Tony: Did you abandon the stories completely?aroslav: The characters and the stories kept coming to mind over the years of gestation and began to take...on a secret life of their own. In fact, they became separate from the original BBB book.Tony: Are you going to publish them?aroslav: I did. When I read stories on SOL, I remembered the early stuff and frankly figured I could do as well as some of what I was reading. I thought the story had potential, so I toyed with it some more and developed it. Minnie just didn’t know what.Her glasses were slipping down, but she pushed them up her nose again before they got away, and slung her back pack over her shoulders.Minnie didn’t get excited about something for no good reason. And even though she didn’t know why, she was very excited for this trip. It sent shivers of anticipation down her spine.Striding up the driveway after Finn and Violette with a firm, confident step, Minnie smiled to herself.It was time to find out why.Finn hadn’t been too. The real reason is that she has a brain tumor. It is benign, so to speak, in that it is not cancerous but it is also inoperable. She had as much of it removed as they could get twice but each time they did it grew back faster than it had before and now it has penetrated where they can’t reach. She may not survive another year.’ A great sadness overwhelmed me for a few moments. ‘Don’t fall in love with her,’ Mom said. ‘No way. Why would I do that?’ ‘Because she is in love with you. Even though. " Two twenty pound notes landed reluctantly on the tray. Gwen spun on her impossibly high heels and presented her arse towards him as she wobbled across the floor towards the bar.Two glasses of warm champagne later, Jimmy was ready to call it a night and go home. So far, the evening had stripped him of more than he could really afford, but had taught him a lesson. Be careful what you let yourself in for. Or in other words, a naïve county boy and his money are soon parted.Suddenly, a spot light.