I used to sit in the local park bench next to all the other no-gooders in the summer our numbers could swell to 30 this including the older alkies and...addicts in there 30's 40's 50's 60's etc it could get quite crazy some days and the police were never far away. It was sitting on one of these park benches i first set eyes on Shelly she had just turned 16 , although i didn't know this at the time . She was with my mates little sister Gina who was 13 , and looking at Shelly she looked older by. "I'll look a proper lady in these!" She was startled when the bell over her door danced and jingled as the slender wire tugged at it. It was very unusual for Miss Amanda to summon her so late at night. Mary obediently jumped up and hastened to her mistress's aid.Mary tapped lightly on Miss Amanda's door, and waited. "Please come in." her mistress called softly.She opened the door and slipped inside. The room was warm, lit only by the blazing logs in the fireplace. "May I get you something,. " "So let's talk for a while," I said, surprising myself. "What doya mean?" I tisked lightly. "Um ... Well, like what did you do today?" "Nothin. Just waited to see you, Cissy." "Actually, my name is 'Julie' now. You like it?" His eyes widened. "Yeah. Sure." "So... ready to go back to school next week?" I asked. "Sort of, but I hate when summer ends... And I'm getting a couple pimples again." Uh-oh, Julie, I mused to myself, you're probably making that worse. We talked for a few minutes about. She had just begun a rather serious (by high school standards) relationship with a boy that she really liked, and did not want to give it up for a six month vacation in Europe. Her Mother made arrangements for her to stay with her Uncle Ray during that time. But, her Mother also warned her that Uncle Ray was rather strict, and she would have to behave or else. Her Mother told her that Ray believed in Domestic Discipline, an age old practice where the Head of the Household, usually the man,.