All I got for my efforts were detentions progressing to suspensions. My Dad paid no attention to my schooling. When the vice-principle requested meeti...g with my Dad, he ignored them and I was not allowed to return to school. Being kicked out of school so often, I did what any teenage boy would do, I hung around the Railroad yards. It was here I met the man who was going to make a change in my life. Old John got me back in school. He made me promise not to lose my temper and to try and study. I. Well, see, some people think you're some kid named Richard Gardner. Like your mother, for instance. How about we take you to her and you can let her decide, hmm?"His mind raced as he shrugged. "Yeah, sure, whatever. Want me to just follow along on my bike?" No. We'll attach it onto the back of the car."Without another word, the officer stepped forward and grabbed Richie's bike. Richie dutifully stepped aside. As soon as the officer's back was towards him, Richie rushed forward. He kicked hard. They put it into the box.“I don’t think I killed it, so mark it as, ‘Alive’. Dewa is going to love them,” she told Sean with a big grin.Cath also found some unusual fungal growths, so bagged she them as well. They moved on closer to the creek. As they entered the edge of the forest, growth leading to the river, Lee stopped them.Sean immediately palmed his pistol. He hadn’t heard anything. He handed the Zapper pole to Cath. Lee had also extended her wand. Sean had tensed up in response to Lee’s. After about half an hour my mother came in, and checked that I was asleep. I even feigned some light snoring, which seemed to have satisfied mother. She beckoned with her finger to the three boys and they got up and left the room.I had not the faintest idea what this was all about, but I waited about 15 minutes and then sneaked out of my room. The first thing that hit me was the sounds from my mother's bedroom - sounds I have not heard since my Dad had died. Her bedroom door was wide open,.