”Mr. Bradberry didn’t quite drone on, but there’s not much excitement that can be put into instructions and rules. The school rules and by-laws ...ere basic enough, however they were two different tiers of punishment, rules were slap on the wrist punishments, detention, in-school suspension. Then there were the by-laws, those were the heavy hitting, do not break kind of rules. If you broke a by-law, there was an investigation by the school police and if found guilty so to speak, you were either. Things were going great though and I was looking forward to a few days away from the treadmill, time spent with Lillian and the kids. This would be Ronnie's last Christmas before college and we were conscious of the fact that our baby would leave the nest soon.Once at home, there seemed to be a thousand things that only I could answer, solve or deal with. Martin's internet access did not work (plug the damn cable into the outlet!), Lisa's bicycle had a flat (tomorrow!), and the light bulb in. Then we walked around the low white fence. We were the last to arrive and the party had already started. Charles (my darling) introduced me to Mathew, and he reminded me a lot of my own darling. At some point they were similar, and I was happy to find his close workmate be just like my husband in many features. Mathew’s wife Monica walked up and introduced herself. The weather was hot, so I was dressed in a cute but revealing white beach shorts and a light top. We ate and everyone was drinking.. ”I nodded as the conversation at the table continued. It was clear that Amy’s female concubine was emotionally distressed by something. The two men sat stoically as Jacqueline and Amy worked to calm Claire.I was about to step forward to say something when the door just to my left opened.“Please Ingrid,” I heard Morgause say in a wheedling tone. “I’ll let you have Jaden for a night. Heck you could take him for longer if you needed. I’m just feeling a bit desperate.”“You could have brought Jaden.