He Surpassed Himself

Wow - this evening was one of the worst in a long time. And that's saying something!!

I went to pick Gemima up from school this evening. My back was killing me as the physioterrorist had destroyed my spine again this afternoon, so Jade ran into the school to get her while I waited in the car.

Jade came back by herself and said that Gemima was not in the class and her teacher had not known where she was. Another person in the class had told Jade that Gemima had probably gone to an after-school class. So I called the office to find out when the class finished and was told 4pm. I had signed a letter for Gemima to attend the class about a week ago, so I thought I must have got the day wrong.

As it turned out I hadn't got the day wrong. The school office called me straight back to say the class was next Tuesday. Bit of a problem in that Gemima had gone from school and no-one knew where she was.

So, there followed a frantic half hour of searching, staff racing about the school looking for her and down to the after school clubs to see if she'd gone there.

No joy.

So while the headteacher had the bright idea of checking the CCTV to see if it was possible to tell who she went with, I went outside (I actually wanted to throw up at this point) to call Nick to tell him Gemima was missing.

I had expected him to give me grief for not calling him sooner. Instead what I got was him apologising profusely because he had arranged for her to go to her friend's house and had not told anyone. Not me. Not the school.

All the fear, worry and panic that had been building up just exploded and for the first time in a very long time, I utterly ripped him a new one! Turns out that this arrangement had been made last Saturday but he had decided not to tell me in case it was cancelled. Unfortunately Mr No-Memory forgot to call and tell me this morning!

Fucker.

I don't think I have ever been so scared and worried in my life before.

So now he is being incredibly nice and apologetic. Throughout the course of the evening I have had a couple of phone calls and several texts apologising and asking if I am OK and calm now.

Call me cynical but this case is still to go to court... I am sure he is hoping I don't raise this one to the judge (along with the occasions when he had forgotten to collect her from school himself).