The messages that I'd written on the backs of innocent photos of my darling daughter were only ever intended to be for my eyes. They'd been written late at night to help release what I knew were my ever-unattainable desires for her. Then one day she found them.
Ralph was warned about the apartment's history but it was just too good a deal to turn down. Anyway, he didn't believe in the supernatural. He was still in denial after a couple of very strange 'dreams' so when his older brother asked him if his daughter, Ralph's niece, could stay for a few nights, he didn't see why not.
Sixteen-year-old Chrissy takes a job babysitting for the Pierces's son Timmy. It turns out that little Timmy is actually fourteen... and he's not that little either.
When Lydia gets a new babysitter suddenly she she receives the affection and closeness that she hadn't even realized she was missing. Then it is snatched away and the poor child is bereft. Years later a chance meeting gives her a second chance and she isn't going to waste it.
When she was young, Elaina would often share the outdoor shower with her dad after a day on the beach. It was all very innocent, but seeing her father's 'penis', as she later found out it was called, left a lasting impression on her. As she got older, she wanted very much to see it again, and not just to see it...
If I'd known what a lesbian was I might have been less confused, but in those days a fourteen-year-old girl would never have heard of such a thing. As it was my new step-sister's behavior seemed mostly baffling.
Clare Harlow is fifteen and, through no real fault of her own, is at the last chance saloon of schools. Within days she's in trouble again, and again she is relatively blameless. But Clare is no shrinking violet and she's not going to take it lying down.
With difficuly concentrating and restlessness Sarah could have been forgiven for assuming her daughter Bethany was suffering with ADHD. When she sought medical advice it quickly became apparent that she wasn't.
Frustrated by a lack of success finding holiday romance Brooke decided to explore some of the more remote areas of Tahiti. Language difficulties meant that she thought the herbs an old lady gave her were something to help her sleep. They weren't. They really, really weren't.
