MMIL20

Twenty is a good round wholesome number: 20 friends is adequate, 20 pounds is a goodly amount, 20's a good age to be,  20 tunes would be better than 8 on Desert Island Discs, 20 is a score!
MMIL20 turns out to be  propitious.
Two positions revelled themselves: pressure was asserted on the buyer with the veiled threat of taking the property off the market, giving him until Friday 3rd Feb as the date for exchange of contract thereby enabling us to secure the bung and generate momentum. At the same time we realised that our constant intervention over the past month had achieved nothing tangible - if we had done nothing, we would be exactly where we are now, with nothing.
Portentous....mmmm.
Throughout the week we tried not to think of the move. We had done all we could. We need to let go; carry-on with the things we do, cast off the yoke, free to be ourselves.
On Friday, yesterday, we expected the call after 4 months of grind and it duly arrived but not how we expected.
The buyer informed us he's pulling out; he's been diagnosed with cancer.