Mark figured the little bird and his mate had a nest nearby.He closed his eyes again and napped. There was no hurry. He decided to enjoy the moment an...d put off any thought of the reason for this hike. He felt Melissa and he had to decide what to do about Carl Puffin, Melissa's father of record. The man's obsession with his daughter was dangerous for both families. Mark decided the man should be put away. He napped...A strange sound that didn't belong woke Mark. His eyes popped open the instant. Dwayne, seeing where things were headed, interjected, "Louise, is, well, a bit of a mouse. She does what she's told, basically all the time -- I ran into it early on. You'll notice it real quick..." So did you tell her to... ?" Donna pounced.Dwayne colored. "We had a special case for that." I bet you did!" No, he's right!" Louise came to Dwayne's rescue. "Dwayne was very clear about it -- he didn't want me to ever look back on our first time and think about how I was pushed into it. I had to. "That the best you can do?" Why you..." Tommy swung again. Jared pushed this punch to one side, too.Tommy screamed something and charged.Jared stepped to one side, punching Tommy in the kidneys as he passed. The boy went down, holding his back and moaning.Jared looked at the others. "Next?"The others shuffled back a few steps, looking at each other. "Didn't expect this to happen," Niggy said."You mean that I could fight back?" Jared grabbed Tommy by the hair and yanked him to his feet. "Get out. She decided to make her first actual overture to him in her office after the final period of the school day. Since she was his counselor, it wouldn't appear unusual for him to go to her office after school. She had made it a point to have some of her counseling sessions in her office, and some of them were after the final period. But on this certain day, she had no counseling sessions after school.During the third period, she passed papers out to the students. She had written on his paper: "Can.