I sat in the living room for a couple of minutes before calling a taxi to follow my mom. I knew she would be going to see Harry and I knew exactly where they would be.I paid the driver with the twenty dollars my mom had left me, and I walked nonchalantly to the soda machine while I looked around for my mom’s car. I knew this was the place because I had overheard Harry in the locker room say that he had a room reserved in this motel for Friday night. I looked two or three times at every car in the parking lot and I could not spot my mom’s car. Maybe I was wrong and had jumped to ridiculous conclusions. I was now at the motel for no reason and would have to walk all the way back home.I leaned against the wall and took a deep breath, as I thought how dumb and silly I had been recently. My mom was probably just with her friends and I was here thinking about all this other stuff. I shook my head and headed out the parking lot to walk back home. I had just exited the parking lot when I. ”“Oh. That makes sense, Reg ... I mean, Dad.”“In the same way, I see this as a learning process for you young ladies. You will learn about accounting and double-entry book-keeping, and with a bit of luck you might come across something worth exploring further. I can say that, should you find an item worth our efforts, you will be considered for an ex-gratia payment.”Elizabeth stared at Reg and then looked at Sidra, finding an equally curious face. “Dad, what does ‘ex-gratia’ mean?”Reg smiled. “Another bit of learning for you. It is Latin, meaning ‘by favour’, and is used in modern English to mean something done out of the goodness of your heart. In the legal world, it means an item done freely, without expectation of payment of any kind. Freda will have learned about that, as she is studying law; her father is a successful lawyer.”Sidra pointed out a clash of meanings. “But an ex-gratia payment doesn’t make sense. If it is ex-gratia, that means no payment, surely.”“Not quite, you.
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