All of Joe's stories just made his Dad laugh. Barry was alsogushing with pride. Although he'd travelled to some pretty exotic places inhis time, he'd ...ever had the get up and go to just travel solo for sixmonths aged eighteen. The pride he felt threatened to explode his chest ifhe wasn't careful. "So listen, son, for dinner, Grandpa has some pasta bake sitting inthe oven. After all of the phone calls we thought that you'd appreciatesomething cheesy and plain?" "Dad, you read my mind!" Joe. ‘Have fun! Be safe! And take care of your library books!’ chorused the class in a loud, sing-song voice. ‘All right you wise guys, I get it. But I don’t want to see any books with candy canes stuck to them when you come back,’ she chuckled. ‘Now get lost. Shoo. Back to class with you. Have a Happy Christmas!’ A flurry of shouted goodbyes trailed after them. She smiled as she watched them go, her last class of the day. Picking up stray library books and pushing in the chairs, she made her way. She made tea while I ferreted around in the garage for the cycle repair bits.I had one spare valve, and I took one from my elderly gent’s roadster that I had used before I bought the car. Margaret brought me a mug of tea while I pumped up her tyres. She put the mug down on the bench while I finished.“There. It’s done,” I said. “But I think you will be overloaded. I could run your things up to your parents’ house while you cycle. OK?”“You’re sure, Bob?” She queried.“Yes. I was going to fill the. Erst war ich davon nicht ?berzeugt, aber ich habe dann doch mehr und mehr durchgehen lassen. Sandra hat das gut getan, sie ist wie schon gesagt lieb und hilfsbereit. Bei Kevin sieht das anders aus. Er wurde absolut antiautorit?r erzogen, und er l?sst sich von mir fast nichts sagen, der einzige auf den er sofort h?rt ist Horst. Sehr h?ufig habe ich mich mit Kevin gestritten, ich habe alles versucht, er aber hat selten geh?rt und wenn dann erst nach langem Reden. Ein einziges Mal ist mir die Hand.