“Dad, there was purpose.”
“To scare a child?”
“She thought she was following me into the middle of the lake, into the darkness, in the hopes she was going to see a grown man’s penis.” Now he had both of his parent’s undivided attention, “we simply showed her how she is still a child and there are still monsters in the dark. We didn’t hurt her. He growled a bit and then he put the fur from his hat on her neck and hand. I swear Dad, there was nothing more to it. She’s Briar’s cousin’s little girl and she’s twelve going on twenty. She’s feeling caught between her parents’ ongoing saga and drama. She is longing for affection and she’s looking in the wrong places. I asked Barrett to scare her a bit.”
“And who drew her to the lake?”
“I might have faked being on a call when I knew she was eav
