. i rang martin and arranged to meet him the following after noon at the bank ." minty, is this urgent ? i have a big convention in geneva and i'm traveling for the next couple of weeks . but if you really need to see me i can fit you in at two -thirty ."
to his credit , martin was on time . which did not give me much opportunity to study the building 's stunning glass atrium . he stepped out of a bit . kissed my cheek , and steered me down the corridor . " this had better be good ."
" you asked me to keep an eye on paige ."
"ah my wife ." for all the lightness of tone , martin was on the alert . he led the into the canteen , which was more like a banqueting hall . did the equivalent of clicking his fingers . and lo and behold . we were presented with freshly made espressos . hot milk , and a cantuced biscuit . living with his mother was doing him no harm physically for , unlike his wife . he wasimmaculate , slim , and healthy complexiouned .
i could never resist cantucci , i dipped mine into expresso and bit into it with the special pleasure reserved for the forbidden ." martin , you must go home ."
he frowned ." sge threw me oyut . remember ?"
" she 's just had a baby , we've agreed you're hald mad when you've had a baby . you stay half mad , i reckon , until they're adults , paige is half mad anyway ." martin snort ed ." she won't listen to me because i'm a sinner .. or , at least , she won't take my advice ." i stared longingly at martin 's cantucci and , obediently , he handed it over .
" the children , martin .... they'll be suffering from all this . they may not show it . but they will be ." i included my own in the generalization , which made the declaration even more impassioned . if felix or lucas hurt ." do you really bate them ?"
"is that what oaige says ? " martin frowned ." i knew before they arrived it would be tricky , but even i was surprised by how impossible it became .
to his credit , martin was on time . which did not give me much opportunity to study the building 's stunning glass atrium . he stepped out of a bit . kissed my cheek , and steered me down the corridor . " this had better be good ."
" you asked me to keep an eye on paige ."
"ah my wife ." for all the lightness of tone , martin was on the alert . he led the into the canteen , which was more like a banqueting hall . did the equivalent of clicking his fingers . and lo and behold . we were presented with freshly made espressos . hot milk , and a cantuced biscuit . living with his mother was doing him no harm physically for , unlike his wife . he wasimmaculate , slim , and healthy complexiouned .
i could never resist cantucci , i dipped mine into expresso and bit into it with the special pleasure reserved for the forbidden ." martin , you must go home ."
he frowned ." sge threw me oyut . remember ?"
" she 's just had a baby , we've agreed you're hald mad when you've had a baby . you stay half mad , i reckon , until they're adults , paige is half mad anyway ." martin snort ed ." she won't listen to me because i'm a sinner .. or , at least , she won't take my advice ." i stared longingly at martin 's cantucci and , obediently , he handed it over .
" the children , martin .... they'll be suffering from all this . they may not show it . but they will be ." i included my own in the generalization , which made the declaration even more impassioned . if felix or lucas hurt ." do you really bate them ?"
"is that what oaige says ? " martin frowned ." i knew before they arrived it would be tricky , but even i was surprised by how impossible it became .
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