” as I came in she shut the door. I looked around the room. It was very neat and wonderfully decorated Then she told,” What are you looking around... This not where am gonna teach you. Come to my room.” I asked her where the mam was. She said she had gone out and would come by night. She said,” You don’t worry. Till then I’ll be teaching you some basics.” As she was saying this she gave me wicked smile. She took me upstairs. She asked me if I had brought any books. I said no. Then she smiled. “We can’t do much of anything either until he’s sober.”“I wonder if Wynne’s still in the city?” Alistair asked.“Should be,” I replied. “How’s this for a plan? You three get him bathed, shaved, and dressed. I’ll find Wynne – don’t worry, I’ll take an escort if I have to go out. As likely as not, he’s just going to need to sleep it off, though the hangover tomorrow is going to be nasty.”Alistair and Aedan exchanged scowls, and I laughed. Blake rushed out to find servants to bring water to. I understood most men hate pink in a bedroom.’ ‘I would question that. Skin is often pink.’ Hope giggled and blushed. ‘Through here is my dressing room and beyond that is the en-suite. And here is my estranged family. This is my ex, Albert, then this one is my eldest, Claris, who is a branch manager of a bank in Christchurch, this is Bette, the brains of the family who is a lecturer at Otago University and this is my baby, Lisa.’ ‘A fine looking family, even Bert doesn’t take a bad picture.. She just smiled and said that we could make it work. I didn't bother to argue the point. I heard her turn on the water as I carried the bundle of bedding down to the laundry room. When I returned, Beth was just getting in. She had managed to pull her hair back in a pigtail once again. It was a bit tight but we more than managed to both fit. We washed each other and soon we were both nice and clean.When I started to apologize for all that had happened, she was quick to put her finger to my lips.