There on the step sat Kate. She put on a big smile as I drove past into the garage. ‘Hi honey, I thought I’d stop by, and see how you were doing. ... called the office, but they said you had left early. I hope you’re not coming down with something,’ she said. ‘Nope, I’m healthy as a horse. You being here is good timing though, it will save me one thing to do before I get out of here tomorrow,’ I said. ‘Get out of here, where are you going? I was hoping we might try talking again this weekend,’. As I was dragged from the small room I heard her say I could make the call in the morning…if I still wanted to. I wasn’t sure I heard the last part due to Jethro’s booming laugh. We went through a creaky metal door and started to descend down a dark staircase. The musky air told me that this part of the building was rarely used. There was one deserted cell at the end of the hallway and I was shoved in. My hands were still cuffed as Jethro backed me up until my back was against the rusty iron. The digital clock on the bedroom wall showed 10:30 and I quickly put on a pair of jogging bottoms and a t-shirt, guessing that Helen had come to look at my fireplace.The weather was pleasantly warm for the time of year and when I answered the door, I saw Helen in a short, pale yellow summer dress. “I hope you don’t mind,” she said, “but David’s taken the kids to the park for a couple of hours and I have a work’s conference call in eighty minutes or so. Would it be —““Of course, come in.”I. We teach them to be self-reliant.”“I can’t imagine Carter ever doing something like this, even when he is a teen,” Karl said.“He will,” I stated. “If someone like me can learn it Carter certainly will.”“Teach the boys and then trust them to handle it,” Justin said. “That’s the Scouting way.”“Hey Dad!” All of us looked to see which dad was being summoned. I knew from the way the boy’s voice broke from low pitched to high pitched mid-yell, I knew that it couldn’t be my boys. It turned out to be.