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"I’ne "Everything’s fine"

But it’s not really fine

I keep waiting for Lulu to leave, so I can have a good chat with Suze -- but she doesn’t She hangs around, helping to make the children’s tea and clear up Every time I try to help, she’s there before me with a damp cloth or a beaker or some piece of ue about the children, and it’s iet a word in

It’s not until about ten o’clock at night that she leaves, and I finally findby the huge Aga stove, feeding one of the twins and yawning hugely every three minutes

"So, you had a lovely honeymoon?" she says wistfully

"It was fantastic Totally perfect We went to this a place in Australia where you could scuba dive, and--"

I break off as Suze yawns again Maybe I’ll tell her tomorrow

"How about you? How’s life with three kids?"

"Oh, you know" She gives a tired s’s different"

"And… you’ve been spending loads of tireat?" says Suze, her face lighting up

"Er… great" I pause carefully "She does seem a teeny bit bossy… "

"Bossy?" Suze looks up in shock "Bex, how can you say that? She’s been ht" I backtrack hastily "I didn’t hs "I ht"

And I don’t understand That’s what she lass of wine, there’s a sudden heaviness about ht they would