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I realised that I'd failed to notice something before that was obviousto me as I made my way back through the flat. Not the middle of the night, Mum. Exercise and diet, of course. Her voicewas fainter than it had been.

Sonia's physicalproblems, Gideon's needs which were mounting daily and what else couldyou expect when it co It's the truth. Unlikehis mum, who'd carried on during her pregnancies as if growing a childinside her body were nothing more than a minor inconvenience cau James who'danswered the bell, and she stood with the long-haired dachshund in herarms, a squirming barking bunch of brandy