## An Education: BFF

Post by KP Presents » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:23 am

“Lesley!! Over Here!!”
I smiled as Lesley Blair, one of my oldest and dearest friends, waved back at me and came over to the corner table of the coffee shop. It had been two years since I last saw her, when she moved away with her parents to Birmingham, but she hadn’t changed a bit – well, she had dyed her blonde hair pink, but apart from that she was just as I remembered her.
“Angie!” she said as she hugged me, and then sat down, “You haven’t changed a bit. How are things with you?” Lesley had called a couple of days before, surprising the life out of me, and saying she was coming down to look at universities, and could we meet up?
So here we were, in a coffee shop off Charing Cross Road, and once we had complimented each other on how we looked – her in a purple leather jacket, skin tight jeans and crocodile style leather shoes, me in a pair of grey leggings, a blue tunic and blue suede ankle boots – we got down to the serious business of gossip.
“So how are your family? How old is that sister of yours now – 13?”
“Coming on 21 – or at least she thinks she is,” I said with a laugh. “You know what teenagers are like – they think they know everything, but try telling them they’re wrong and...”
“Hey – we were as bad, especially at guide camps.”
I had to smile and nod at that. Lesley and I had been in the same Guide troop, and we had indeed been a pair of little horrors, running the leaders ragged. I had grown up a lot since then, but still – Lesley was right. It was there we learned how to tie ropes – not just on tents and sticks, but also on each other.
Still, we grew out of that, and I wondered if Ali would go the same way – no chance. She has always been the quiet one of the group, but she has also been the one who has been most proud of our heritage. Even when she was eight or nine, I could see what a lethal combination that was going to make – in the sense of she would use that sense of our family importance to win friends and influence people.
I tried to help her to not walk that path, but hey – when do little sisters listen to big ones? She became insufferable, a real bully in far too many ways – and then a year and a half ago, that began to change, starting with the break-in at our house. That scared me – but I coped. It scared Mum – she coped.
It scared Alicia – and she did not cope at all well. I had been tied hand and foot and gagged in my room, but I could hear her crying and pleading in Mum’s room. I was angry I could do nothing to help her, but at the same time I wanted her to stop. After that, she became quiet, withdrawn – but I also heard Mum and Dad talking about problems she was having at school, particularly with a girl called Jenny Craig.
“Hey – what are you thinking about,” Lesley said as she looked at me over her mocha.
“Family,” I said quietly, as I took out a photo of Andrew and showed it to her. “Wow,” she said as she looked at him, “How old is he now?”
“Seven months – no, eight,” I said with a smile. “He’s starting to crawl, and driving Mum and Dad crazy.”
Lesley smiled, and said “I’ll bet?” She then took my hand and said “Hey – I heard about what happened during the summer. How are you coping?”
“I’m all right now,” I said with a smile, “I had some therapy, and we all talked about that night.”
That night – it was the 65th birthday of Miranda Craig, an old friend of my Grandmother’s and I had been invited to go to the theatre with the rest of the women from both families – Holderness and Craig – and then to a meal afterwards. Grandmother had been getting me more involved with the running of the Manor House, and I think this was some sort of reward for everything I had done over the previous year.
And it had been some year – starting with Alicia’s pen friend Heidi, who came to stay. I liked her – very level headed, and very polite. Then they went with my cousin Suzie – otherwise known as the Human Tornado – to spend the day with Grandmother, and once again they fell victim to a robbery.
Something about that day sent Alicia crazy, and for a couple of weeks she, Heidi and Suzie seemed to spend the whole day together. Then there was a sleepover for Suzie at the Manor House – and... Well, I only heard second hand, but apparently Alicia and Jenny had an argument on a par with the legendary Barn Storm that Grandmother told me about.
Whatever – after that, Ali was much more her old self, and when Mum and Dad asked if I’d help out on a special day for the kids, I agreed. Funny thing about that day – I discovered the Craig girls were not as bad as Alicia had painted them, especially Jenny, but her sister Cassie – my god, I had found another Suzie.
“Hey,” Lesley said, “You drifted off again. IT must have been terrifying though, to be bound and gagged like that.”
“You’ve been in a robbery before, Lesley.”
“Yeah – but I didn’t realise it until it was too late – you had armed men tying you up in ways I can’t even imagine!”
That was true – after we had been to the theatre, and eaten at the manor house, Grandmother and Miranda got us all to play a tie-up game – us been my mum and me, Aunt Susan, and Miranda’s daughters. But then, the gang we now know as The Scorpion Gang ran in – and the next thing you knew, we were semi-stripped, tightly bound, gagged, hooded and in fear of our lives.
Literally in fear. All I could think of all that time was the experiences I had had over the last year – you see, Grandmother in her usual forthright way had found out I was thinking of teaching as a career, so she encouraged me to help teach some of the younger members of the family how to play tie-up games properly. There was something of a family tradition in this, so over part of the holidays I taught some of Alicia and Suzie’s friends how to do it safely and properly, while at the same time helping Grandmother with events at the house, such as the annual Halloween party, and birthday parties.
I have to admit I was a little scared at first, but first Mary and Cathy, then Suzie’s younger friends after what I later found out was a memorable sleepover, made it easy for me by being so enthusiastic. There was an added bonus – I got to rib Bobby something rotten.
Bobby is Suzie’s brother, and heir to the title of Lord Holderness. Even with that, he’s still a typical teenage boy – which is why I was so glad none of the others were there that weekend. I don’t think even the redoubtable Suzie and Cassie would have coped – especially when things got really weird.
You see, there are a couple of family legends in the Holderness family – one is of the Holderness Shadow, the spirit of the brother of the first Lord Holderness that protects us. The other, less well known one is that of a woman wronged, who was taken in by the first Lord Holderness, but died in childbirth. Her daughter was raised as a Holderness, but eventually found out the truth and fled to the new colonies as they then were. She left behind two pieces of jewellery, and a story that her mother’s spirit would find a way to repay the kindness shown her.
How does that relate to the most terrifying night of my life? Because just when I feared we were not going to get free, the strangest thing happened. I had never seen the Shadow myself, but both Alicia and Suzie had sworn they had – but that night, I saw him, clear as light, as the man holding us at gunpoint was shot and then died. He was shot by a woman called Anne Duncombe – a friend of Grandmother’s from the US, but that was not the only shock that night.
While we were held in a room upstairs, the Craigs were downstairs in the library – and they were saved somehow by another woman – a woman we learned a few days later was the direct descendant of the woman helped by Lord Holderness.
Her name was Sara – and she was a lot more important to our family then any of us realised at the time. A few weeks later, we all spent a weekend away – Bobby, his friend Colin, Alicia and Jenny came and learned the truth, and then we worked through our feelings on what had happened that night.
During the weekend, the kids found out something Grandmother told me later – Sara was more than just a woman who had helped us. She had special talents and skills, but more than that she was a distant relative – as was Heidi Strong, Alicia’s pen friend. More than that, our families had all crossed paths more than once over the years – almost as if they were destined to be together.
If you believe in such things.
I’d also made a new friend – a young French girl called Chloe, who knew the girls from their visit to the US last year. She was a charming and polite girl, but she had had experiences similar to mine, so in a way we ended up helping each other.
We also discovered our parents, especially our mothers, aunts and grandmothers, seemed to recover overnight. What’s more, something had out a real spring in their steps. A week or so later, Mum told me exactly what – and I’m not going to repeat it here.
“You’ve drifted off again,” Lesley said as I shook my head.
“Sorry – just remembering,” I said with a smile. “Honestly, Lesley, I’m fine now. In fact, I’m more than fine.”
“Oh-ho,” Lesley said as she sat back and looked at me. “Go on, what’s his name?”
“His?”
“Angie, the blush is visible from Mars. Come on – spill.”
“Edward – Edward Holmes,” I said with a smile. “He’s the older brother of one of Alicia and Jenny’s friends, and he’s at university.”
“Oh, the older man – I like it. Where did you meet him, then?”
“The Summer Ball.”
“Oh I remember the one I went to,” Lesley said as she looked around the cafe. “Do you still...”
“Hmm,” I said with a nod. That had been an incredible night – and I have to admit, seeing him for the first time when the guests went down the greeting line, he cut a dash in his formal suit. He was a good dancer as well – both on the main floor, and then when...
Anyway, we’d kept in touch since, and I knew he was coming home next week for a reading week, so we’d arranged to get together. Once, that is, I’d found out what Grandmother wanted to see me about later that day.
Which gave me an idea. “Hey – are you free on Wednesday? You can come up to the house and meet him then.”
“Yeah, I can do that,” Lesley said with a smile. “So are you thinking of going where he studies?”
“Nah – different subjects,” I said with a smile.
“Well I’m glad you’re happy,” Lesley said as she put her empty cup down. “So what have you been up to recently?”
“Oh, this and that,” I said with a smile – but I couldn’t tell her the that part.
A few weeks before, at the start of the school term, there had been a big meeting of the adults with Mister Craig and Mark Williamson, who does the personal accounts for Granddad, where some business had been discussed. Mum, Aunt Susan, in fact all the mothers had been entertaining at the meeting, so I had been left with babysitting not only Alicia and Jenny, which wasn’t too bad, but Suzie and Cassie. At least over the last year they had grown up a bit – but a new pair had inherited the title of the Holy Terrors.
They were Patty, Jenny and Cassie’s cousin, and her friend Rachel. I’d never met them before, but it turned out they had all the enthusiasm of the other four for games – and none of the restraint. I figured I was in for a fun afternoon – but then this masked man comes in, and says he’s going to rob the house we’re in.
I had heard tales of how precocious Cassie had been, and Suzie, but nothing prepared me for Patty basically berating the robber for not tying us properly, and then coercing Cassie and Suzie into showing him how to do it properly!
Had I not been concerned for their safety, I would have said something there and then – but by the time I had recovered my senses, they had started to tie each other up, and the blooming robber was following their example!
What was even worse was when Mister Craig interrupted him, and then announced it had all been a game he had arranged!!
Once he had left, and I was untied, I went into the kitchen to ask him what was going on – I knew it had been a real robbery, and he said it was a game? He sat me down, and explained everything – that he had said that because he knew the young man, he knew he had made an incredible mistake, and that no harm had really been done – except perhaps to me, for which he apologised. He then asked me to keep it quiet, for the sake of the kids, especially Patty and Rachel.
I tell you, the worst part of been the oldest is this – you know more than the kids, but can’t tell them, and you don’t know everything the adults know...
Speaking of which, I looked at my watch and said “Damn – I’m sorry Lesley, I need to get up to the manor house. Can you call me later and we’ll sort out Wednesday?”
“No problem – I want to meet this beau of yours.”
“Just so long as you don’t try to steal him,” I said as we hugged, and I left the cafe, heading to the underground to catch the train home.
It was nearly six by the time the taxi got me to Holderness Manor, and Mrs Bridges opened the door as I paid the driver.
“Good Evening, Miss Angela,” she said as I walked in, “Your grandmother and Aunt Susan are waiting for you in the library.”
“Thanks Mrs Bridges,” I said as I walked in. Grandmother was sat in her favourite armchair, wearing a grey twinset with her plaid skirt and brown shoes, while Aunt Susan was sat opposite her, sipping her coffee.
“Ah there you are Angela,” Grandmother said as I took off my jacket and folded it over the back of the couch, “How was Lesley?”
“Pink – literally,” I said as I sat down, “I’m sorry if I kept you waiting.”
“No problem,” Aunt Susan said as I poured myself a cup, “We’d only just started.”
“So, what are we discussing,” I said as I sat back.
“Well,” Grandmother said, “As you know, we are having this reception and party on Saturday to honour Robert and Colin.”
I nodded – Mum had told me how my cousin and his friend had allegedly gone on a fishing trip with their dads, but in reality were planning to join the Craigs, Alicia, Suzie and Rachel for a weekend long tie-up game organized by their dad. On the way, they had seen a group of men acting suspiciously, followed them and called the police – and it turned out they were a group known as The Edwards Gang, wanted by the police for a string of robberies.
Aunt Susan had apparently just about forgiven them for the subterfuge, helped by the fact they were both to be awarded a Police Bravery Medal.
“Well, we have invited quite a few people to come to the Manor House afterwards, and I am afraid we need to call on your services once more, Angela, to be hostess alongside myself and Susan. Will you be able to help us?”
“Who is coming,” I asked as I sipped my coffee.
“Colin, his parents, and his cousin and his parents. Tommy and the family will also be here, and we have invited Martin and his parents as well. Their friends will also be coming – and I understand that Mary’s brother will be coming as well. So you will have someone of your own age to talk to – if you wish.”
I must have blushed again, as Aunt Susan said “Lucinda, don’t tease the poor girl. Look, Angela, Lucinda thinks it’s time I started doing some of the hosting duties, and I could do with the support. Please?”
“Of course I will,” I said with a smile, “After all, Bobby and Colin are the heroes of the hour, right?”
I saw Grandmother smile for a moment, before she said “Excellent – then as the hostesses, we need to prepare the menu. So, this is what I was thinking...”
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### Re: An Education: BFF

Post by Tom Ford » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:30 am

Just like I promised in the notes at deviantart, I'll post my comments.
Once again, thanks. Not only for making this story, but also, for considering my suggestions. And most of all, for sending it here. Thank you very much.
And once more, you’ve outdone yourself! You handled Angela’s introduction as narrator in such a unique manner. I thought it would be like the other first time intro, but well, you’ve made it unique. Not at all linear, yet at the same time, covering everything that mattered to Angela.
In a way, the fact that our narrator would be Angela would make the story sound a little different. For one thing, she would understand a lot more things than Cassie or even Jenny. Second, her very age would make the others feel a little, no, a lot younger. Especially considering Alicia is her younger sis. Alicia would sound less adult in here.
So we’ll see a story with the point of view of the oldest of their generation!
I wonder what else, aside from the food, would Lady Holderness talk to her about? It seems as if Angela at this point has more experience as hostess than Aunt Susan. Or not. Still, before Angela was old enough, who was Lady Holdernesses main help in being a hostess? It could only be Anne or Susan.
Anyway, I can’t wait to see Alicia, Suzie, and the others.
Hm, so Lesley will meet Edward on Wednesday. But the party is going to be Saturday. Since Edward will be at the party for Bobby and Colin on Saturday, that does meant that the main event will happen from Saturday night to Tuesday evening? Or am I mistaken?
Anyway, I’ll look forward to seeing Angela’s reaction when she finds out the truth of that three day weekend.
Oh yes! Mark Williamson! Who would’ve thought that the notorious Jay Edwards was the one who is the Holderness Accountant! Wouldn’t surprise me if Mark Williamson, with his accounting expertise, was called upon by the police, and Barry himself, to help them track down the money stolen by Jay Edwards! After all, with his reputation for honesty, and his skill in taxation, account transfers, etc, he is the best person for the police to turn to (unofficially, of course). And he might even recover a small part of what he stole to make it look like he’s trying.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to the next update!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:43 am

Looks like fun!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:54 am

Thanks for posting this story.

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:14 am

Looks like Angela will have hands full playing hostess. And Bobby and Colin are getting their just reward.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:29 am

Fantastic Start!!

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Post by William F Somebody » Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:59 am

IT’S BACK! IT’S BACK! I’m so glad everyone can see this great and wonderful story, and not only a select few! Yes! Yes!!!! Especially long timers who haven’t had the chance to read the recent updates!
Since Tom posted his comments, I’ll post mine too.

### Re: An Education: BFF

Post by William F Somebody » Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:00 am

It’s a real difference to see the perspective of a 16-17 year old on events. Still a teen-ager, but old enough to seem an adult to Cassie or even Jenny. Heck, it seems odd to see Alicia put in her place in so many ways as if she’s just an annoying little sister—which to Angela, I’m pretty sure she was.
I’m sure Jenny and Alicia won’t seem so mature, and adult-like, that when looked from Cassie or especially Patty’s perspective, they seem so much grown up. Alicia would see all their quirks, all their foibles, all their habits which would make them as the 13 year olds that they are, and all their efforts to seem much older simply hilarious.
Angela, Angela. She didn’t know what really happened, it seems. Still, that was a credible story. Colin and Bobby were really going to Wisssenden Hall to see the girls—and they were given a medal I would assume for their decisive role in the capture of the Edwards gang, but still, Angela really had no idea just how decisive and heroic their role was. Sadly, most of them won’t know it, but hopefully, Angela and the ones close to them would.
And Mark Williamson handles Lord Holderness’ Accounts? Talk about coincidence! But it makes sense as through Lord Holderness, he might have gotten information about John Craig’s financial position.
Thanks for this wonderful surprise.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:25 am

Great chapter!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:30 am

Great update!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:04 am

Please please update really really soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:44 am

Hope you update soon!!

### Re: An Education: BFF

Post by KP Presents » Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:47 am

Saturday was a nice, clear, sunny day – which I guess was just as well, as it meant everyone was in a good mood as we gathered for the ceremony in the town hall. I still think of Bobby at times as the kid in shorts running round the house, so to see him in an actual suit, wearing a shirt with a tie as well, and shiny shoes – well, let me put it this way. He and Alicia are the same age, but while Ali still has the most annoying tics, Bobby is reasonable sensible – except when it comes to Cassie Craig. When it comes to her, he’s a little kid again.
Suzie was there as well, in her light green party dress. It had puffed sleeves, and a skirt that comes to her knees, but underneath she was wearing a pair of black wool tights and black shoes. Uncle Alexander and Aunt Susan were wearing smart clothes as well, as was Mrs Jacobs, his other grandmother.
She was there with his cousin Tommy, and his parents. He looked really uncomfortable in a shirt and smart trousers, while his aunt and uncle were beaming at him. Aunt Susan looked over at me and smiled – she looked nervous, probably because I know she’s not very comfortable acting the hostess. Normally my mum helps out, but with Andrew here now it’s difficult. I had the feeling Grandma wanted Aunt Susan to do more anyway.
As for the other hero of the hour – Colin was there with his Mum and Dad. Mr Hampton was in his smart uniform, but he wasn’t doing the presentation – the Chief Constable had come to do that honour. He looked almost as uncomfortable as Bobby, but like him he kept looking over to the over side of the room, smiling and nodding.
I could see his cousin Brian was here as well, with his parents, looking as uncomfortable as Tommy. I had the distinct feeling they wanted nothing more than to be kicking a football around outside, but that may have to wait.
And what was drawing their attention at the other side of the room? That would be Jenny and Cassie Craig, sitting with their parents. Jenny was dressed like her mother, in a smart grey jacket and trousers over a white blouse, while Cassie had on a blue dress with elbow length sleeves, a thin black belt around her waist, and white socks with black leather shoes. I could barely see the scar in her leg from the accident, which was a good thing. Mrs Craig was looking at the twins, sitting in their car seats in their pink and blue outfits, while Mr Craig was deep in conversation with his sisters and mother. All were smartly dressed as well – especially Cassie Craig senior. For some reason, she and her partner Jo were in dress uniform, even though both of them were now teachers – in fact, Miss Frost taught both Jenny and Ali.
In fact, the room was filled with the sound of babies cooing – as well as the twins and Andrew, Danny Brown was here with his mum and dad. From time to time, I caught Aunt Susan looking at them as well, and I wondered what she was thinking.
“Penny for them?”
I was startled out of my thoughts by the voice behind me, and I turned to see Eddie – sorry, Edward sitting behind me with her sister and their parents. “Sorry,” I said as I turned to talk to him, “I was looking round and didn’t hear you come in.”
“Very few people do – nice outfit, by the way.”
I blushed when he said that. I had on a silver grey dress, with a white floral pattern, under a black jacket, dark hose and heels. I don’t normally dress up like this unless it’s a formal occasion, but today I felt I had to make an effort.
So had Ali, who had put on a blue long sleeved blouse, a knee length skirt of the same colour, and unusually for her dark tights and heels. I had wondered why, and then I followed her line of sight and I saw Martin Davies sitting there with his parents, next to Cathy Harmer and her mothers.
In fact, the room was full, as the Chief Constable stood at the front and said “Ladies and Gentlemen...”
Now, I had heard the story of the weekend a few weeks before, when we all went to Jenny Craig’s 14th birthday party, and the tale had been told by the human dynamo sitting in the front row with her mother, swinging her legs up and down under her long gypsy skirt as she crossed and uncrossed her arms – Patricia Pickering, new owner of the title of Most Likely To Get You Into Trouble With Ropes award.
Apparently John Craig had really gone to town with this game – he had arranged for a group of his friends to act as real robbers and kidnappers, and the group had spent most of the next three days very tightly bound and gagged, while they acted out the roles of kidnappers and hostages.
Now, if I’m being honest, the thought of three days without any of the girls speaking or causing trouble sounds like heaven, but the way Patty explained it they really did not know what was going to happen from one minute to the next – Mister Craig had planned everything with the others, including hiring this place called Wissenden Hall for the weekend.
As for the gang Bobby and Colin saw – according to Colin’s dad, they had got wind of this and were planning to really kidnap all of them to force him to commit some heinous crime. So in that sense, they deserved this honour – by all accounts, this was a very well known gang. I couldn’t help but think back to the weekend I was involved in for a moment...
“And so, it gives me great pleasure to present these medals to two very brave and resourceful young men – Robert Desmond Holderness and Colin James Hampton. Come on up, boys?”
I joined in the applause, but my mind was already starting to shift into hostess mode – sorry, but it’s the way I work sometimes.
Once the handshakes and the photos and the cake and the tea were over and done with, I went back to the Manor House with Grandma, Aunt Susan and Mr Bridges, to be there to greet the others and make sure everyone knew where to go. Grandmother was wearing a teal sleeveless dress under a matching jacket, while Aunt Susan was in a white short dress with heels.
As we drove up to the manor house, Mrs Bridges was waiting. “There has been a telephone call while you were out,” she said as we got out of the car.
“Oh,” Grandmother said, “who from?”
“Miss Duncombe – she said your guests will arrive in about an hour from now.”
I looked at Aunt Susan as we heard that name – why would Anne Duncombe have called Grandmother. We then looked at her, as she nodded and said “Very well – you had better go to meet them, Mr Bridges. We will manage without you for a little while.”
Mister Bridges nodded and got back into the car as I said “What guests, Grandmother?”
“Forgive me, Angela, but I must ask you to wait until later before you find out – the others are starting to come.”
The first of the cars had indeed arrived, as Aunt Susan tapped me on the shoulder and said “Good luck,” before she went in with Grandmother. I smiled and welcomed Pippa and her mother, then showed them in, followed by Alicia and the rest of the family.
“Nobody else here yet,” Alicia said as she looked nervously round.
“If you mean Martin, not yet – and you do know he’s staying for the week as well?”
Alicia nodded – one of the things Grandmother had told me was that Ali, Suzie, the Craigs and Patty’s friend Rachel were going to stay on after the party for the week, and that she had also invited Colin, Brian and Martin to stay. At the time, she said “It will make a pleasant change to have the Manor House full again.” I bit my tongue – I was staying over as well, and I was wondering how to keep most, if not all of them quiet.
The guests kept coming – Colin with his family, Uncle Alexander with the others. Bobby and Colin were all for taking off their ties, but Grandfather had come out to meet them, and one look from him was enough to convince them otherwise.
And the guests kept coming – Mary with her family, Eddie smiling at me as he went past; Martin and his parents; Hazel and Clare with their parents; Cathy and her mother; the rest of the Craigs... Car after Car, until eventually Grandmother came out and said “I believe that is everyone, Angela – the children have gone outside, and the adults are in the ballroom.”
“Hold that thought,” I said as one last car drove out, and a young girl, about the same age as Patty got out, wearing metal framed glasses with her hair in pigtails. “Ah, you must be Rachel,” Grandmother said as she stepped forward and shook the hands of her parents, “I am Lady Holderness. Welcome to Holderness Manor.”
“Thanks you for inviting her,” her mother said as her father took out a suitcase, “I hope she behaves herself.”
“I am sure she will be as well behaved as my own granddaughter,” Grandmother said with a smile, “Are you sure you cannot stay?”
“Sadly, no,” her father said as he closed the boot of the car, and Mrs Bridges came out to take the suitcase in. “Now Rachel, you be a good girl, all right?”
“Yes Papa and Mama,” she said as she hugged both of them, and then waved as they drove back down the gravel driveway. “I believe you will find young Patricia with the others in the garden, and Rachel?”
“Yes, Your Ladyship,” she said as she stood there with her hands clasped together in front of her.
“No games until you are given permission, understand?”
She nodded and then ran into the house, Grandmother putting her hand round my shoulder as we walked in. “Relax, Angela,” she said with a smile, “It promises to be a most interesting week.”
As we walked in, Bobby’s Aunt Lesley came over and said “Thanks again for letting Tommy stay, Lucinda – it’s the first chance we’ve had to have a break together in years.”
“My pleasure,” Grandmother said with a smile, “Come – let’s go and get a drink.”
Now, as a rule, I hate these sort of parties, but this one was different for a number of reasons – one of which was the chance to see Eddie again. We found a quiet corner and talked for a few minutes, before he said “Your grandmother has asked if I can come over tomorrow – any idea why?”
“Maybe she and Grandfather want to have The Talk with you?”
He looked at me with a shocked expression, then burst out laughing. “I guess I’ll find out,” he said as we re-joined the crowd, walking round and making small talk with everyone.
About an hour or so later, Grandfather tapped on the side of his glass and said “Ladies and Gentlemen, I wonder if I can just say a few words?” We stopped talking and looked on, Eddie next to me as Grandfather looked round the room.
“I wanted to thank you all for coming today, and joining me and Lucinda in celebrating the bravery of Robert and Colin, for which they received a medal today. I cannot be prouder of my grandson than I am right now, and I am sure Barry feels the same way about his son. So please, raise you glasses – to Robert and Colin.”
I could see them both blushing like mad as the entire room said “Robert and Colin” – and then Cassie and Jenny ran up and hugged them both. I had to stop myself laughing as Grandfather said “I have another announcement to make – linked, in a way to the events of that weekend.”
For some reason, I could see that Uncle Alexander and Aunt Susan looked nervous now, while Bobby and Suzie looked on as well.
“I have to tell you all,” Grandfather said as he looked round the room, “that Alexander, Susan and the children are going to be moving house in the near future. An opportunity has arise which allows them to move to a larger home, should they wish to add to the growing stack of Grandchildren Lucinda and I enjoy having round.”
I looked at Mum and Dad, who seemed to have no idea what was happening either.
“The girls spent the weekend of their game at a country house, and having inspected it with Alexander, I spoke with him and he with his family. I am pleased to tell you that I have purchased Wissenden Hall from the current owner, and when certain renovations have been completed, Alexander and his family will be moving in. It will become a second home for the Holderness family, to be passed down the line of inheritance. It does not take too long to travel between here and there, and they hope you will all visit once they have moved in.”
“Surprise,” I heard Bobby say to Cassie, who was speechless – a rare sight to see at any time.
“Did you know,” I said as I looked at Mum and Dad. “They told us earlier – it doesn’t change a thing, you know, apart from the fact you get to see them in a bigger house.”
“True,” I said as I looked at them, but that wasn’t the last shock I was going to have that day.
I saw Mister Bridges come in and whisper something to Grandmother, who nodded and then waved to me to follow her. As we left the hall, she said “I must take you into my confidence, Angela, as you will be staying this week as well. We have two other guests with us, but I must ask you to keep their presence here a secret for today – if the others knew she was here, there would be questions, and I do not believe she is in a fit state at this time to answer them.”
“Of course Grandmother,” I said as we climbed the stairs, “but who are they?”
“You know them,” was all she said as we climbed the stairs and stopped outside the Grace Room. Turning the handle, she walked in and said “I have Angela here – can she see her?”
“Come on in,” a male Australian voice said, and as I came in I stopped, looking in shock as the small, blonde haired woman who was sitting on the bed, her right arm in a sling. She looked pale and tired – not the way I remember last seeing her, and the watch on her wrist had a pale green face.
“Sarah,” I said as I sat next to her, “What happened to you?”
“Hello Angela,” she said as she turned and looked at me, “Not exactly the way I hoped we would meet again.”
“Sarah has had a rather trying time of it recently,” Grandmother said as she looked on, “so Anne asked if she and Brian could stay for a few days, help her to recover and regain her strength. I hope she can join you and the girls later, but for now she will rest in here.”
“What happened,” I said as I saw the white bandage under the v-necked top of her pink jumper.
“She’ll tell you another time,” Grandmother said gently. “For now, let her rest. Brian, if you need anything, just come and ask.”
“Thank you,” her partner said as Grandmother and I left the room. “What happened,” I asked again as we walked down the staircase.
“I’ll tell you later – for now, we have duties as the hostess to perform,” Grandmother said – and that had to do for then.
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Post by Tom Ford » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:28 am

Once again a nice update, KP!
It’s such a nice thing that Bobby and Cassie has both received medals for bravery! At least when they are together, they can’t one up each other! “I got a medal for bravery while you…!” You know how kids sometimes are. And teen-agers. And sometimes, adults are too! Also, it would make the world appreciate Bobby more—he’s not just the heir to the title, wealth, and estate of Holderness, he’s a genuine hero too! I can just imagine the pride that his cousins would have at him—Bobby the hero! And also Colin too! Even if not all of them would know the truth and just how heroic Bobby and Colin really are.
Anyway, I look forward to more interactions between Brian and Suzie, and Tommy and Patty! They are pretty young, but that would make it so fun to look at. Especially if there is some kind of crush present. I wonder, does Patty have a crush on Tommy? I know Suzie has a crush on Brian, and Brian, likes Suzie too. Tommy would be too young for that, but perhaps, due to circumstance, he would spend a lot more time with Patty. But of course, there’s Rachel. She doesn’t have a partner yet, but there Charlie Williamson, nine years old, to look forward too!
(I could just imagine a scenario in the future, when Charlie will take over or help his father take families hostages. And who will be with Charlie doing the hostage taking? Rachel of course!!!Trying to imagine Rachel with a secret criminal identity as the wife of Jay Edwards’ son is intriguing! Perhaps a tale of that happening?)
Of course, all that would be through Angela’s eyes, which I think, would make it more adorable! Puppy love, she’ll think and coo and laugh. Still, she would have known by now that Mr and Mrs John Craig started as Puppy love while they were little children.
And so they purchased Wissenden Hall. Come to think of it, one implication would be that when Lord Holderness dies (sadly, he’ll be dead by the time of the ebook Memories), Alexander will move to the manor and Wissenden hall would be occupied by Bobby and his wife! Which meant that Cassie, at a very young age, would get to run an estate and a mansion! (With Susan as Mistress of Wissenden hall currently, she would get a lot of practice being a hostess, so that when the time comes, she could take over Holderness Manor without any reservation about her adequacy or nervousness).
Holderness Manor will be full of screaming kids (well, at least at first) running around! Still, the manor is big enough, and for the week, it would seem like it’s a giant playground. But I’m sure Susan and Lady Holderness and Angela could keep a handle of them.
So Sara and Brian are there! They’re known to Angela and the others as Mr and Mrs Sidle, I believe. Still, with so many kids, I do think they would be discovered. Unless the kids would have some way being prevented from discovering them.

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Post by Tom Ford » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:31 am

Hm, the second part was trimmed. Is that deliberate, because I checked, and that part below was the last sentences of the second update.

> KP Presents wrote:“Thank you,” her partner said as Grandmother and I left the room. “What happened,” I asked again as we walked down the staircase.
> “I’ll tell you later – for now, we have duties as the hostess to perform,” Grandmother said – and that had to do for then.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:34 am

Nice!!

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Post by KP Presents » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:36 am

> Tom Ford wrote:Hm, the second part was trimmed. Is that deliberate, because I checked, and that part below was the last sentences of the second update.

> > KP Presents wrote:“Thank you,” her partner said as Grandmother and I left the room. “What happened,” I asked again as we walked down the staircase.
> > “I’ll tell you later – for now, we have duties as the hostess to perform,” Grandmother said – and that had to do for then.

Mea Culpa - see expanded part...
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### Re: An Education: BFF

Post by Tom Ford » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:37 am

Okay. Thanks for that.

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Post by William F Somebody » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:43 am

This I really a long introduction. But it’s worth it. Still, I hope we get to learn of the name of Colin’s Mom, as well as meet her (Colin’s unusual as he is the only character with whom we only know the father of, even if Mom is alive), and of Brian Hampton’s parents, as well as Colin and Brian’s grandfather. Even if he’s not there, perhaps it could somehow be mentioned in conversation?
Oh my God, Holderness Manor will literally become a nursery with all those kids. Was Angela brought to be babysitter to all those kids? We have:
1. Cassie
2. Jenny
3. Suzie
4. Alicia
5. Patty
6. Rachel
7. Bobby
8. Colin
9. Brian Hampton
10. Tommy
That’s right! 10 kids at a minimum! Holderness Manor will be alive with laughter, shouting, and activity for the week ahead. Maybe that’s the reason Lord and Lady Holderness invited them, to bring life back to the Manor? I imagine that with only Lord and Lady Holderness there, and Mr and Mrs Bridges, it could sometimes be dull. Having innocents running around would bring a smile to them.
I wonder if Mark Williamson is also guest? Probably not. The tie up “game” on the weekend is a secret thing. As far as they are concerned, Mark only knows it’s a dress up game.
Hope there would be a tie up next update!!! That would cool. I’d love to see Patty up with her usual shenanigans and being Rachel joining, Cassie too joining in and dragging Suzie along with her, Jenny and Alicia going along for the ride, and Bobby and Colin tickling the entire lot once they’re immobilized!
And of course, one must not forget the surprise of Sara, or is it Sarah, which to Angela is Sara Sidle with Brian, who to Angela and the rest of them is Sara’s husband.
This I hope will turn into a memorable day. Hm, does Pippa, Hazel, and Claire plan to join the tie up games too? And more importantly, will they be tied up when the others are wearing granny’s clothes? That way, I can provide their costumes, if that is the case.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:45 am

What a great gathering!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:59 am

Great chapter!!!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:01 am

What a nice update! It's good to see the boys rewarded for their heroism. And Sarah and Brian are here. This promises to be good.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:10 am

Great update!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:39 am

Please please update really really soon!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:33 am

Hope you update soon!!!!!

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Post by KP Presents » Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:24 pm

As parties at the Manor House go, it wasn’t the most boring of times – and Eddie being around made it a little more bearable than usual. The fact I was co-hosting with Grandmother and Aunt Susan made it easier as well – my job was mainly to make sure the younger kids didn’t get too far out of hand, but for the most part they behaved themselves and spent most of the afternoon outside.
Even Alicia was quieter than usual – she and Jenny spent most of the time in the corner with Martin and Colin, while Bobby and Suzie were treating Cassie like royalty. Bobby told me that she had hurt her ankle at the end of the weekend game, but the way she was walking round, and talking with her friends, you would not know that had happened.
Even Tommy and Brian were joining in, chasing the twins and Pippa round the lawn outside as the parents talked. Eventually, however, the afternoon drew on, the sun began to set, and those who were going started to collect themselves together and leave.
I had to go and help Mrs Bridges for a few minutes, but I did hear Suzie and Cassie talking to Pippa, Hazel and Claire, saying “when you come here tomorrow, you’re going to have such a big surprise!” I had heard Granny talking with the parents, and saying she would love to see them tomorrow morning – unfortunately they were going away for a few days, but they would at least be able to stop for the Sunday morning. Mary was coming over at lunchtime tomorrow with Cathy, and they would stop over for the night and spend Monday here as well.
As for the rest of the week – I had heard dark rumours that Martin, Colin and Bobby were planning something, and Lesley would come over Wednesday. Then there was Brian and Sarah – a question I asked Grandmother about when she came in.
“Well,” she said as she sat down, “from what I can gather, there was an incident involving Heidi and her friends, as well as Anne Duncombe. Sarah had to use her – unique talents to resolve the situation, but at some point she was injured. Anne felt a complete change of scenery would be the best cure for her, and given her connection to the family, I said I would be delighted to have her stay. Once she feels up to it, we will let the others know she is here, but not before.”
I nodded – Grandmother had a lot of experience in areas Mum would not talk about, so I left it at that. It was then that Mrs Craig came in, and said “Angela, I’m going to need your help with something, if you don’t mind.”
“Of course, Jennifer,” I said as Miranda, John Craig’s mother, came in. “What do you want me to do?”
“When most of our guests have left,” Mrs Craig said as they sat down and looked at me, “I want you to round up Bobby and Colin. This is what they’re going to do...”
“See you tomorrow, Mary,” Jenny said as he hugged her friend. “I’ll see you tomorrow,” Eddie said with a smile before he followed Mary and his parents.
“Now then, Jenny,” I said to her, “Can you find Cassie, Alicia, Suzie, Patty and Rachel, and join me in the library please?” She nodded as she went into the main room, Bobby and Colin coming the other way
“What’s the buzz, Angie,” Bobby said as they came up to me.
“Library,” I said quietly, and led them in there. After a few minutes the six girls came in, looking at the three of us as Patty said “Yes, Teacher?”
“Your mum,” I said as I looked at Jenny and Cassie, “has asked the three of us to get you all ready for a tie-up game.”
“Hands behind your backs, girls,” Colin said as he held up several lengths of cord. Bobby and he took turns to tie their wrists together behind their back, their hands uncovered and their wrists crossed, before they wrapped ropes around their waists as they usually did. More rope then went around their arms, just below their elbows, and round their stomach.
“Now, all six of you need to sit in the chairs, and allow the boys to bind your legs,” I said quietly, watching as they all sat down and had their ankles bound tightly together, and then their legs below their knees. “I love it when they look like this,” Rachel said as she swung her legs up and down, and I had to turn away to stop myself from laughing. How on earth did they get to be like this?
“Angela?”
I turned back and said “Sorry – now, Mrs Craig has asked me to do something different – Bobby, Colin, I need you to find Tommy and Brian and bring them here please.”
As the boys left, I looked at the girls. “Mrs Craig has asked me to tie two bands of ropes around your arms, above and below your chest. I understand this happened during the weekend away, but is it what you want?”
All six of them nodded, so I started with Patty. On her and Rachel, it just looked like two more bands of rope holding their arms firmly to their sides. As for Jenny and Alicia, it made them both look – well, older if truth be told, but they smiled and nodded as I made sure they were tightened under their arms.
It was the effect on Cassie and Suzie that was unexpected. They’re still just little girls, but as the ropes pulled their arms into their sides, and their tops were pulled over their chest, I heard them gasp slightly and then wriggle round. When this was done to me, that night at the manor house, I was embarrassed – and then scared witless. They, however, seemed to be secretly enjoying it.
My blushes – and theirs – were spared by Tommy and Brian coming in. “Coo,” Tommy said as he looked at Patty, “They did a real job of you.”
“Says you,” Patty said as she stuck her tongue out. “Boys,” I said to them, “why don’t you keep the terrible duo quiet?”
“Gotcha,” Brian said, as he picked up two sponge balls and pushed them into the mouths of Patty and Rachel, before he used white tape and wrapped it round their heads. “Fnksabnsh,” Patty said as she looked at me.
“Now then,” I said as the door opened and Grandmother came in, followed by Miranda, “Take Patty and Rachel to the playroom please, Boys – we’ll tell you when time’s up.”
“Arr Aye Captain!” Brian said as he helped Patty and Rachel to stand up, the two boys escorting them out. “Ready,” Grandmother said as she looked at me.
“Ready,” I said as Miranda opened the door, and Mum and Dad came in, along with Uncle Alexander and Aunt Susan, Mister and Mrs Craig, Mister and Mrs Brown, Cassie Craig and Jo Frost.
“The babies will be safe with Mister and Mrs Bridges for the moment,” Grandmother said as she closed the door. “Thank you all for coming in for a few minutes.”
“No problem,” Mum said as she saw the four girls on the couch, especially Alicia. “Although – who did the tying for you, Alicia?”
“I did,” I said quietly, “at the request of Mrs Craig. I also asked them if this is what they wanted.”
“That’s right,” Jennifer Craig said, “Because this is how they were bound when we finished the game that weekend, well we had the gags but... Connie, what I’m going to say now is under the Craig compact, understand?”
“Yeah,” Connie said as she looked at Jennifer, “but why aren’t you saying the same to Cassie.”
“Because I already know what she’s going to say,” Cassie said quietly as Jo stood with her. “So does Alexander, Bobby and Colin – and the girls. So don’t be angry at what you’re about to hear.”
“Xander,” Aunt Susan said as she looked my uncle, “What happened that weekend?”
“I’ll tell her,” Jennifer said, before she took a deep breath and said “It wasn't a tie-up game arranged by John.”
The room was silent for a few minutes as everyone looked at Jennifer and the girls. “But,” Susan eventually said, “When you say it wasn’t a game you mean...”
“I mean we really were held hostage over the weekend by an armed gang – Bobby and Colin got the medal today for informing the police, but the truth is, they were the ones who found us – in a way.”
Mum was gripping Dad’s hand, and I realised I was gripping my own arms hard, as Jennifer said “Maybe I’d better start at the beginning. It began on the Friday morning, when the girls had put their outfits on and were having breakfast.”
We all listened as Jennifer told us about the men invading the house, one of them taking John while the others bound and gagged all seven of them, but only after they had been convinced to say it was a game, to protect Patty and Rachel. How they had only been freed to eat, wash and change, and then on the Saturday driven in the family car to Wissenden Hall.
Bobby then told us how he had found the house empty with Colin, then called their fathers. They in turn had decided to get Cassie Craig and Jo Frost to help.
As for the rescue – the boys told us the full story, and how Bobby had got into the hall, opened the doors and then saw Cassie. It was while she had been jumping to him that a floorboard had given way, and she had injured herself.
“Thanks for reminding me,” Cassie said, as we started laughing – which at least broke the tension. Aunt Susan looked at Uncle Alexander, and said “You didn’t tell me so I wouldn’t worry, right?”
“I’m sorry I had to lie,” he said quietly, “but I was worried for both of you. I hope you understand, Susan.”
“And if something had gone wrong?”
“We must be grateful it did not,” Miranda said quietly. “Lucinda and I were told by John and Jennifer the truth at Jenny’s party, and we decided then that the girls – and the boys – should stay here this weekend. Where is Martin, by the way?”
“His mum called,” Bobby said quietly, “he should be back in a few minutes.”
“I’ll tell him the truth – later,” Alicia said with a shy smile.
“Good,” Grandmother said. “Girls, when bad things happen in the family, we know it is important to be able to talk things over.” I thought back to the weekend we all spent together, and could see the others were thinking about it as well – all except Cassie and Suzie. “So this week, all of it if necessary, is there for you to talk about what happened, and how you feel.”
“Honestly, Grandma,” Alicia said, “I feel fine. It scared the hell out of me, particularly the first day, giving what else was happening with me, but once I knew it was only for a few days I began to settle down and enjoy it – as much a is could.”
“What was wrong on the Friday,” Bobby said as he looked at Alicia.
“Something you never have to worry about,” Dad said, Bobby looking at him for a moment before he said “oh.” I never had my dad down for a diplomat, but full marks to him for that.
“Ali’s right,” Jenny said. “Cassie and I had met the gang before...”
“You had?”
Miranda nodded as John said “It was the same group that held Jenn and the girls hostage overnight – I recognised the voice of their leader immediately.”
“Anyway,” Jenny continued, “the worst bit was the first day, and especially when we were blindfolded and taken to the other place. Once there, however, we were told it was only for another day, so we relaxed and it became much more of a game after that.”
I looked at Cassie and Suzie, who both nodded in agreement. “It wasn’t even as bad as the time we all were taken to Aunt Cassie’s house,” Cassie said, “because – well, Jay made it a real game.”
“Jay?”
“His name was Jay – Jay Edwards.”
“Oh God,” Mum said as she looked at Dad. “Him?”
“Actually, you know what the funniest thing was?”
We all looked at Cassie, and said “what?”
“If you set aside the fact we were held hostage by an armed gang, and we were very tightly bound and gagged for almost three days, the weekend was almost exactly what I had planned. I wanted us to be the girl detectives again, and held captive by the bad guys – which was what happened, right?”
“And how do you feel, Cassie,” Grandmother said as she looked at her.
“I feel good – yeah I got hurt, but that was my fault. In fact – I wonder if we can do it again?”
“Do it AGAIN?”
I looked at Mrs Craig and laughed – I knew exactly how she felt. “Yeah – Rachel and Patty loved playing the game, but we,” she said as she looked at Suzie, Jenny and Alicia “had to be held back because we knew the truth. If we do it again, we all have to have the same sort of fun. Can we do that – for the next three days.”
I looked at our parents, who were looking at each other. “Well...
“Please – it’s going to help us.”
“All right,” Grandmother said “but it can only be for two days. There are other things we wish to do. How will you dress?”
“Fifties clothes – oh.”
“You just remembered the others are coming tomorrow,” I said quietly.
“No problem, I am sure we can find something,” Grandmother said.
“There is another problem,” Jennifer said quietly, “I cannot take part. It is not possible for me to leave the twins alone. Someone else will have to play Mother if you play this game.”
I could see her looking at Mum and Aunt Susan, but then to my surprise I heard myself saying “I’ll do it – then I can keep an eye on them.”
“Excellent,” Grandmother said. “Well, I’ll ask Mister Bridges to bring some drinks in.” As she went out, Jennifer took me to one side.
“Are you sure you want to, Angela,” she said quietly. “It would mean for most of the next two days, you will be tightly bound, gagged fully, and have to sleep like that – and when Cassie means tied, she means hands covered, and the ropes – all of them.”
I nodded, then said “It’s all right, Jennifer – I’ll manage.”
“Well, if you’re sure,” she said quietly, “Thank you.” She then re-joined her husband, as I wondered just what I had signed myself up for...
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### Re: An Education: BFF

Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:32 pm

Very very nice!

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Post by Tom Ford » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:35 pm

Oh my! I bet they were surprised by how well the girls took it. But since it’s already a couple of weeks since the events of the weekend, it’s not surprising that they already internalized it and such. Had this happened the day after, they probably would be doing their crying then and there, instead of in their own houses, like what Cassie did at the end of Where’s Cassie?
I wonder if Angela knew what she signed for? I don’t think Angela was ever tied up and gagged that tight and that long. But I think she wanted really to play around, and join the fun. Perhaps she knows she won’t have any real responsibility tied up like that? And she gets to experience what it feels to be a true hostage (well, minus the fear, as they couldn’t replicate that). Two days, and after that, what Martin planned, and more. It would be a long long week!
So how will it go about? Most know by now by what Patty told them about their tie ups, and whatever’s missing could be supplied by Mrs Craig to her captors for the day. And she and Lady Holderness could plan the day, including the games (well, Mrs Craig won’t be there all the time I’m sure, so she needed to brief Lady Holderness). And Mrs Craig and Lady Holderness could jointly select their outfits.
But of course, they shouldn’t tell Angela the exact plans, so she would be surprised too.
Anyway, I hope Angela could be surprised the next day by being woken up as “part of the game” really really early. About half past five. Then like Mom, she could shower immediately, and dress up in the fifties clothes (selected by Lady Holderness—since the girls didn’t have a choice in their wear, only that it be 50s costumes—Angela shouldn’t) while Mr and Mrs Bridges cooks. The girls would be surprised to see her already in costume, but then, not everything would be the same as the three days, and this is one of them. Some of the boys, like Bobby and Colin, would be up to join the tying, eating breakfast with them, but would go to sleep after the tying. The girls would be tied up to the chairs for breakfast.
After breakfast, Alexander and Mr Bridges will then prepare the tie up assembly (waking up the remainder and also some would arrive) as Angela would carry the outfits to the changing room and arrange the labels while the Rachel and Cassie are in different showers in the Manor at the same time. (She shouldn't tell us what costumes were selected, but only later, as will be shown).
Let me modify my tie up assembly line. The gagging should only happen when Angela had dried the girls’ hair with a hair dryer. Hm, make her part of the Assembly line in the morning. After helping with the clothes, she would go to the her place, where a room is already prepared, just as the first girl enters. There she will dry the bound girls’ hair, as well as talk to them while she’s doing it. Then the girl bound and hair dried will walk to the next part.
She could describe the girls' costume as they enter the room to have their hair dried.
OF course, when it’s her turn as the very last one tied, her hair would be quite dry already, so the process could be skipped for her. And at lunch, that wouldn't be necessary!
After, they could have some fun while being tied up and gagged. Perhaps if she wouldn’t join in, she could hop after them and watch what exactly they are doing? But since it would be Sunday, perhaps they should also open the TV, and have another morning service as a substitute for church at the CBBC? I’m sure the adults would be unanimous on that so they won’t skip church.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:41 pm

And a very very quick update too!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:08 pm

That was really quick! I never expected the next one this early.
The girls took it better than I thought they would, and they seemed to like to experience it again.