"Mmm there's nothing wrong with having a glass of wine or two... Ah yes, the surprise... We have a new addition to the family..." The woman then noticed Fred beside her and plucked him up. "Hmm I remember telling you to massage my feet, but here I catch you slacking off while I was asleep hmm? If you'll be staying at my house you'll need to earn your keep you know... I'll have to remember to discipline you later... Anyways this my dear is the missing teacher you mentioned, his name was Mr. Dale, you see he fell in love with your sister Trish, and was begging Trish to marry him.. very inappropriate for a teacher..." He felt her fingers grip on him tighten... he cried out that it was all lies, but of course at his size they couldn't hear him.. Trish's mother continued, "Trish of course always rejected him... But then one day he kept your sister after class, he said that if he couldn't be her husband he would settle for being her pet... so he shrunk himself down to become a little bug... he is a very perverted weird little man... but at this size it's not like he can do any harm. So I guess he's our little pet now. Be sure to keep it a secret though, it's what he wanted. Here you take him for awhile..."