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Once I had packed everything into my bag I left, it was only a short walk and I was home, it was lovely to feel wanted even if I was not getting on with Diana. After having a bath and a shave Paula told me about what the dog had eaten over the last six days including her silk underwear,
"the dog's not as daft as she looks if he likes ladies silk underwear" I said while laughing,
"stop laughing, it's not funny, she's a pest and always eats something that belongs to me and nothing of yours" she replied,
"that's life" I said with tears of laughter running down my cheeks,
Paula didn't talk to me for an hour after that, perhaps I shouldn't have laughed but it seemed awfully funny at the time. After telling me all the latest news that had been on the tv we decided to go out the following night as she had just been paid, we only went out twice a month when either of us got paid. We never went anywhere special as we never had enough money but at least we went out together. Even though I loved Paula the problem with Diana was not going away, I was constantly arguing with Paula about her daughter, whatever she wanted Paula and her mother would go out of their way to accommodate her, I hated the way they both spoilt her but whenever I criticized them Paula would turn the argument around saying that I was the one who was spoilt and that she didn't spend any time with her daughter as I was always asking her to do something or other, even if it was true to an extent it was not justified as let's face it I was away for six days and Paula had all that time to be with Diana. Whenever we had an argument it would always end up with me going silent as I was not going to let this nine year old spoil the love that I now had for her mother, she had been in the best thing that had happened to me for a long time and I was not going to be denied it just because of Diana,somehow I had to try and get on with her even if it meant I had to be false, perhaps if I just ignored her and therefore not giving me an excuse to complain but if I did that then I would just be bottling it up, there had to be a better way and I had to find out what it was before I was pushed to far and ended up with us splitting up. The only good thing about these arguments was the making up afterwards, sometimes I was glad to be going away on duty as it would give us time to forget about the argument and also time for Paula to be with Diana, when all is said and done Diana was Paula's flesh and blood and Diana was bound to mean more to Paula than I, they were mother and daughter and I was only the boyfriend. The time for me to go back on duty came around quickly and it would always be same for as long as I remained with my present unit, I had decided during those free days that I would stay for the time being and see what developed because Robin had told me that he had plans for a new unit and all he needed was commands approval.

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