This is a big change." My parents were not exactly happy when they found out I was going to work here," Mike said.Not exactly happy was a bit of an un...erstatement."They're greedy fat pigs sucking the life out of the country," his father had spluttered in rage. "And you're going to become one of them." No?" Gordon said."They're proper card-carrying socialists," Mike said. "They wanted me to devote my life to some noble cause or other." At university it's easy to dream of how the world should. ”Natalia had a bottle of wine open and it was easy to accept her offer of a glass. We settled ourselves in the front room.“Is Monsieur M in, Natalia?”She smiled. My imagination decided it was a feral smile.“He’s out of town until next Wednesday, Michael. He’s in the U.S., in fact. Another business trip.”That didn’t seem to require an answer, especially since the mood in the room to me changed with Natalia’s comment. Just then her cell phone chittered.“It’s OK, sweetie. Michael’s here. I’ll tell. "Hello, Louise. My name's Dilys. Thank you for making my boy so happy. I've heard quite a lot about you and can't wait to meet you." I'm looking forward to it too." When can we expect you?" Wednesday? I think we ought to spend a day or two here now so that my parents can get used to it."There was a chuckle from the other end."I'd quite like to show him some of the sights too while we're here: Stonehenge and things." Yes, dear. I quite understand. I just hope we don't pop with excitement before. ?I still don?t like this.? John heard his father say. ?We haveourselves a son, not a daughter. ?Even the doctors say otherwise,? his mother said as she openedthe bedroom door. John shielded his eyes with his arm as they tooka moment to adjust to his mom turning on the light. ?Sorry todisturb you dear.? ?I just had the most wonderful dream.? John said with a smile. ?Iwas walking with a unicorn through a meadow wearing a new pinksundress and sandals when bunnies started parachuting withumbrellas.