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 This is a work of fiction.  It is my fantasies on paper.  I hope you enjoy
reading these as much as I enjoyed writing them.

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   Intro to the Series:



   Beth was special.  She was diagnosed at an early age with a
developmental disability.  Her parents had taken her to special schools and
had special workers come in every day to help with her development.  She
was now 19 years old and had the mental capacity of an infant.  She had no
real short term memory and had to be talked through most activities.  She
liked art; coloring and painting and if the music was playing she liked to
dance.

   She had grown up next to the Turner's.  Fred and Ida lived next door and
Beth knew them very well.  Beth's father worked and her mother worked
Mondays.  She told Ida it wasn't about the money; it was about getting a
break.  She loved her daughter, but the day away allowed her to recharge.
Ida would always babysit Beth on Mondays.  That is until recently.  Ida had
died young, leaving Fred alone in the house.

   Beth's mom was going to quit her job, but Fred talked her out of it
saying he would continue to babysit Beth on Mondays.  At 47, Fred had
retired early due to a back injury or so he said, the talk around town was
he was milking the system.  He had insisted that it really was no trouble
at all and with Ida gone, it would just be too much to not have Beth over
for her weekly visit.  Beth's mom had relented and said they would try it,
but if it was any trouble for Fred, she would quit.