"Urgent"

Ha. Hardly.

I received a phone call from Ireland at three in the morning today. Apparently, my mother is in a coma and my elder brother would rather that I stay by her side. He completely ignores the fact that if anyone is wanted by my mother at her side - even when she does not know that they are there - it will most certainly not be me.

It's her own fault, anyway. When she stops pushing me away, taking drugs, verbally abusing me, banning me from the family home, and so on, I will return home to her. Perhaps.

Family problems can be so frustrating here.

In other news, the date with Handsome is soon, Sherlock has a problem of his own, Idiot's being an idiot (shock horror! How different), Brownie is a fool, there's a new Detective Inspector around, my personal - number two - assistant accidentally injured my protégé, and I kissed Snuggles. Did I mention that? I should have opened with that.

Anyway, ciao.

JA.