“so what are these boxes for then?” Andy asked. Andy was the youngest. Dark hair, deep brown eyes; his wife was a hairdresser so he always looked ...mmaculate.“You’ll find out soon enough” replied Tony getting up and clearing the plates from the table. They all sat back in their chairs, obviously full up from the meal, each toying with their boxes, curiosity taking over.“so, what’s for dessert then gorgeous?”. That was Nick, always the most forward being a salesman.I had my back to them and. Robert telling her how beautiful she is; and remember, I have not said she is beautiful; "handsome" was the word I used. Ian's use of the word "beautiful" to describe Alexis seems to point to two things: First, most sons seem to see their mother as beautiful; second, the object of our desire always seems beautiful in our eyes.At this stage let us assume that Ian has not engaged in sexual intercourse.Now the mixture becomes more potent in that we have two people of opposite gender who are well. Annie wrote that it was not uncommon for grandmother, mother and daughter to have children in the same school grade and each to be expecting again. Apparently there in Cutters Creek, women as old as sixty five and seventy were still getting pregnant.Not only were the locals breeding like rabbits, Annie said, there was an influx of outsiders - or rather, of the trickle of outsiders who stayed in Cutter's Creek for long, few ever left. Most of young men sent to build the new schools and day care. It became a sort of obsession for her, and mom put an end to it by taking the album from her. Granny wasn’t in a position to fight for it and continued to suffer in silence.“She needs to learn to live without a crutch, she’ll get over it soon.” mom would say when anyone expressed concern.But granny showed no signs of change even after 15 days and she continued to wallow in her despair in silence. My parent’s leaves were coming to an end, and they couldn’t stay any longer.“Amma, you need to take.