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ned, querulous voice came

randma,"

m he

ening, without fail, my grandmother went out with several of her friends to play bingo. Grandma was a creature of habit. So, what on earth had changed her routine

again. "Then you

di

member, th

ed to me that perhaps something was wrong with her

ing, Carter." She rang off. I was so curious to know why she had sent for me that I l

Anne chair, which was furnished more like a throne, was my grandmother, a short, thin, white-haired woman, immaculately dressed. One would think that she was either attending or returning from a function after seeing the numerous articles of jewellery adorning her throat and fingers. The thing was, she

n," I said. She shr

different from what

dded, "Someday, that will be you, sitting in this chair or another one, loo

hat exactly was going on? I began to wish I had thought to ask Flora

arly," she

unded...

ich I kissed dutifully. That ritual being dispensed with,

her and sat. "I'm getting old every d

you were fin

her fingers

t mean I'll be a

randma?" "Because, my dear grandson, it's high t

what you cancel

wait," sh

rious about this. You have to get married so

le of life works," I said dryl

rried if you want me to l

stared at her incredulously. She stared right back without

ha

d and have children before I die. If you

little when I continued to

. Just find a girl you love

ling in love got to do with the company? You and everyone else know how good I am at running the com

t you've got against love, Carter. Love

ferent," I said

it dif

t of thing. You can't force me to get married now

if you'd like the company

om childhood. That jealousy had grown and matured as we got older. Ollie would want nothing better than to take over the company I had worked so hard

at you're doing,"

mpany over to him. That company is a legacy, and Ollie's a fool. Sorry,

He's divorced Iris, and now he wants to marry a more s

with myself if I did. I needed to be in control of that company. But how? When I looked into the steely blue eyes of my grandmother, I knew

ecision of yours? I know you want what's b

and appeared to mull over what she had said, e

I said tersely as I

e. If you don't get one by then

was I supposed to get a wife in a damn month? I was so furious I could hardly think straight. As I