Anyway, Ken was a kid by the name of Kyle, he had had to have facial reconstruction surgery done, and sitting next to him, I had realised that the con...tant snuffling and grunting may have been due to the damage done to his nose by a cricket bat; he was on the fielding team, and the other team’s batsman had stepped out of his crease to get what was essentially a wide ball. There is, of course, a reason why some fielding positions are referred to as silly.Kyle seemed a bit reluctant to return, I. ”“You have the kids today,” I said.“Yes. I am looking forward to it. Are you too busy for me to drop by early to have lunch with you?”“Oh, no, ma’am,” I said. I didn’t add that an opportunity to dine with Mizz Lee would only be superseded by an end of the world event. “I will be looking forward to it.”She showed up with a tray of pastries, a BIG tray, which she left in the break room, and she appeared at my door with a bag from a local deli. Nice thing about college towns is the variety of. Well mostly normal. There were a few odd looks and silences for a few days. Val's friends were still trying to get her to ask someone to the Valentine's Day dance. They didn't care that it was still a month away. They thought that the sooner Val had picked someone the sooner the preparations could begin. Whatever that meant I had no idea. Tiffany wasn't as loud about it around me though.In our last class together for the day Val sat next to me for the first time since the dark room. No older than John.John! The thought of her own son made her bite her lower lip. What if another woman seduced her son? What would her reaction be? Would she be angry or would she understand? She pictured Laura and John in bed together. No, that was too silly. She giggled at the picture. Laura and John? Never! Laura was a prude. Or so it seemed. For the past few weeks she'd been acting like a giddy schoolgirl when Fred was around. But what about John with another woman her age? Would she be.