"Next time, Chelimo..." she stoped to give me a threatening look holding up her index finger, "....next time you allow that boy with chicken legs access to your-your secret garden....." she stoped to swallow saliva "....make sure I don't find out." Maybe her mother's parenting style was so wrong that she couldn't see past the cooking stick that was used to whack some senses into her stubborn brain or maybe she was just a teenage girl whose hormones had a mind of their own and there was nothing her mother could do about it. Either way, Chelimo learnt the hard way that there is always a good reason why some things are forbidden. ** Please note, I own no rights to the cover photo.