“It’s in the second drawer down,” Ailsa offered with a fond shake of her head and an aside to Eugene. “He barely uses it and yet he’s always losing it.”

Taking the seat Ewart had not she smiled brightly at Eugene, leaning forward in her chair. It hadn’t shocked her at all that Astrild had opted to stay in Norway – it was a delightful place and Ailsa was thoroughly pleased that all those trips abroad during the children’s youth finally seemed to have rubbed off on one of them. Astrild has always been the most like her, though even Ailsa had to admit she would never in a million years have left behind Ewart or one of her babies.

But then it wasn’t as though Astrild was gone for good. At least, not as far as she knew.

“It really is the most beautiful country you could ever see dear, have you been at all? I’m sure your work with the Ministry takes you all sorts of places.”

---

oh MJ mama likes ;)