as rachel got up from the couch and walked past her parents and headed for the stairs , her dad said , '' get back here . '' rachel slowly walked near him . '' come here , he said , '' closer , '' '' were you smoking ? '' '' no ! '' rachel said . '' you smell like an ashtray , do you smell that ? '' rachel 's dad said . '' rachel , tell us the truth , were you
smoking

you 're right , that was n't very nice of me , was it ? '' he said , winking at jared , who looked away , trying not to smile . jared cleared his throat , getting back to business . '' i 'm told we could have some legions to worry about . '' eli looked up for a moment and then back to
jared

the boy coughed and grabbed kosai 's hands . he kicked and squirmed , and then kosai released . '' we heard a rumor that you are going to destroy the school , '' the boy croaked quickly . his blonde hair had been combed off to one side and was now ruffled . gasping for air , he stared back at
kosai