She usually sulked until her Daddy gave in and fixed a straw lined box in the barn. Ben hugged Lillian tightly to his chest and said, ‘ Maybe those...mothers got other things on their mind, Babe,’ as they passed under the Suthers’ arched gate and continued up the long road to the hilltop house. Lillian looked down at her brother’s smooth hand resting on the saddle horn. His duster had ridden up to show the creamy buttons on his shirtsleeve. Ben called the buttons ‘Mother of Pearl’ and was proud. ”“I know this isn’t something you wanted but if it’s really that much of a chore…”“Rhys, I am not trying to be mean, I’m trying to be firm so that once we have ventilated all the issues we can go back to normal without all this tension in the air. And there’s no point you sitting there promising me it will be different going forward. I promise you, there is no ill will. Just professionalism.”“I just don’t want you to be mad.”“As long as you follow my rules, I won’t be.”“Ok.” Rhys said after a. I had also kept in touch with my aunt, so I knew if things didn’t work out with mother I could always go and stay at her place I looked out the window at the country side passing by as thoughts of my teen years were going through my head. I had gone through primary school with Sue’s younger sister Sarah, and it was only after we moved on to high school that we separated. Sue and I had always got on well as I was growing up and had been a good friend in Glasgow. They had a brother named Duncan. ..I didn't answer as it wasn't really a question.So she took my place in front of the screen and started to read articles, look at the photos, etc...I left and went to the living room and just waited. I was nervous like a teenager in my anticipation. After almost two hours she came to the living room; she stopped for a second before she went to the bathroom to prepare herself for the night "frankly, it is all sick and I am not sure if I can be what you want me to be...at the moment I do not see.