Shit, I thought she was going to have apoplexy the way she carried on, jumping around and yelling and laughing and crying all at the same time. If an... outsider had been witness to this, he would have sworn that someone had just given her a reprieve from a death sentence. "You'll never know how happy you made me feel with what you just said. Oh, I'll be so good to you. I'll cook for you, I'll wash yore clothes, I'll keep ya' warm at night, I'll love ya' and I'll treat ya' bettern' ya' ever. .. lonely. So lonely.”Bernard had a glass or two of red wine in his system, but nothing compared to what Monica drank. He simply ordered an Uber and headed to his daughter’s place posthaste, deciding to stay over if she wished it. If not, he could always order another Uber. He had the wealth for it and money was no object where his daughter’s happiness was concerned. He didn’t know how many years he had left of fatherhood before the Grim Reaper claimed his soul.Bernard took a few personal items. I faced away from the shutter and smoked and in a I heard the shutter open and close. I didn’t turn back and neither of said anything for a cpl of minutes. I had finished my smoke and nervous as I was I pulled out another one and realized the lighter was on the front counter behind me. Then he said’ What’s your name?’ , ‘Sheila” I replied without turning and asked him for the lighter. He got it and came closer and then i turned around to light up. I took a cpl of drags and he was just staring. The only time I do put my leg up on the bath edge is when I have a razor in my hand to shave my stubbly legs. I stepped out onto the once plush pile rug; now flat as a pancake and faded and dirty and then scrubbed myself vigorously with the rough towel before getting dressed in trackies and a t-shirt. That should do it, now back to the story: Eric was still playing his game when I got out of the shower, so I went into the lounge room, turned on the TV and flicked through the channels. I was.