"What happened?" As if I didn't suspect. I settled onto the hassock in front of the sofa."He... he kind of groped me." Spoken into the afghan. I pulle... out my phone, punched up a number.On the second ring: "This is Elizabeth -"I cut her short. "Mike. I need you." Twenty minutes." Who was that?" Fran asked."Liz." Why did you - ?" Because there's no way it gets better. Time to call in the A Team. What else?"She sniffled. This was not a woman who sniffled. This was a smart woman, educated and. Their parents even had to sign a confidentiality document and when Zax's friends will reach the age of adulthood they will also have to sign a similar document.As ten years olds, Zax friends did not know how to conduct themselves in the presence of a friend who gave them so much only to end up as a cripple – a comparison that they either heard from their parents or figured out on their own after a few days in their new schools. They asked who he was, can he go out to play, if he wants to see. ’ ‘G’day Martin.’ ‘Holy shit Rob Green. How you doin’ man?’ ‘Pretty good my friend…not as good as you by the look of it.’ ‘Wow you two know each other?’ said a shocked Molly. ‘Yeah Rob and I grew up together in Iron Plain. We are good friends who lost touch. Mate I have to go but promise me we will catch up tonight ok. I’ll tell Jenny you’re here she’ll love to see you.’ With that he was gone. ‘Shit’ I muttered to myself. ‘Is everything ok honey?’ ‘Martin is Jenny Beasley’s brother and she’s. Isabella had explained that over the last years, decades even, that she did not view Paula and simply “the help.” She viewed her as a close friend and confidante and what had happened the day prior was not meant as a form of taunt or torture, it was simply a bit of fun between lovers and maybe a bit of it was stepping toward something that had remained unsaid for years.Isabella began to leave the room but stopped in the doorway. She stood there for what seemed like an hour to the both of them,.