extreme makeover

The Archer-Lyall released a breath she didn’t realise she had been holding. “I enjoy givin’ th’ kids lessons, findin’ what they like an’ settin’ them up with a good foundation. I might not ‘ave all th’ answers, but we ‘ave others that can handle th’ more advanced stuff.” She gave a shrug. “But I dunno if that’s a position that needs fillin’.” Things weren’t broken the way they were, she just didn’t feel like she fit.

“An’ who said anythin’ about keepin’ a mate! I said I want kids.” She scrunched her face with an amused smirk, wondering what Seer might have thought of her mother’s method of getting her older siblings. Maybe it would make for a lighter change of topic. “Did I ever tell yer how many husbands an’ wives me ma has?”

“Speech”