When we got home, the lawyers want another quick chat, but nothing significant is discussed.I make sure Kim is in on the discussion. If she stays with... me, these are things she will have to deal with in the future.That night when we drop off Dahlia and Moira, the good night kiss is one of extreme passion instead of the quick peck I had hoped. I can see these girls quickly getting out of hand.The following Monday is the first morning everybody meets at my place before school. Kim is the first to. His eyes bulged out of their sockets when he felt their teeth sink into his shoulders and thighs. I took the safety off. There was no point in killing them but at least I could grant mercy to the poor child writhing in agony and terror in front of me.Besides, I couldn’t risk him becoming a monster. Shit, the world didn’t need more of them. There were too many already. So I squeezed the trigger and the life went out of those brown, innocent eyes.Later I went to where Johnny was waiting. The kid. She told him how happy he made her, and how excited his touches made her feel. ‘It’s always like that first time you put your hand on my ass when you were helping me out of the boxcar.’ ‘I didn’t touch your ass,’ he said for what he knew to be the fiftieth time. ‘Yes, you did, but I must correct something you said earlier tonight. We have not been ‘together’ since January 2000. We didn’t have our first date until Valentine’s Day, and you claim our second date was Amanda’s second birthday. Our. As opposed to confronting her head on about her nightmares, I was going to have to facilitate a subtler tactic, and the only thing that was going to work was love, pure, unadulterated love. And once I realized this, I knew that I was going to have to swallow my own pride and try and find a way to apologize. ~~~~~~ I spent the rest of that day at the office, alone, and set into motion, the process of getting everything ready to go. The ‘Strong-Arm’ wheel chair was going to be a success, and I.