Catching a little twinkle in her friend’s eye, Mrs. Symington pushed a little further into the matter. “Carolyn, do you really mean ‘exactly like Davey’?” A little smile hovered around her mouth and she looked pointedly at Randy as she asked the question sending him to the floor and making his face flame up all […]
It was just two months since Randy had arrived at the small Christian college in Tennessee and began renting an inexpensive room in the home of Mrs. Susan Symington. Since her husband had run off with an eighteen-year-old girl who worked at a local supermarket. Mrs Symington has supplemented her income as a nurse by […]
Sarah knew what to expect so I decided to deal with her first so that Delia here would know what was soon coming her way. “Shut up telling him!” Delia suddenly muttered. Sarah gasped. “Right, that’s it,” Mrs Hibbard said, taking the pan of boiling water off the stove and putting it safely away. […]
I hurried home. I was late for my tea, but in my house this was passed over with a mild admonition.. “Er, Mrs Hibbard asked me to go back and help her some more after I’ve done my homework,” I said. “Oh really, Archie, I don’t think you can go back there again tonight,” my […]
After an hour of twiddling and fiddling and impatient wiggling on the sofa, staring at those horrible canes, I glanced at the clock above the door. It was four-ten. I nearly began to weep. It was bad enough to be caned worse was the interminable waiting! Finally, I heard a slight creak from the […]
“Hey, Bark you gonna get the stick?” I glared resentfully at the fair-haired older boy approaching to torment me. “What makes you ask that?” I whispered, glancing around to make sure others wouldn’t overhear. James grinned saucily and spoke loudly. “Heard you got your third demerit in a week — the third one’s the charm, […]
My brain whirred: four o’clock finish school plus forty-five minutes detention plus collect coat, satchel, have a pee plus three miles cycle ride home—Sarah should be here any moment! And right on cue, I heard her wheel her bike round to the shed. Sarah came apprehensively through the back door. She was wearing a green, […]
My brain whirred: four o’clock finish school plus forty-five minutes detention plus collect coat, satchel, have a pee plus three miles cycle ride home—Sarah should be here any moment! And right on cue, I heard her wheel her bike round to the shed. Sarah came apprehensively through the back door. She was wearing a green, […]
The holidays ended and Sarah and I went back to school. Each weekday I caught the bus to the nearest town of Wenford where I went to the boy’s grammar school, and Sarah cycled the three miles to her girls’ private school at Farleigh Manor, which was in the opposite direction. We saw less of […]
The next day, Sylvia and Yvonne called round for me. They could hardly have been nicer and more attentive. Clearly, Sylvia’s mother had sent them out with instructions, for I was under no illusions about what their real feelings towards me might be. But we stayed together and played together without problems. Of course, this […]