Just as well; he killed the alarm and crashed.By the time he’d risen, showered, shaved, eaten, and dressed, it was after one. A glance out the windo... told him it was drizzling. He called Cheryl.“Jake!”“This is maybe not the best weather for a drive. I’d like to talk face-to-face, though. Think you could come out with me without your parents taking out commitment papers for one or both of us?”“Sure.”“Your door in ten?”“Don’t hurry.”When he got to her door, she was dressed more for a date than. He said try and stop worrying as he pulled me up some and put his arms around me again. Telling me everything will be ok. He let up on the hug and holding and when he did that the blanket went down below my waist,I was now scared. and almost crying,trying to hold back the tears,and when I leaned over to hug him the blanket got pushed off of me,andhugging him I held on tight and leaning back I ended up pulling him down and on top of me. I told him I appericated him taking time to talk and. He then checked in with Alex’s 5 a-side team mates Paul, Barry, John, Gordon, Mike and Kev, these were the sort of guys you’d find down the pub watching Saturday football, varying between 5ft 9” and 6ft 1”, all in good shape, then finally he checked in with Lee as well. He called Brian and Gavin to tell them the news, everyone was coming Saturday. 15 all confirmed as soon as he made them aware of Gina’s plan. There was a slight concern Gina might not go ahead and he never mentioned anything. She had already lost the baby and the doctors had warned Ray that her condition was such that he should expect the worst. By the time Clare and I got to the hospital, she was already dead.The next few months were utter hell with anger, misery and despair ever present in our lives. Ray remained inconsolable, but slowly, oh so slowly, Clare and I began to come to terms with our loss. Now only too aware of the ephemeral nature of our existence, we decided we would start a family.We were both.