..”The next day started like the day before, with all the kids gathering into their indiidual homerooms. However, after homeroom had ended, unlike t...e day before, Amy Lewis asked for Pierce and Will to stay behind.“What do you want us for, Ms. Lewis” Pierce asked politely.“Well boys, let me put this simply. Starting today, both of you will become my play things, and anything and everything I want to do to you, I get to do, and that includes anything. So if I say strip, you strip. If I ask you. I was purple, and there was..." He was at a loss for words. "There was a lot of me."It was much easier to believe we had both suffered a bad trip, hallucinated the same thing. He ate the bacon, buried the egg in salsa. Then he drank two bottles of water and went to get dressed. He went to work like it was a normal morning. I forgot about the doctor.It was easier than it should be, to forget. To behave as if something that couldn't have happened, hadn't happened.But that next night, like a. .”Nicola interrupted him, “The correct honorific is His Magnificence, may he live for ever. What did he say?”“He convinced me that we should be happy to take the boy. I understand that you have an Oxford degree, as does he?”“Yes.”“A first in both cases I understand?”“Yes.”“That speaks well of the academic bent of the boy, and a home environment conducive to study. You must have misunderstood the bursar.” He waved and that unfortunate man went out of the room, obviously discomfited by the. My tee time is ten-oh-eight. I want to spend a few minutes on the practice tee." Great ... this is really going to be interesting. I'm looking forward to it." Are you really sure about this?" she asked again."For Pete's sake, Catherine, I said I would and I meant it," I said, feigning irritation."Okay, okay, I get it. You're hired," she laughed."Good, that's settled then. I'm going to be a big help, I promise." I'm sure you will be. I'll see you in the morning. Thank you, Terry. I really.