. very gratifying, she held my hand and looked shy. Somehow, mother had 'improved' her from niece, twice removed, to my cousin. Mothers!Wendy nudged m....'Get your backpack and the box and put it in the car.''Why?''Dummy! We need to get to the park and open it.''How do you plan on getting there?''Magic.'I choked milk out my nose.If anyone could get my dad to drop us at the park, she could.'Oh, no. Your mother wants to go. I'll fix that.'Suddenly my sister Grace, the seven year old, puked on the. ” The man behind the desk looked up at me and smiled. “How is Ms. Douglas today?”“Pretty good, Dave … I mean, Sergeant.” I smiled at him and glanced at the Corporal just behind me. Moods relaxed on the weekends, but it wasn’t quite the weekend, yet.I dug into the back pocket of my cutoff jeans and handed him my ID tag. We were supposed to have it clipped to us at all times inside the facility but the weekends were generally more relaxed and it was against my nature to take such protocols. Mark Fordham, the owner’s son and the director I’d been assigned to, made it clear that he had a soft spot for me. In turn, I was determined to see if I could make him hard like I’d done with Mr Larkin.That particular challenge was put clean in the bag at the Christmas office party. We went for a meal (always the most boring part) and then to the local bars. Drinks flowed and inhibitions were abandoned. In one wine bar, Mark kept pulling me onto his knee. I was wearing tight cream pants and a. Sharon always wondered how she could afford it, them being from the same 'side of the street'.Sharon:'Fay im so much in debt and so broke i dont know what to do!'Fay:'Girl!, why are you crying didnt i tell you ill look out for you?'Sharon:'Yes but you know i dont want to depend on you'Fay: 'Thats OK, i have an audition today why dont you come along and maybe there is a part for you!'Sharon got all excited and couldnt wait as acting was always her passionSharon and Fay met up and headed off to.