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Dad went out yesterday afternoon and bought all the security gear as promised. I asked him to tell me how much he’d spent, so I could pay him back in time, but he wasn’t having any of it. I can only imagine it was hundreds of pounds, if not more. The car boot is filled with cameras, alarm boxes, wiring and all sorts of stuff I don’t recognise. Hopefully it’ll be enough to dissuade Toby from coming anywhere near the house.
We got up at the crack of dawn this morning, ready for a quick breakfast and the drive back to mine. Dad wanted to start early to give him the best possible chance of getting everything in place for tonight. I woke up with an odd feeling of optimism. Maybe it was the act of getting up to watch the sunrise, having not had a single drop of alcohol the night before, or
