A story in the Home Schooling Series Don Bradley is a single parent, loving father of Della. She is young and beautiful, he hasn't been with a woman for four years. Della, at fourteen, is feeling the need to explore her new, untried sexuality. There's her boyfriend, Ronnie, of course, but she thinks there's someone better to show her. He does it so well Della has to be home schooled.
Divorced for four years and deprived by the courts from being in contact with his daughter all that time, Jerry gets a call from his ex, complaining that their 15-year-old has run away from home. A few days later she's at his door. Because his wife is fed up with their daughter she agrees to give her up if Jerry will take her in.
When the chain on Roger's bike slipped Mom helped him. When the baseball hit in the same place a few years later Mom helped him. It all seemed innocent if a bit odd but then things changed. The family grew but not the way most families grow.
As much as I loved living on my own, financially I was no longer able to swing it after I quit my escorting job to be a Christian school teacher. It was obvious that my parents weren't too upset about it, especially considering how I was welcomed home!