For the first time since thisentire debacle began, I actually meant it. I knew it was a forcedemotion, but hey, it still felt good. "So you have to ...ell me aboutyour trip. I want to hear everything."We talked for the next hour or so, with Pete filling me in on thedetails of his sales kickoff, the crazy things that went on, the boringmeetings they sat through, the cool places they went to in Chicago. Weagreed that we needed to go together sometime. As we talked, I felt thespell wearing down. My new wife had two children, a boy, Bobby, 19 and a girl, Carrie, 18. We sorted out my wife’s work papers and she started working as a nurse. She had to work the 7pm to 7 am shift.The first night she had to work I had the kids take their baths and got them off to bed. I jumped in the shower myself and then got ready for bed in my cutoff sweat pants and a tee-shirt. I decided I would watch some TV and settled into the overstuffed reclining chair.After a little while I glanced to my left and. After 2 minutes, the bell rang and I opened the door. It was my neighbour aunty! By the way, her name is Jyoti.Jyoti came to give me my lunch as my mom had arranged her to give me lunch. I was in my shorts and tee at that time. I invited my neighbour aunty inside and asked her to sit. I took the lunch boxes from her and I asked her if she wanted anything. She politely refused. Then I went inside. I came back and gave her water and thanked her for lunch.While leaving, she dropped her house keys. Once satisfied that the sixth former was calm, Miss Downey stroked the girl’s short, brown hair.“Get up, Katherine, and go and bend over the desk at the front of the class.” She ran her right hand down from Katherine’s head, across her back, stopping as she touched the girl’s bare bottom.Slowly, and awkwardly, Katherine Cook got to her feet and stared at her Form Mistress. She rubbed the tears from her eyes and wiped her nose with the back of her left hand before moving over to the front row of.