" Yeah," Simon said, a bit too quickly. "Next time."Zoe was still apprehensive herself but had rung her mother to say that she would be eating here an... without too much fuss, we left the flat in near silence. I asked Zoe if she wanted to be alone, but she shook her head and grabbed hold of my hand.We settled for the Italian restaurant on the corner of the road, and we were sited in an alcove at the back. Neil took one look at the menu and hummed. "Only Lanson," he moaned when he saw the sole. Mia was no longer in the mood for breakfast. She stormed out of the kitchen and up to her bedroom, slamming the door. Claudia stood at the kitchen sink and the tears began to flow. She had married a domineering man and over the years she had lost count of how many times she had stood at that particular kitchen sink with tears in her eyes.In Mia's mind no one understood how much she longed to know her mother. She had always wanted a "normal" family with a mother and father like most of her. At least for now. When you sent me in there to fuck him where was this jealousy?" I shrugged. "I guess it's different. She's his step mother." "Yes, she not fucking her own son. They are related only by marriage. Don't be such a square, baby. We've done some pretty wild things." After a few minutes she said: "We need to do something spaecial. Are you interested?" "What have you got in mind?" I asked. "Remember the Crawfords?" I nodded. The Crawfords were Beth and Joel Crwaford, middle. He had plenty of weight and heliked to throw it around. Picking on kids made him feel good. It madehim feel powerful not just fat. There might be psychological reasons ofself loathing which was the cause of his obesity along with hisbullying. But he didn't care about such things.Carl was just a mean person in general. He delighted in torturing theweaker kids around him. Nobody knew what the cause of this was, sincehis mom and three sisters were all so nice and cheerful. His fatherworked.