282 wivesbehavingbadly

. rose nodded ." exactly the  same ."
lucas seized  a pad  and a green pen . felix  held back ." these  are my blyue  socks ." he informed  rose  and stuck out  a leg  ." daddy liked them ."
rose looked  steadily at sock and the small foot made  it , and tears  spilled down  her cheeks .
i turned away .
as i left the house , i glanced into the kitchen  . rose was  leaning aqgainst the table , one legs  swinging  and the twins were  drawing , rose was saying ." did you know that your daddy  loved  swiming ? once lie  swam  so fat out  to sea  that we had  to go  and get the boat to  rescue him ."
in a manner of speaking  . i was  gazing into thhe heart of my darkness  , however brightly  it was .
" good bye , boys " i  hitched my bag onto  my shoulders ." be good ."
they barely glanced  up ." bye mummy ."
 at six o'clock on the dot  i let myself noiselessly into te house  .rose  was  ensconced   with a boy on either  side  on the sofa  in the sitting room . she had her arms around  them ." then your daddy got hold of the fishing line and pulled . he pulled and ppulled ..."
so intent  were all three  that they did not hear me come in . rose lifted a hand absently stroked felix 's hair . he snuggled farther  into her .
' do you  know what was on that fishing liner ?"
" the biggest   fish ." lucas held up his hands ." as big as this ...?"
"no "