"You sent him away on his birthday?" She questioned. Then, after thinking about it for a few seconds, she added, "Oh well, I guess I can always refrig...rate his cake so we can have it later. I take it your presentation went well, then?" she inquired seductively, obviously thinking that her husband had arranged this so the two of them could celebrate without Joe being underfoot."No, our idea was shot down almost from the start," Bill sighed."Oh honey, that's terrible. What happened?" she. ’ ‘I would still prefer to choose my own shopping, even if some shoppers get annoyed and tut-tut when I spend time checking prices and weights.’ Susan talked to her partner Joe about it, ‘you should know your mother by now’ he said, ‘she has made up her mind and won’t be moved, I realised that long ago when I offered to do her decorating for her and she told me she was quite capable of doing it thank you.’ Susan mentioned it also to one of her office colleagues who occasional visited for a. Offenbar hatte dasEssen ihn nicht bes?nftigt, denn er schlug so fest zu, dass ich schonnach drei Hieben laut losheulte und zu z?hlen verga?. 25 Hiebe sollten eswerden, aber so wurden es drei mehr. Am Ende war ich in Tr?nen aufgel?stund h?pfte von einem Bein auf das andere vor lauter Schmerzen.Er sa? auf der Couch und schaute sich meinen Tanz eine Weile an. Dannmeinte er energisch: "Schluss jetzt! Geh und mach dein Gesicht frisch!"Ich machte eilig einen artigen Knicks, strich den Rock glatt. I took out the strand of pearls, real honest-to-goodness pearls, good enough to hang around her neck. I fastened them from behind and hoped she knew how valuable they were. I wasn’t too worried. Kana had a natural instinct about things of value. She looked momentarily taken aback by the gift, and I was pleased. The k** showed up, late, in his mom’s old Hyundai and a rented tuxedo. When he saw me at the front door he looked like he wanted to run. I shook his hand and brought him inside. I got to.