I'd never seen it that up close before." Just so you know, this is our secret. No flirting or coming on to each other at school. You know how things a...e, there's no way I want any of that hanging over me." Oh, I more than understand. Will we do it again?" It depends. I've done it with an adult, but we only do it maybe once a month, and then usually when the guys aren't worth much at the moment."She digested this for a few seconds. "So there's someone else?"I nodded. "But it's not an emotional. Tell you what, letme settle in and once that happens, and if you're still hiring, maybe Ican call you then," Ash said looking very sad and dejected."Wait? But that's just it Ash! That's why I'm here. Ash, you didn'thear me! I also heard that you'd be aging out in foster care. Whichmakes this so perfect. I mean we could bring you on as one of theranch hands," Helen said."I'm not sure I understand," Ash said."Ash, we have to keep several young men on site for our early morningwarm ups. . .. You can do that with hamsters, you know." I"m not telling you that story yet!"He laughed. "Well, we'll just have to compromise and get a medium-sized dog."Marie looked at him, and her smile changed from entertained delight into a warm and coy smile. Eddie thought about what he just said. "Oh ... um ... Did I say that out loud?" If you didn't, I did." She took his hand in hers and squeezed it. "You're thinking long-term. I like that."They sat in silence for a moment, just holding hands. Her. Hopefully at the end of this story, you can come to your own conclusion if my mum is a slutty Tai Tai or SPG.It was a Friday, the last day of the first semester and there were basically no lessons. Drew and I took the opportunity to skip class and head to a quiet corner of the school where we could access the webcam from my parent’s iMac through Drew’s laptop.We started monitoring from about 10 but it seems my mum was out. Around 12, we checked up again and this time, we hit the jackpot. Brad.