Immediately, he was on dead alert, and crept onto the windowsill, his vampire eyes piercing the darkness within. A candle illuminated golden eyes, and...he recognized the intruder as a small wolf, probably one from the pack that howled out along the moors not too far away. Carefully, stealthily, he crept toward the wolf, making an effort to try and not wake the sleeping Elysia. The wolf growled, but Ewan persisted, eyes looking into eyes. Perhaps the wolf felt some sort of kinship to Ewan’s. And remember what Granddaddy said to me when we started talking about this, if I wanted to be treated as a grownup, I had to act as a grownup. So that is what I am trying to do.”“As for Pam, Sandy made it plain to me, in no uncertain terms, her Mom would not put up with the things we three were doing if I didn’t stand up to her. Pam is used to being in command as she helps run her Family’s Trust, plus she is a parent and just a force of nature not unlike Gramma as she is a Gramma herself. Mom. "Shit." I thought, I had to find a way out of this. I didn't know how long I could take banging fat, old ladies for my rent. What the hell, I guess it wasn't so bad I couldn't take it one more time.The next night, I was startled from my sleep once more. The clock read 12:40 as I fumbled for the receiver knowing who was on the other end."Yeah?" It's show-time, honey, are you awake." Yeah, go ahead." 239, she'll be waiting for you in the bedroom, don't make her wait." Yeah, OK."I hung up the. If someone like Littleton takes the case, they won’t settle before trying to depose everyone and it’s going to be tough to hide that, even if the girls close ranks as they’ve promised. I can’t allow them to lie, because that would make the problem far worse.”“Jamie didn’t know all of this?”“No, but the mess wasn’t really caused by that; well, I suppose it depends on how you look at it. The real mess is not stuff I did. It’s just my relationship with the girls at work means someone like Mikela.