“Huh?”
“Mark, I think we’re talking at cross purposes. Mother wanted to inform me that she and Gregor are… involved.”
“Huh?”
He was even more surprised than I to learn about Mother and Gregor, but of course he rallied enough to offer to buy Gregor racy underwear. Hopefully, I’d persuaded him that cookware was a better choice.
“How come she never said anything?”
“She wanted to have this to herself for a while. You know her meeting with Father was arranged by my grandfather and Uncle Tony.” Uncle Bryan had told me about it, his annoyance with his father and oldest brother evident, but I had no intention of questioning him about it. “They put a lot of pressure on Mother, first to go out with Father, and then to keep the relationship asexual. Are you all right?” It sounded as if he was ch
