asked Katie, jumping up and down with excitement. “Soon, Katie,” laughed Josephine. “Just enjoy the ride.” To demonstrate, Josephine raised her face and smiled into the sunshine and sea spray. The ‘them’ her nine year old niece was so eager to see were whales. Josephine had watched the poor girl beg her parents to take her whale watching ever since they’d arrived for their annual family visit, but Katie’s parents weren’t adventurous. All they wanted to do was sleep, eat, watch TV and sleep some more. They may as well have stayed at home! Katie’s mother, Janet, was Josephine’s older sister. Their relationship was an uneasy one. The sisters had been close when they were young but now it seemed to Josephine that all Janet wanted to do was criticize her. As soon as Josephine had a day off she’d said that she’d be happy to go whale watching with her niece.
