“Oh, come on, Haley!”Footsteps. Her head came around the corner. “What’s wrong?”“I’m ... lost...”“I’m putting the tea to steeping,...�� she said. “Come sit in the lunchroom. I have just the thing...”While the water was coming to a boil for the tea, a real teakettle with a whistle, a couple of frozen pastries appeared from the freezer.“Herbal teas,” Maddie said. “That’s a ‘Grandma Desai by way of Beck’ thing. Beck juggled her proportions, more of this, less of that. I can duplicate.”“I enjoy it. I ring the number. She’s working today. I know it’s illicit… and that’s what makes it exciting. What if I get caught? I ask myself… think of the shame. You won’t get caught… it’ll be fun! I’m in a dilemma. I toss a coin – tails. I go. I catch a bus to Yarmouth, a ferry to Lymington and two trains to Bournemouth. A group of school c***dren board the train. I imagine them singing: We know where you’re going, we know where you’re going!’ I get a grip of myself. I get closer to my dirty. C’mon man...shit, alright...give me fifteen minutes alright?...bye.” “I’m guessing you have to go to work?” Mia asked disappointed. “Yeah, the power is out on one of the blocks of apartments. They don’t think it’s the weather since everyone else is fine but if we don’t work out what it is soon then we need to relocate folk. This sucks. I’m so sorry...” “It’s ok. We can always arrange something for another day. What are your plans this weekend?” “I’m working...” “Oh...Well this does suck. I played with the hairs which were sticking through my tights, thinking that the old Angela had let her legs go, so must have usually worn long skirts or jeans. I would like to be smarter than her; I would definitely get a neat, shorter haircut, too, but it would have to hide my scars and at present I knew I had a whole band around my head under the bandages which was shaved bald.I went upstairs again to get my pain-killers. My head hurt surprisingly little, considering the whole top had been.