So he brazenly left Joe Smith and the others in place to check up on me while carefully staying clear himself, knowing the trap had to be for him.Ther... was a very long silence from Richard. "Shit," he said softly. "Jack, is he still in the area, do you know?" Did Spook know, he meant."Uncertain," I told him succinctly; Spook didn't, nor did I, but the local call told its own story. "I expect he is, though; I doubt his objective has changed." Me, Richard would know but any listeners. She rolled her eyes but otherwise ignored my antics.Beth was the rudest girl I've ever met she regularly farted whenever she liked in and out of class. She also never reacted to what I did and would do weird things like kissing me when giving me gum. Maybe she felt like this was bullying me or maybe my mom was right and she did love me but bullied me to show it.I ended up presenting my theories to her with a nervous expression."It's fun, you have a funny reaction and you're stupid plus your. "Ryan? Ryan are you OK?" She asked. I got up to open the door and put the ice pack down so she could see my eye."Oh my god! Ryan I'm sorry! I didn't mean to get you into this mess," She apologized.I shrugged. "Ah don't worry about it. That asshole was saying really nasty things about you. He deserves his bloody nose I gave him."She gasped. "You gave him a bloody nose? Oh wow! I would have loved to seen that!"Her eyes were filled with concern for me and she reached up to touch my swollen. William and Sharon had poured cups of coffee, and in a couple of more minutes Carl and Julia came down the stairs to join them. Julia's initial rendezvous had seen her laid by four different men, Bruce, William, Royce, and Luke. All had done their best to make sure she felt welcome, and accepted. She had gone so far, as to thank all of them for showing her that she was a desirable, and welcome, partner, and was appreciated by each of them. All but Bruce, her first, had requested that she allow.