There’s only one way to make all this stop and that’s to figure out what’s going on.”“But...” Tears glistened in her eyes. In a soft voice..., she said, “You could have been killed, Hunter. All because of me.”Taking her hand, I backed up and sat in the armchair, drawing her onto my lap. “This is not your fault. This is their fault. They are responsible for your father’s death. They are responsible for shooting me. They are responsible, not you.”Callie melted against me, her head finding my. ’ ‘Well I am your boss,’ he said, grabbing her and swinging her around. Just then the doorbell rang and she ran- like a child- to answer it. ‘Mr. Languest requests your presence tonight for dinner.’ She looked annoyed at the butler that had been sent to tell her this news. ‘Tell Jack that if he wants me to come to dinner he’ll have to ask me himself.’ ‘Yes, ma’am.’ ‘Johnson, call me Lo,’ she said, smiling at the man then waving goodbye as he climbed back into the car. She turned around to see. We have decided that the only course of action is to tell your father, the reason for this is that you broke multiple school rules. First skipping class, second being out of your class with consent, third going to a restricted area, fourth, masturbating. I couldnt contain myself, if they told my father all this I was good as dead, with a small tear in my eye I begged please dont tell my Daddy principal, you dont know how much trouble I would get in, please sir I will never do this again I was. On the sofa, at right angles to the loveseat and facing the TV on the distant wall, I sat closest to Dominic, while Susan sat at the other end. Chad squirmed between us. The TV was off and the gas fireplace was on. A single speaker produced bluegrass music. Dominic held up an iPad and said, “If you’re up for it, I thought we might play some Truth or Dare/Double Dare, get to know each other better. Sound OK?” Why not? I agreed and Chad shrugged an acknowledgement. “This iPad has an app we like.