Mary
It was already late afternoon when I went outside with Joshua. After I had prepared everything for lunch with Irma in the kitchen, Joshua, Alice, Mona, Annie, Marc and I had gone into the dining area together. We had talked a lot during the meal, Alice had told me about my brothers and Annie about her childhood in the pack.
It had been nice to talk to my mother and hear from her about the place where I was born.
Joshua led me to a bench where we usually sat. I had a cup of coffee in my hand and we sat there in silence for a while.
"I would really like to travel to Alice's family by the sea." I said to Joshua, looking at him and he returned my gaze.
"Of course my love, we'll go there together, to see your family."
It was hard for me to talk about Alice as my mother, I had been
