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b'Real Good Looking Boy\\nMick switched the light on and stood in the doorway, looking at his beautiful little boy. Joe didn\\u2019t stir. He slept on; and, most likely, dreamed on, too. Whatever Joe was dreaming about, he was clearly enjoying his time in slumberland.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201cHe\\u2019s a good-looking kid \\u2013 doesn\\u2019t take after you at all,\\u201d was the general verdict. Mick was perfectly happy to go along with public opinion, even if comments such as \\u201cHe\\u2019s got his great-grandfather\\u2019s eyes\\u201d were somewhat over the top in his opinion.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201cSmart young lad, too, isn\\u2019t he?\\u201d Well, what did they expect? \\u201cReminds me of his grandfather,\\u201d someone once added, to which Mick had replied, \\u201cOh, I didn\\u2019t realise you\\u2019ve met my father?\\u201d.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Mick stood there, lost in his own dreams and meditating on those questions that every father asks himself at some point: \\u201cWill my child succeed where I have failed?\\u201d, \\u201cAm I preparing him well for the real world?\\u201d and \\u201cIs that the time? I\\u2019d better get dressed\\u201d.\\n\\u201cCome on, darling, time for school,\\u201d said Mick, stealing a kiss on Joe\\u2019s cheek before he came round.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201cDaddy, don\\u2019t forget I need money for my driving lessons,\\u201d said Joe, leaping out of bed and into the shower.'