''Mark!'' Mrs. Lawson went and called her husband soon after Jude hurried out of the house. Mr. Mark Lawson was busy engaging Agnes in unwarranted conversation. ''What?'' he turned around abruptly and asked his wife. ''Our son is in trouble. Do you know that?'' Mrs. Lawson asked. Mr. Mark Lawson chuckled. ''He can handle anything. Let him be. He is a man, after all...'' he replied to his wife. ''You said?'' Mrs. Lawson asked. ''That he is a man after all...'' Mr. Lawson replied defiantly, while he concentrated on playing with his grandson, Jake, who was now on Agnes' lap. There was silence. Mr. Mark Lawson had his back against his wife, so he didn't know that she was upset and was walking towards him angrily. However, Agnes saw her. Agnes' eyes widened, the more Mrs. L

