C56 NIGHT CALL

Emma was applying cucumber juice on her face and neck when her phone beeped to alert her that a message had just popped in.

Keeping the lotion by the bedstand, she picked up her phone, wondering on who could be texting her by 9 in the night.

Her mind settled for a second on her sister, Amelia; perhaps a text to ask her how she was coping at the other side of the world.

Then it shifted to Clem