“Where are you going, Grandma May?” Josh asked when he saw that she was leaving.

“I’ve been away for so long and only just returned, so I want to meet up with my old friends to catch up with all the gossip and play some cards.”

She never put on the airs of a rich madam, so she got on particularly well with the employees’ mothers who lived at the foot of the hill.

Those old ladies loved gossiping with Grandma May too.

“You guys chat! I’m heading out. There’s no need to call me back once you guys start the barbecue party, just get someone to send me and my friends some of the food and I’ll eat with them. There’d better be some steak!”

Serenity said, “Nana, you’re getting on in years. You should cut down on red meat.”

“Oh, alright. I’ll listen to you. If you tell me not to eat it, I won’t then,” Nana conceded.

“When I tell Nana not to eat red meat, she scolds me, but when Seren does it, Nana agrees right away,” Zachary grumbled.

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