Chapter Thirty-One

On Monday morning I followed Megan to work to make sure that Alex Redford had indeed left the territory and that the principal at the school was aware of his banishment. Megan didn’t acknowledge my presence and I felt uncomfortable as her colleagues leered at me. Most of them were human and I pretended not to notice them.

Back at home in the office Linda went through everything with me that needed to be done and we talked about Brenda and Cameron for a while. I was pleasantly pleased to learn that Linda had gotten Brenda to agree to really try to give Cameron a chance and not to reject him outright.

“Your father phoned twice while you were out saying that your cell is off, he wants you to call him back,” Linda said.

“Shit yeah it died, did he say what he wanted?” I asked her.

“As if I’m going to ask that man what he wants with you,” she said and laughed.

“Fair enough,” I said as I picked the landline up and dialed his number.

“This is Lucas,” he answered as Linda left the office.

“I’m