"But of course. Give Mum someone new to fuss over and the rest of us get some reprieve. My siblings will like you for it." He was making fun of his mother's habits and things, but he did love her dearly.
Charlie laughed. "It's OK. I have brain bleach and kitten pictures to make the horror go away. Or intensify it, I can't decide which is the outcome."
He corrected himself. "Sorry mate, I think it was Michael Corner and not Zach, I never could remember their names. She was so hung up on Harry all those years we didn't think the others would make more than a blip on the radar. That and I was out of the country for most of those school years."