The next morning, Lily caught up on her housework and laundry, and then walked to the shopping centre, where she bought packets of vegetable and flower seeds that the saleswoman assured her were easy to grow and could be planted in the early summer. When she got to the squat, she was surprised and delighted to see Bob and Jack digging out a plot from the side lawn, which was badly overgrown anyway.
“It’s a sight for sore eyes to see you out here working. I’ve bought you a present”.
“What is it?” asked Jack.
“See for yourself,” she replied tossing the carrier bag from the garden centre towards him.
“Oh, seeds,” he declared with a tinge of disappointment in his voice, “thanks, Youriko, but how did you know we’d be starting the garden today?”
“I didn’t, but I suppose great minds think al
