Oh my God. I just contacted her male babysitter and told him, he said he didn't know about the charges, but if she was a dealer there would be a string of junkies queueing outside her home, and since he and his wife live next door this is definitely NOT the case. He's known her for ages, said she was a good mother and all the marks on her arm ARE from her abusive ex-boyfriend, and as for the drugs charges, she took pity on some homeless "friends" of hers, let them have a caravan in her garden, then when they started using/dealing drugs she called the police to get them out and said she didn't want them around her children doing that, and as the householder they held HER responsible-though now it seems that going to court and getting this charge dropped is a formality. But the police have took ALL her identity papers, which is why she had to wait for her claim. As for the CSA they are useless. I going to have to get a second job to do for her what the state and her deadbeat dads should be doing, and we are just friends!
Perhaps I and my supervisor put two and two together and made five, but she should have levelled with me in the first place-it was only natural that I would come to my own conclusions-I have a morbid imagination, and assumed that the "track-marks"-actually cuts and cigarette burns-would develop into poor circulation and one or both of her arms would necrotise and drop off when I took her to concerts, embarrassing me in a similar way to "The Corpse Bride."
As for my supervisor going on about having her put out of her misery and shot, and that I should dissociate myself from her OR ELSE, I think she may have a bit of humble pie to eat-though she doesn't do humble (neither do I, though she's trying to train me) but since she's been badmouthing her all over the village her kids are coming back saying everyone thinks their mother is a junkie-though looking at her arms, other people have made this mistake.
My suspicion was the amount of upkeep she was requiring, but this was all legitimate as well-particularly her teeth, and she really did have to walk all the way from Southampton to New Milton due to my suspicion. Of course, she now sees my supervisor as the Wicked Witch of the West (she does give that impression sometimes) but she was only looking after my back, but shouldn't have spread gossip around the village-though I'm worse putting it on the web, but at least I didn't give her details. Now I know she does not have an expensive drug habit with all the health implications that implies, my ladette to lady project is a lot easier.
Of course, I have to make sure there isn't a cat-fight now. I was walking along the street quite happily, woman-free and all this shitstorm happened. (a bit like the S.J. Esau song) I quite envy those miners trapped underground. And I have to deal with her spending issues before she gets into more trouble. I intend to train her to become a skinflint like myself. It really is like restoring a run-down property.
But I am under no illusions-once I have improved her market value I am quite sure she will be off with a prince. I am happy as a bachelor.
This plot should be on EastEnders. The "discovering she's a male" plot-line sounds interesting-knowing my luck, God has probably got that one lined up for me. Since I'm a bit like Roy Cropper, that would be more Coronation Street. Hailey dosn't look like a young Mia Farrow though. I think fully restored, this neglected piece of ass could have real potential.
