“Good- though her cooking is on another planet “

“Especially compared to yours and Shane’s “

Finn laughed “Good point – what’s your point ?”

“Its Ti’s birthday in 3 weeks and I thought I might have a joint birthday party and engagement party for us “

“That’s a neat idea “

“We should have a better idea about our wedding plans by then but a party would be good and her birthday is a great excuse”

“And you want to bring mom over ?”

“Yeah – the farm is running fine and she could probably use a break from the daily stuff here “

“You are not planning to invite dad as well are you ?”

“Look – when we get married they will both be there so they are going to have to bury their differences for Tina’s big day but I still think that everything is pretty raw between them. “

Finn took a couple of nails from a tin and fixed the other part of the fence. That done he leant on it

“Is that you road testing it ?”

“Pretty much “

Bette lent against the fence “Seems fine to me “

“Thanks “

“I had a  long conversation with Tina last night about dad

“I know – I tried to stay awake but I fell asleep “

“Did I spoil your plans for wild sex with my sister ?”

“Merely postponed “ Bette retorted “ Briefly postponed “

Finn laughed “Good – Tina was telling me about Gemma “

“Yes – interesting “

“Tina doesn’t think that Gemma is a bimbo “

“No  – she is not a bimbo – maybe she is a little naïve but she does seem to have a grasp of the situation and she has your dad well worked out “

Finn laughed “What would she do if he wanted an open relationship “

Bette chuckled “ That was a good moment – when he told her about it she thought it was a line to get her into bed and when he had convinced her that it wasn’t a line she told him very firmly that if he started to stray she would kick him out before he could get his shorts back on “