I got half way down the hall and then I stopped myself. I was doing what I always do. I was running away from the problem. That wasn’t going to cut ...it this time. I turned around and walked back into the kitchen. I sat back down at the table. Estelle didn’t even pause. The only sign that she knew I’d even moved was that she was now shouting loud enough for me to hear from the bedroom.I heard a step behind me and saw Jen and Bonnie come into the room.“So, how’s the big discussion going?” Jen. Why do you and dad go out for dinner then? So you dont have to put up with the noise My mothers expression brightened. Thats a great idea! Ill go tell him to get ready, are you going to come? I shook my head, I didnt feel like getting dressed out of my comfy clothes, and it would be good to have some alone time away from my parents. No I will stay here My mum smiled and nodded before walking up the hall to her room, I went back to my room and 15 minutes later I hear her and dad yell in unison. "WHAT!?" we both shouted in shock at her remarks."You have to understand," Grandmother said. "There is no Christian fixation with modesty or morality here. What there is, is a real lack of those with powerful Talents. Each of the females here at the palace has some amount of the Talent, and they know that if they have a child with a significant amount of Talent that they and the child will be cared for by the Grand Master's household."They will all be looking for ways to get into your beds and. We told them we were going to open a bottle of wine ourselves to celebrate the end of the exams and asked if they would like to stay the night and so avoid having to drive home. After phoning both sets of parents, they told us they would be delighted to accept our invitation. I told them they could have the same bedroom as last time but told them with a laugh, that in the absence of any loud music this time, they would need to ignore the noise that would emanate from our room as Ginny was a.