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NICOLETTE CAME BACK home almost three hours later to find Gemma and her mother sitting on the sofa, eating pancakes and watching an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Gemma's most recent obsession). Marceline wasn't home judging by the lack of her shoes and jacket. She had no idea where Mars could be. Maybe she had picked up an extra shift? Oh, well... Nicolette would have to tell Marceline what had happened later. Or perhaps she could text her? Not to tell her exactly what had happened, but just to let her know something had happened.
"Hey, honey, hey Mum," she greeted them as she kicked off her shoes (not bothering to put them up on the shoe rack this time) and dumped her rucksack down on the floor. Nicolette made her way over to them and sat down on the sofa next to her daughter, ruffling her hair slightly which made the seven-year-old girl laugh. "Thank you for looking after her."
"Of course! You know I love spending time with my favourite granddaughter," her mother, Silvia, responded with a small smile as she looked down at the girl who turned to look away from the episode she was watching to glance up at her grandmother. "But Grandma!" Gemma said with a laugh. "I'm your only granddaughter!"
A light chuckle sounded from Nicolette at this. "Well, she's got you there, Mum," she pointed out as she slouched back on the sofa and a stifled yawn escaped past her lips. It had been a pretty long day for the brunette female who'd had a night shift and everything. She had not gotten a lot of sleep either, which really didn't help.
Silvia couldn't help but let out a light laugh and nod her head to what Gemma and Nicolette had said. There was no way she could disagree with them. Gemma was the only granddaughter in the Bishop family. In fact, the seven-year-old girl was the only grandchild in their family as Nicolette's older brother, Julian, didn't have any children himself yet.
