The outside man was staring right at her, his mouth open and eyes wide.Caught off guard, Kat lunged right to clear the tail of the mule and whipped th... knife in her right hand at the man. It struck him at the base of his throat but it only sank about half-way in. It had to have hit the top of his breast bone and stalled, she thought, her mind racing as her left hand prepared to launch the second knife. The wounded man tried to call a warning to his partner but what actually came out was a. "You won't believe this. Apparently, she's found herself a boyfriend, and it isn't your brother. It's a guy from school." Oh, wow," was the only reply I could muster. To myself, I said, Seamus dragged his feet for way too long, and now he's blown it."Maybe you should check in with Seamus," advised my wife. I nodded in agreement, and gave him a call."Yeah, I know about it," my brother said nonchalantly. "Lisette told me yesterday. She's nuts about the dude. I'm happy for her."That kind of reply. As Craig and the girls started jumping and playing in the Olympic sized pool Hailey wandered round taking in the full extent of the property. The fridge had been stocked with beer and even prosecco, Hailey's favourite, as well as juice for the kids, and what seemed to be enough food to feed them for a month. Unpacking the clothes for all of them Hailey grabbed her swimming costume and wriggled into it before joining in the family fun. ***** For Hailey the holiday was pretty much perfect as she. For every D, she would get whacked on the bottom ones. And for F grades, she would get whacked on the bottom twice. Her step dad had never touched her for the bad grades, yet April clearly understood that she deserved those. It was only his generosity that had spared her the corporal punishment. So, April had to pay attention to class and surrender her eraser. She would have to do a lot of crossing out mistakes in her notes instead of erasing. Emma realized that April had left the power.