I finally gave up and climbed out, trying to ignore the heat from the concrete that was baking the bottom of my feet. I grabbed my towel and dashed to...ards the house. Right before I went in, I caught a glimpse of movement from the yard next door. I smiled to myself once I got inside – I knew what the movement was, and it secretly pleased me. All summer long, the next door neighbors had been spying on me. Our new neighbors, the McKinley’s, moved in late last year, and immediately struck up a. We took Sally home and put her into her own bed, routed the phone calls back to Laura’s house so I could answer. I figured that any guy who called would immediately hang up if I answered and they did! One caller asked, “Just who in the hell are you nigger!” I answered, “I’m not black! I’m Sally’s white husband and to whom am I speaking!” He quickly hung up.At home, I took Sally’s clothes off and put her night gown on, so when she woke up, she’d think she was just waking up from sleeping. Ed's slight, slim frame was almost thrown up in to the roof by his Rugby player sibling flopping down on the driver's seat."I've got to do something quickly" he said as he looked behind him and reversed out of the parking spot, "I need to go and see Thom's mum". Thom was a good friend of Dan's, who had gone off to university at the same time as him. "He's trying to Skype her and the internet's gone out". They raced off towards a more affluent end of town.The houses around here were much nicer. Dad's reply was instant. "You come home with us."Again Dad's straight answers to straight questions seemed to help Fran.Mr. Rutherford spoke up. "You are legally a minor and will need a guardian. In cases like these the social authorities will get a judge to appoint a temporary guardian until a permanent one can be found. Seeing that you will be 18 in less than 3 months, I think there is no need for the latter. I have already phoned the municipal office with a simpler suggestion. A case worker.