Go on, Reg. Tell me about school.”He expounded, “School to me was always a learning opportunity, not a place to make friends, for I was not brough... up with the idea of being friends with other people. My parents viewed the idea of school friends as another unwanted intrusion in their life. I viewed sports in much the same way: it was a question of what the exercise could do for me, rather than being involved with other pupils. It was just essential exercise that my body enjoyed. Primary school. 30pm a group of schoolgirls were running into a field for after school sports practise and they all stopped dead in their tracks when they found a beautiful dead parrot on the ground. Their teacher (a biology teacher) identified the parrot as a rare Amazonian Parrot illegal to bring into the country. They contacted the police and the owners were soon found to be Mrs and Mr Banks who claimed while weeping openly that they had owned the parrot (whose name was Emilio) for twenty-two years after. She sat across from him, concealing nothing and spoke, “I want to have sex with you but my work has an impact on that and you will need to make a decision to accept it or walk away.” Jeff got a puzzled look on his face. She continued, “I am what is commonly called an ‘escort’ but my agency is very exclusive and professional. Unlike many sex workers, their clients are thoroughly vetted and I get to choose them using photos and bios. If at any time I’m not comfortable I can take them off my list.. Frowning, he asked, “So what? Is that any reason not to care?”Greg studied Harry for a minute without answering. When he decided that Harry wasn’t going to calm down, he tried to figure out the source of his son’s anger. The answer came in a flash of inspiration, he said, “You feel responsible for his life.”Automatically and without thought, Harry said, “No I don’t.”“A kid that you don’t know from Adam calls up and invites himself over to the house. You drop everything and entertain him all.