Justget me out of here!" How do I know I won't get in trouble?" It's okay, I'm eighteen, I'm legal, I checked. _I_ didn't want to get introuble." She ...looked down at herself. "I didn't think it'd matter thismuch..."I wasn't sure how much truth there was in that. She might be as young asfourteen or fifteen; it was hard to tell in this dim light with thatscrawny-but-cute face. She was already getting heavy in the chest. I knewshe'd be a knockout when she finished growing up. If she made it that. I looked up ‘position of trust’ sentences - three years seemed pretty normal. And with multiple underage pupils it would be worse than that. The judge would know the media would be having a field day with the story and would be protecting him- or her- self from any criticism for being lenient with such a sex fiend.The next day the Head called me in to tell me she’d been advised to quietly suspend me while the matter followed due process. On full pay of course. Just a formality, so that if. Sure enough, a sliver of sunlight was bleeding around the edges. “Shit!” I cursed under my breath after realizing I had accidentally stayed awake 24 hours during a work week.I stood up from the computer and stumbled to the bathroom, trying not to step on any accumulated trash on the floor. “This place looks like a pigsty,” I thought to myself. I’d turned into a lazy slob since I started working from home two years back. I was single and gave pretty well zero effort in anything I did.Looking at. I almost said something else, but I’ll wait until I know you better.”“Let me know when Stella and Kellie tell you their place is ready to move into. Sheriff Jones said it will be at least another day before they wrap up out here, then y’all can start getting the place cleaned up. Rondo and I will come move you.”“Josey, you have made me so happy. Thank you so much. I’ll talk to you later.”“Bye Phoebe ... Save me a dance...”“Rondo, I say we check out that attic, then make plans to get the rest of.