"Viv's face clouded. "We got called out of the club after the event, but Ted, one of the bouncers, told us he and Norman saw Ged get to the corner of ...Thomas Street and then three blokes jumped him. They were wearing those look-alike masks, Lee Mack I think they were."Ted and Norm ran to break it up, but it's quite a way down the street and they'd beaten Ged up before Ted got there.They kicked at him, and get this, one of them knelt down and pulled Ged's hands out while one of the others stamped. You weren't actually in the Air Force." Shush. I was in the Air Force, Sean. You have your version of our family history. I know the truth and you should too." I don't get it," the young man said."Sean, you must remember your first time. Young teens maybe? Perhaps your mother used to let her underwear drip-dry in the back yard. Maybe it was the laundry room? Or coming home early from school?"Sean's lips parted in astonishment."What, exactly, are you trying to say, Grandmother?"A wan smile. The group decided to spend the night in the house as opposed to the hotel that they were planning on. Carol spent the afternoon doing what she could with the funeral home.Jim and Tony took a two hour trip to B&B construction. It was immediately obvious that the Breelands were hands-on managers; probably too much so. There was a foreman who was likely pretty good at a job site but was hopelessly out of his element in an office. He seemed to be the senior person left in the company.On the drive. 'Oh Kaitlin', I sobbed, tears running down my cheeks, 'I didn't wantyou to see me like this, I love you'.'And I love you darling', she replied cradling me in her arms, 'but weboth know you were never much of a man, you'll be so much better off inpanties darling, and this way we can still be friends, share girlssecrets, and when our babies come along, we'll be even closer. My onlyregret is that you didn't ask me to be your maid of honor'.My mother interrupted, handing me a lace handkerchief..