“Crap,” Jan said. “He talked her into it.”Jan rolled down her window and looked at Kate with exasperation. Jake gave Troy a sudden urge to use...the bathroom. He excused himself and hurried back into the restaurant. A moment later so did Marie.“They’ll be in there until I let them come back out,” Jake said.“Get in here and talk to us,” Jan told Kate. When Kate looked hesitant Jan said, “Sit. It’s too hot to talk outside. Besides, if Jake wanted to force you to do something, you couldn’t stop. I told my parents that I would do anything I could to help them, but little did I imagine what they would come up with.It was a Friday night and I was getting ready to go out and hang out with my friends when my dad popped into my room."John, have you got a minute, your mom and I need to speak with you, it's very important." My dad said.I followed my dad down the hall to the master bedroom. Audrey was sitting on the edge of the bed looking very nervous. Dad motioned for me to sit in the chair. He abruptly sat his folder on the desk and leaned forward and said, “I am really going to miss so much here.” As I sat there with my legs crossed about a foot in front of him, I said “Well, you made some great friends and business relationships here.” He then says, “But I will never in a million years find a person quite like you who took care of so much for me in ways you can’t possibly imagine.” I told him, “You hired me to do that and paid me nicely for it.” He said, “Fair enough, but where. ‘Haha, yeah I remember that time I nearly died running on your porch and the plank came loose,’ Ben joked. ‘D’you want to get a hot chocolate sometime, and catch up more?’ ‘That’d be awesome! Got time this Saturday?’ ————————————— Ben laid down in his bed and put his arms behind his head. He was thinking about those sweet high school years that he’d been together with Carol and a few others, although Carol was the only girl in their group. She had seemed more like a guy then, catching on to all.