”Nikia waved at the horse as she stepped back, giving Ruby plenty of room to mount the device.Ruby turned to the horse and stepped closer to it. She...walked around it as if studying it. She stopped at the end that was raised and looked at me. Maybe she was thinking about what I said. I wasn’t sure. Without a word, she threw a leg over it and sat, as she might on a motorcycle. Then she leaned forward and lowered herself until her torso lay along the top of the device.Without a word of warning,. Maggie flopped down at her desk and I sat on the corner and told her about the contract at The Cedars. She was very happy with the deal, contract gardening and design work could keep us going at the slower times of the year and it was good that we were getting new work coming in. Maggie had been out to see another large garden project during the autumn and had submitted her designs but that was not due to start until the early summer. We certainly now had enough outside work to keep Colin. I took her chin and raised her head. "Not one single word! I dont want to hear any excuses and lies from you! All that is allowed from you is screams, and cries!" I saw tears in her eyes, and her lip quivered. "But we dont want to disturb people around us, do we? So take your 2 pairs of skimpy knickers from the drawer and put them into your mouth! And lie ON the bed Mommy! You know the position!" Yes, of course she knew the position – I rolled blankets and put a pillow on. Selznick, I mean Norm, was a man in his early-fifties and very supportive of the staff so it was no surprise when he gave me a huge hug and held my hand as tears soaked his shirt. ‘Norm,’ I sobbed, ‘I can’t believe this is happening to me. I’ve tried to be the best teacher possible and yet, now you say I’ve been terminated. It’s not fair!’ ‘You’re right, Eve. You are a wonderful teacher and a beautiful person. Look, you are only twenty-three. You’re a gorgeous woman with a lifetime before you..