Thirteen
‘So you didn’t get around to finishing the decorating, then?’ Felicity asked Benjamin as they stood in the hallway waiting for Derek to finish up in the bathroom.
‘I don’t know that we didn’t,’ Benjamin answered, leaning back against the wall. ‘Perhaps the job isn’t finished or the time hasn’t run out yet.’
‘Yes it has,’ she told him before a sound of flushing came from the bathroom. She dotted a kiss onto his cheek and went for the handle of the bathroom door, opening it a foot and peering inside.
‘You okay in here, Uncle? Want help to get back in the chair?’
‘Of course, my dear.’
She stepped in wholesale then while Benjamin watched them. Derek turned about and waved his niece away with a smile.
‘I was only kidding you, my dear, the chair is barely a half fall away. Is Ben
