The girl next door

I 27 return home to my mother after my service (marines) she was widowed 22years before my service was finished. I attended the funeral of my father and returned to service shortly after. Hadn't seen her since, was welcome warmly and soon had a good job with my uncle as a mechanic. Quite content to still live with my mother, I started dating not doing very well as most girls my age were either married or already in a relationship. Those that weren't were not interested in boys. But I hadn't noticed the neighbors had their granddaughter 24 living with them since the death of her parents and her mother's parents in a car accident a couple of months before my return. She never left the house at least not when I was around. Anyway, my mother mention I should meet her saying I should meet her, saying she was quiet girl homeschooled. So, on Saturday afternoon I went with my mother to see the neighbors, my mother visited them almost every weekend. I met the granddaughter who was so quiet unless you saw her you wouldn't know see was there. No point in trying to ask her out straight away. She had to get to know you and relax when you were visiting before she even would talk to you. She did talk to my mother, but it had taken several months. But my mother said it was mainly due to losing her parents and other grandparents and was still in shock and mourning. I decide to wait and see how it turned out, after 5 more visits over the following weekend she warmed to me my mother said as she had started talking to me. Another few weekend I decided to ask her out, at first, she hesitated. But agreed after her grandmother she should accept. I took things slowly and we bonded very well and became lovers after 6months of dating. Her grandmother had a turn as she called it, she mentioned she hoped she would see her granddaughter married before she passed away. My mother asked when we were alone would I think of ever marrying her. I answered yes it had crossed my mind, then mentioning the grandmother wish and bad health. I decided to ask and was accepted we married quickly because of her grandmother's health concerns. Now 12 years later with 4 children, my mother has remarried and my wife's grandparent are both still alive and very healthy. I think I was set up by my mother and my wife's grandmother conspiring, I think I did need that extra little push to get married. But I'm quite happy I did.