<div style="text-align: justify;">Joseph showed a sad smile when Alexis confirmed his memory of her as a child. “She would not, indeed. She is in the kitchen, if you would like to see her after you are settled, miss”, the man replied, relieved that Alexis wasn’t upset with him for having forgotten her name. <br/><br/>The man who was with Miss Alexis seemed strange - at least to an old-fashioned man like Joseph -, but he seemed kind and polite enough. <br/><br/>Bess sighed and watched the younger generation. It was good that they were all there, at least. That was what family was about, after all. Father would have liked to see them all there, the woman thought, taking a look at Grandpa Joe’s picture on the wall.<br/><br/>Feeling a little relieved that Pam was there to take care of getting everyone settled, Bess retreated back into the kitchen. They would probably want something before turning in to rest, after all.<br/><br/>Taking over the role of caregiver she always fell naturally into, Pamela led the family upstairs. She was used to that home, as she had lived there for a while after her parents passed, and before she got married. It had been Grandpa’s idea, and for that Pamela couldn’t have been more grateful. While she went upstairs, though, Pam couldn’t help but think about the old times. When Grandpa was alive, the house seemed like a much happier place. He had passed and left Grandma behind, and asked Pam to look after her, which she had done to the best of her ability. Now Grandma was gone too, and there was aunt Bess and the old butler and cook in the house. Pam wasn’t sure about what would happen now, but there would be time for that.<br/><br/>With a soft sigh, Pamela shook her head and looked down the hallway. Her bedroom had been up in the attic before, when she was a child. Now that she was married, though, her room was the last one to the left. Before hers there was the one Alexis always used, to the right, and Matt’s, first to the left. It was all for the best, as she would have the chance to help everyone get settled before she could do it herself. After looking around at her cousins and their companions, Pam motioned for Matt and Emily to follow, and led them to the room they would stay in for as long as they were in the house.<br/><br/>“Would you please?”, she requested, offering the puppy she still carried to either one of the couple. Pam would wait for someone to hold the dog, before entering the room and opening the windows. “Aunt Bess probably forgot. Don’t worry, the smell of closed room will be out soon”, she commented before stepping out and turning to Alexis and Travis. “Now you too, please”, she called for them. She would repeat the ritual, making sure that nothing was missing in either room before even thinking about going to her own.</div>