ULTERIOR MOTIVE

WOW: bat. John's not above doing a bit of scheming to get out of the more unsavoury parts of raising a family ...

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Mary angrily batted John's hand away as she paced back and forth across the nursery cradling her precious bundle, and softly hushing the tiny wailing figure that clung forlornly to her.

"There, there Deanie," she whispered, rocking him gently as he gradually began to calm, "silly Daddy didn't mean to prick you with the pin when he was changing your diaper. Silly, clumsy, stupid Daddy; that's the last time I let that idiot near your diaper."

Standing shamefaced on the other side of the room, John watched them in silence with a bowed head..

"Yesssss!" he thought; "job done."

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