Michal flinched, I always disappoint him. Let me try and fix this. You’re right Dad. I didn’t mean it that way. I just wanted to know if you met t...em?’ he asked earnestly ‘No, I read their files and honestly son. I am grateful that I am able to take care of us. Their stories are so….’ Shaun stopped. How could he explain this to his son. He’d never had to suffer for anything, and he wouldn’t understand. ‘It’s just for six months, right dad?’ Michal asked. He loved his father and didn’t want to. Jim had discovered the formula for thermite in a chemistry book in the library so naturally we made a shitload of it and we messed around with it after school for weeks. It was incredible what it could burn up and believe you me, we burnt up a ton of shit with it. However, I need to explain why and what Jim did. He had won the right to play on the varsity basketball team, but the damn coach wouldn't let him play on the varsity team because he didn't have the seventy dollars it took to purchase. I suppose he meant that I wasn’t being overly enthusiastic about being around them, but I wasn’t sure.“Well, I mean you’ll likely want to spend some time with your daughter, right?” he said.Don’t argue, don’t argue, don’t argue I kept repeating to myself in my mind.“Whatever is good for you,” I said, “and her.” He was nodding, but he still clearly thought I was being, how did he say it, oh yeah, a little off.“Julian, really, you need to work on developing a relationship with your daughter. I. He was on the short side, and weighed maybe a hundred and fifty pounds. No one would have ever figured him as a killer. ‘Look people, I’m not here to hurt anyone else unless I don’t have a choice. I am the ‘Halloween Killer’, and I’m going to give Detective Burns my story. Whoever wants to leave, you may. For those that stay, you will hear first hand about all the murders, and why they happened. For those who want to leave, go one at a time out the back fire escape,’ Dexter said, facing the.