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he planned to fight her for custody or anything. Maybe he was caught off guard and said what he thought she wanted him to say? She strolled down the main road with Zack. He held tightly to her hand, but that didn’t stop him from tugging her in the direction of everything that caught his attention. “Mom, look, thereth the mutheum River told me about. Ith all about Blavet.”
    The night before everyone had taken great joy in telling Zack all about the creature that supposedly lived in the depths of the lake. Blavet was a local legend and there were lots of stories about him causing large waves to put out forest fires and rising up from the deep and eating a selfish fisherman who insisted on throwing his garbage over the side of his boat.
    “Can we go, pretty pleeeth!”
    “All right, let’s go have a look.” She crossed the street with him, reminding him to look both ways before crossing. She looked past the large building to the lake behind it. The sun sparkled on the surface, tempting her to dip her toes in it. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d gone swimming in a real lake. But despite the warm temperatures of the day, this time of year the water must be getting very cold.
    “Good morning.” Tara’s attention was drawn back by the greeting the three older women gave. They were each sitting in a large rocking chair. Colourful balls of yarn sat in baskets at their feet and the three of them were knitting at an incredible speed.
    Tara and Zack returned the greeting. Zack raced up and watched the knitting needles flashing in the sunlight. “Wow, thath fast.”
    The older woman giggled and paused. “Here, watch, this is how it’s done.” She slowed her movements down and Zach watched her carefully.
    “You’re piling the loopth on top of each other in a thraight line.”
    “That’s exactly correct. I bet you’re very good at math, aren’t you?”
    Tara grinned, laying a hand on her son’s shoulder. “Yes, he is.”
    “I’m Poppy and these are my sisters Lily and Lavender.” The woman pointed to her sisters in turn.
    “You can bring him here a couple times a week. We’ll teach him how to knit.” Lily nodded. “After lunch would be a good time.”
    “Oh, that’s very kind, but we’re only going to be here for a day or two.” Tara didn’t want to insult the women or commit to private lessons in anything that might be expensive.
    “That’s what they all say,” Lavender commented. “Besides, it’ll be good for his fingers to work with needles. We’ll start with large ones and then work smaller as he gets used to handling them.”
    “How did you know he has a difficult time holding on to things?”
    “Lavender”—Lily elbowed her sister—“you don’t say things like that.”
    “Did you come over to see the museum?” Poppy asked after she frowned at both her sisters. “I’ve a key if you would like to go in. Cris usually unlocks the door when he gets here, but he won’t be in till later today.”
    Lily had leaned over and was whispering angrily at Lavender, but Tara couldn’t make out all the words. All she heard was Lavender reply, “It is what it is, nothing will change that.”
    “Come, dear.” Poppy wrapped her hand around Tara’s arm. “I’ll show you the inside, don’t mind their bickering. You’ll get used to it in time.”
    “Yeah, come on, Mom.” Zack raced to the door and hopped in excitement as Poppy unlocked the door. Tara held it open so the older woman could enter. The room was large with pictures on the walls and display cases around the room. There were little plaques next to everything describing how old it was and the story behind it.
    “I’ll let you two look around. Take your time.” Poppy gave them a wave and then headed back out to her chair. Tara could see the three sisters through the big window lean toward each other and have a very animated conversation about something. It was fascinating the way the three of them all said their piece