. when the twins had been strapped into their seats , rose and i drove off in opposite directions . before she disappeared , rose tooted her horn .
i drove back throught the streets , where people made their way home from work . it seemed that there were couples everywhere . hand in hand , talking . sharing a bottle of water or chips , some had their arms round each other . one man had his hand tucked into the pocket of his girlfriend's jacket . at the corner of albert bridge road and battersea bridge road , another couple was wrapped in each other's arms . as i drove past , i caught a glimpse of the girl's face . it was enraptured , salight , quivering with a new dawn .
my eyes smarted with tears .
i had not read a self-help manual in weeks , for one thing . i had hunted down the statistics ." the most likely customer for a book on any given topic ." concluded one researcher , " was someone who had bought a similar tome with the past eihteen months , " . this begged the question : if self-help manual are so good at solving the problem , why would you need to buy another on the same subject ?
" what was it that rose told you to remember ?" i asked the boys eventuallly .
lucas went , " roar , roar . that's the dinosaur eating the horse ."
" they weren't hoprses , " said felix ." not then ."
"boys , what did rose ask you to remember ?"
in the rear mirror , i watched felix brow wrinkle wirth effort , " she said we looked more like daddy every day , " he said .
i flicked my finger over my cheek where the tears continute ued to run . rule number six of the rules governing my life is taken from something rose said . it states : youmust hold on , for this too will pass .
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