I didn't mean to eavesdrop on Kyl, but when I overheard his conversation over the phone, I was stunned.

The day started with silence the unnatural kind. I lay sprawled on the bed in my room while Kyl was in his study, he had come in to tell me he had some work to do in the home office, I nodded without giving him a glance.

It was noon, and as I listened to the chirping of the beds on my window, my mind drifted to the conversation I had with Kyl, he had promised to let me go, but not just ...