The girls went to bed about 11pm so they could get an early start while Sarah and I watched the end of a silly old film, then went up to bed. Sarah fe...ll asleep straight away, but I couldn,t settle and eventually had to relieve myself so visited the toilet. When I washed my hands and walked back past Chris, room I noticed the door had come ajar and was slightly open so thought I,d close it so moved to it when a female giggle wafted to me. The bedside lamp was on and in the mirror near Chris, bed. And we didn’t give a fuck.It was true Darwin, our middle school. 1990s suburban America. It was animal. Social selection. There’d be regular ass-kickings. Kids in the hallways kicked, punched from behind. Group beatings in bathrooms. Faces in toilets. Faces slammed into lockers. Wedgies. Purple nurples. Ears flicked. Seats yanked out.We rarely participated in such barbarism or fought or picked on others, but we would fight back when necessary, and we’d mostly lose, catch a beatdown.Because we. In fact, it seemed she was looking at the young lady across from me. She had this sort of serene look on her face. I couldn’t tell for sure, crazy people are hard to read. ‘Never mind,’ I said, turning back around. Then I was struck by a thought. ‘Oh, for Heaven’s sake, where are my manners? Can I offer you a cup of coffee? You must be freezing in all that wet stuff.’ ‘Yes, please. That would be nice.’ I caught Estelle’s eye and motioned for a second cup for the young lady. I then took the. Confused, I asked, Who told you&hellip,? Bill said weakly, Katie. What? Bill said, It sounds insane: I know. But my daughter has been telling me in my dreams every night to come and find you. She told me your name, that you work here. I was in complete disbelief and asked Bill, What is this? Is this some kind of joke? Who are you, really? Bill said, Believe me: This is no jokeIt would be easier if it was! You have no idea how much I hoped that, when I showed up here the first time, the guys.