deb said stubbornly ." i'm not giveing up on it ."when the phone rang yet again around one o'clock , i pushed aside my notes with regisnation .
"this is sam ."
" and what can i do for you , sam ?" if my voice was a trifle hyterical , it was to be expected .
he was taken aback ." are you all right ? you sound a bit odd . is dad home ? i'm trying to track him down , and the office said he was on a pwrsonal lunch but his mobile is turned off ."
"he isn't here , sam ." i said cheerful enough , but unease and suspicion were running fingers down my spine .
"oh , well , not to worry . he'll be somewhere ." sam sounded very positive ." did dad tell you about .jilly is not so happy but i reckon if i can get her out there , she will settle if not . then we will just have to improvise ...or maybe jilly can come out every six months . we'll miss each other , of course ..."
"sam ...do you think that is wise ?"
his tone cooled ." we'll manage , but thank you for your concern . are you sure you don't know where dad is ?"
but i was no longer listening . as soon as possible , i terminated the conversation . i was aware ,that old habits had a way of sticking . that is how addiction clinics make most of thier profits . on the warm summer evening when rose bought me back to number 7 to meet nathan for the first time , the three of us had discussed loyaty , and nathna had said ," you end up being loyal simply because you've lmown someone a long timew ."
rose and amnathan had known each other forever and ever and there was nothing i could do about it .
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