Only Time Can Tell

Chapter Five...

Driving into town, Steven came to a complete stop out the front of  ' Sammie's  flower's & gift shop, '  and headed inside to order a dozen red roses. He quickly wrote on a small gift card, then jotted down a quick note for Sally-Ann and  slipped it inside an envolpe.
After paying for the flowers, he  than gave the lady behind the counter his sister's address,  got in  his  car and drove around for a while beore heading back home.

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" So what's the master plan of attack today before we have to go pick young Skyanne up? "  Sally-Ann asked  plonking herself down on the sofa across from Luke and Karen.

" I don't know. . . . maybe just laze around the house, watch a movie or two, than flip through a photo album, " Karen suggested.  " Or  maybe we could just  sit here and gas-bag, " Karen shrugged  her shoulders.

" Or I could show you  guy's  a few recordings I made of  Skyanne  as a baby and some recordings I took of places we have seen while living over in Paris.... That is only if you guys want to watch them off-course.  We could make some popcorn to have while watching it,"
Sally-Ann pipped up.

" That isn't  a bad idea. I'm  all for it... and by the look on Karen's  face, she's  all for it too, "  Luke said giving Sally-Ann  the thumbs up.
So off the girls went to make popcorn, while Luke  set everything  up in the lounge-room ready to watch Sally-Ann's  home-made movies.

"Oh look at the chubby buba, she's so cute, just look at her go!" Karen said watching a young Skyanne  taking her first step.
" You did such an amazing job  raising young Skyanne  on your own and you  should be so proub of yourself Sally-Ann.  You have even managed  to catch  every important  milestone  on camera.... that's  incredible !"  Karen added.

"Thank-you Karen. I knew  you would love  watching these videos...... Just some of the thing's  Skyanne  did  as  baby was funny to wacth, especially  the one where she first  started walking. It had me in stiches just wacthing her take a few steps and then plonk herself down on the floor," Sally-Ann  laughed.

Two hours later Karen pulled out the  photo ablum's and  started  flicking through them with Sally-Ann.
" Oh my Goodness, I can't believe you still have this photo of all of us together when we were young teenager's. Check out the pants I'm wearing and oh my lordie, what's with that hairstyle? What was I even thinking? , "  Sally-Ann said taking a  closer look at the  photo.

"I  remember correctly - you were madly in love with Boy George and wanted to be just like him, so you had your hair done exactly like his. I remember that day quite well, the look on my brother's face when he saw what you did to your beautiful blonde hair said it all.  They certainly were the days, " Karen said  smiling.

" And what's  this  photo? " Sally-Ann asked  picking up a photo that had fallen out of the back of the album.

" Oh  that is a photo  taken of all of us out at Mum and Dads property one xmas. "  Karen answered  as she flicked the page in the photo ablum over.

" Oh  well why isn't it in the ablum then with all the other photos you have?" Sally-Ann asked her  with a puzzled look on her face.

" Um beats me - maybe it's because I don't really like the person who's in the photo. Come to think of it.... No-one really likes the stupid bitch. We just tolerate  her because she's Steven's girlfriend," Karen said as she  took the photograph from Sally-Ann  and shoved it at the back of the ablum.   " Mum and Dad  don't  even like Amanda. There  always hopping that one day down the track both  Steven  and  you  would get back together, because they say you two are more compatible together  than Amanda  would ever be. They  swear  black and blue that  Amanda  isn't the right women  for Steven  and  she's only bringing him down," Karen added.