- Tony has his ways
- Lily even excels at ice skating
- Mystery Highway Man
- Kenton gets in on the Kate-kicking
- Tony makes some sense
Tony has his ways
And sometimes Tony’s ways are actually quite nice.
Miffed that his surprise for Pat was spoilt by her being up early (he had a nice bunch of flowers to take to her in bed. And a card, which he couldn’t find. But that thought was there).
And he’s booked a nice restaurant for later on. Plus he’s driving – which is a very big gesture for rural dwelling folks.
A tad unoriginal, but anything that’s not work for Pat is lovely.
Lily even excels at ice skating
Whereas Freddie is good at knocking other folks over.
Wee toots. He just needs a big hug and a dad who isn’t trying to force him to be something he’s not …
Mystery Highway Man
Kenton’s latest cunning plan is to have a Mystery Highway man popping up at unannounced intervals at Deck the Halls.
Seemingly, it’s a thank-you to Elizabeth and Nigel for putting him up (and putting up with him – his words).
He has the idea. He’ll be one of the staff doing the work. And he’ll help promote it.
Very nice of Kenton indeed.
But I think it’s a flawed plan.
When the Mystery Highway Man pops up, the folks who spot him will get a prize, if they say “your money, or your life”).
Wasn’t that the highway man’s job?
Kenton gets in on the Kate-kicking
Putting his foot in it with Phoebe (how was he to know Kate was going away for 6 weeks rather than four?), Kenton doesn’t hold back on saying what he thinks of Kate:
[Kenton] “Well it par for course where Kate’s concerned though … she’s got form!”
[Hayley] “Don’t say another word, or I’ll be tempted to say exactly what I think of her right now, and that’s not going to help Phoebe”
Still, at least Kenton managed to spot Jill’s seemingly loud body language towards Nigel, and steer clearing of their argument about whether Freddie and Lily should go to boarding school.
Tony makes some sense
On Vicky:
[Tony] “Vicky’s a bit of an unknown … you know, isn’t she … she can be a bit volatile”
(bless – he was being far too polite to say what he really though)
He was also very calm about Kathy and Jamie joining them for Christmas dinner.
Though he is looking forward to a quiet Christmas eve just being for family.
Well, until Pat pointed out that next year would be completely different, due to Helen’s baby.
On the topic of which, Tony can still not find anything positive to say.
Whereas Pat is happy that Helen is at least realising she can’t do everything by herself, in asking Pat to come to her ante-natal class, Tony reckons:
[Tony] “Some else should be caring for her, loving her, getting ready to be a father for the child”
[Tony] “I just wanted Helen to have the same chance as we did”
Which is absolutely fair enough.
What parent wouldn’t’ want that for their kid?
But, that’s all academic when this is happening, happening now and isn’t going o go away.
Time Tony got over himself, and became a real dad himself.
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