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184 Cecelia Ahernschool in a perfectly good school so it’s not as if she’s being taken out ofschool midway here. It could all be so perfect.On the other hand, I can honestly say that her friendship with Toby ispossibly the most important thing to her. He’s a great supportive force in herlife; he makes her happy and keeps the innocence in her eyes. Children needclose friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves andabout life. They also need close friends to keep them sane, and due to Katie’slittle disappearing act I now know that her being without Toby, at this stageof her life anyway, would lead to incredible insanity.Do you realize that they had actually booked their flights to you overthe Internet with Greg’s credit card? They were in the queue to check in atthe airport when the gardai found them! I can just picture them: a littlegirl with jet black hair and vanilla skin with no luggage except for a cuddlyteddy bear bag on her back. Beside her, a little boy with messy blondcurls, in charge of the tickets and passport details. A miniature honeymooncouple. Someday I will look back on this experience and laugh.After I get over the shock, horror, bitterness, and resentment. Probably inmy next lifetime.So I can’t accept the job of my dreams because my family won’t movewith me. Big deal. It’s not as though I bend over backwards for them. It’s notas though I arrange my life to revolve around them. It’s not as though I comehome from work tired and still have dinner on the table for them, it’s not asthough I perform wonderful supportive wifely chores when there’s a millionother things I could be doing. It’s not as though I defend my daughter atschool, constantly fighting with the teachers about how she is not Satan’sdaughter. It’s not as though I tolerate Greg’s mother for dinner every Sundayand listen to her whinge about how the food isn’t cooked right, about myhair, about the way I dress, about the way I have chosen to raise Katie andthen have to sit through hours of reruns of her favorite soaps. It’s not asthough I’m always the one to take a day off work when Katie is sick or dropwhatever plans I’ve made to help people out.Just as well I don’t do any of those things.But who cares? I get burned toast and milky tea one morning once a year