Those two young adults over there are NOT being harmed by ‘missing their childhood’.”“I can’t believe Heather’s mom said that to Jennifer ...nd Josie!”“No kidding. If ‘childhood’ is supposed to be about learning and experimenting, cloistering your kids is actually depriving them of their childhood! This bit about ‘growing up too fast’ that I’ve seen now applied to teenagers in the press is just plain nuts! It all started with the idiotic ‘stranger danger’ panic and now it’s morphed into turning. Red was resting her eyes in the passenger seat and I didn’t see any reason to alert her to our unwelcome company. I was beginning to think it wasn’t such a good idea to go on a vacation with the unfinished business back in the city. We could take a break from it but it would still be waiting for us upon our return and to ignore it would be akin to courting disaster. I suspected it would be a disaster of a magnitude that would mean the very difference of life and death at the end of the road.I. Monica had a doubt but soon that doubt was turning into a belief. She kept on bugging me and her about our closeness. This lead to arguments between me and Richa. Arguments lead to distances between us. One day I just straight out told Richa that I was going to tell Monica all about us. I didn’t listen to Richa and did as I said. Monica was a bit shocked but she was like I already knew and stuff. I kept on checking on Monica that day if she’s all okay with it. She seemed okay with me and the. "When I come down the stairs, I want you standing beside the bed with nothing in your hands. Do you understand.Again, Tony felt himself nodding yes.The Law of Unintended ConsequencesTony listened intently as he heard the man bring Ellen downstairs and put her in a room down the hall from where he was currently imprisoned. It was hard to head, but the instructions begin given to Ellen seemed to be the same as what he had just received.He was fucked.If he got turned over to the cops, they would.