I’ve enjoyed being with you and didn’t want to mess it up by giving you the wrong impression or by being a jerk. I tried being a jerk last Sunday ...nd it didn’t work very well!”“You weren’t a jerk,” she said, finally lifting her head from her knees. “You had something bad happen in your past I didn’t know about. It’s OK. And you’re really telling me the truth about what you wanted? Just me being with you?”I nodded, “Yes. That’s all I expected from you - the ‘pleasure of your company’, as it’s. “Yes, thank you! I’ll have some breakfast while I’m waiting for Tommy. Can I just thank you again, Tricia, for making me feel so welcome and like part of your family for the last few days.”“And you know you were very welcome, Dear ... it was just a shame that it had to be under such sad circumstances. We all hope and pray that Sister Catherine makes a full recovery. Just the cereal, Dear?”Tommy wasn’t long picking up his car: he could have afforded anything he wanted, but such was his. Apart from Friday nights we are just a 'normal', loving, happy family, albeit a larger family than we were five years ago. Soon after Angie and Harriet started their final year of school, Harriet turned up at our place one night weeping copiously. Her mother had somehow discovered something about Harriet's promiscuity and there had been an awful row. Harriet said that she never wanted to go home to her parents again.Sarah and I finally managed to convince her that we both loved her like a. Oh boy, I had last done homework 20 years ago, this was not amusing at all. She perched on Her table, long cane in hand, lecturing me on arithmetic and stuff, making me recite my times tables, making a red mark on Her little clipboard each time I made a mistake. Then She looked at Her watch, tinkled Her little bell and happily exclaimed, "Break!"Unfortunately, because of my lack of knowledge regarding 6x8 and 8x9 and a few others I had to sit at my desk, my finger on my lips until She tired of.