On that very day Harriet’s life was about to change. During the lunchbreak at work she popped down to the nearby bakery to buy a croissant and there she met Jock. Jock was in the bakery buying a cinnamon bun for his lunch. They clicked immediately. In fact when the lunchbreak was almost over they were still holding their unbitten buns and chatting like billy-o. They agreed to go out to dinner. That was the start of something wonderful.
Jock was a plumber by trade but had developed a successful business renovating bathrooms. In fact the photographs of bathrooms he had renovated were fashionable and classy. They were the stuff of glossy magazines. He said to Harriet that he’d be happy to renovate her bathroom for free – it meant they would be in close proximity throughout the renovations! They planned the bathroom meticulously. Harriet would use the neighbour’s bathroom during renovations. Such kind neighbours!
Jock went to work with a sledge hammer. You wouldn’t believe the destruction! Not a single scrap of bathroom porcelain was unshattered! You can’t make an omelette without breaking an egg.
That was when Harriet discovered that Jock was married with three kids.
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