Originally Posted by emma_rlz

'You think four's a lot? I've got fifteen - fourteen, sorry,' Susanna corrected herself quickly, her voice quiet. She had once had fifteen nieces, but the number had gone to four now. 'And I've got one niece who I treat as a daughter. She doesn't like her family, so she lives with me when she's home from school. Then I've got nine nephews.' She laughed at the amount.

'You research them?' Susanna asked, her smile returning, though her blue eyes remained slightly troubled. 'Now, that is strange if you have no children. Do you have children? Or nieces and nephews?'