Mio was accosted immediately upon entering the door. Well, not 'accosted'--such would be too strong a term for what actually happened, which was her sister calling from the lounge: "You should have been back ages ago, Mio."

The girl herself, however, did not rise from her position on the couch; she was too busy lying on it and reading, with her legs hanging over the end and being the first thing the younger sister would actually see of her normally-respectable sibling. The book appeared to have had a blank paper jacket carefully placed over the cover, so it was completely unclear what had her so spellbound... and all the more suspicious for it.

At least she wasn't too absorbed to miss her sister's arrival.