Chapter SixteenAfter all the worry and fuss, the dreaded talk with Josh and Jake had taken less than twenty minutes. For five minutes Sophie had skirted around the main issue by chatting about how well her boys were progressing at school. She then spent approximately seven minutes explaining what she had been like when she was a little girl.
“What's up Mum?” Josh had asked in his usual forthright manner.
Her very slightly older twin had always been perceptive, even as a toddler he was able to pick up on a tense atmosphere, whereas Josh was so laid back, he was almost horizontal, and the opposite in that life's tribulations seemed to just fly smoothly over his head, unnoticed.
“Nothing's up,” Sophie squeaked, mind racing, “I've just had some news – family news.”
Josh sighed, “what's Gra
