”Katrina pouted slightly and Cassandra raised an eyebrow in curiosity. I nodded at their chairs again. “Go, sit.”They both sat down. I knew they...would ask questions later, but for now, I had too much on my mind. I looked at Lady Brighid. “If the Lady of the House would permit, I have something I hope to discuss with you in private.”She blinked at my sudden formality. Jaime’s eyebrows rose and she looked at Lady Brighid. Tony watched with the same curiosity.I held out my hand to Lady Brighid and. I'm sitting on the front step of the school when the bus arrives and people flood off and into the building. No one bumps me; by now everyone knows that's an easy way ta get hit. Lisa gets off the bus and for some reason I remember the day my great grandfather died. The air suddenly has the same sick dread; the conversations around me seem to have the same muted tone. She tries to walk past me like she doesn't see me but I grab her arm - the good one, the one not in a sling - and stare at her. He and Marcus and Davis are going to hide you somewhere for a while." Connor's coming for me?" I asked, managing to feel hopeful, thanks to Chadwick."Yes, they're getting on a plane. We'll meet them at the airport and get you somewhere safe." Her voice was gentle, coaxing. Something was nagging at me as she spoke, trying to break into the bubble of calm that had enveloped my mind."What about my father, Morgan?" I asked her, the calm giving way to the panic again. "She's coming for him!" I. "Daniel, all I can tell you for certain is that your father loved you more deeply than anyone else," his mother said.It was a fair and honest answer to a painful question. Daniel understood that she couldn't read his father's mind, but also felt her uncertainty. “Thanks, mom. I'm tired now and want to go to bed,” he softly replied. He kissed her, and she watched as he slowly walked up the stairs, so many questions yet unanswered.Daniel never went to Peter's house. He had three younger sisters,.