still laughing.
“Is your mother up?”
“She is. She was hoping you’d still come today,” he said, letting me in. “She’s in the main living room. I’ll take you to her.”
I followed him down the long hallway into the end room. It was twice as big as the reception room we had been in previously; the walls were painted cream with a beautiful red-and-gold floral trim. There was another large fireplace in there which was lit and four large red velvet sofas. There were pictures on the walls again but not of people this time; they were landscape paintings with big golden frames around them. My eyes were wandering everywhere, over every ornament, the large carriage clock on the mantelpiece, the beautiful oak coffee table.
“Good morning, my dear,” Evelyn said, snapping me out of my admiration and walking over to me.
“Hello, I’m not too early, am I?” I asked.
“Not at all, please come and sit down,” she said, taking my hand and leading me to one of the sofas. “Lucian, would you make Keira and me some coffee, please,” she asked.
“No problem,” he smiled and left the room.
“I want to start by thanking you for last night,” she said.
I’m just glad they’re all OK.”
“They are, thanks to you; I know the other boys’ mothers are dying to spend time with you now. They have all called me this morning and, to be honest, they sounded a little upset that you were coming to see me today and not them.”
“I will go and see them, but I did meet you first, after all,” I told her.
“Well, I don’t really know where to start. I take it you’ve had a lot of questions thrown at you over the last few days.”
“I have, but I don’t mind, as long as they don’t mind answering mine if they can.”
“I’m sure they will – they know a lot of the family’s history.”
“I know – they’ve told me quite a bit up to now.”
“Good, I hope you found it helpful.”
“Thanks. So I take it there are things you want to know about me then?” I said, smiling.
“Yes, but only because I’m nosey.”
We were both laughing when Lucian walked into the room. He put our drinks on the table in front of us and told me to shout when we were finished.
“So has Lucian been nice to you?” she inquired.
“Yes he has; they all have – at least since they found out who I was.”
“I believe you and Danny are OK too?”
“Yeah, we’re fine now.”
“Good, I’m glad. It is so nice to have everyone together; we have always felt as though part of us was missing. Then as soon as you came along we felt complete. That must sound strange coming from me; after all I’m not blood-related to Michael, but, with everything he’s told me, it just felt like I was missing something too. Michael said he knew as soon as you came to town but he couldn’t tell us. He was so poorly he couldn’t talk, but last night he decided to tell me – he said he could feel your power. He said he knew the lads were attacking you too, but he could do nothing to stop it. He felt really guilty…” she said sadly.
“Well, tell him not too. It’s not his fault and the guys were just protecting their families. It was annoying at first, because I didn’t know who they were but now, it’s understandable. I would have done the same thing.”
“You’re very grown up.”
“I can be sometimes, but sometimes I’m a big kid too.”
“I think everyone needs to be able to let go. You’re so young, you need to be enjoying yourself,” she said before taking a sip of her tea. “So what do you do with yourself back home?”
“I spend most of my time working. Believe it or not I actually enjoy it.”
“What do you do?”
“I’m into interior design. I have a degree in it so I was a self-employed interior designer,” I told her.
“Wow, I bet your house is nice.”
“It probably isn’t to everyone’s taste. I’m very gothic so it’s quite dark and spooky, but it’s a fun house.”
“Lucian has a gothic
“Is your mother up?”
“She is. She was hoping you’d still come today,” he said, letting me in. “She’s in the main living room. I’ll take you to her.”
I followed him down the long hallway into the end room. It was twice as big as the reception room we had been in previously; the walls were painted cream with a beautiful red-and-gold floral trim. There was another large fireplace in there which was lit and four large red velvet sofas. There were pictures on the walls again but not of people this time; they were landscape paintings with big golden frames around them. My eyes were wandering everywhere, over every ornament, the large carriage clock on the mantelpiece, the beautiful oak coffee table.
“Good morning, my dear,” Evelyn said, snapping me out of my admiration and walking over to me.
“Hello, I’m not too early, am I?” I asked.
“Not at all, please come and sit down,” she said, taking my hand and leading me to one of the sofas. “Lucian, would you make Keira and me some coffee, please,” she asked.
“No problem,” he smiled and left the room.
“I want to start by thanking you for last night,” she said.
I’m just glad they’re all OK.”
“They are, thanks to you; I know the other boys’ mothers are dying to spend time with you now. They have all called me this morning and, to be honest, they sounded a little upset that you were coming to see me today and not them.”
“I will go and see them, but I did meet you first, after all,” I told her.
“Well, I don’t really know where to start. I take it you’ve had a lot of questions thrown at you over the last few days.”
“I have, but I don’t mind, as long as they don’t mind answering mine if they can.”
“I’m sure they will – they know a lot of the family’s history.”
“I know – they’ve told me quite a bit up to now.”
“Good, I hope you found it helpful.”
“Thanks. So I take it there are things you want to know about me then?” I said, smiling.
“Yes, but only because I’m nosey.”
We were both laughing when Lucian walked into the room. He put our drinks on the table in front of us and told me to shout when we were finished.
“So has Lucian been nice to you?” she inquired.
“Yes he has; they all have – at least since they found out who I was.”
“I believe you and Danny are OK too?”
“Yeah, we’re fine now.”
“Good, I’m glad. It is so nice to have everyone together; we have always felt as though part of us was missing. Then as soon as you came along we felt complete. That must sound strange coming from me; after all I’m not blood-related to Michael, but, with everything he’s told me, it just felt like I was missing something too. Michael said he knew as soon as you came to town but he couldn’t tell us. He was so poorly he couldn’t talk, but last night he decided to tell me – he said he could feel your power. He said he knew the lads were attacking you too, but he could do nothing to stop it. He felt really guilty…” she said sadly.
“Well, tell him not too. It’s not his fault and the guys were just protecting their families. It was annoying at first, because I didn’t know who they were but now, it’s understandable. I would have done the same thing.”
“You’re very grown up.”
“I can be sometimes, but sometimes I’m a big kid too.”
“I think everyone needs to be able to let go. You’re so young, you need to be enjoying yourself,” she said before taking a sip of her tea. “So what do you do with yourself back home?”
“I spend most of my time working. Believe it or not I actually enjoy it.”
“What do you do?”
“I’m into interior design. I have a degree in it so I was a self-employed interior designer,” I told her.
“Wow, I bet your house is nice.”
“It probably isn’t to everyone’s taste. I’m very gothic so it’s quite dark and spooky, but it’s a fun house.”
“Lucian has a gothic
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