work the following afternoon the phone rang and judy was offered a job for that evening the man and his wife were going out to dinner at their regular could he pick her up in fifteen minutes by midnight mrs meller was really worried she phoned the police and was transferred to juvenile i took the necessary information and assured her we do everything we could she'd have to try to be patient and wait the waiting lasted almost a week the most difficult part of my job bringing bad news to parents you can never find the right words to tell a mother daughter hadn't done anything wrong she'd only been careless careless about how she dressed and in itself there'd been nothing wrong about advertising for a job at letter to trusting a person she knew nothing being safe is often no more than applying good judgment in everyday life one night while barber with babysitting the doorbell rang she didn't open the door but called and asked who it was a stranger it is car and broken down and couldn't use the  phone was very polite but she told him she was babysitting and expecting a call from her parents however she was sure the next door neighbors were angry at people use their phones the stranger thanked her and left while i had been polite and helpful but she hadn't taken any chances and when her father called she was sa at intermission sally found it flattering never friends here in the company of older boys and when they asked if they could take the girls home she was all for it she asked elizabeth to color photos and tell them that they could read with a friend's parents tempted but decided it wouldn't be at midnight her parents became alarmed and called n l yes elizabeth was home and they picked up sally nover an hour ago of course she could talk to elizabeth between guilty tears elizabeth told what had happened i had been found david lee walking down the road from lookout peak it was a night they're long remember in fact sally may never be able to forget it often seemingly innocent places can turn out to be just where wrong associations are made mary met robert it's just such a place robert frequented the mulch up in his spare time which was considerable as it finished high school and didn't work here he sought out the company of younger teenagers because he wasn't accepted by those of his own age group mary and her girlfriend could always be found at the mall job after school seen robert before and that he was very good looking so she was naturally flattered when he singled her out and struck up a friendly conversation he was fun to talk to and they discussed everything from cars to movie stars i offered her a ride home she i drove around for a while and talked with a good listener and bob enjoyed nothing more than talking about i'm self your mother would be upset if she came home with an older boy so bob dropped her at the corner after that they saw a good deal of each other at first bob was willing to see her as a mug shot but as time went on he became jealous of her friend and insisted on their spending more time alone they began to go to secluded places and their relationship became more intimate very new things are getting out of hand because bob became more and more demanding but not wishing to lose his friendship or the prestige he enjoyed her friend for having an older boyfriend she complied with his desire then married found she was in trouble and had to tell her parents but now it was too late for advice and mary had to be taken out of school and placed under the guidance of juveniles or any unfortunately mary story is not an unusual one to many young girls are flattered by the attention of older boys and don't realize until too late that these boys who cannot compete in their own age group are often not well adjusted and will demand too much in a relationship with a younger girl you see it's often the things that are done without thinking that get young people into trouble trying to move too quickly into a world of grown up with a young person fate often called heartache and disaster