My husband had to be on the other side of the country all week and I had made an excuse to be gone for 5 of those days. I told him I was visiting an o...d friend and staying at their house. Finally the day came, my husband left on business and my kids stayed with his parents. It was a 5 hour drive to his house, but totally worth it. When I arrived it was sunset. His house was great. A double story building, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a home cinema and a whole lot of other stuff. He had a big garden. Chloe, stand up. Emily, go and get yourself dressed.” She stood staring at Emily Richardson, her hands placed on her hips.As both girls slowly, and carefully, sorted out their various items of clothing and then attempted to dress without causing themselves any more pain, Amelia Marks looked across at Amber, who was still sitting across from where the two girls were getting dressed.“Well, Miss Fox. There we are. Two naughty young ladies being punished for their bad behaviour.” She smiled. Mrs Jenkins led us right up to the beam and told us we had 5minutes to stretch before the challenge would commence. She handed eachof us a pair of 3 inch heels from the schools inventory and wished usluck. As I nervously strapped the ankle straps around my ankles, Kristenbegan the trash talkin. "Boy you sure screwed this up asshole! You won'teven make it 3 feet past the starting line." I hung my head low as sheand the rest of the girls teezed me. Just looking at the beam was makingme even more. Just love her up and ignore her griping." soothed Axorie. Hardcase sobbed in quiet despair, because Axorie was right, and because Hardcase was having a self-identity crisis. She was too kind-hearted to portray the tough girl for long. It really wasn't her, but if she couldn't be the smart one, then what else did she have? At least if they returned home, and she was going to school, she would regain her identity as the smart one, even if it was erroded by Axorie. It wasn't even Axorie who had.