”Jake paused, unsure of what he should say, but eventually answered with, “Danny, you know that I would do anything for you, I always have done, a...d I always will do, but...”.“But what Jake? Come on, please I’m begging you!” Danny interrupted panicking.“BUT!” Jake repeated louder, “I don’t know if I can lie to your parents about this, this is a serious thing Danny”.“I know but I really don’t want anybody to hear about this”.“About what?” Jake questioned with growing concern.“About any of this!”. Ethan shouted to Ludwig:"Ludwig! Grab a first aid kit, and come up front! Face injury! Try and stay on the tire tracks!"Ludwig nodded affirmatively and disappeared in the back of the Rover. Ethan grabbed the blind man from one arm and told him nothing. He simply squeezed him gently and felt the man's blood pumping like a flooded river.Once Ludwig arrived he shot a quick glance at the blown up vehicle, and quickly turned to say something to Ethan who shook his head in denial:"Not a chance, mate.. I decided to push a little bit further on. I didn’t have much idea of what had happened, she’d never told me exactly. ‘Why did it end, Jo,’ I said. She controlled herself a bit as she thought about my question. Then she looked at me, calm now, and said, ‘It was several things really. After I continued to go out with him he began to treat me strangely. He was hard, nasty sometimes when we made love. He seemed to think that as I knew he was married he had a licence to treat me differently. I was. He has too many contacts; too many fingers in too many pies.''He can't get away from me Fliss, he may be able to escape the law, but I can assure you he won't escape justice!' There was a quiet certainty to Jon's words that sent a shiver down Fliss' spine. Suddenly she was glad she wasn't in her stepfather's place.'I know it's not the sort of thing one should ask a lady, Fliss, but how old are you?''I'm nineteen.''Good, we aren't going to have any worries about custody of minors, or problems.