"Oh, oh wait there. I'veremembered."She left me standing alone as she almost ran into the hotel room, kickingoff her heels as she went. I chuckled and...followed her inside, picking upmy expensive suit jacket and hanging it by the door. The room was huge,with two plump sofas and thick carpet. I could see Becky disappear intoone of the doors and guessed it was the bedroom."Are you coming?" she asked, her voice carrying from the other room."Not yet." Naughty!" She emerged from the bedroom, hanging. With my dog’s lifeless body at my chest, I took Scrappy by the leash in my other hand and started home, weeping as we went. Scrappy jumped and pawed, whining at my knees the whole way. Like me, I believe he was trying hard to comprehend why only moments ago, little September Snow, who’d been running along side him free as the wind, now lay silent in my arms. # I buried her in the back yard at home. Marking the tiny grave with a small wooden cross nailed together in the garage, the old man’s. Four point two litre roadster convertible……..made in nineteen eighty six in Astral Silver…….black soft top. Not many made that colour so probably stolen to order……personal number plate…..M 1 C K Y.’ By the time Michael had finished speaking the policeman was staring at him as if he had two heads. ‘My pride and joy that car…..cost me thirty-six grand……just had it serviced too.’ ‘Could you take a seat over there.’ The cop pointed to a bench opposite, ‘I’ll get someone to have a chat with you.. "Firstly, mum did not think you were a lesbian so she was not the appropriate person to approach you," my dad could be stand-up comic in times of gravely tumultuous discussions, "secondly it would had to me or grandpa. We both felt you looked down upon us as simpletons and rather unsophisticated. We thought you should find your own way as twins were allowed to."I felt ashamed and red in face. Chip on my shoulder- yet again. I missed the most wonderful relationship twins had forged. My handsome.