I leave him to his laughter and go to answer the door."Gwen, my friend. Please come in." I invite her. "just ignore the men, they are hungry." I warn ...er as she eyes Saul chuckling at the stove and Nimrod wiping his eyes."I see." She looks around timidly. "If this is a bad time..." Never." I cut her off with a smile."Please, Gwen dear girl, come in." Nimrod stands and gestures to a seat. "Join us." Thank you." she smiles shyly.I am not used to seeing this side of Gwen. She is close to 6 feet. .." But I mind, won't you at least let me explain the last days, what was on my mind, what was in my soul? Why I seemed an autistic. It wasn't that I don't want a child it is I'm afraid, I have a son around your age and my childbirth labor was very long and complicated before his birth." She paused, thinking, I assume, trying to explain herself so she could get to me, to my obtuse mind closed to anything that was not my anguish and sorrow."Don't you see it's not I don't love you, it was a. ”Was this a joke? Oh sure – just whip together a lecture on a dense subject, which I haven’t studied in a decade. Plus, there are literally hundreds of professors and psychologists much more qualified to give such a lecture.“Enough! Nonsense!” Uncle Jack shut me down. “That’s exactly what I’m talking about! You’re not giving yourself credit for what you can do! What you’re capable of! Sure, there are those with more degrees, time in the field, expertise… but you are unique. You have your own. “This is my new concubine, Mara, Mother. Mara, this is my mother, Rachel. Mara is an Edomite, so I couldn’t wed her, but I could still buy her from her brother, Bozrah, as my concubine. She is a Jabeshite’s widow, as it happens. Tell me, any news of the haggling over Hannah’s dowry?” I asked Mother as I washed my hands and urged Mara to do so as well.“Not well, since you must ask. Well, it’s good that you’re checking in on it. This is your betrothed of which we speak. You’re the one who’ll have.