’ ‘When Leila died, I felt like a part of me died too. I still miss her, one of the reasons I’ve never been able to go back to the islands, even...when Lucas was there, I could never bring myself to get on that plane knowing she wouldn’t be there when I got off.’ ‘Lucas told me that his grandmother has never forgiven you for taking Leila to the mainland with you.’ ‘She never will either, put a curse on me after Leila died, said I would never find love the way I had known it with her daughter, so. You chuckled as she finished pouring, continuing to engage with you remarking on how much she loved your dress and following that compliment up with a comment to me - ‘I’d go on a tinder date with your wife too - have a lovely evening guys’! I saw you blush slightly but you smiled and accepted the compliment. She was similar in age to you I’d say and dressed in a tight black skirt with white blouse and a ponytail, attractive and understated but a clean, classy look for work. Now you were sat I. She was plump and she said sometimes men would abuse her once they saw her naked, but she said she then just switched off.She then asked how come the kitchen was so warm and I showed her the Aga. It was very old and had been converted to run on oil in place of coal many years ago. I had now converted it again to run on solid fuel, mainly wood, as that was all that was available now. I explained how it heated the water, along with radiators in the bedroom and bathroom as well as using it for. Funny how she could excuse or overlook her own behavior but for him to be with someone else was an outrage. She knew there was no point bringing it up since she had no right to do so. Nonetheless it was there, like a pimple on her ass. She felt confident her involvements were controllable but was unsure about him since she knew he had a great untapped capacity to love. ‘Lois and Carl wanted to know where we were staying, so I told them,’ she said. He was preoccupied with thoughts of Claudia.