Tony was not back on the island two weeks, when his daughter, Sonya, was trying to contact him. After their big falling out, Tony waited until the first week of February before he returned her call. Sonya wanted to begin to mend some fences, and to that end, Tony agreed for her to come and celebrate her birthday with him; on the island.
Following the initial contact from Sonya, Tony started to receive messages from Inga and Heidi alerting him to the situation with Alicena... though Tony heard nothing from Sonya.
Sonya arrived in the UK at the end of February just before her birthday. She placed her two sons, Georg, and Karl, reluctantly, with their grandmother Kate. As her husband was attending a retreat recuperating from his ordeal "Down Under".
The first thing out of his daughter's mouth, 'Tony sweetie it's been two months since we had that dreadful argument and you found out you are not Karl's father. I need my "knight in shining armour" back, and that is a major part of why I am here'.
She then added, 'Before anything else, though, I need to unwind from the trip. So, where's the bedroom?'
Not, "How are you?" or any other pleasantries. And no update on Alicena.
Tony was fuming, as he took her to his room. Where she took one look at the bed, 'Ooh you can sleep three in that!'
As Sonya rested and before she took a nap, she requested, 'I want to rest my head on your chest; so I can hear, feel, and smell you; it has been too long'.
Tony acceded to the request and reticently joined her. As soon as her head rested on his chest, she was out like a light. The pair lay there like that, for close on two hours; with Tony stroking his daughter's lovely silky-soft raven coloured hair, as she purred like a contented cat.
As his daughter woke, she uttered,
„Das fühlt sich schön an, hört nicht auf"
. ('That feels nice, do not Stop'.) Having slipped back into speaking German.
Tony responded, plus followed suit,
„Was möchtest du heute Abend machen?"
('What do you want to do this evening?')
Then added,
„Köche ich, oder Bestellung einer Mahlzeit zur Lieferung?"
('Do I cook, or order takeaway?')
Sonya replied, with laughter in her voice,
„Bestellung einer Mahlzeit zur Lieferung!! Ich werde noch ein paar Tage warten, bis ich dich vergiften lasse"
. ('Order takeaway!! I will wait a few days before I let you poison me'.)
Tony countered, 'That's not what you said the last time I cooked for you'. With a slightly angered tone and in English.
Tony then rose and smack his daughter's backside. Which caused her to giggle, before she uttered, 'Oooh, I know what you want tonight!!' Tony completely ignored the comment.
Two Pizzas arrived, an Hawaiian for Sonya and a Meateor for Tony, with a couple of side orders of potato wedges and coleslaw. Tony opened a bottle of Chianti, and the pair sat down to a comforting meal. After Sonya took her first drink of wine, she tucked into her pizza. And between mouthfuls the conversation began;
'What do I really owe this visit too, Sonya?'
'Well, Tony sweetie I have a few issues at home'. Tony gestured for her to continue, at the same time as sinking his teeth into the slice of pizza in his hands.
'Where do I start, oh yes, Alicena turned up on my doorstep in tears and hysterics having been evicted by Fred'. (What Sonya didn't realise, was that Inga and Heidi had been keeping him abreast of the situation and how everyone was coping.)
'She is fine Tony and is house sitting for me as I am here with you. Little Willy is away... So no need to get angry'.
'What about Alice, Lotti and Leah?' Tony interjected.
'They are okay, I have spoken with Alice, and Fred seems to be behaving himself with them, though I did not tell Alice that her daughter was living with me'.
'That's a relief, I was absolutely about to go, ballistic'.
'I know sweetie, down boy, keep calm.
Wolfgang
and Inga are keeping a close eye on everything. Oh, by the way, Inga is pregnant again'. "What Sonya doesn't realise is that the baby is mine". Is the thought that goes through Tony's head.
'Well okay, but you could have told me all this on Skype'.
'You know, and I know if I had done that there would be a plane crashing on Fred's house in Stuttgart with you on it'.
'Point taken. What else brings you?'
The pair took a pause from conversation at this point to finish their pizza. Her father then retrieved a dessert from the freezer, chocolate inspiration ice-cream covered in a creamy dark chocolate sauce.
This elicited, 'Oooh, you know how to please a woman with a chocolate dessert', from his ecstatic daughter.
As the pair ate dessert, the coffee was brewing, so they could retire to the sofa to finish their wine and drink coffee, plus continue with the conversation.
On sitting facing each other, Tony glared at Sonya, and using a slightly annoyed tone she reacted, 'All right! YOU are the real reason I am here!'