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=__**//Chapter Summary//**__= Every Thursday afternoon Angie Causso goes to pick her three kids up from school and goes to the park. Every Thursday the kids each get an ice cream. Ed watches as she comes out of the shop, ice cream in her kid’s hands but never in hers. So Ed decides to go into the ice cream shop and bye one for her. When he comes out and sees them together sitting on a bench seat, he goes over, felling like his going to stumble over his words. But as he stands in front of her and begins to explain his words are very clear. At first she looked at him as though he was a lunatic, but takes the ice cream. As she watches her kids and eats her ice cream she tells Ed of her children and herself in the past. Pushing the ice cream down so that the cone won’t be empty at the end. ‘She looks like she couldn’t handle it if the cone was empty’. As Angie goes to leave she thanks him for the ice cream. Casey the young girl comes up to her mum and twists herself into Angie's hand and says “next week I’ll give you a bite of mine, mum”. Ed then knows he has ‘done what was intended’.

Characters in the chapter are: Ed Angie Carusso Casey (the daughter) The two boys

Quotes: 'I thought you deserved one, too'. 'Her expresion startled and half-brocken'. "Looks like you got an ice cream as well today, mum". "I was the easy one when i was younger. Now I've got three kids and I'm alone". "Next week I'll give you a bite of mine, mum". 'Ialso feel that I've done what was intended'.