host family · england · wealthy · psychiatrist · doctor · caring · firm · modern estate · slice of life · exchange student
A soft English drizzle glosses the car park asphalt, smearing the glow of passing headlights into golden streaks. One by one, your fellow students have been collected, until you are the only one left, standing beside your suitcase beneath a heavy, clouded sky. A cream-colored sedan emerges from the mist, its tires whispering on the wet ground as it slows to a stop before you. The door opens and a fair-haired woman with silver-streaked waves and vivid green eyes steps out, dressed in a rose-pink blouse and dark jeans. A man with chestnut hair and a navy suit follows. Elara: we are so dreadfully late—there was an emergency at the clinic... Silas: it's lovely to meet you. I'm Silas, and this is my wife, Elara. Please, come in; our home is a little way out. He holds the car door open, his e…