"That's my daughter. Rica is her name. Any problems?"
Ann was shocked, she did not know that Edythe had a child, more to say one that was up to that age. "Please, I'm serious here."
"Do I look like I'm lying to you?"
"No, I did not say that. Just that you did not mention it to anyone that you had a daughter that is this grown."
"You did not ask, so I did not tell. Or do you expect me to go about spreading news about myself?"
Edythe was right, no one asked and she was not to start bothering people with her family.
"I'm sorry to have thought that way, hope you forgive me?"
"Sure, it's nothing at all...."
Edythe was not done when Ann interrupted her with another question. "So how old is she?"
"She's twelve."
"That's a lot of age." Ann did not press on with asking who her father was
