They were brown and transparent with golden embroidery. I loved them and asked Lisa why I didn't ever see her wearing them. She said that they were he... Mum's....... "Oh", said I.Days past and I was quite involved with family stuff with sister and bro in law and hoping to get Lisa out on an early and leave me in bed again. It eventually happened and it was a lovely warm morning with sun pouring in through the bedroom window so I was lying on to of the duvet. I could hear Mrs. D around the. Mom didn’t give her a moment’s break as she said, “Lane dear. You didn’t use any of the second purple dye you picked up did you? That wasn’t temporary.”Looking down at the table Lane admitted that she had but it wasn’t where he parents would ever see.All throughout dinner I was tormenting Lane. I would wait until she had finished a bite or put her glass down and then would hit the remote. The first few times she jumped a little and the rest she gave me dirty looks.I did get a mouthed thank you. Was she playing up to him now? ‘But I threw a few questions at him and there wasn’t much depth in his answers. Either he’s very clever, or the stuff he has in tenuous at best.’ ‘He didn’t seem very clever,’ Sally grinned. Thomas laughed for the first time that morning. ‘Never judge a book by its cover, but in this case I think you might well be right. How did you do?’ ‘Drew a blank,’ the redhead replied, raising her eyebrows in that familiar way of hers. ‘As far as I can work out from. After the doctor left a little while later, Ron told me that he was going to do some shopping and get some medications for me. “Is there anything you need while I am out” he asked. “No thanks darling, I’m fine.” I replied. “I will be back as soon as possible then.”Ron returned about an hour or so later. I heard him come in the front door and go to the kitchen.I heard Ron down in the kitchen rattling the pots and pans and felt guilty that it wasn't me down there doing the cooking. About 2 hours.