The intenovella continued

that, when that boot studding moment arrives, you are not alone, at least not alone spiritually.

Brave people like N or Louise have been beaten - physically and mentally - by illness or man - but, like all of us, have learnt from that experience, for the worse or the better. The zenith is to recoil but walk away with dignity, head held high, like Bobby Moore - or to sink into the abyss from which, you may never crawl out.

So why the knife to the wife, easy - and suddenly sirens - the cops in their usual stealthy way had arrived to take him away. How do you plead they said, I plead to be released from these 'cuffs but ..