We pulled into the packhouse, and Rain found a parking place while I summoned my courage to deal with things for a while. I walked slowly beside Rain towards the back, where rock music blared from speakers drowning out the voices around me. Trees lined the sides and back, giving plenty of blending space to hide if I needed to. She only said I had to come, not that I had to socialize. As I rounded the corner, I bumped into one person I didn't want to see, Cassie. "Hey, can we talk," she lowered her head in what looked to be embarrassment, a look she didn't carry often. "I'd rather not," I pushed past her. "He stopped when he realized it wasn't you," she said, stopping me in my tracks. "Rather, he stopped or not Cassie, I heard those moans," I said. "You know he would have known

