Just remember Claudia,” he said to me as I walked out the door with keys in hand. “Be back by midnight. That’s my only rule while you’re staying here. Just think of it like Cinderella – your curfew is midnight!”
Those were his last words before I left this evening...
Being a young college girl on vacation though, I kind of took it lightly. Some fairy tale warning? I think not!
His name was Dr. Thorpe – the mature, well respected doctor. Our parents had been good friends before they had moved away. So, when I came to this town on break from school, my dad had called Dr. Thorpe and the topic of me staying at his home instead of wasting money on a hotel had come up. Obviously, I decided to sleep at his residence. Of course! It was totally free, why wouldn’t I.
He wasn’t an overly strict m
