’ As he held her coat gallantly, Therese adjusted her clothing discreetly. ‘I need to go shopping for bras again.’ She raised her voice and spo...e to the ceiling, ‘Not that I’m complaining!’ She glanced at Lee and explained with a naughty grin, ‘Just in case the titty fairy is listening.’ Lee smiled slightly behind her back as she preceded him through the door. * When they reached the lobby of the restaurant, Therese exclaimed, ‘Michaela!’ A woman seated in the waiting area looked up at her,. ‘I’m teaching at our old high school. It’s really quite eerie.’ ‘Yeah, it must have been at first.’ ‘I was asked how teacher’s pet was doing?’ ‘Oh yeah, and who would that be?’ ‘Miss Hoffman.’ ‘God, she must be a hundred by now.’ ‘She’s fifty-one but is retiring at the end of this year when she’ll take up the post of chief archivist at City Hall.’ ‘She’s an institution at school. I thought she would have stayed in that classroom until she dropped dead.’ ‘No, she had planned for this. Some guys you've known since high-school, but they were just as nerdy, lonely, and all virgins too.You didn't hang out with after school though, most of them were just as busy as you with their revision. And besides, it's not like you guys would ever go out. You just stayed in to play video- or board games. It was like a vicious circle of loneliness.In your frustration, you suddenly can't longer concentrate on school work. You need to release some of that frustration, so you know what you have. Many a tale I could recall of her appearing to have savoured the disciplinary use of her hand, slipper, tawse and cane to deal with any infractions of our girls' boarding school rules. How long would it be before Clare or I would be over her knee or desk, skirt raised and knickers lowered? To my utter dismay I learnt it would be when I arrived 10 minutes late for my second ever lesson with her.A moment after I had entered her class she sternly addressed me: "Miss Blake please inform me and the.