<strong>Tsade -  Dessert and bitters</strong><br/><br/>Tsade led the way from the bed room. He never looked back. It was as though Lily had been with him for years. He just expected her two paces behind and to his right as he walked past the open guest room.<br/><br/>The open door meant one thing. Mother was roaming in the apartment. He walked to the most obvious place.<br/><br/>“Martial!” Lady Beatrice bubbled, her hands mitted around a batch of confectionary perfection.<br/><br/>Tsade stepped to her wearing a smile and kissed her cheek, “What a surprise.”<br/><br/>“Do sit down I have so much to tell you,” She said placing the pan to cool on top of the stove.<br/><br/>There are moments that parents dread.  A vision of their child’s future fortunes detonating into a mile high cloud of volcanic ash as that adult child revealed the treasure they had found while searching in the shallow end of the gene pool. This was one of those moments.<br/><br/>The mites removed she never missed a beat but she eyed Lily, her smile still bright, “And who is this lovely creature?”<br/><br/>“Lily.” Tsade said seeing the storm coming.<br/><br/>“Tea Lily?” Mother asked.