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Sunday, September 2, 2012

276 wivesbehavingbadly

. "ah "
paige shook her gead ," can't be done . linda has a day offf , and i'm busy with the children , sorry ." she softened ." why don't you try kate  winsom  or mary teight ?"
she left with my thanks  ringing in her ears .  i hit the phone
kate winsom's son was going to tea with another boy after school ." i'm so sorry i can't help , particularly as .... " she left me to conjecture the pricise nature of her daughter to the doctor . millie's mother , tessa , was contrite ," oh , minty , i'm so sorry but millie is staying with her father  tomorrow why don't you ring an agency ?"
" i would , i pointed out ." but today is sunday ."
" can't you take the day off ?"
after rtessa  my list of contacts ran out . i kneew no one else except for sue frost , who did not count , and i had no intention of being counseled on child care . this state of affairs reinforced my sense of isolation .
while  the twins are baked beans on toast , i paced up and down the kitchen , recalling chris sharpe's hard  , hazed gaze that would not soften a jot  if i rang up   and said that my child-care arrangements had crashed . from barry's  point of view that eventually  came under "hability " and not on top of the job ."
gisela  rang to check that i had made it back home and to tell me about the marvelous facial i had missed ." they used mud imported from the dead sea ..... have you sortd things out ? what are you going to  do ?"
" i don't know ." i replied truthfully .
she isket , is ket ." it can't be that difficult , surely ?"
there spoke the childless woman ." ."i'm sorry . you didn't have time to  talk things over further .

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