Elizabeth winced at the mention of the other night, and through gritted teeth said, ‘I would suggest you not bring up the other night.’ Chase knel... down behind her, ‘Why? It needs to be brought up. You and I both know you want to scream at me and you need to know why I left.’ ‘I don’t care why you left.’ ‘Well if that’s true, turn around and look at me. Tell me to my face that you don’t care, because you and I both know that you are lying to yourself.’ ‘Why are you here Chase? Are you here to. Also ... he put his hands on me.”It took most of the morning for the details to be relayed – each in excruciating detail, Genrico thought – but still no one had answered his biggest concern.“King Olaf kicked the man out of the capital,” he noted. “Why do you think he will care that we had to kill the bastard?”Jonathan offered a sheepish look to those around him.“I fear I was a bit harsh in the letter I sent to King Olaf – along with the man’s rotting body,” he admitted. “My words were heartfelt. I was holding her now. ?I?m so sorry Momma,? was all I could think of tosay. Her arms squeezed me in a bear hug as she cried.I glanced up and saw someone running toward the truck, we were closer tothe interchange than I thought.?Momma, it?s that girl.? I said, then thought about what I had just said.something about it just seemed right. I realized that we were bothsmiling over it, I certainly got a thrill out of say it.She released me and sat up wiping her eyes, then shifted into low andbegan. " How long have you known that we're joining the dueling club?" asked Imogen."Since before Christmas. When you told us about what was to happen at the end of term, I knew straight away that this called for a change in plans." Why didn't you tell us?" continued Imogen. "Why keep us in the dark?" Part of it was I just wanted to mull it over in my own mind for a while, to make sure I was doing the right thing. And it was fun, Imogen, knowing something about the future that you didn't." Harry sat.