“You look like you saw a ghost! I’m obviously teasing! I’m only seventeen!”“Sorry,” I chuckled. “You just sounded so serious when you sa...d it.”“Uh-oh! Is sarcasm lost on you?”“Given that this past week has shown me how clueless I actually am? Probably.”“What happened? I noticed something was bugging you at work on Tuesday, but you didn’t say anything so I let it go.”“The biggest thing is that my little sister is having some serious problems. But I’ve received a full course in racism this week,. Aidee said he would give them accommodation, and food. But he would confiscate their wages for the first three months, for he was a taking a very high risk, employing, sheltering and feeding them. If they didn’t feel like that was a good deal, he would hand them to the authorities, he didn’t give a fuck. Aidee told them that if they worked good and hard for 2 years, the boss would help them go legal. They would earn more money as well. ‘One hand washes the other,’ he told them. Dez and the. ” I looked around what had been my home for the last twenty-seven years. I shed some tears but I was secure in the knowledge that I was doing the right thing. EPILOGUE – Six months later Scott and I had the amicable split I had hoped for. We both knew it simply had to happen. Fortunately he was happy to sell the house and much of the contents. We took what we wanted – I wanted the bed, he wanted the television. We both owned our cars outright. We split the money evenly between us and promised. ’ Sally was reeling at his words. The idea that she could go to jail was abhorrent to her. Equally abhorrent, however, was the notion of becoming her stepfather’s sex toy. So she begged and pleaded for Ted not to do this to her, but he just sneered at her, while reveling in her pleadings. ‘You’re going to do it,’ he said roughly. ‘You’re going to be my whore, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.’ ‘Why are you doing this to me?’ Sally asked tearfully. ‘Because I can,’ Ted answered.