romance

**’Hello?’**

**’Hi honey.**
**This is Daddy.**
**Is Mommy near the phone?’**

**’No, Daddy.**
**She’s upstairs in the bedroom with
Uncle Paul.’**

**After a brief pause,**

**Daddy says,**
**’But honey, you haven’t got an Uncle
Paul.’**

**’Oh yes I do, and he’s upstairs in
the room with Mommy,**
**Right now.’**

Brief Pause.

**’Uh, okay then, this is what I want
you to do.**
**Put the phone down on the table, run
upstairs**
**And knock on the bedroom door and
shout to Mommy**
**That Daddy’s car just pulled into
the driveway.’**

**’Okay, Daddy, Just a minute.’**

**A few minutes later**
**The little girl comes back to the
phone.**

**’I did it, Daddy.’**

**’And what happened, honey?’ **

‘Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped
out of bed with