"We'll keep the clothes in our rooms, but you can come and get them anytime you want," Ellen said, ignoring her younger sister's rolled eyes."Obviousl... we won't tell mum about this, or Greg, and definitely notdad. Well- unless you want us to, anyway." Ah- umm..." Matthew mumbled. If he wanted to tell his brother and hismother about 'Natalie', it had suddenly become a lot easier to do so.Three against two was a much less daunting prospect than one againstfour, but if it went badly, the price. Only the metal grieves that covered his forearm kept the blow from sending him to Valhalla’s gates. A second and third strike were turned away before the armor split and bit in to Folkvar’s skin but at that strike his hand found his attackers wrist and crushed it in his powerful grip. The sword fell and Folkvar sent a rising knee into the redhead’s solar-plexus, sending him to his back. It took only a moment to retrieve the sword and drive it in to his enemy’s throat before twisting it to. ”They went out to their car.Angela turned to Duncan. “I texted Lynette and called the school to release her in ... um ... in fifty minutes from now. I have some clothes packed. I’ll drop off the bag with her and send her to Tom.”“Good. Hope the cops don’t follow you...” He broke off when there was a knock at the door.The second officer had returned. “Dispatch wants us to leave but you have to call this number when your son returns.” He handed Duncan a card. “Be sure you do, there are legal. The book was virtually a coaching for dummies manual. I asked Kim to call all of the new girls and the other members and have a meeting at my house next week. I also had her ask for the moms and or dads to come if they could. It was going to be quite a crowd so I planned to hold the meeting in my back yard. Oh, before I forget there's one thing I neglected to mention here is that we have an in-ground pool and hot tub installed courtesy of the trucking company's settlement. I also had Kim.