‘I’m home from college for a couple of days, so I thought I’d stop over and see you.’ ‘Hi, Ginger,’ Ben replied, smiling. ‘Does your mot...er know where you are?’ Ginger giggled. ‘Nope,’ she said. ‘She’d have a fit if she did. I told her I was staying over at a friend’s house.’ ‘Want to come in?’ Ben asked. ‘You better believe it!’ Ginger replied. ‘Why do you think I came over? Where were you? I was starting to think I’d have to leave without seeing you.’ ‘I had some late work I had to do at. When I had a candle and a little lump of sidewalk chalk, I returnedto the living room. The candle from a small supply I kept around in case ofpower outages, which were frequent in the area, and the chalk had been leftby one of the previous tenants and I'd never bothered tossing it.I pushed the couch out the way and upturned the ragged old rug thatprotected the hardwood floor. Had I any money, I would have replaced itmonths ago.I plopped down, and put the paper down in front of me, as the. Like about six months ago, I'd been sent to live with the Quigleys; a couple who already had a boy and girl of their own close to my age. When they made the decision to take me in, I think they were just trying to be good citizens or something. The kids never liked me or even seemed to make any kind of effort. After a little over five months of me trying to fit in and their kids complaining all the time, the Quigleys had had enough. They probably would have liked to get rid of me sooner but. Lets starts straight away the male said, my name is Jones and I’m PA to Mr Smith, PA for his business affairs but also his personal affairs. I accepted the offer of a coffee and when that was presented to me it was with two small tablets on a side plate. Take these with your coffee dear they will do you no harm and make the weekend far more fun for everyone.After small talk and coffee and tablets consumed Jones suggested we start and I followed him up a grand starir case into a huge bathroom..