"Aileen was all smiles. "Daddy can I make some phone calls? I want to tell my friends my long, lost daddy is home and is going to take me with him for...the summer. No one ever believed me when I said I had a lost father."Gail came out and sat down beside me. "Jesus Christ Tom, what are you, some kind of miracle worker? Aileen just went busting through the living room, grabbed Cindy and kissed her and hugged Steve. She has shown more affection in the last few minutes for them then I have ever. He tells me she earns thousands for every shoot." Cat seemed entranced. Peter nodded."He defended the rapper that got caught with a pile of drugs last year. Got him off too!" She patted his arm proprietarily. The doorbell rang and she got up to collect the food leaving Peter alone for a moment. We filed into the dining kitchen as Cat served the food. Once again I found myself sat next to a silent Samantha, with Peter sitting himself next to Cat's empty seat. We ate and the conversation. She turned around and walked out as quickly as she had come in. His heart sank. She couldn’t even look at him, let alone be in the same room as him. Jason looked down and noticed that there was a folded up piece of notebook paper stuck in between its pages. He tore it open.‘Meet me by the baseball diamond,’ it read.He couldn’t move quickly enough—he shoved his things into his backpack and bolted out of the classroom, down the hall and outside to the back. He didn’t see anyone on the field, but. He looked down at Miriam before looking up at the irate man standing before them. ‘This little bitch said you wouldn’t see anyone and I was merely putting her in her place. This is after all, my company,’ the man told William. ‘This is not your company anymore father and you will not threaten my employees,’ William growled. He placed a hand on Miriam’s shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze. ‘What do you want?’ he asked a moment later. ‘We need to talk son. Another campus for the damn Jews must.