Walking back down the High Street, I noticed a faded sign down one of the back alleys 'LAUNDRETTE' and almost ran down it to the tatty shop with open ...oors.I peered in through the open door and was amazed to find that only two people were there. One was busy with their washing and their back to the door, while someone else was reading a newspaper. On top of the machines were baskets of dirty washing waiting for their owners to come back and empty the finished load.I saw my opportunity as in the. “I’m probably going to get angry. I might get frustrated, too. I’m certain I’ll be humiliated, Sir. I am also certain you’re mature enough to understand I need to feel those things and learn to quickly get over myself or face consequences. All you really need to do is simply refuse to accept any negative reaction I display and correct me whenever you can. I WILL learn this and you’ll really be helping me by being firm with me. That is what I did when Piggy and her daughters accepted my. Together Jake and I assembled the new one without a hitch. As we set the mattress atop of the rest Jane piled into it with a glee that resounded through the whole upstairs and yelled “Just think Daddy how much fun we can have when we roust you out of bed in the mornings” and laughed aloud as I cringed knowing how I took her comment and hoped that Jake took it differently. We all laughed at her excitement.Jake said “You know; I wish my parents were as cool as you are, we never get to kid. “Vicky, wake up! Vicky, get to the intercom! Hurry up, damn it! Vicky!”A sleepy feminine voice came out of the speaker. “Danny, where are you? Shit, I was asleep!”“Well, you’d better wake up fast. Somebody’s breaking in through the pool door. Cops are on the way. I want you to lock the bedroom door, go into the bathroom, lock that door and call me on the intercom.”Her only answer was a faint click as she released the button.The door leading from the downstairs bathroom to the family room opened.