.. but this world never once loved me... in the end, that's all there is too it."The smell of freshly cut grass melded beautifully with the smell of t...e pond that marked the center of the small park. The sounds of children playing and laughing seemed to drown out the gentle trickling sounds of the water as it ran under the bridge that marked the path out of the park and off toward the nearby river. You stepped lightly a smile on your face as you felt the sensation of the warm sun gently. But in the end, he gave in."I can't believe this!" Kelly exclaimed. "You want to ruin my social life, just to spend my entire summer with a bunch of people who could really care less if I lived or died. No thanks!" Two things," I replied. "First, you are wrong about your family. We may be dysfunctional, but your sister, your father and I do love you. Furthermore, your social life notwithstanding, this family is exploding, and you have just as much responsibility to help try and fix it as anyone. The glow behind the trees, slowly increased. My eyes adjusted to the lessening gloom of night.The room was warm, and the covers had long since been kicked off, by both of us.Amy was lying on her back. One arm was relaxed, over her head. The other was across her belly, as she slept.I was laying on my right side. My head was propped up in my right hand, my elbow between the big feather pillows, as I watched Amy sleep.Her short, regrowing hair, spilled onto the pillow beneath her head.She was a. “You understand why I have kept the news from her?”I nodded, and congratulated him and Matilde. They would make excellent parents, and I was happy for the pair of them. I tried, and failed, not to think of Caroline and my unborn child.I spent the rest of the day shopping for gifts for family and friends in Grantham, as well as for extra clothing and equipment for myself.Thus I had too much luggage to take onto a Royal Mail coach and instead booked an inside berth on a Ferris stagecoach, the.