She returned his look for a long time, then said "Let's go back to the house."It was already eleven o'clock and it was a school night. Skipping school...was, of course, not an option, but Chase did not think that she could sleep anyway. Leading Nick up to her room, she got him on the bed, leaning against the headboard, turned on the light, and rummaged in her closet. When she came back with a manila envelope in her hand, she got on the bed right beside him."No one else knows that these exist,". She was standing there in her blue scrubs holding a package and looking at me wide eyed. "This came to my house by mistake," she said. "Am I disturbing anything?"I tried to look her in the eyes. "Uh, no, not at all. I was just.. uhh.. relaxing." Mind if I come in for a second? Or are you going to leave me standing on the front porch?" I unlocked the screen door and let her in. "You know I saw everything, don't you, honey?" My heart sank and my cheeks flushed. This woman is the. Mom won't be home until after midnight so we might still have time."She pulled her head back to look into my eyes. "I'll be here. I'll always be here. I love you, Jake."My heart skipped a beat and my breath caught in my throat."I love you too." I finally managed, "I won't be long."Reluctantly I returned home to find out about my father. I was a bit relieved that Samantha had turned down my invitation. I hadn't thought it through and her presence would have made talking about everything. Almost no one knewabout it so I would be safe for at least a week. I didn't leave thesafe house at all, it had enough food for weeks, mainly instantnoodles, so it was like living on the dole.As much as I loved my car, it was a liability. It was customised to meand they would be looking for it. Every city has its questionableareas, like the Bronx. I just parked it in one such area and walkedaway, after I had taken out the weapons in there of course. Within aday, I' sure it was in several pieces.