She laughed. ‘Lemme tell ya something, sweetface. I have been married at least four times, to four different men.’ She watched him chew that over for a moment before continuing, ‘They’ve all been named George Edwards but, believe me, the man who is waiting for me down the hall is a whole different animal from the boy I married, back before there was dirt. Oh, there are continuities. He has always been fun and he has never been able to budget his time properly and – well, the rest is none of your business.’ ‘But people change,’ he said quietly. ‘Precisely. People change. Cultures change.
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