One thing my father had taught me was to spend just a moment before blowing up."It is easy to give flippant advice when you know the answers and are n...t looking for them. If that is the best you can do, Dad, go find someone else to ... You are not helpful, you are not being nice, and I don't appreciate either."I could tell my response surprised my father and shocked my mother. The two FBI agents were, I'm sure, wishing they weren't in the room at that point.There was a pause in the conversation. "As she burrowed in to his neck, she felt the pleasant comfort return to her. Now sexually satisfied, she said, "I'm not sure either, but you excited me once again and I like it here." She raised on her elbow and said, "I know time is short, but I needed to feel what I just had. I'm going to clean up and then you can deliver me to wherever."After dressing and kissing, they went to the car. He programmed the directions to Angelina's into the GPS and he kissed her.Angelina greeted her warmly and. .. too bad his father was dead so couldn't be proud of him. Tristan knew he was being mean but he could only take so much. Heck he was only twenty-one. And how oold was Damon? Twenty-fucking-six. Damon wasn't this responsible five years ago was he? He had to grow up when his father died and take over the running of their empire. Who else was there to do that but him? He was an only c***d after all so he had no choice but to grow up right? So where does his own father get off expecting him to. So I sat there on the couch, pondering what had just happened, as I fell asleep on the couch.I awoke almost an hour later to a light kiss on my cheek. Opened my groggy, half-shut eyes, I saw Shannon leaning over me. She was smiling through the dried up tears and running mascara, and her hair was in complete disarray. "Thanks for trying to defend me like that, James. You don't know how much that means to me," she stated.I sat up on my elbows, expecting her to want to talk, but she pushed me back.