..' I stammered '...OK...what do you want now?...' Daniel answered '...see how easy that is. Come on let's get inside, think we need to get a shower a...d relax...' I thought to myself (great, now he wants to get in our shower and dirty it up. What if my folks come home and find him in the shower, how am I gonna explain that). Once we were inside, Daniel went straight to my room and started to undress, I stopped at the pantry and retrieved a wash cloth and towel for him and entered my room to see. My father, even though he had been a cop for a long time before taking his current job, was not the sort to push me to "be a man" or engage in random acts of machismo, but he seemed to be fixated on the matter of the night light.The next day, I did the bravest thing I'd ever done. Before going to bed, I unplugged the night light. That night, I slept fitfully, but never heard a sound. For a week, I listened to the darkness, but heard nothing but cicadas and traffic. After a month, I was sure. The first think I did was enjoy freedom - run around the house, watch TV, play computer games, take food without asking. And talk - I told them both ALL about my horrible experiences! They both laughed and hugged me and told me how sorry they were and how glad they were I was back, and how cute I looked in leotards.Because of the training I went through, I had become very obedient, and now it was like nature, and hard to get out of me. I'd do all kinds of things for Mom and Ashley without being. ‘You are going to be a white knight, aren’t you?’ ‘I’ve never been described that way before,’ Jake said, ‘but I’m not going to bother you any, if that’s what you mean. You’re young enough to be a daughter.’ He thought he saw a sigh of relief in her face. He didn’t blame her. He knew he looked scary sometimes. He had a shrapnel scar above his right eye and another scar across the side of his neck. ‘You said you left all your stuff at the club,’ Jake said. ‘Yes. The boss was nice enough to.