When we told them why, they got as excited as we did, with a few of April’s girlfriends deciding to have us play at their Sweet Sixteen birthday par...ies. We got seven gigs, just like that. All with at least a $1,500 payday for two hours of music. We would have our business cards in plenty of time to hand them to either kids or parents. My brothers, since they didn’t, or wouldn’t sing, agreed to be our roadies. (Or road crew, the support people who travel and handle the grunt work of the. “Okay,” Liam said, and went to get dressed.When he returned to the family room, his father told him that as a man, he would be able to get his own hut. And start to accumulate – the word that he used – mates. Liam’s world was rocked, ‘a man’, the emotions that he now felt included wonder and awe.The two youngsters were halfway up the hill, approaching the shrine, when Liam realised that no one had yet told him what it was that had happened to him, nor how anyone could have thought that he might. The Head Master introduced himself and the Head Mistress You are all here of your own free will and choice knowing fully what type of Club/School you are going to be initiated into. Do you all understand and agree. Yes Sir came the loud reply. A very good start boys and girls as you will be referred to all week-end obedience at all times and respect for both of us when we give you command or orders. Is that understood,? Yes Sir. Right. taking a small item from his school bag/case he held it up.. She hoped Chloe didn't let her fondness turn into an unrequited love for the man who was technically old enough to be her grandfather, being 32 years older than her, but she could understand her hero worship because Stephen was so generous and nice to them both.Now that she started thinking about her daughter, she suddenly remembered that Chloe would be turning 15 on Saturday and that was only two days away. She'd almost overlooked that major milestone with all the troubles she had experienced.