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\"Hookers<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can see that I had been manipulated from the start, but what choice did I have when it was my wife doing the manipulating?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had all started when we were driving alongside Streatham Common, on the way back from Beryl\u2019s sister\u2019s place.  Although it was early evening, there were already some working girls about.  I hoped that the wife wouldn\u2019t notice them, but she had.  I saw her neck whip around as we passed one.  I was just waiting for her to pass a derisory remark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Gosh, did you see that one?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018What, sorry love, I was concentrating on my driving\u2019 I lied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018She was really pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018What?\u2019I thought I\u2019d misheard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018That last one, she was so pretty, a bit thin though.  Didn\u2019t we have any sandwiches left?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u2018Yes, there\u2019s a few left and a spot of tea if you\u2019re thirsty.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u2018Not for me, for her.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             \u2018She\u2019s working luv, you can\u2019t just drive up to her and offer her a sandwich.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was wrong, Beryl had a new mission, I had to do a U turn and head back to the common. As I stopped at the kerb, the prostitute jumped into the car. She looked startled when she saw Beryl in the rear seat.  After an awkward moment, they started chatting together like old friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

            \u2018I know you mean well Beryl, but Isabella\u2019s losing money when you\u2019re keeping her chatting\u2019 I interrupted\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u2018I\u2019m sorry luv, how much do you earn in an hour?\u2019 Beryl enquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Isabella looked at me, not sure exactly how much Beryl required as an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Bill, give the girl \u00a320, and we can carry on our talking.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When our hour was up, Isabella politely left the car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018What a lovely girl\u2019 Beryl said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I drove the rest of the journey home, Beryl seemed to be in deep thought. We visited her sister more often after that, and always took extra sandwiches, cake and a choice of tea or coffee for Isabella on our route home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Isabella told us that she was to be evicted from her home, Beryl invited her to live with us, and always made sure that she had a good meal before she went out to work. After six months, Isabella announced she was pregnant. Beryl was delighted and she insisted that Isabella swop bedrooms with us, so she could have the bigger room, in order to accommodate a cot beside the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beryl had found the family she always dreamed she would have. She proudly told everyone she knew that she was going to be a grandmother.  She was just so happy I couldn\u2019t burst her bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isabella gave up prostitution to look after her child. I had to keep working for a few more years than I\u2019d planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I certainly had been manipulated but just seeing the smile on that young boy\u2019s face as I come through the door, takes away any feelings of resentment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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