CHAPTER 6 Laurie actually loved his position as school office manager and secretary at Lexington Avenue School. He had held it for almost as long as Stacey was principal and had heard that he was one of the first new appointments she had made since her arrival. The Board of Trustees had left her to make all appointments outside the actual teaching staff and usually just relied on her opinion for them, too. Before his arrival he had had a few difficult few years when Gwen his partner for a decade had just up and left. They had no children and in hindsight, he realised that their relationship had been just drifting. He didn't blame her for he had been tied up in a small business that was failing. The original idea of providing support and services to other small firms was good but modern t