. Yes, do the math, Mom had me when she was thirteen. I get it, okay! In actuality, Mom and I got along reasonably well most of the time, despite livi...g together here in what had been Grandma’s and Grandpa’s place before their tragic deaths, five and six years ago, respectively. I had a decent job as a schoolteacher, which, while it didn’t pay a huge amount of money, was one that I enjoyed and at least helped pay the bills when combined with Mom’s salary from her receptionist work for a. So, when it’s time to relax, I really like to let go and relax.”We cut to Pauline and her husband, Keith, standing in a bathroom, infront of a wide mirror. She’s getting ready for a big night. This is a very different Pauline. A lot less clothing and a lot more cosmetics. Even with all the make-up her plain face is nothing to write home about – she’s not ugly, you understand, just plain – but you wouldn’t notice her in a crowd unless she was dressed this way... It’s a purple and black strapless. Where was I? Oh yeah, the display of watches. I felt a tap on my shoulder; it was a smartly dressed security guard."I'm sorry sir, we are closing now sir," he said in that deferential butler voice that only a Brit can do properly.I blinked owlishly at the timepieces, they all said 19:00 and it was dark outside. Flustered I allowed myself to be guided out onto Oxford Street; I had lost a whole day. My cousin is an epileptic; he has what's called absence seizures where he just locks solid staring. The Brotherhood would be thefirst to admit they don't have what it would take to train him properly." Who's going to handle... selling him on the idea?" Wanda." I don't think I've met her." She's good at her job. She'll help him through it, no matter what he maydo or say."Later I'd learn that they were talking about me, but at the time, I had noidea. I thought they were talking about my little brother, James. Where Iwould be starting my junior year in high school next Fall, at 13, he was.