‘Oh shut the fuck up you inconsiderate slut! That man would have moved mountains for you and this is the treatment you mete out to him?’ Shirley ...elt suddenly so weak and she slumped into the nearest chair. The tiny voice inside her head continued; ‘as if it isn’t bad enough that you’re cheating on him, now you’re making him sick with worry too, and over what, Ugh? You were detained by some oversexed bimbo who tied you up and beat your worthless ass silly?’ Shirley wanted to scream at that. What would have been my name?" Lucy nervously stammered."Well, we knew quite early that you're going to be a boy, so we neversettled on a female name. But it probably what have been Lucinda." Lucinda?" 'What? Is she serious? Were they thinking I'll be 80 yearsold at birth?'"Yes dear, but why are you asking this, Dennis?"Ugh, Dennis. That name never felt right to Lucy. But now it stung evenmore."Just... Uhm ... curiosity. It came up in school today."Shit, that didn't go as planned. Lucy had. But I gave her a cheeky remark, which got me a very scathing reply."You’re not very friendly tonight. Are you always so uptight or has someone really pissed you off." I said.She replied in a very posh voice that matched everything about her. "I just feel a bit out of my comfort zone here. Not the normal sort of place I would frequent."I had thought New Zealand, relatively class free, but believe me this lady was very upper class. I had to wonder what the hell she was doing here. But. “We think there is a good chance that Carol’s parents will give up Carol in exchange for us not going to the police.”“It’s a plan with the virtue of simplicity. Of course, it runs off the rails if Carol’s parents refuse to go along with it. So what do you want me to do?”“Father David,” Leanne said, “we need somewhere safe for Carol to stay while we go confront the Finches and convince them to do the right thing. We expect to do it this afternoon. If Carol were there, they would be within their.