“She was always an old woman in a child’s body. An old English mother hen reincarnated from the time she could toddle around... but with attitude.”
I rolled my eyes as Andrew laughed, looking at me surprised as Fi went straight into embarrassing stories. So, of course, I had to fire back with stories about her as we walked back to get dessert.
“So Andrew, be careful if Fi finds any discarded bird eggs. Twice mum and dad had to deal with her rotten egg collection she had on the side of her bed. The first one she opened on her own and stank out the house. The second, she accidently squished it when it fell off her bedside table onto the bed, and she sat on it.” Andrew was nearly crying he was laughing so hard.
Dad grimaced. “Had to go get you a new mattress the next day, as there was no w
