”“Done.”Just then the sound of the garage door opener perked up my ears.“Somebody is home!”“Somebody?”“Hush!”The sound of the garage...door closing was still audible when Keri opened the door. She came in and took a deep breath. The smell of the cooking in the kitchen was always invigorating to both of us. She dropped her briefcase and braced herself as I took her up in my arms and welcomed her home.“Hi lover!”“Hi Mick.”“I love you.”“I love you too.” Kiss. “What a day.”“Let me help you to. Or unemployed, but being paid to be here, more accurately. Why not put them to work? At least until we find something more productive for them to do.”Barb thought it was a great idea, and executed it as soon as she met the works general manager. When told of the plan, he swallowed hard then pulled out a large plot plan of the entire area. A number of buildings had been marked with large red X’s to indicate they were of no value.“You have all sorts of heavy equipment for demolition right here at. She brought out a glass of wine. "This might help a little too."Janice took the cup and put it to the side. "Come here and give your old Mom a big hug."Heather flew into her arms, hugging her tight, and feeling tears in her own eyes. "You were gone so long, Mom." Never again, baby. I'm sorry I left you two alone like that," Janice said softly."It wasn't so bad. We kind of worked things out, you know?" Whatever you did, it was wonderful. I kind of expected to come home to World War III, not this. We arrive in our metallic yellow Fiat 500, park underneath the country park sign, flash our lights twice, wait for the light of the other cars to be turned on, then open the passenger door window and wait for the crowd to turn up. Pete would be waiting for us to film everything and although it wouldn’t be too dark at around eight there would be a good audience between 15 and 20 people.He said the videos and photos would be for his own private collection, but we both knew that very soon all the.