other side of the phone. 'But it's not all bad,' Marco added, 'She's angry with us and is jumping up and down with rage, earning loads of points.' You could hear the crackling as David's wrinkly face turned into a smile. There was a content silence before David remembered the bad point. 'Anyway, Milly's nowhere to be seen, I think I'll have to call the police.' Instantly Marco replied. 'No! Don't call them, they'll lock us up for child neglect, they'll put us in prison for child labour, don't do it!' 'Ok, I won't,' David whispered. There was another pause. 'Love you dad,' Marco said, 'Don't worry, I'll come and help you look for her in a second.' Marco hung up. He returned to the living room only to find Sally in even more of a tantrum due to no attention. The reader tipped in at 128,000GP. 'It's dad,' Marco whispered to Stephanie who'd been watching Sally's tantrum, 'I'm going to help him find Milly.' There was a second peck on the cheek as David headed towards the door only to find an old familiar face.