I've always been a quiet person and as a teenager I was shy and retiring – bookish without being a swot and a little overweight – so I missed out ...n the excesses of my generation. I made a few friends but they didn't last much beyond school except for Janice until she moved away when her husband got promoted to the Cardiff office and we lost contact.I never married: just never met the right man, not that I ever really felt the need to go looking for him, especially after Sebastian. I've never. Once the door closed there was a long stretch of silence, as the only sound was people savoring their food."You're Grandma sure can cook." Came Chester's voice from down the table."And she hardly looks old enough to be your Mother, let alone your Grandmother!" Audra added."I've been in their attic." Cor said. "They all have portraits up there."Dessert was another Italian treat. You can't have a Sicilian meal without having cannoli for dessert Grandma said, and having been instructed by her, Cor. I cuddle up in her arms for now, waiting for 3am when I have to move.I move to the bottom of the bed, where it’s cold and lonely without Donna’s arms around me. Donna sleeps on oblivious. But I daren’t be at her side in the morning.I get up at 10am and prepare her breakfast. I walk into the bedroom at 10.30am. I wake her up for breakfast, she smiles and says, “You are a good slave.” She gets comfy and eats. I stay standing at the side of the bed. She passes me her plate when she has finished.. The hotel's lobby was gigantic and there seemed to be several hundred people wandering around everywhere; in actual fact, there were probably no more than thirty or forty."How the hell do they expect me to find a woman who I've never seen in my life before in this place, god alone knows?" I was asking myself; when suddenly an extremely attractive woman, just about clad in a little red — obviously designer - cocktail dress and holding a matching clutch bag in her left hand appeared before.