"So how did it go?" I mumbled, facing away from him. "Still own that guitar?" They still have it. I'll tell you about it in the morning, okay?" I real...y didn't want to hear about it at all.Things were better the next week, and I thought the worst was behind us. We talked about it and he agreed with me that if he was really going to do this for a living, he had to play in small games until he got out of whatever rut he was in. He took a few days off, then started driving about an hour each way. Emma laughed.“No, not really. I told him I was having period cramps. Girls can get away with murder using that line,” Emma said.Jess nodded on the other side of her“She’s right, you know. It’s a very powerful card to play.”A few more students made their way through and the ceremony was over. We exited together out the back.Emma grabbed my arm to stop me just outside the auditorium door. People were exiting all around us.“Aaron, point the phone at me,” Emma said. I did as she took a few steps. ‘Call me Telemon, Tre. This is an informal meeting. All of our meetings this week will be informal if I can help it.’ I nodded to him and started again. ‘Telemon, how did you know that I would be able to contact Arianna? Is it that well known in the Order about us?’ ‘No, Tre, it is not.’ Telemon shook his head. ‘When I heard about Arianna being freed I began to watch her from a distance. I was trying to see if I could get a hint about who had freed her. The only constant contact that she had. Saunders saw that I was avoiding mentioning Tommy's involvement. 'If you are feeling any loyalty towards my son-in-law--don't. I'm trying to bust his ass and get him away from my daughter and this may be the way I can do it.'"I then told Mr. Saunders that Tommy was blackmailing me for sex or he would make sure I was fired. I may be ambitious, but there is no way I would get into bed with Tommy unless I was being blackmailed."Mr. Saunders realized this and asked if I would be willing to continue.