perfume reminder of special friend

Nigella met Billy while she was separated and very lonely at a ‘parents without partners’ group, and believes that her transition from misery to happiness during this period was due entirely to her special friendship with him - and a perfume gift from him that lasted for many years.

"Billy and I clicked straight away - he made me laugh till I cried. He was smoking a cigar and even though I've never smoked myself I dared to do something crazy that night - I asked for one of his cigars and we sat outside and smoked and talked and laughed like two kids."

"He wanted to take me out to dinner one night but I couldn't accept as I didn't want to upset the kids' lives, and besides which I wasn’t sexually attracted to him," explains Nigella. "It was bad enough that their father had deserted them without me acting like I didn't care for them."

"Billy understood and suggested I bring the kids to his place for dinner."

"He was amazing with the kids," sighs Nigella. "He explained that he was the eldest of seven kids - the youngest being 18, not much older than my 12 year old son - and he was more in touch with my kids than their own father had been."

"Billy had a barbeque out the back and he threw some slabs of meat on the hotplate - along with stacks of vegetables that he'd wrapped in foil without washing or peeling them first - and the result was fantastic!"

"There was no washing up - we ate off the foil using our hands!"

"After dinner, Billy brought out his guitar and we had a sing-song," laughs Nigella. "I had never in my life experienced such a warm family-type setting.”

“I had only known Billy for two days and already he had accomplished a miracle. All the hurt that the kids and I felt just melted away."

"I often wonder if he was sent into my life for that purpose," muses Nigella. "Without meeting him I might never have adapted to being single again, and every time I use the perfume he gave me I am reminded of how lucky I was to meet him."

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