“They wouldn’t have hurt him”. I fixed two cups adding half a sugar into mine. “They knew you’d have done anything to make sure he stayed safe”.

“Doesn’t matter”. She whispered. “I did the worst thing and now he won’t talk to me”.

“Jake doesn’t know that you were involved”. I spoke.

“He will”. She sniffled. “Pete won’t be able to keep that from him. He’s already thinking the worst”.

“Everything will be fine. Jake with stew for a few days but ...