Page 16 (1/2)

Thankfully the judge had been co child doing the da her of Granted the next five judges had a hard tiain they didn’t have any real evidence against her, which really was a blessing since the public defenders she kept getting stuck with didn’t really see Even she had to ad, "ohthe trial

She’d learned quickly not to expect h she really wished they’d been able to get her out on bail, not that her parents would have forked over the money

Unfortunately for her she seemed to fit in less at juvenile hall than she had at school, which really shouldn’t have surprised anyone Short, sirls who liked to entertain the, "Beat the crap out of the nerd"

Thankfully she’d learned during her second stay at Juvie that she fit quite nicely behind one of the bookcases in the s since herthat she would agree with Chris was that she was pretty fast, but then again anyone who had to run away fro Bertha would have to be

"You’re not really buying any of this are you?" Chris asked, breaking into her thoughts with a heavy se her wonder what she’d h to ask hio if I said yes?" she asked, trying not to sound too hopeful

His eyes narrowed on her as he let out, in her opinion, an adorable little growl that would probably scare the hell out of et the hell out of here before she did soo talk out in the hall?" Ephrai for Chris to follow him out into the hall

With one last look of annoyance in her direction, Chris stood up and reluctantly followed his "father" out of the rooolden back muscles that she couldn’t seem to take her eyes off of Thankfully the sound of the door closing caught her attention

Her eyebrows shot up in disbelief as she looked around the e to sit here and wait for them? She inwardly snorted at that as she crawled over the arh they were on the first floor it was a bit of a drop to the ground from theThey probably had a deep basement, she decided as she carefully raised the screen as she kept an eye on the door

By the tiht with a s little s," Chris said as soon as the door shut behind hiainst the banister "No, it’s not"

"She doesn’t believe a word that I’otten to the fked up stuff yet," Chris said, feeling exhausted "If I go back in there and tell her the rest she’s going to resist"

"I could show her what I really am," Ephraim offered

Chris considered the offer for all about twenty seconds before he shook his head "I don’t want her afraid of you or Madison" Anyone else and he would have been on board with that gaht up to speed quickly so she could take her place by his side in protecting his fa to have to find out about us," his father pointed out

"I know," Chris sighed, rubbing the back of his neck, "but I’d rather she know that you and Madison play on our tea is for her to meet the enemy first"

"She already has," Ephrai with amusement