On sunday Gerald often went to lunch with his spinster Aunt Rose. It was a day he so looked forward to, as they had a very special secret relationship that had been in place now for about 2 years since Gerald was twenty. Geralds mother was so pleased that he was visiting her rather pompous older sister . The sisters never did get on well , Rose being rather strait-laced and bossy. She considered herself incharge of the family as the eldest and lorded it over her brothers and sisters. It was perhaps this overbearing trait in Rose that prevented her marrying, but she had aquired her own flat and worked as a bank cashier. Rose was a tall dark slim austere lady with a long oval face and a rather … Read entire article »