day And Erin could drink as much free lemonade as she wanted Unlike her spoiled little sister Shay would be spending her days feeding sheep and cleaning up sheep poop and whatever other gross farm chores her uncle gave her Shay was staying with her dad’s cousin Sean Shay was supposed to call him Uncle Sean even though he wasn’t really her uncle He owned a sheep farm and she had only met him once Shay’s dad had grown up traveling to Ireland every summer to help on his grandparents farm but he stopped when Shay was born Then when she was eight Sean had come to visit from Ireland Her dad still talked about him like a brother
She looked down at the photo of Uncle Sean her dad had given her Brown hair slightly bald wearing glasses Where was he she wondered Shay looked at the crowded street in front of her People were greeting family with hugs and kisses car horns were honking and taxis were driving in and out of the pick-up area Shay brushed away the tears coming to her eyes Forget it she muttered If she was old enough to fly across the ocean by herself she could get to her uncle’s house by herself
Shay unzipped her hoodie pulling out the money pouch hidden against her chest She walked over to the taxi line as she took out two of the unfamiliar Euro bills Each had the number 20 on them Was that enough for a taxi She also took out the piece of paper with Uncle Sean’s address on it and held it tightly in her hand as she moved up in line Finally it was her turn She heaved her suitcase into the backseat Wher’ll it be love The driver didn’t seem to think it was strange to have a girl all by herself in his cab Shay felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up like somebody was watching her She took one last look around to check for Uncle Sean She shivered still feeling like she was being watched Shay bent down to get in the taxi and read the address to the driver Suddenly a firm hand pulled her out of the taxi
Chapter 2 An unexpected visitor I still feel badly for scaring you like that Siobhan said Uncle Sean for about the hundredth time since picking her up He was the first person to call her by her full Irish name pronounced she-von in years It turned out that Uncle Sean had been at the airport the whole time In fact he was so nervous about missing Shay’s flight he got there two hours early He had fallen asleep in a chair in the waiting area I woke up in a panic he explained to Shay in the car I ran quick as I could outside and would
