As the sun rose I stumbled to the window of my room and opened it full to let the cold air in to shock my system awake. The chilled air rushed in and...my skin broke out in a rash of goosebumps. I shivered uncontrollably for a few minutes before closing it. I then jumped in to a hot shower and found my excitement levels rising in expectation of meeting Stacey. Just thinking about her was causing my body to react in wonderful ways.I got to the mall around eleven a.m. and went to the agreed. Yes, he even started thinking ofhis dad by his first name. Amid the insults and the terrible thingsElizabeth would say to him, how he wished Ben would be there to sweep himoff his feet like a knight in a shining armor.Brian knew that it was wishful thinking. His dad was deeply in love withthe gentle and caring version of Elizabeth, which made Brian pondered atthe ease of how his stepmother altered her personality. There was no hintof her authoritarian sneers and taunts when his dad was around.. Because of the way she had to sit on the hillside, she couldn’t reach all the way down his other leg, but she was reasonably sure that his only severe injuries were the head wound and the broken leg. But ... why didn’t he awaken?She kept calling his name, even gently slapped his face, as she continued holding pressure on the wound, but he still didn’t respond.When the blood had slowed to just seepage, she gently moved her top out of the way and immediately had to fight back tears as she got a. She'll be having doubts of her own." That's probably true. It's just hard to deal with the fears at times."Giving him advice was not as tough as I feared. But I noticed he was carefully avoiding something.And if it was what I thought it was, he was very smart to do so.His treatment of Julia.I toyed with leaving it be. I know the circumstances that led to Julia's situation. Still, giving a guy a license to torment and abuse a girl goes against everything I thought Jacob and I fought for. "Karl,.