“Thank you, I will miss you and Mum lots as well”. She touched his hand briefly.
“You’ll have me crying in a minute, but I have thought about it a lot. However, whichever way I look at it, now is the time to go. I need to organise some more money - maybe sell some stuff that is just lying around in people’s houses. I will be able to claim a pension soon and I will get a better one if I am over there. I might have to go to the Netherlands to claim a pension too. I also want a full medical check up while I’m over there, and I might be able to get your mother a British passport. She always said that she wanted one. All that has to be done now… later it will be more difficult. Do you follow me?”
“Yes. What does Mum say?”
“I told her that she had until January the first to think about it. It
