But as long as Garretson is here, there will be trouble. She’s just like that.’ He just stared at me silently. ‘Good day, Principal Edwards.’ ...I stood and left. ———- ‘How do I leash that woman?’ Principal Martin Edwards asked his wife over lunch. ‘I’M supposed to be HER boss!’ ‘You’re talking about Mrs Brady, of course,’ Tamara Edwards smiled. ‘Who else?’ ‘What’s she up to this time?’ ‘She’s decided that Angela Garretson will no longer work as a teacher.’ ‘Except that’s your decision to make or. We hugged with great enthusiasm, and I kissed her on her pretty lips. After taking off her blazer and hanging it in the closet and putting her shoes there too, we kissed hello for the second time. We walked into the living room holding hands until we turned to face each other again, and this time when we kissed, our tongues said ‘hello’ to one another as well. We are both over fifty now, but her appearance hasn’t changed much since that long weekend together. Karen had a very womanly figure. She must have seen a pitiful sight in me. At first I wanted to melt into the walls and disappear, but then I saw the look in her eyes. She wasn’t what any guy on the street would call beautiful, but when she looked into my eyes and made me feel that she understood how scared I was she became the most beautiful thing in all the world to me. Even though I could see in her eye’s how sad she was I could also see that she was worried for me. She led her dad to the bathroom disappearing into the room. I snatched up a napkin right before she snatched me up by my hair. “Mother f...” I started, being led around the bench seat I was sitting on.“Get your dishes and put them up.” she instructed, pushing me towards the table while letting go of my hair.“This is guard brutality!” I protested, but got my plate and cup anyway.I took it over to the counter and asked the one guard left in the place, “Did you see that shit?”“Shut the fuck up.” she replied, looking up from her phone, “You brought that on.