The alternative is we have no future.”“Of course, you do,” Mum snapped.“No, we don’t,” I replied, “without you, we’d be stuck with Dad...��s cooking, and that is not any future I want to contemplate.”“Well I will have to be in the hospital for a while, so you’re going to have to suffer that temporarily at least,” She answered.“Hey,” Dad complained, “I’m sat here you know.”The smile was back on Mum’s lips, but not, I noticed, in her eyes. Alison walked around the table and hugged her.“Love you,. We called into Mr.Lazlo’s on the way back to the garden centre just to check that the electric pump was working correctly and that the customer was happy. We had two quite large jobs under our belts and were happy with our achievements. Everybody was working extra hours even the catering staff, Grace had now taken on a kitchen assistant plus two counter staff and two waitresses. We would all be working late into the evenings most days until Easter and so Maggie arranged with Grace that hot. "Carl why don't you think bigger than these small jobs, I'm sure someonewith your brains could pull off a big score." Sure I guess!" I glanced at my watch "God is that the time got to run." Ok cya but remembered what I said"I had forgotten I had agreed to meet my mum and sister for something toeat at lunchtime.I was a little late when I got to the restraunt at Covent Garden."Hi mum where is Cathy?" I said leaning over to kiss my mum and noticingCathy wasn't here yet."She's just arrived" mum. Valerie hatte ihre verweinten Augen geschlossen. Sie schnueffelte und drehte angewidert den Kopf weg. Der faulige Gestank, der von seinem Penis ausging war abstossend.?Los, Augen auf!? befahl er. Sie gehorchte nicht sofort. Er kniff ihr brutal in die Nase. Nach Luft jappsend riss sie Mund und Augen auf. Das monstroese Ding, das unmittelbar vor ihrem Gesicht hing, loeste einen Schock aus. Aber es erreichte seinen Zweck. Der erschreckende Anblick machte Valerie schlagartig wieder munter. ?Oh.