Once upon a wet and stormy night

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Chaos unfolded in Auckland last Friday.

When T and I headed out at 4:30 pm to have dinner at his parents’ house, it had already been raining non-stop since Thursday evening, and the rain turned torrential during the drive.

“I’ve never driven in rain this bad before,” T said.

My heart was pounding almost as hard as the rain.

We arrived okay and warned his parents about the severity of the weather, but they were still keen to go to the play we had tickets for.

After dinner, ...