“Thank you,” I replied in a quiet voice. Dinner only lasted a half an hour or so as we had only made light conversation.“Why don’t you sit in ...the small parlor, while I take care of the dishes. You can study more of your book while I’m busy,” I told him when we had finished.“I’m nearly finished with it. We weren’t very busy last night and I had time to study,” he told me, before asking, “How did your studying go today?”“It went fine. I’ll explain after I finish the dishes,” I told him, as he. As I got off the driver said “45 minutes” I looked at the wife and she nodded, I motioned for her a drink and she shook her head. I had a cig and then went for a look round the shop, it was the usual shit and as I looked at my watch I still had 35 minutes, I decided I’d have a piss and re-join the wife on the coach.I went into the gents and found it to be quiet which was unusual considering how busy the services were. As I went into the end cubicle I was reminded of the previous night and as I. I. bill to help pay his way through college. ‘Mike studied horticulture in school and to pay some of his expenses bought some lawn equipment and started doing landscape maintenance in his spare time. All his life he has been honest and dedicated in everything he has done. Word of mouth of how well he did his job brought him more requests for service than he had time for, so being resourceful, he invested more of his money and hired a helper. After a while he had hired another, and by the time. "Yes, Mum. It should be fine in a couple of months." Unless you go and fall down the stairs again," grinned Eleanor."I'll try not to." You better had."Ron and Daphne left soon after lunch. Reg and Eleanor could not bear the thought of being parted so early in the day and decided to go for a walk with Eleanor taking him home later. They both helped clear the table and load the dishwasher first though.Back at work the following day Reg, with the aid of a road atlas started to plot various.