I was getting lost in my thoughts. Janie snapped me back to reality with thewords, " Now let me do your make-up, girly-girl."While I had struggled wit... dressing, she had already applied her trademarkmakeup, with a lot of black around her eyes and the bright red lips. (I guessMr. Stevens let her hang on to her makeup.) She sat me down on the bed andpulled up a chair to get to work. I didn't know what to do with my hands, soI folded them in my lap, lost in the folds of my voluminous skirt.After a. “Yes, we could use a meal and some mead. Your son is caring for our horses. We may want rooms as well, he said you rent those.”“Yes, we do.” He noticed Irileth and Erandur. “Oh, it’s not often we see someone from the homeland here that we don’t already know. You’ll forgive my curiosity, but what brings you this way?”I took my helm off, set it on a table. “We’re escorting a merchant. With the end of war in Skyrim, trade opportunities are opening up.”“Ah, the war up there is over now? That. Now re-evaluating my appearance. Yes, I knew what I wanted to do. I returned to my closet, made my selection, and carefully hurried down the stairs wearing heels.I passed the dining room and saw the table set for four. I smiled, pleased that I was desired to be with them. I looked in the living room and found nobody, heard noise further in the house and followed it. In the family room were Dori and Albert. They saw me and looked me up and down; Albert smiled. Dori was putting the bottle of wine. "If I don't get them moving they'll just play video games all morning."Trish called the boys into the kitchen with the voice of a drill sergeant. The teenagers appeared and grinned openly when they saw me. "Kate, this is Jacob and Caleb. They are 17 and 15 respectively, so keep your eye on them. Boys, this is Kate, one of our new neighbors across the street. Get your shoes on, you're going to get some service hours in this morning."They both said, "Yes, Ma'am." I tried not to smile as they kept.