Haven’t They Grown - Sophie Hannah

Flora lives near here. We haven’t spoken’ in twelve years. I wonder what she looks like now…

All Beth has to do is drive her son to his football match, watch him play and then drive home. But the knowledge that her former best friend lives nearby is all-consuming. She can’t resist. She parks opposite the house, and is still there when Flora and her children return home.

Except… something’s not right.

Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look exactly the same – they haven’t changed at all. How is this possible?

Beth knows it isn’t – yet she also knows what she saw, and that it was real. And, having seen it, how can she forget?