'Cup of tea?' she called from thekitchen.'Love one,' I said, standing in the doorway, 'let me help?''Get the cups and saucers down, love, the kettle's...just boiled.'I turned around with the cups and saucers to find her staring atme, a smile on her face. 'You are beautiful, love, truly.'I blushed. 'Thanks, Mum.'She made the tea; loaded the tray and I carried it through tothe sitting room. 'Now,' she said firmly as she settled in herfavourite chair, leaning her cane against it and putting her. "Aww you're sweet!" she said. "I'd love to come over and clean for you, baby," she purred.Then it was time for her to get to work. I showed her where I kept all the cleaning supplies and she looked through my assortment. She pointed out a couple things she uses that were better than what I had and a couple things I didn't have. I jotted down the names of the products she named and where to get them. She began her cleaning and I went to my office to do some work of my own.I tried to focus on my. We had this wonderful relationship together, and we weren't gonna wanna end it, ever. So, I took my ring his father gave me and asked him,” I explained.They both nodded in approval.“Well, congratulations you two, that's more than a little fast though,” Alicia said.Then I decided to tell them the other news.“We know, and we're trying to get pregnant too,” I replied.They both really stunned looks.“Wow, you two really just cut to the chase don't you?” Scott asked.“Well, we just really got that. He taught God and Math all at one time. ‘Just like Descartes,’ he said to himself with a chuckle and a smirk at the comparison. He left Guatemala fourteen years ago to teach at a boys’ prep school to the sons of the well-to-do. Of course, they needed God and Math, too. It wasn’t the same. He was just turning forty-two and those happier days were long past. He sat in the chair, in the dark, alone, wondering how solitude would suit him. ‘I wanted to stay.’ he said out loud with some conviction..