"Jón reached out and up to Modius' shoulder and said, "I will accept that. Have you eaten today?" The king has been generous." Perhaps he will be mor... so."When we got back to the forge, we started all over again but we had to hire a stable hand to take a cart to pick up our iron and charcoal. Wood was called for and this time many people were delivering to us until we had a very large pile. None of it was dry so it was difficult to get the heat we needed.After our meal we went back to work. The. Right away I knew: it had been Pete in the cabin that night after all. I’d been imagining things.So if it wasn’t that, then what?“I don’t know why I asked that, sorry. You said you did something wrong, so I just threw that out there.”“I’ve never cheated on anyone. You know that.”“No, I know. It’s just...”“What?”“This is going to sound really stupid now, and I believe you, really, but I need you to know why I just asked that.”“Okay.”“I was just wondering if it was really Pete with you that one. Then it starts pouring with rain and all I’m wearing is this thin tshirt and my jeans so I’m wet and cold and I’m hungry ‘cause Mum dragged me out of the house so quickly that I missed breakfast.Later I’m sitting in the car and my bum is hurting and my legs are hurting and my good jeans are wet and stink of horse and I’m wet and cold and shivering. And I huddle in front of that tiny little vent in the car which is the heater and I’m slowly recovering from being scared for my life and then Mum. I waited patiently for James to go to bed; I got my wish about three o'clock in the morning.James stood up from the computer and made his way to his room. I told him goodnight as he walked past me, he just waved his arm and continued down the hall. I waited a few minutes before gathering up the courage to walk down to his door. I stopped and put my ear against the cheap wooded face of the door a listened. I couldn't hear anything at first, but then there came soft almost inaudible moans. I knew.