Epilogue
As my little Athena grew year by year, so to did my fears for her future grow. What kind of life would
she have growing up in a narrow-minded village such as Harrow. Our family had made an agreement
to leave the village if things became worse for us. My mother and father wanted a quiet life as they were
older and were ready to move to Keighley. They had retired with a healthy sized pension and invested it into a bungalow in the larger town of Yorkshire. My husband Cliff and Lisa were getting hounded every day. People avoided us and the attitude they showed was a close second to religious persecution. I had to
admit defeat and agreed with Cliff that Stanley was never safe as long as he lived here.
It distressed me that even in the 21st century that people let their fear rule them. The village obviously
had not moved on in time with the rest of the world. I had fought so hard to change their misconception of
us. We were still a normal family who cried the same tears and bled the same blood. In the end I had resigned myself to pitying those who had hatred for us. We had done nothing to earn their hatred except be
who we were, Ourselves.
Lisa and Cliff started searching for a place to live and we chose Bingley. There was a big house about five minutes away from the high street with a large patio and garden. It had five bedrooms, two bathrooms and
a conservatory. Lisa put her house up for sale and a potential buyer viewed it three days after seeing the house was up for sale. He was a retired businessman who was looking forward to a quiet country life.
They agreed a price and my mum and dad put up the rest of the collateral for our new family home.
We settled into town life quite well and Leo Barnes came looking for Lisa as he had a question to ask her...
They were married a few weeks later in Gretna green. I always knew my destiny would come to fruition
in a little village called Harrow. Stanley attended the senior school and was extremely popular with the girls. To say I was completely ecstatic with the way my life had turned out was an understatement. I
said to Lisa once that I didn't know if my heart could not receive nor take any more joy. Well I was wrong.
My little Athena is five now and I have a surprise for Cliff. Two actually…