Ben I was speaking to Tracy Huerta about last-minute security arrangements when Lottie and her date, Steve Mason walked in. I smiled. She’s starting to look a lot like Waverly did in uni. My smile vanished. She was just a little girl moments ago, but next year, she’ll be going off to uni. The thought was terrifying. How did time go so quickly? Tracy said she had special cameras installed just for the evening and security guys watching the CCTV all night. We both had a feeling that if anything was going to happen, it would happen tonight. Just in case, we hired additional security for the evening. There were also quite a few of us adults chaperoning for the evening: Tracy Huerta, Nancy Plum, Betsy Rogers, Father Sidney, Father Gabriel, five nuns, Ted Hodges, Waverly, and I. It was common

