‘Holly, wake up.’ I knocked again hard and opened the door. She was on her side facing me with the sheet up to her neck. Her eyes were full of sle...p, but open and watching me. I said, ‘In twenty minutes breakfast will be ready so you better get your butt out of bed, clean up and meet me in the kitchen.’ ‘Are you always this bossy?’ I pretended to look stern and answered, ‘Twenty minutes.’ I walked away leaving the door open. Minutes later I heard the door to the bathroom close, and then the. But in here it was more Alan Partridge, Mr Bean or Austin Powers.Then I saw this young guy. He had the air of a student about him as he stepped up to me and introduced himself as Elliot. He was very polite and softly spoken. There was a time in the past when my mum would have approved of Elliot. But there was no interest on my side. He was too young for a start. In fact, he told me he was twenty one - and he may have been. But I had more than a suspicion that Elliot was at the most he was an. In a few seconds, the bedroom light came on. The little light that escaped around the blinds helped, as it was getting dark out. But then, much to my surprise, much more light fell on the snow, causing me to look up. Debbie had opened the blinds, and stood there waving at me. I waved back, and she turned her back to me. She had on her red sweatshirt which earlier had been poking out from under her coat, and her heavy black leggings. Incredibly, with the blinds open, and the lights on, she. I just love it when I am here. This is one thing I miss by living in Ottawa.’ I looked at her and replied, ‘That is why I brought Sean to live up here, where he has time to be a child. He certainly has made some new friends today.’ She went on, ‘I’m really glad to meet you too. I can see that there is a tremendous attraction between you and Jake, and I’m really glad. He has been too driven since Jenny died, as if working kept his mind off things! I’ve known him since he was in diapers, and he.