Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. Puzzle pieces suddenly begin to fall into place, a picture begins to form."got friends on the ...utside keeping a close eye on my little girl for me." long list, kids who got shown the door." Margrave" used to run off any kids that gave Jen a hard time" Jake Edwards" asked me for dates all the time" watches the girls"Donovan had friends, good friends who knew he wasn't ever getting out of prison. He asked them for a favor, and what greater. I've never seen anyone climb someone else to do that." He pinched my rump, HARD," she said, grinning. "I was just defending my honor."The pair began walking down the old street, toward the sound of the goblins. As they came to a corner, where the street proceeded ahead, but another street came in from the right side, they were nearly surprised by a small band of the filthy creatures.Six of them came charging out of the shadows of some pillars. Only three had clubs, but one managed to land a. Any small a****l they scared up was in serious trouble. But, this morning the three of them ran past the patio towards the West and disappeared past the corner of the house. There was no bark of warning so they weren’t checking out someone in the front of the house, so I had a pretty good idea of what was happening. The other two did as well.Mom looked in that direction, “Juli’s over here early.” We still couldn’t see her, but that was the accepted understanding of why the dogs were so eager. ” “No, what broke my heart was to discover that you had set me up from the beginning and that you were disappointed that I was still alive. I never did anything to displease you, ever, but you have earned all of this and I won’t back off from it, you have deserved all of it.” As he listened to me his face was streaked with tears. “Sonja, you are right, I have been scum and unfair to you. I know that I was wrong in the way that I behaved and I deserve all of this. My life has been ruined and I.