Chapter 17

In self-defence, Kylie is showing us a new move after she wants us to practice the groin kick again.

‘When the perpetrator bends down, we are going to strike his face like this.’ Kylie pretends to kick her assistant in the groin, who then hunches over, pretending to hold her injured groin. Kylie grabs her assistant’s head while she is hunched over, and in slow motion, raises her knee to her assistant’s face.

We clap and practice with each other. It’s another fun session. It has been helping Hailey and I with our self-confidence. Mason and Nolan drop Hailey home and take me back home to Ace.

Arriving home, I clap my hands to try and turn the lights in the entrance on, but as usual they never work for me. I walk through the dark entrance. Everything is turned off downstairs. Ace must be upstairs in his office? Or maybe he is watching TV in bed?

Thirsty, I walk to the dark kitchen to the fridge and attempt to activate the water, filling my cup with ice instead. I sigh in frustration. An