But, this doesn't mean that the same can be said for him. The only way to keep the spotlight away from us was--well--to keep himself away from us, mea...ning that he spent less and less time at home. Sure, we didn't have to deal with the consequences of having the world watching our every move, but I’ve always felt like I missed out on something growing up. Like why adopt three children if you wouldn’t even be there to raise them?But I can't complain, he tries his best. With the number of things. It struck a chord that hit way to close to what little he thought was left of his heart."Hey, if I had known it would only take one of these stupid headaches to get you to call me Nick, I would have done it a while ago," he tried to grin but it came out as more of a grimace.She spotted the pills that he had dropped and picked them up, opening the drawer a little farther and looking into a little private piece of the hero that not many people knew. She dropped the pills back into their bottle. Witch or no, she was still a girl and he expected her to scare away the game. But, she was also a hunter's daughter and had lived in these woods all her life. She walked more silently than Collis until she caught him watching her feet to see how she did it, at which point she remembered to step on a twig now and again so as to assuage his pride."You still have not said why you are out in the woods so late," said Collis. "It is more than passing strange." I am going to see my grandmother," said. Maybe one of the aunts Was getting busy with some guy? It was too much for me not to investigate. For years this had been a question and I couldn't pass up being the one who could answer if the aunts got fucked regularly or not. So creeping from my bed I opened my door and headed down the hallway to my aunts room. The old doors, with giant keyholes were my friend tonight as I slowly drifted to my knees and pressed my eye up against the hole. What I saw almost caused me to fall backwards but I.