The Uninvited

where he waves at the three supervisingstaff: a thin, muscular young man – I sawhim before, on Skype – a girl of abouteighteen with one arm in a sling, a semishavedhead and a big red scar on herscalp and an older woman sitting on abench. All three have the same alert,flitting look you see on the faces ofbodyguards. ‘We have twenty medics butit’s nowhere near enough. The staff yousee here are volunteers. The young onethere: Hannah. She joined us straight fromhospital. Her sister Jodie killed both theirparents. They were all in the car. Kidgrabbed the wheel and forced them off theroad. You’d never guess she was amurderer, would you?’ He nods at a smallgirl with an angelic face and wildlymatted hair, sitting with a group of others