"Very, very sorry. It’s been— oh, it’s been a bit of a mess around here lately, I suppose." She kicked aside a stray piece of laundry and darted around a rushing cat with ease. She peered over the railing to make sure Colm wasn’t listening before turning on Mum with a wide grin. "I do, however, have news. That I haven’t told him, because— well, I haven’t." She sighed, leaning back against the rail, a ceiling sloping over it made quite an awkward architectural design.