" True," Kiki harrumphed, "I didn't see that it was bothering you much last night." Sighing she blew on her tea and took a small sip. "I always dreame...d of what it would be like to be treated like a princess but this is ridiculous! I'm not even showing yet and he treats me like I'm an invalid!" He does try too hard," Debbie agreed. "But his heart is in the right place. The spoon was a good idea, though; I used to use a rolled up newspaper." Kiki giggled at that."Seriously though," she continued,. He had last eaten the previous night and his stomach was making loud sounds. That’s if he thought. I’ll just go down and apologize. She will yell at me but she will be fine with it. At least I’ll get to eat. He got up just when the bell rang. Now what? He thought about. His mom got up and opened the door. His dad’s boss Prakash entered.Huh?What’s going on here he thought.Prakash sat down on the sofa and looked at his mom expectantly. Shanti glared at him. Prakash sighs.P: Shanti I have a. And, it wasn’t Ralph or Potsie either they, didn’t bring it on, I did.”“Well, that is not a surprise to me,” Richie said. “I’m sorry, Joanie said, her voice trembled with shock at the trouble she was now in. “Joanie what has gotten into you?” Richie continued.“Punish me!”“Yeah, punish me yourself.”“What do you mean?”“You could punish me, Rich, and leave our parents out of it. Joanie explained.“Oh, that wouldn’t work!”“What do you mean it wouldn’t work?” Joanie asked. “I couldn’t punish you. I. (gorn = East London pronunciation of 'gone')"They've only been an gorn and kicked the poor cow out'er 'ouse, 'aven't they?"It is a peculiarity of East London speech to convert a statement into a question, which can take some getting used to, as can the dropped aspirant.She calmed down and I got the full story. The local council had given Miriam four weeks to vacate her parents' former home, as it was still council owned. With the former tenants deceased the council now wanted the property for.
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