cocnraad:
a low hum sounds at the back of her throat. ‘ tanzania. ’ as if it’s the only important thing. ‘ well then, thank you olivier. ’ she blows him a brief kiss with her hand, that waves him away in the same sweeping motion. ‘ you may go now, ’ before his father says something no one wants him to hear. hands clasp in front of her. ‘ who’s going to say it ? will it be me ? ’ her left hand moves within its clasp to squeeze at her right wrist which swivel to show two fingers miming the snip of scissors. vera is liberal, but sol is different. ‘ i’m sure it’ll resolve itself anyway, these things don’t last with these children. ’ but does sol need to learn how to be treated like a piece of meat ? /. @saskiaelse, @cocnraad,
he’ll have to ask saskia later what that was about – eight months! at his age, it should be nothing, but the world was fast paced and despite his catching up, there are still memories he missed – or corner olivier before he could slip away again. hmph. “ i thought sol would have better taste, ” he said mildly, glancing at saskia for her opinion, “ you should have let me tell olivier to keep an eye out for her, he’s more of a gentleman than this mwezi. ” and now the boy would be in all of ani’s wedding pictures wearing that japing grin as though he’d won some prize. fantastic. “ with luck, he won’t be accompanying sol at the next wedding – whose will it be, vera? ” / @saskiaelse or @vcra
“ i knew it ! i could have told you this all. ” perhaps not in the same great detail as olivier... “ i don’t stick my nose in my boys’ love lives for nothing. ” she had kindly stayed away from the girls’ love lives because they had not been so absolutely hopeless ! “ no, olivier needs to stay far far away from him. ani says they tend to squabble. we’re fortunate enough to have the osmanoglus away, let’s not push our luck. ” she fixed herself on her seat and rested her elbows on the table, palms pressed together as she leaned closer to the center of the round table. “ besides, my plan is to make sure olivier and euphemia stuart talk for longer than three seconds. ”
