I found her in the lounge doing some ironing. She had her back to me and was facing the window looking into the road outside.She was wearing a dressin... gown which was tied at the waist in a loose bow. Where she was standing left very little room between her, the ironing board and a large armchair meaning I had to squeeze by her to get into the room. As i pushed by I jokingly tickled her waist and said ‘ Come on you old tart, I havent got the whole day’ I knew that she was extremely ticklish and. "Any other day of the week. But if you miss lunch today, you'll never forgive me." Why?" Oh, let's not spoil the surprise. Coming?"Tanya let me drag her to lunch, where I waited fifteen minutes to drop the news."Oh, Jeanne, I'm gonna need the car after school today," I said quietly. "Me and Tommy gotta pick out our tuxes."It didn't matter how quietly I said it. Conversation stopped."Tommy?" Rabbit said. "Why do you need a tux, Tommy?"Tommy had evidently taken a vow of silence. At the very. The queen would put her ear up to the door to try to hear the slightest sound. However, she knew she would hear nothing due to the room being totally soundproof. The only sound she would hear was the tiny clink sound of the key turning the lock; the king would emerge with a slight smile on his face and a glint in his eyes. One night while he was reclining in his bath, the queen came in and kneeled behind him. She rested her chest on the bath and nuzzled her face into his neck. Her hands. There just never seemed to be enough time for her.Somewhere along the line she'd also lost her own name ... at first being referred to as one or another boy's "mom," now everyone in the small community knew her as "Mrs. P."Today was no exception to the frantic rule. After working late the night before, she had gotten up early to finish the laundry, gas up the car and do some shopping before taking the two eldest boys to basketball camp.More shopping after dropping them off meant no time to.