Penitence
"Welcome to the club." Grace's great grandfather, Charles Brandon, spoke to her. Grace had never known him, as he had died many years before she had been born, but she had heard stories about him. Plenty of them. "What club?" she asked. "You know damn well what club." Grace didn't like the look in her great grandfather's eyes at all as he waved his hand grandiosely to the side. "Come on in and meet the others..." Uncle Robert and Queen Elizabeth stood with their arms around one another. To Uncle Robert's side stood a woman Grace had never seen before, but she knew that it was her Aunt Amy. Aunt Amy looked profoundly sad, and tears streamed down her face. But I never realized...Grace knew that her father would never have said anything negative about Uncle Robert in her presen
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