I kicked her off and fought her best I could. I thought she’d given up but then my Isaiah was home yet again. In their exchange of words I learned t...at he’d gone to kill Dusk… her lover. He somehow convinced her to leave. I’ll never understand if it was her intentions all along, to threaten us then leave, only to return again with a vengeance. Isaiah had become obsessed with training our boy and I didn’t mind: he needed to know how to protect himself. Soon we forgot about the council, Dusk,. He was almost at the bottom of the ladder when something quite heavy glanced off of his shoulder. He spun and ducked just in time to miss a wine bottle that whizzed by his face. Eddie had managed to untie himself and launched an attack on David, perhaps in a bid for freedom.David was surprised by the sudden attack, and was at a momentary disadvantage, but it took almost no time for his combat experience to kick in. Eddie was attacking based on fear, but had no experience. David had combat. Kistappa passed me looking at me in darkness. I could see his faint silhouette. He then went to the other room where my mom was sleeping and closed the door behind him. This gave me the opportunity to witness what transpire thereafter.When I reached the door I could see kistappa cleaning him with towel. At the same time my mom opened her eyes and was looking at him. I could not see what he did because he is facing his back to me but my mom gave a faint smile at him. Within minutes he dressed up. It's me.She can smell me. Holy shit! Move fast!I scan the top of her nightstand by the light from the window. I quicklyassure myself that it's not there. This is a disaster. I check thedrawer. The drawer protests just slightly as I open it and gives off theslightest tweet. I don't even bother checking that Mom's still asleep. IfI'm caught I'm caught. Otherwise, I need to be quick and not nervous.It's hard to see much in the drawers but I can tell that it's mostlybottles. I move them around.