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"No, you don't have to return it.  I already bought it. You could light it on fire and no one would care less.  But, first we do need to take some photos."

Although she felt it dampened the mood as they got into poses that the photographers started to point out. Ellie started to feel more ridiculous as her tenants came in. One of the elderly farm workers whom had been around since her father's time pointed up at her with a beaming smile. Ellie quickly ran down to give him a hug while the shudder flashed. 

"I'm so glad you could make it to my birthday. It's been so long that I have been around the Lutterworth folk who raised me alongside my parents. You know they always say that childhood needs a village. You were always the best part of that crowd, Mr. phillips. I always enjoyed the cod that you taught me and Nolan how to fish when you'd come to draw your line next to my father."