He sat up, his eyes adjusting to the darkness as he searched the room for her. The curtains ruffled in a particularly strong surge of wind and he auto...atically looked over. Hidden among the white cotton, Kat sat on the window seat, with one arm out the window, letting the summer rain flow over it.Jonathan lay back down and regarded her. The sadness emanating from her was palpable. Again he felt guilty. He should know how to help her but he didn't. Katerina had withdrawn after the double funeral. Working too hard and drifted apart, by the time we both realised, it was too late to turn the clock back.’ ‘I know what that’s like. Look, I’d rather work the money off than try and pay back the money. I’ll do anything.’ Carl sat back to ponder her suggestion. She seemed a nice person and he didn’t see why she should be punished, maybe he should just forget the whole thing and try and touch up the garage door himself. His hesitation however unsettled Lorna who misread his direction of thought. . After a couple of days we settled down to discuss employment terms with a young collegian. Jack was eighteen years old, good looking and tall with a very trim but muscular built. He seemed to be kind of shy and would speak only when spoken to. He was willing to help us during his holidays and over the weekends round the year. He had been working for us for about two months when we noticed that he was taking quite an interest in Angela who by now was very proactive with males. She would laugh. "Mom, maybe we should go..." Fuck that. Let a bully talk like that to you and then run off? She'll just bully you again and again, and you'll never be able to come back here again! Bitch." Mother! Language!"But she couldn't hear me over the music. And we danced. And after about two songs, the anger left her face. She was smiling again. An honest smile. She was actually having fun. She wasn't faking it. And I realized what a beautiful smile Mom had. She really was a beautiful woman,.