Not long after that our peace was broken as Angie and Katie came storming into the room in the midst of one of their rows.

“You woke me up on purpose you know I like to sleep in and you woke me up on purpose.”

Angie’s voice had taken on the slightly high-pitched tone it got when she was on the edge of loosing control. Andy and I had separated and a very sensible Katie had taken refuge hiding behind Andy.

————Tina———–

God they were loud I woke up to all the noise coming from the other room and saw that Bette had already left and got up to find a room full of people trying to diffuse the rage that was my eldest daughter.

I stood and watched on, smiling to myself as I did so. The noise was heinous that was true but I don’t even think Angie was really cross any more they were all just having so much fun fooling around that she was keeping up the act. I stood there for a while until they all settled and then went and sat next to Angie who was still giggling from the stupid jokes Andy had been telling.

We all moved to the kitchen and Peggy joined us for breakfast, she was acting a bit strange, even for her, lots of hushed phone calls and sneaking off to read emails. I wondered what she was up to but let it go as I figured we would know when she decided to tell us.

We ate and everyone had to get ready, as the cars would be here to take us to the airport in just over an hour. While we were getting dressed Libby had arrived. She had to return to New York to at least complete part of the internship she was meant to have been doing over the summer before she jumped ship to L.A. Having Peggy Peabody as a friend did not hurt her case in getting back in for the short time she was back before she had to fly to England.

As I came back into the sitting room she was stood staring out of the window.