The innosense of youth
But Colin came out of his trance, "With Owain", and the inflection in his voice added an unspoken 'of course'.
"So, are you his boyfriend?"
"Maria!"
But Colin simply smiled, "Yes, I am."
"Oh good."
"You have a nice house, Uncle Owain."
"Can we come again?" I laughed and agreed.
So much expressed below...
"I phoned him the other day."
Connie said sharply, "He didn't tell me."
Annalisa gave a dry laugh, "Perhaps because it didn't go so well. Colin?"
"I tried to tell him what my life was like; I wouldn't let him just tell me what I was supposed to do." He turned to his Mother, "I'm 32 Mum, I've got my own business, my own hobbies and now I've got a boyfriend, and we do stuff together. I want to be seeing you and everyone as well. But not if I get lectured and told what to do. If Miles doesn't like that I'm gay, fine; I don't like that he's a bully. But he's my brother and we should be able to jog along."
"He came over last weekend, tried to help me in the garden", Connie sniffed, "he's a dead loss."
This just wasn't a state visit, Ambassador Annalisa negotiated a truce and a thawing of relations...