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“Your wife did a beautiful job decorating this place,” I say, ner?”

The older rins

“Actually, I’m divorced from Kenneth’s ot divorced a while ago actually But Ken was already in high school then, so hopefully it didn’t affect him too much”

I stare at thispersonal information with me too? Do we both have a case of verbal diarrhea?

“Oh, I think Kenneth’s turned out well,” I say with a sh school, albeit not well, but I never noticed anything wrong with him”

The handsoain at me

“Really? That doesn’t sound like the Kenneth I know My son has always been … interesting, shall we say?”

I stare up at this reyish-silver sofa What do I say? Do I tell hi unspeakable fro my mom remain in her apart for an escape?

But nothing co to say Ken hasn’t really made me an offer yet There have been dirty hints that make me shudder, and his coerie” exist But if confronted, Kenneth could deny it all He could say I was a liar, and then it would just be a “he said, she said” scenario

Besides, I don’t know Xavier Carlton He’sfun of his son, but he probably loves Kenneth with all his heart and would be deeply hurt if I ative co I’ll just murmur a few bland platitudes, and then he’ll leave as his son appears

But what does Kenneth have planned? How is he going to seduce ht here, in the same apartment? Or is there a diabolical aspect to this all? For exa to take me into the basement and tie me up, all the while his dad remains unaware upstairs?

I force myself to calm down This isn’t a horror story, I say toto be kidnapped and then thrown into the dungeon of a castle like soirl You’re not even special enough to be kidnapped

As a result, I uilelessly at Mr Carlton again My breath catches when soins to race Does he knohat I’? If he has a sense of the kind of person his son is, does he realize that I’er at this very moment?

But Mr Carlton doesn’t say anything Instead, he et you a drink?”

I stammer