‘Why did Ali say I was forcing her into medicine? Mary must think I’m some kind of tyrant. I never said Ali had to be a doctor. I just said I thought it’d be a great thing to do and she agreed with me. I’m afraid to say anything to her now. If I look at her sideways she’ll probably accuse me of something else.’ ‘Calm down,’ I soothed. ‘She was just venting. She’s angry at everyone and Mary said the more she lets out, the speedier her recovery will be. It’s all that pent-up emotion that’s causing her eating problems. She was pretty hard on me, too, and on Sarah. Mind you, Sarah didn’t hold back either – I had no idea she was so furious with Ali. How did we manage to raise such angry kids?’ ‘I have to say I agreed with everything Sarah said,’ Paul admitted. ‘I’ve been wanting to tell Ali to get over herself for weeks. To think Sarah was the one I always worried about and now she’s a rock of sense. I never in my life thought Ali would be the one to cause so much trouble.
