“Remember that weirdo who showed up to dinner today with the Christmas presents?” Settling me between her legs, she freed my hair from my ponytail. “The one Mam got upset with for taking you to the river?” I thought about the lady that came to our house today and smiled. “We fed the ducks.” “That’s Dad’s sister.” She continued to brush my hair out with her fingers. “Nell.” “I didn’t know Daddy had a sister,” I replied. “She never came here before.” “That’s because his sister is a rip-roaring lunatic,” Caoimhe explained, braiding my hair.
