I sidle up to one of her colleagues.“Is Maria working today?”“No,” she says. “Got binned the other day. Last one in, first out.” Sure. Eve...yone’s cutting costs these days.“D’you know where I might find her?” I ask, trying not to sound too disappointed or look suspicious.“There was a sign in Wilko’s window the other day," the girl says. ”Might have gone for that.”Two minutes later I’m in Wilko’s and sure enough, in the back right-hand corner, a small female figure is squatting, rearranging. I told her that I would pay her for her services. She liked that, she was still sort of babysitting, and getting paid for it. I on the other had could let my daughter think that she was on her own. Like they say give her enough rope until she hangs herself. That first day the boy stayed only a few minutes, then longer, and longer.I decided to install a couple of smoke detectors with tiny wireless cameras hidden in them. I put one in the living room and one in her bedroom. I sent the signal to. I closed my spreadsheet and marked it as hidden. Don’t want someone accidentally finding it and wondering what was going on. Dad would be back from his sales trip in a day or two and he is more computer literate than Mom. I logged out of the computer and went back to the living room. Mom’s show was just finishing. I sat down as she was getting up. ‘I’m going to go take my bath,’ she said as she headed out of the room. She was removing her clothes as she headed down the hall. This was new. She. You may be right, I think I need to have a chat with Pastor Reynolds when I get Sissy home. He has always been a good sounding board.”“How do you feel after last night?” Jon asked wanting to make sure he was ok.The big man smiled, “Surprisingly good, it was somewhat surprising to find that you could love someone more than you did before. By not being with them. The Compersion you believe in is very good for the soul, blows away the cobwebs of complacency. I saw my wife in a totally altered way.