He doesn't want Shelley here, but he can't put her out tonight and thanks to you, William's in no condition to drive so she has to stay until morning....It doesn't mean he chosen William and her over you."I looked at her, surprised that she knew everything that was going on. Of course, she always knew everything even when we were kids. "Yeah, I heard the whole thing. Please don't leave son," Mom pleaded with me."I can't stay Mom. I can't stand to be around William, to see him smirk at me because. “I am sorry Mrs Walden” I said. There was nothing I could say. “I promise I won’t tell anyone. Please don’t sack me” I added. She smiled. “Oh honey we are not going to sack you” she said “and thank you for not telling anyone about our little secret. Goldie is a lovely dog and well trained and I love him to bit. But I think you already know that. Has he tried to do anything with you honey?’ I told her that he did follow me around all the time and I realised that if I patted him he would try to. Most were even older than that, and many were lawyers, of all things. They were taking a lot of different courses more than I was. My days had been filled from five AM until about three thirty or four in the afternoons.From five to six thirty was my personal self defense class, which HS insisted I take. I hated it at first. Ten minutes of stretching out muscles, and then a short run of a mile. After that, there was more stretching to get my leg and other major muscle groups loose enough to do. A little foundation would take care of the dark circles under her eyes, and she made applying it her first order of business, hiding the hints of the constant strain that dogged her. Otherwise her old self was still there, and she took heart in that fact. The bouffant flip in her hair was as fashionable as red-light Birmingham would allow, her creamy skin was still flawless, her green eyes still clear and full of resolve. She would see the assignment through. No other outcome was thinkable.She.