She said that was Ok, and after some talks about whether and how I missed her, I hung up. But I was feeling too depressed at missing out the opportuni...y. The prospect of meeting her again was too great and so unfortunate that I was away at such a time. I made a quick reschedule of my balance engagements and immediately rang her up again. She lifted the phone and I told her that I could return next day evening and if was ok for me to come to her place late in evening say after 8 pm? She did not. “I always knew that little bitch was going to be trouble, coming from that family and all,” he said to Troy, picking up his coffee. “But I figured she’d just get into drugs or crime or something.”“She got into something far worse than any of that, Colonel Andrews,” Troy said, taking a drink of his own coffee. “International Politics.”“Troy, son,” he replied. “When your parents needed a sitter, my wife changed your diapers. If you’re not comfortable with ‘dad’ by now, ‘Tom’ will do.”“You earned. ‘Also, in that shop there,’ which I indicated with my head, ‘can you get some milk, bread, coffee and such like for dinner tonight.’ ‘No problem,’ he said and did as he had been told and came back with two full plastic shopping bags. I then gave the driver my address which was only a few streets away and there he dropped us. The fare had been expensive considering he’d travelled to Reading and back. Miki paid him and I indicated where my flat was and Miki had to help me up the stairs first as I. "Iris remembered how weak she had felt last night, by the time that they had reached home, and she had been curled up in the back of the jeep, whereas their father had had to rush back and drive the jeep out to them, then drive them all home again."I can certainly understand why he might have felt so tired last night – I know that I did!" Yes, maybe you are right," Laurie still sounded doubtful and worried, and so Iris looped her arm through her sister's arm and gave her a bright encouraging.