I asked Eliza “did she know how to get to AlabamaFrom her house? Eliza stated “that she had never heard of a place called Alabama”. She handed m...The basket that she was placing her vegetables in. Then she gestured for me to follow her to the smallHouse. As we walked I began to tell her about the chest and the note that I had read. The entireTime I talked she listened quietly asking a few questions here and there. Eliza’s house looked nice on the inside. I sat down as she began to prepare. "I know, Ben. I know. It's just that...well...I thought she would be getting back to normal but it doesn't look like she's going to, or even wants so. I don't know what to do," Dad lamented, his exasperation evident."Just give her some room," I suggested."Room? Room? I given her all the room in the world and all she's done is go further off track." Maybe she really needs to go in a different direction, Dad. It happened to her. The cancer happened to her, not to us." Yeah, well it affects all of. Then, out of the blue in the middle of some texting about school, he got a bit flirty. I returned with flirty and then he got very flirty and then suddenly said "I'm game. Are you?" After picking myself up off the floor, I said yes. Then things got hot. We texted all sorts of naughty things, fantasies, desires. We talked about all our kinks. We even talked on the phone one day but then nothing. For about two weeks I heard literally nothing out of him. I figured he had had second thoughts.I had. For kids born in the 20th century, a lot of them are pretty ignorant of its history. Last year I had to explain to one girl that Mark David Chapman did not shoot V.I Lenin outside his apartment,’ he laughed. ‘No,’ I said, not believing him. ‘Believe me, it was one really confusing essay.’ ‘So, what led you back to good ole WHS?’ he asked smirking over the edge of his coffee mug. ‘No idea. If you’d have told me five years ago I’d be teaching here I’d have told you to,’ I stopped, before.