257 wivesbehavingbadly

. couple was eating each other up . deb  was gazing into chris's eyes , but his were fixed on syriol . the gloom and the  noise were uncomfortable , and i felt old .
"yes , i must ." i said ." but  i'll be back first thing on monday morning for the meeting  with ed ."
" mind you re  ," he said  ."we have to keep  pushing to slow  that we mean business ."
eve was also agreeable . she was briefed and bribed with double pay .  the meals  planned . i rang  paige andbegged her to act as backup . still smarting  from  our previous conversation , she was not  forthcoming  ." only  in n emergecy ."  she said  , "jackson  has hit maths  coaching on saturday  mornings  , and late has ballet all day . sunday we're at my mother 's "
the edifice of care was thus constructed . no expedition  to the moon  could have been planned in more  default ,  meals , clothes , money  . no contingencies couldhave been so closely considered .
i xplained to the twins that i was going away for two days and  two   nights  to a plac where  they made you pretty  , and  my promise  to take  them to see the dinosaurs at the natural history  museum when i rturned was written in blood .
but i was not  doing it very well . lucas jumped up and down on the spot ." don't leave me . don't leav me ."
patiently . iexplained that ve would be looking after  them , and it was not for long . i listened to myself  spell out - in soothing and placatory  tones - that  i would  be away . friday and saturday and be back to kiss them good night on the sunday .
"but you 're pretty already , mummy ." felix reached for blanky .
he had succeeded in pricking my conscienceee and i said .mre crossly than i intended .