While my EX (her aunt) and I started dating she was only maybe one or two years old. She did not like ANY male figures other than her father being nea... her then, but when I came around everyone was shocked that she would run right up to me and always wanted me to hold her. Around the age of four or five her mother told me that she has said “Uncle Rick is my boyfriend”. Years went by and we remained close despite her aunt and I divorcing. By the time she became a teenager we bonded more. It was one of the reasons I left and came here.’ ‘Oh you poor dear,’ Doris said, joining Virginia on the couch. She put her arm about her shoulders and gave a gentle squeeze. ‘Perhaps you’ll have better luck here,’ she said suggestively. Knowing that she was referring to Thomas, Virginia was surprised to find herself blushing. At that moment, he appeared in the doorway. ‘I thought I would find you in here,’ he said. ‘The Baker’s are leaving and are looking for you. They would like to say. It was a great deal to take in. Again the images started to invade her thoughts. She imagined herself on the floor, dressed in a dog suite, being paraded around town like an exotic animal. Shuddering Hannahstruggled to bring her thoughts back to the present.Hannah spent the rest of the week traveling to work on the early bus, watching out for the couple and their strange pastime. Having arrived at work much earlier than her colleges Hannah made straight for her office, closing the door. Are you calling from overseas?’ ‘Not at all. I am back in Singapore now. For good.’ ‘That’s nice, but I am afraid that unless you give me your name, I am unable to recall or recognize you. And I am having dinner now.’ She said, wondering if this was a prank played on her by some of her peers. ‘Mrs. Rodriguez, this is Donald, Donald Loh from Dunman Secondary School. Class of 1973. Do you recall?’ ‘Donald? Well Donald, I must say it’s nice of you to call, but I really am at a lost as to who you.