Oh no, it was him, talking to me, I turned expecting him to be on the side of the pool, but he was in the water, what was he doing. “Don’t look so... shocked, its my day off, I just called in to pick up a few things and decided to have a swim”. Wow he looked better up close. I must have looked pathetic treading water with my mouth wide open, I just smiled, what I hoped was a sexy smile and started to swim away, frantically looking for my son, hoping we could just make a run for it, but he was. "I should have pushed this appointmentback a bit when I found out she was going to the doctor this morning." That's not a problem," Julia said with a smile. "It's going to be aslow day today. I have plenty of time for my number one client."I laughed lightly. I wasn't sure I believed her, but the sentiment wasappreciated."This is Chloe," I said while turning toward Emily. "I think you met hera couple of weeks ago when you came by the house?" Oh, yes," Julia said warmly, but I still got the. "It wasDaddy."Sarah's eyes widened in horror. "What....what did he do to you? And why?Even if you did do something stupid, that is no excuse for what I thinkhe might have done to you." She pulled out her phone. "Give me the OK andI'll call the police. But before I call them...what did he do? Was itviolence or sexual abuse?" She was horrified at what she thought couldhave happened to her best friend.I shook my head quietly. "I...I love you Sarah, but I'm not ready to talkabout it...please, just. I think we can get everyone, though I’m not sure about Beth’s class schedule. Are you free?”“All afternoon. I try not to have meetings booked after 1:00pm on Fridays. That lets me catch up with stuff I didn’t get to earlier in the week.”“OK. I’ll have Kimmy set it up.”I went to Kimmy’s office that she shared with Chris Gibson and explained what I needed. She promised to set it up right away. I went back to my desk and twenty minutes later, Kimmy was there with everything arranged.“How?” I.
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