’ This was heading into uncharted territory. Embarrassed and puzzled, I looked at Ruth but her face was turned away. In the silence I felt the need ...o say something. ‘Problems?’ I asked. I knew it sounded gauche and naive, what should I have said instead? ‘Yes, Michael, problems. But they’re for me to sort out. I shouldn’t have imposed them on you. I’m sorry.’ Seizing the opportunity, I reminded her that the cleaning staff would be around shortly, and following them Security would be switching. “Mrs Nering has reported a very serious finding,” Janice was still smiling, “involving her daughter. A few weeks ago actually. We’ve taken our time verifying the situation and preparing the most appropriate response.“She became concerned about all the time Christina was spending out of the house, and so she found an opportunity to check her laptop. Like most kids Christina leaves herself logged in to Google all the time, and guess what her mother found being shared in her Drive?” She stopped,. Andria was close enough to be due that she watched more than helped. The older boys went to the cow barn and began the morning milking. Not having Andrew around to help did make more work for each of them to do. They knew it wouldn’t matter, as soon the new wife would join the household and soon after, a new child to raise. But for now, all was as it should be as far as they were concerned.Lorna was on guard this morning. She was expecting trouble, she just wasn’t sure when and what sort. As. The doctor wrote some reports and spoke to city council members on the subject, but the plan was to try to deal with things locally. The town had seen its share of trials over the past hundred years; it could certainly survive a small baby boom. Maybe a population spike would do the town good in the end.Months went by and 36 girls and women indeed progressed through seemingly normal pregnancies. The town handled the religious outcry regarding underage girls waddling around in middle and high.