Give me what I want and I’ll let you stay.’ Simon leant forward hope arriving in leaps and bounds. ‘But you know I haven’t got any…..’ ‘...our not listening are you?’ Franks voice had an edge to it that raised Simon’s eyes to meet his and to see him smiling. ‘I don’t understand……’ Began Simon – understanding all too well. ‘I said if you give m what I want then you can stay, at least for another month.’ He raised his hand to cut off any comment from Simon and sat there looking at the young man.. He was adamant that he had done no wrong and that James should not havebeen raised by a deviant freak. His harsh words about her and Jaimiebrought shouts of outrage from the assembly and led to an overwhelmingmajority in favor of his removal. He was also stripped of his license topractice law and fined thousands of dollars- all of which were paid inrestitution to Deborah.Social services were publicly humiliated when the media caught wind thatthey had allowed a child to be removed from the home. Her body almost convulsed with she excitement, fear and panic at the same moment. “Here?!” was the only word she could get out of her mouth in sheer shock as he turned to walk with a gentle pressure on the lead to be clear she was following. Samantha followed obediently.He lead her out of the station and out into the busy streets, her heart was racing and it seemed everyone was looking at her and the fact she was being lead. The reality was probably nobody cared but that wasn’t how she felt. It had started as a two-room cottage, just after Flo came up from Vancouver, and half a year before they were married. They lived in it for nearly two years before Arnie was able to save enough to really finish it like he'd dreamed of on those long winter nights. It had cost him about fifteen thousand dollars, in all, but he had a home that couldn't be duplicated back in the States for twice that amount, and twenty-five acres of land surrounding it besides.The new kitchen had been the first.