Uncle Reggie was all apologies for not having thought of the arrangementhimself and Betty had been too proud to ask. Now ?the old pile? rang tothe sou...d of a child?s laughter for the first time in years.During that year I ran some ideas past Jack Parker, my boss, and he wassurprised to learn that I now lived in ?an old pile?. ?I thought ?Flat 5, Mortimer House was some sort of tower block downBalham way,? he choked after learning otherwise.With Uncle Reggie?s permission, I brought Jack out to. Tears were running down both their cheeks and Mom spoke "Angie, since the first day I met you, I knew you would be my daughter-in-law. I knew Oscar didn't know it yet, and I'm sure you didn't either, but the look in the two of your eyes I knew very well. You see, it's the same look Oscar's father and I had when we first met. Now I find out that you've given me my dream. Another child to love and see grow up. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Mom got all choked up and she sat there. Kaps ebar tar bishal barata amar guder mukhe rekhe thelte laglo. Kintu bara guder bhetore dhukchhilo na. Amar kumari gude eto sahoje bara dhukbe keno! Amar khub byatha -o lagchhilo. Takhan buddhiman Kaps upay khuje amar guder ras tar angule tule tule nijer baray makhate laglo. Tarpar amar guder rase veja sei bara chap diye diye ektu ektu kore amar guder bhetor sesh porjonto purota dhukiye dilo.Amar khub kasto hochchhilo. Eto lamba o mota bara amar kochi gude dhukchhe. Kintu Kaps chharbe keno! O. She wondered if her job would still be there when she returned. They had granted her two weeks unpaid compassionate leave, and without delay she had booked a flight to San Francisco flying out on Monday and returning Saturday.She gave the address to the cab driver, who seemed to know it. Cassie realised that Catherine was a celebrity, and she felt fear. How would Ged's American girlfriend react to her. She had not tried to contact the woman beforehand. She would arrive and then see how things.