Ashu was happy that he was getting a father. His mother, Shalini (now my wife) was looking ravishing. Ashu called me daddy and I was over the moon. Bu... Shalini suddenly spoke to her son: “No beta, Sandeep uncle is not your daddy completely yet. He will be your daddy after an year”. She winked at me. I got the drift but poor Ashu was confused. He asked her: “Why mummy, why cant I call Sandeep uncle, daddy”? She said: “Ashu beta, after an year when you have a brother or a sister you can call. "Is this where the line starts?" she asked innocently."Carol!" Lizzy said."Oh come on Lizzy, I thought kisses that hot only happened in movies. Please, just one? I promise I'll give him back." No!" Lizzy answered, exasperated. "Get your own!" She poked Carol in the shoulder with her finger for emphasis."What's the matter, Lizzy," Carol said, rubbing the spot where Lizzy had poked her. "Afraid of a little competition?" She reached out her hand to me, "Hi, I'm Carol, and you are?" David Malcolm,". “Thank you, Briony,” said Mum. Briony – that’s her name.“Mrs Freeman?” said Briony. “I’m sorry about ... Is Bec okay?”“The two of you need to go and wait in the living room,” said Mum – her voice as hard as steel.They both turned and walked out of the bathroom without saying another word.Mum got Dan to help me stand up in the bath. Now that I wasn’t numb any more I was very aware of how naked I was. I put my hands over my private places and turned away from them. Mum was using the shower nozzle. If I had to, I would have gone to the police, not that it would have done much good. What the command did was make me realize that I had to get away from Ivan Vandevoort and, when I realized that Thule was trying to bring him down, I threw in my lot."Dawn nodded and didn't interrupt."Hazel didn't approve."Now, Dawn interrupted, "She didn't approve of you wanting to break away from Ivan Vandevoort?"Jake shook his head, "No. She knew I was unhappy there and told me regularly that I should quit..