Chapter 20:- Fall
Rounding the building to the fence a second time, Mara heard a little cry, followed by a scattering of several small objects into the dirt beside the fence. Coming closer, she saw the redhead clinging to the fence, one ankle bent under the other. Straightening and wiping her hands on her skirt, the fall seemed to bother her less than the loss of a packet of seeds, spilled to the other side of the fence where she couldn’t reach them. The spilled packet had a purple flower on it. Mara closed the small distance between them. “Are you all right?”