All of this brought Vernon to his position today, sitting in his favourite armchair in the living room, with the TV on low in the background, as Petunia was watching the news to see if there was anything she could gossip about in it. He was finishing off the last bits of the day's work, the daily expenses, Vernon always made sure to do them to get every last penny back from the company. The freak was in the kitchen cleaning up from dinner. Dudley was upstairs getting an early night's sleep so he was well rested for the big day. Tomorrow was a very important day for his growing boy as tomorrow was Duddley's 11th Birthday and Vernon could not help but feel an overwhelming sense of pride filling him. Dudley was his pride and joy and they had a big day planned for tomorrow. After a large cooked breakfast they would open some of Duddley's presents and then one of Duddley's mates, a nice young lad by the name of Piers Polkiss would be comin round and they would all go out to the local zoo.