She’d tell Brian, “Here’s your AuntIe Pen,” when I’d come to her house.Mulling all this as I folded laundry I heard a tentative rapping at t...e door, when I opened it there stood Brian, much as he was in my imagings.He said: “May I come in?” He did so and continued: “They’re working on the public loo. Mom thought you wouldn’t mind if…”“No, no, of course,” I ushered him to my bathroom and had no sooner closed the door than I remembered the accursed twin set displayed on the drying rack in there. ” We both smiled. Isabel moved round behind me and began to unfasten the gold laces that held the velvet of my dress at the back and as she did so I removed the golden cord with the heavy tassels from around my waist. The long purple dress slid from my shoulders into a heap on the floor and she then pulled the straps of my chemise over my shoulders and that too slid to the floor. Still standing close behind me, Isabel lifted my hair and began to gently kiss my neck. This time I was not. "In class Mike and Ruthie sat at the opposite sides of the room. Mike had his usual spot near the door: Ruthie had her usual spot near the window. For the first time they felt a bit uneasy in each other's presence, so neither volunteered to talk in class. The fact that Mike was not taking up class time pontificating as usual gave the professor a chance to lead the discussion with other students, many of whom were caught not having read the class material.Both Mike and Ruthie watched with. Even Fang got a hug, he wagged his tail and obviously knew them.I was not introduced and I did not mind that all. However, I wanted to let them know I was only staying an hour and I wanted to know what I was here for.The woman and two of the men looked as if they were related. The same gaunt weather beaten faces, sunken cheeks, stunning blue eyes, medium height, and gait. To me there didn’t seem much difference in their ages and I wondered if they were triplets. They looked in their mid fifties.