"Well, haven't you grown into something else?" Nonnie beamed as she accepted the flowers. "Girls, Danny is Cai's half-brother. I haven't seen him for donkey's years!"

"What's a donkey's year?" Faye asked, staring at Danny. Nonnie gave her a little nudge, and she drew together all her courage and strode over to offer her hand to Danny to shake.

"A really long time," Cai explained. He remembered how frustrated he got when adults didn't answer his questions properly when he was a kid.