‘Of course not, sweetie. You’re practically Charlie’s little sister anyway,’ she laughed and led us through to the back yard. ‘You know, Kat...e, I have a present for you’ Spencer said with a smile. When her little eyes grew wide with excitement, he continued. ‘Of course it’s in my pocket and you will have to let go of Edie to get it.’ She squirmed down from my arms so fast I had to laugh. Then she went about very excitedly searching Spencer’s pockets until she found a lollipop. Then she ran. The crowd tittered, amused, and suddenly understanding as the lady swept to the front. It was our Reverend’s wife!“This is Martha, a good Christian wife,” the Reverend’s wife turned to the congregation and stated. “I have known her. I taught her at Sunday School. I attended her wedding to her husband, Harvey. She honors her husband and that mark is no sin.”The crowd laughed, much of the anger defused. Mr Bletchley smiled too, and nodded respectfully at her.“Give her her clothes, for has she not. “You will never address me as Grandma,” I lectured the gathering. Brian thought he’d be clever and start calling me Grandma when Betts announced she was pregnant. I glared at my son and the assorted teens gathered in the room. Then I turned to Anna. “Especially you!”“Marilyn, why would I ever call my lover Grandma,” she whispered. She closed the distance between us and kissed me with such passion I melted on the spot. “Lover,” she whispered again. There were palpable sighs in the. I commented that she certainly looked like she could give a few young un’s a run for their money and she protested that I was being too nice.I got on with the job and Audrey came out to see how I was getting on.“fine” I told her, “be done soon”. “I’m just going to get changed” she said, and off she went. A while later I heard a crash and a cry. I rushed off to see Audrey on the floor. “cramp”, she proclaimed, “can you help get me up”? Could I. I am ashamed to say that the sight of Audrey,.