"I smiled and said, "Garrett, Joyce, kids, this is my fiancé, Kaitlyn Sandersen. Kay, are you sure you want kids?" Nice to meet you all. Yes, I'm sur... I want kids." She addressed the kids, "My brothers and I always fought like you two do." Then she spoke to Garrett and Joyce, "I'm sure you know it doesn't mean anything other than they really love each other."Andy went "Yuck!"Samantha went "Ewww."Garrett growled, "Kids!" They went quiet and glared at each other.I said, "C'mon, let's go in and. ' Once she was able to hang up the 'CLOSED' sign, she went intothe storeroom to start on the special project for Sheila and Jessie. Shewas glad her husband was away on a hunting trip for the weekend; thisone would keep her there well into the night. Diane opened a hiddenpanel in the storeroom wall and withdrew a toolkit, a large selection ofpaper and embellishments, and a special scrapbook. She emptied thecontents of the shopping bag Sheila had brought her onto a work table,reviewed them, and. It was like he didn’t need to pretend anything any more. “So is mom gonna strip or whatever? She always made you do that inside the house,” he justified his question – unnecessarily in my mind.I realized that when he’d asked the same question earlier, he’d been excited at the idea of seeing his mom in her underwear or maybe even less. This kid had mommy issues but not the wimp sort I’d believed he had when I last knew him.“You heard your son, Mary. He’s right.”“But I can’t do that in front of. He wondered how well he would dance if he wasn’t constantly burdened with the heaviness of betrayal and depression. He needed joy in his dancing, the way that little dancer had moved the first night she’d come. Once clean and dry, Alastair began pulling on his clothes. He heard footsteps behind him, and spun around. There was Grant, with the three friends of the little dancer. Surprised, he straightened, smoothing his hands over his t-shirt. What do they want? he wondered, staring down at them..