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having seen her in all that time. The more Helen became a com- panion to Kate, the less Kate saw of her own daughter. Now that they were home, Cathy naturally had parties to attend and "ruined" friendships to rebuild, Jim and Kate had agreed and laid down the law from the start that Helen was not to be included in the social groups of the other teenagers "because of her special nature." They were both worried sick about the kind of publicity that it was certain they would endure if Helen was treated, and was to respond, like a normal girl, and was then to be discovered for what she really was-a boy.

It was to Kate's horror, then that, on a morning exactly six weeks after their return from Porter's Bay, that she found Helen in the arms of a young man, quite obviously in a passionate embrace. She hadn't intended to spy in behind the greenhouse, but a small noise had attracted her attention. As Helen broke away from the young man, her eyes downcast, the young man had turned. It was Greg Porter.

The smile of triumph had disappeared from his lips as he'd caught sight of his mother. "Please, Mum,” he'd said, releasing Helen from his embrace, fear in his face. "Don'r tell Dad. I-I don't know what came over me."

"Just get to your room!" Kate had screamed at the crestfallen Helen. She'd left immediately, and the livid Kate had vented her wrath on her son. "How could you!" she'd shouted at him. "If I hadn't come along, would you have made love to him? Yes, him! To that other boy?" she had sneered.

"Please," Greg was frightened by her rage. "Helen's just like a great-looking girl and she's around all the time, watching me and giving me that smile. I know she wants me, and I just got carried away."

He looked so shaken that Kate's heart went out to him. "Yes," she said. "My poor baby. It's all our fault. We should never have allowed her ... him ... into the house. You were all right before. We must get rid of him at once."

Her anger didn't allow her to go near Helen at all that day, and he of course avoided Kate. He didn't come down for meals so that Kate

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