THE ARREST

Amy held the frilly pink dress to herself and looked into the mirror in Ava’s room, pregnancy had begun to take its toll on her.

Her once smooth skin now looked like a railway track and her eyes were continuously puffy looking as though she spent all her time crying.

She pulled off the clothes she had been wearing and put on the pink dress and the headband which read, mama to be on it.

Ava came into the room and sat on the bed, watching her fidget with the dress. ‘’This costume makes me feel silly Ava’’ Amy said to her.

‘’Courtesy of your mother-in-law, it doesn’t look that bad though. You look like a pink pregnant pumpkin’’ Ava said and smiled.

Amy made a face at her, ‘’as if that helps in any way, I don’t think I would like to be associated with a pumpkin’’.

‘’Let’s go, everyone is waiting for you’’. Ava said and led her back out to the sitting room where everyone was gathered. Her mother took her hand and led her to a chair and everyone gathered around her.

Diana Bennet stood