He was supposed to call me so I knew what time he was going to show up. I wanted to be awake and alert when he got there. He didn’t call. I woke up ...off and on, glancing at the clock occasionally. It was getting later and later. I was getting worried, wondering if he was going to show up at all, wondering and worrying that he changed his mind. I fell back asleep so I didn’t have to worry. I felt someone shaking me lightly. Someone softly calling my name. I opened my eyes. There he was. Finally!. Get your money back." He wrote on a pad. "Come to mine after tea. I have something much better. Needs a bit of fixing." For ever afterwards he was amazed that he wrote that. "I wanted to get it out of my workshop, ' he answered himself, knowing full well that wasn't the real reason. He seemed very shocked and worried when she turned up without Ken."I'm sorry Ernie, but Ken wanted to work on a computer he's building for a client so he went home. I know you're not keen on women so I'll go home. ”“That dude is like a lightning rod for trouble,” Derek answered. “How can your sister’s boyfriend be the only one hurt in an explosion that took off the entire front of the library? She could get killed hanging around him.”“She likes him. He’s a nice guy.” Yousef defended Keith, even though they had never met.“That didn’t keep him from sleeping with my wife,” Derek muttered.“Ex-wife,” Yousef corrected. “You’re divorced.”“Yeah, whatever” Derek said, tapping keys on his computer. “Okay, they’re. She was adamant that she had replied to my letter, in which she had explained why she wouldn't be in Plaistow over Christmas, and had suggested that the first week of the New Year would be a more convenient time for us to have our discussion. She also managed to get a dig at me by saying that if I had given her a telephone contact number she would have been able to talk to me and explain her reasons for not being available at Christmas. She now asked that I telephone her as soon as I received.