The Sheriff offered me a job on his force as spokesperson which I turned down because I’m a cop and not a figurehead or a talking head. He didn’t ...ake my ‘no’ but plans to come back with a different offer that includes that.”Mister Ingram said, “I watched you on television. I’m proud of you and the way you handled yourself on the air. I’ve heard from the people here about how well you did. No one said that it was due to the circumstances but just that you did very well.“Now, you are seeing the. We both live in the same house and I am your mother. Do you think I won’t know when you slip into the bathroom late at night?”I just put my head down in shame.“Now you are a grown up. You deserve your privacy, you can go and shag in the bathroom whenever you want. ok?”, she said. “Now, let us go to the bed”. Mom held my hand and took me to the bedroom.I was still a little shook up when we went to bed. So mom tried to calm me down. “Shall I tell you a secret?”, she asked.I nodded my bed.“Even I. "Say something."But he didn't need to say anything. He knew what he wanted me to do. I knew it. The order, his will, seemed to hang in the air around me, like a physical presence.My knees felt so weak. How long could this go on.Another moment passed.My knees started to bend.No, no! I thought. Don't!But it was like I was no longer in control of my body. The minute my knee started to bend, it seemed to be like an avalanche. I was carried along, not quite in control.I knelt in front. “Okay then, we’ll get you to line up here and wait your turn. We have ridiculous amounts of food so there’s plenty for everyone. Don’t try and take everything at once, take one or two things and go away and eat them. Then come back and get something else. Is that okay?”The girls all nodded and chorused, “Yes Mr Chancelor.”The chorused response threw me for a second. It was such a school-like thing for them to do.“I’ve just thought of another rule,” I said. “We have so much food, nobody’s.