Chapter 11: Sarah

The telephone call with Rupert reminds me that I haven't spoken with my family for some time. We usually call about once a week. Toby is in Bolivia, and Oliver is usually filming on location for at least six months of the year, but everyone else is based at Blackmarsh- Tony and Katie, Timothy (who is two years younger than Oliver and I), Dhriti and Jasmit, Nicholas and Nathaniel.

Toby and I, Dhriti and Jasmit are all adopted. Dhriti and Jasmit were best friends already, before Tony and Katie came into their lives. Both are fourteen now, and both want to be dancers. Or gymnasts. Or Cirque du Soliel performers. I think they might do well in musicals, the sort with a lot of dancing, they are both very good singers. Nick and Nat are twins, both eleven and both currently claiming they will be soccer players when they grow up. I suspect they will end up doing something with horses instead. Lik