’ That got a small smile out of him. ‘Aren’t we late for a meeting?’ He drew his brows together. ‘Grace honey, you should go home. You�...ve been through a traumatic experience.’ I shook my head. ‘It takes a lot more than that to put me down. Besides, that would be letting him see that he got to me. The best thing I can do is keep going.’ He looked into my eyes, searching. ‘Are you sure?’ I nodded my head firmly. ‘Yes, so if you’d be kind enough to help me carry these drawings down the. Not much faster than we are traveling by horse. The problem is, the canals here in Pennsylvania run every which way. It'd probably take a lot more time to go by boat than it would to go by horse." Well," Cassie sighed, "It was just a thought. I certainly don't want to delay us. I'm missing Sam and Delia pretty bad." We all are, hon. I'd say we have nine or ten more days to Boston, then at least we'll be heading toward them instead of away."We did find an ordinary where we could spend the night.. " No lies here, Susan. How are you going to protect her when you can't even stop this?" He took her arm again, turning her back toward the other room.There in the other room, she saw herself again as a young girl, on her knees, doing ... she turned away."No," he said. "No more turning away, it's not going to go away because you ignore it. You have to stop it." He turned her back to face what was happening. The girl was struggling; her father, now aroused to the point he was gripping her head. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?" I wanted to apologize for yesterday. What I said was completely out of line, and I'm sorry."Wow. I hadn't been expecting this. "Apology accepted. There were a few things I said then I wouldn't mind taking back," I replied after a short pause."Can we start over?" I don't think that would be a good idea." Why not?" Anya, we are who we are. I don't think we'd get along in the long run." Is it because you think I'm a manipulative little bitch? Or that.