" I nodded and then let the " gentleman" take me to the can. When I got back we settled down to business.Mr. Johnson asked, "Did you tell the police a...ything?" I only spoke to that detective that brought you in here." What did you tell him?" He wanted to talk about this morning. I said "three things: One, I want my parents, two, I'm hungry and thirsty, three, I need to use the bathroom." He said he'd let me eat and use the bathroom AFTER we talked. So I replied "Three things: one, I am a minor. Sofia is dead, and Ternias cannot hope to claim my faction.” “You really think Ternias trusted everything to the unsure fingers of a noblewoman?” Verto asked, “She was the bait. You were supposed to be dead fifteen minutes ago. I had to kill five assassins just to get into this room. Your guards are all dead, and the manor is surrounded. If you open that door, you’ll die. If you look out that window, you’ll die. They’re waiting for Sofia to leave the house, and if she doesn’t, they are going to. As the door opened, his suspicion escalated to confused anger. Bethany. He moved to shut the door in her face, but she stopped him with her hand on the door. ‘Wait, please?’ she begged. Crap. ‘What do you want?’ he asked, exasperated. ‘May I come in?’ she asked. He thought about it. He could just say no. It would probably be the smart choice, the easy choice. But Korey knew taking the easy way out always had consequences. He was sure she was here for a damn good reason. He moved out of the. There were several others heliked. He heard all the jokes about him from the boys in his class and heknew they had a point. He was about a foot smaller than most other boyshis age. Jesse knew he looked more like he was twelve than fourteen. Or,he looked about right for a fourteen year old girl. The girls in hisclass were about his high, but some were a little taller. That's why hecould not even fight off his sisters' friend Amy. She was huge and playedhockey with the boys and was an equal for.