.”He cut her off. “No, Bernstein, YOU said, and you were wrong! By the way, how’s that restraining order working out for you?”“Restraining o...der? What restraining order?”Haldeman laughed. “Ah, so you haven’t been served yet. Well, I guess you’ll learn all about it soon enough if you show up at Widener’s cabin to poke your nose into that kid’s life again. Yeah, I know about you sneaking into the home. Consider your movements under close scrutiny from now on, Bernstein.”Just after dark, Eric. But to find out everything was gone and we had no say in the matter and didn't even realize it was going to happen until it was over and done with – that was too much. I felt like I'd been an ant, toiling away, doing my ant thing, happy with my life and my production only to find I'd been in an ant farm all along and the kid who owned it wasn't happy with things and decided to shake it up, destroying everything I'd worked for with the rest of my hive. I could control my destiny up to a point. As Hal and I were leaving, I saw Uncle Jake scoot over to the dark haired kid and strike up a conversation with him. I figured that maybe I wouldn't be going back to our room after all, and wondered if Hal would mind if I slept in his room.So, I'm in Hal's room. He's in the shower, and I'm sitting on the foot of the bed, watching another porno on closed circuit television. ( Christ, is that all they had in those days?? )It's black and white, and grainy, but I can see that it's a Caballero video. I want to get him for what he's done to you. And I don't think you should be sneaking off to meet him whenever he calls." Oh, now you sound like a meanie, Daddy!" Look in the mirror, baby, the bruises he left are still visible. He's not the kind of guy you should be hanging with." And you are?" I'm a lot better than he is for you, although you should try having sex with someone in your own age bracket."I have. They're so juvenile." Maybe a year or two older, than," I said softly."I'll give it.