Let me show you around upstairs. You two are here first so you can take your pick of which room you want." But we’ll be in opposite rooms," said Geo...ge, catching up with the conversation.Julie chuckled. "Sorry," she said. "That was me trying to be lighthearted, the rooms are almost identical, deliberately so, but you are here first so you can decide between you who goes where." She stopped for a second. "Seriously, you do have to trust each other. Things won't be exactly the same afterwards so. ”“I know, Hen, and I suppose that I was fortunate in that I first moved away when I signed up during the war. There were also hundreds of other men in my position, so we supported each other; and of course wartime forces you tae do things that you would’nae otherwise have done. But you’ll adapt, Lizzie, and like I said, I’ll be right there tae help you.”“Aye,” she said, “I’ll manage!”I wouldn’t say that the rest of my stay in Ladybank was hectic, but there was enough to keep me busy. Lizzie. I just went to the house at a time when I knew Veronica would be out with the kids and everyone else was at school or work. Abbie doesn’t take all the kids to playgroup now - playgroup comes to her because our house and yard can handle it, and she doesn’t have to try to herd six kids to someone else’s house.”“True, though leaving all her personal items? You took your photo albums, your diary, and a couple of other things. She took nothing. That just doesn’t feel right. It sure didn’t seem to me. During her last visit, I suggested that we relax by going to the pool. Our pool is well hidden by a high fence so it’s very private. My wife was out of town visiting her ailing mother in Chicago so Karen and I had the house to ourselves. Karen thought that was a wonderful idea and quickly got into her bikini. As she walked in front of me to go out the back door to the pool, I was startled. I said “Karen….when did you start wearing a thong bikini??” She said she saw it on.