Chloe Hadjimatheou

Miss MacIsaac's the other young female teacher at the school. She and Miss Bowen are really good friends.

Miss MacIsaac's the other young female teacher at the school. She and Miss Bowen are really good friends.

So, on this particular day, he's sitting on the bus when the two teachers climb up the steps and get on board.

So, on this particular day, he's sitting on the bus when the two teachers climb up the steps and get on board.

So Gareth moves up and sits in the road just behind them.

So Gareth moves up and sits in the road just behind them.

What he means is they smell good.

What he means is they smell good.

But he's too young to play the game. He just doesn't get where she's going with all this. So Miss Bowen gives him clues.

But he's too young to play the game. He just doesn't get where she's going with all this. So Miss Bowen gives him clues.

But he's really embarrassed.

But he's really embarrassed.

The other member of staff, her friend, Miss MacIsaac, sitting right there.

The other member of staff, her friend, Miss MacIsaac, sitting right there.

Years later, when she's asked to corroborate this event, Heather MacIsaac will say she doesn't remember anything about what happened on the bus that day or the inappropriate things Gareth remembers Miss Bowen saying to him. At the time, Gareth was confused. He didn't know a teacher could be like that. She had crossed a boundary at that moment.

Years later, when she's asked to corroborate this event, Heather MacIsaac will say she doesn't remember anything about what happened on the bus that day or the inappropriate things Gareth remembers Miss Bowen saying to him. At the time, Gareth was confused. He didn't know a teacher could be like that. She had crossed a boundary at that moment.

But that was the first.

But that was the first.

Memory is an elusive thing. When I look back on my years as a teenager, the images are hazy. Time's sort of taken the sharpness out of it all. But Gareth says specific moments are extremely vivid for him. Events that affected him so much that they're imprinted on his mind indelibly. Everything else, he admits, has faded away. So what he doesn't know is what happened around those key moments.

Memory is an elusive thing. When I look back on my years as a teenager, the images are hazy. Time's sort of taken the sharpness out of it all. But Gareth says specific moments are extremely vivid for him. Events that affected him so much that they're imprinted on his mind indelibly. Everything else, he admits, has faded away. So what he doesn't know is what happened around those key moments.