It didn't take long. There was one moment of silence, which she broke before it could become awkward. Taking my wine glass from my hand, Nan, her eyes...twinkling pushed me gently towards a chair near my bed and commanded me to sit.As soon as I did, she hopped sideways into my lap. Her legs stretched and she kicked off her shoes. She took one last sip of wine, quickly leaned over and set the now empty glass beside the chair, holding on to me with her other hand on the back of my neck. Sitting. They had got on well together as friends so far, and Marlene hoped there would no trouble taking the relationship to the next level.He offered a glass of wine after some small talk, and they clinked glasses as she squatted on the floor next to his chair, and feigning interest in the romantic movie on the television. Despite the cold night the fire kept things warm and her skin glowed like Frank’s, the glow she hoped was visible to Frank through the sheer white night dress she wore. They. Ellis on the phone and followed the sound of her voice to a tucked-away corner of the building. Glancing in my direction as I stood in her doorway, she motioned for me to enter as she proceeded with a heated discussion with her phone.I sat down across from her desk and she handed me a small stack of papers, stapled neatly together at the corner. "Read this" she silently mouthed to me before returning to her phone. I grinned slightly at the sight of the woman. She never relaxed. Here she was,. I wasn't going to let them anywhere nearme ever again.They were thinking of using forceps, fortunately they weren't needed. Ifinally gave birth to a healthy baby girl, who I named Poppy.As Poppy grew into a toddler she like to come into mummy's bed in themorning, for a cuddle. Sometimes she would find daddy or mummy Aska,she couldn't say Saskia, in bed with me. That was normal for her andthey would also get a cuddle. There were ?interesting? moments when shestarted school and she heard that.