”“But I do –“Graham bent over and opened a small plastic bag and removed several items. Emily could see the letters ‘T E S’ on the side of...the bag and her mind made up the supermarket store that it had come from. With glee written all over his face, Graham presented Emily with some cheese, a baguette and a small packet of ham. Emily knew the ham alone must have cost a fortune to Graham.“C’mon, let’s eat,” he suggested.“Excuse me! Where’s the wine.”“Ah now, I did get the wine – but it was off –. While my hours were irregular, I generally only put in about thirty-two hours a week so the responsibility for maintaining the house quickly fell to me. We never discussed it, but by the end of September all of the household chores had informally become my duties. This meant that I was doing all of the cooking, all of the cleaning and all of the laundry. Because Jennifer was in the investment industry and because she earned eighty-five percent of our income, she took over the financial. " He replied stretching while Mille admired how his chest rippled when he did.Hesitating Millie continued to stand at the door, "uh John?" She asked. "Do you have time to see someone? She was rather insistent."John looked up at Millie seeing that she was struggling to get this out, "Ah I see, Ava wants to try again?"Millie's eyes opened wide, "how did you know? Did you see it in my mind?" No my love, the last time you were this uncertain and unsure was when you told me that your sister's wanted. " Amanda said, her voice softening as she said. "Lingerie from Gardenia's and such a pretty daughter. Can I see?"Katie blushed at the compliment and thought of the box inside the bag and how the shop assistant had folded the silky lingerie so reverently, wrapping it in white tissue and sprinkling a few lavender scented beads on top. Katie didn't want to spoil it but she couldn't refuse.With almost trembling fingers she lifted the box on to the table, opened it and peeled back the protecting.