She's been through a pretty rough time, I'm afraid. She ran away from her parents and she refuses to go back. She's agreed to stay here, but only beca...se she has nowhere else to go. We talked to Frank, my brother-in-law, and Helen's sister Madeline, and they're sure not happy about this. But, they've agreed to go along with her wishes. And that, young fellow, has me very puzzled. Frank is not a man to give in to something like this, so easily. I can't get him or Madeline to talk about it,. The last couple of years had my A level German a bit more polished to a believable level, my biggest problem was getting used to referring to me as female!I had an allowance that would cover my rent and immediate needs so a job wasn't a desperate requirement. I did however feel that the sooner I got a job, the sooner I would be independent with friends and no question marks over income.So it was that I set about getting some gainful employ as a woman. I knew that I could get some pretty menial. At least he had right now. It was the moment, the moment was all that mattered. Tomorrow things would be different, things would change. He didn’t want to think about tomorrow. The sun was his enemy. When the sun came up there were decisions to be made, plans to be acted on, promises, even promises to a creature like Camulos, which had to be kept. As they drove Susan drifted in and out of sleep, she wanted to stay awake to talk, but was having trouble staying alert. For the past several days. ”“Ian, love. You shouldn’t know any girl at your age.”There was an embarrassed silence for a few minutes.“Mum,” Alex finally said as I took a seat next to Jenny. “Have you had that tattoo on your bum always?”“Why do you ask?”“I saw it last week and I‘ve seen one like it.”“Really? Where?”.“At Dad’s,” he said.“At your father’s?” I said a little incredulous. “The fucking bastard! He had her fucking arse tattooed too?”“Sophie,” Jenny warned. I looked at her then it dawned on me. “Hoe the hell.