Chapter 16 Phillipe knew Brigid was right. Once he started this particular conversation with Patrick there was no way to keep Patrick from raging at him. And he knew that any conversation he started with Patrick right now would become that particular conversation. So, his current course of action was to avoid Patrick completely. The meeting with the Tandells, some follow-up meetings with Remy, and his work schedule kept him fairly busy, and Patrick had been switched to days so their schedules rarely lined up. All this bought him a week or so to think things through. He had to make a choice, that much was obvious. Always his driving motivation had been to get away from his parents and the bad memories. Remy had finally backed his decision to never see his parents again and now he had his

