Dad insisted on staying a few days, and that was fine with me. We hadn"t seen each other, physically, in quite a while, and it was good to have him nearby. I was also still smarting from my neglecting to have him protected by the Watchers, and it was causing some serious separation anxiety. Dad told us Vokkel"s men showed up just a few short hours after he and I had last talked, which meant Vokkel had to have been planning things for a while.
Billy was sullen and generally in a bad mood for the first few days following the fight. I couldn"t blame her, but it was starting to annoy me. After all, Justine and my dad bounced back happily, she needed to do the same. I decided I should tell her just that, and convinced her to take a walk with me. We headed up to Lafayette Park and sat on a benc
