It’s just that trouble always seems to find me. Generally, I just try to make it from one day to the next and avoid hassle. I don’t know why it never works out like that. It’s so unfair, and especially as Christmas approaches and everyone’s looking forward to the holiday. But my luck being what it is, that’s when I ran into my latest set of problems. Because if you can be certain of anything in this world, it’s that you never know what life’s going to hit you with next. It was a cold, rainy morning and I was helping out my friend Ganesh in his uncle’s newsagent’s shop when disaster struck. Ganesh not only works for his Uncle Hari, he also lodges with him over the shop. I don’t know whether Hari really is an uncle or some other kind of relative, but uncle’s what everyone calls him, even me. Hari is a nice man but nervous and fidgety and that gets Ganesh down. So when Hari announced he was going on an extended family visit to India, and in his absence Ganesh was to be left in sole charge of the shop in Camden, Gan just about danced round the place for joy. I was pleased for Ganesh too, because it was high time he had a chance to run something without interference from his family.
