Eva heard me and told me tojoin them into the sitting room.'Ah Nicola, Alfie has been telling me that you have had a good timetogether and that he rea...ly likes you.'It was Vicky that had said this, her face betraying the joy she wasfeeling. It was hard to believe that we had spent a lot of our growingyears together and although I knew that she was quite sadistic, thedepths that she had taken me to were about to be surpassed.'Since Alfie is alone with his twin teenage daughters it would. Despite his continued interest in Ben 10, it was clear that Michael hadtaken a keen interest in all things girly too. It now led to aninteresting problem: where should Michael sleep?The one possible solution was to get another bunk bed and place it inEmma's room, replacing her current bed. The bunk bed that James andMichael currently slept in would be kept, all in the hope that the babythat Liz was carrying, was a boy.It was a gamble in a way. Michael clearly wanted to sleep in Emma's roomnow. “I haven’t yet seen any reason to respect the Council as much as you obviously do, but I’ll keep my opinion to myself for the time being.”Hamilton wasn’t mollified. His friendly expression had changed into that of someone contemplating a cockroach.Jake sighed.Hamilton continued. “You are instructed to produce a report in which you describe your education, the members of your family, and your assets as well as the assets of everyone in your household. Also describe your income sources.”“So. Seven hours ... don't complain ... today, it's 25 hours by car on the freeways. They did it in two days.It didn't take very long for the pervading illness of the times to set in. The Depression sucked. E'veen kept trying to save everybody and Bill had to cut off her pocket money. They did a double time bunk.Depress the stem and they were in 2006 ... that was a surprise to the radars but a quick rewind and they were in the post war years. It was a recession but Bill knew the government would.