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further removed but I was getting the impression that now she was pregnant<br />

Elly felt closer and closer to her family.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mother she hadn’t been eager to see was now becoming an important ally,<br />

rightly so. <strong>The</strong> family that she had hidden from, not wanting to disappoint them,<br />

were all happier to see her back in Poland than in England. Her idea that she<br />

meant more to them as a beacon of hope than in their arms was quickly<br />

changing. <strong>The</strong> strangest turnaround of all was that the first family member she<br />

reached out to was the one who was pulling away.<br />

She had doubted if the others would embrace me but they had and the brother<br />

that she thought would support her, support us, was nowhere.<br />

“I wish you had a chance to meet my friends.” She said.<br />

“We can throw a party. I’ll book a club.” I offered.<br />

“No. We should save our money for the baby.”<br />

For the baby, not for the house.<br />

“We can just book some tables then.”<br />

In Poland I had learnt that you could reserve everything, including seats in a<br />

nightclub. It annoyed the hell out of me though, when I’d pop out for a beer<br />

after work to see reservation written on empty tables. <strong>The</strong> idiot staff would<br />

refuse to let you sit down at 6 pm for one beer at a table reserved for 9 pm.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir loss!

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