“Hello Mrs Bernham. Please come in,” the head teacher smiled and gestured toward the door of his office. Chrissie, stood up and walked into the o...fice with a polite “Thank you”, and sat down on the chair facing his desk. He closed the door behind her and sat down. “I’ve asked you in because I need to talk to you about your son. He has been having a few problems recently and I am concerned that his behaviour is not up to the standard we expect at the school.” “I see,” said Chrissie. “What. Now they were destined to be commonplace until she was rid of that girl. It was hard to believe that less than 24 hours had passed since she first set eyes on Karen.As Lucy came up the walk she noticed Barry's car was missing from its usual spot in the driveway. Good, they're gone for a while Lucy thought. Maybe she could think clearer if she were alone for a while."Did you enjoy your walk," Karen asked as Lucy stepped through the doorway. The woman didn't try to hide her disappointment that. Caroline and her husband have one child; eighteen-year-old Jeff, and he and my son Mike have been inseparable best friends for the fourteen years they have lived next door to each other. Caroline's husband Mark has a nine to five job and he is usually around to help out. With only one teenager to cope with she has never even come close to the total collapse that I almost experienced, but when I started on my night out program Caroline decided that she needed to appoint herself my "guardian" on. She responded immediately by drawing me back into her, after which I would teasingly withdraw again. It wasn't long before the intervals grew shorter, and the pace quickened. We became hungry, ravenous as if it had been days since our last meal. Our mouths wandered as far as our entangled limbs would allow. Necks, shoulders, all exposed flesh was fair game. I could feel her muscles clenching, gripping at me and I could sense in her breathing that she was walking a tightrope very close to the.