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Chris paced the room, wringing her hands, the nervous energy overwhelming her. She picked up the notebook and tried to focus on what was written there but her own emotions were making it hard to do so.

It doesn't make sense.

She thought at first, maybe it was the liquor or maybe drugs but he hadn't been that drunk and he hadn't been high either.

He had been off all night. It wasn't anything big, at least not till the end of the evening, but there had been something that she couldn't quite pinpoint. Something that had made her uncomfortable being with him. Something she had never felt before.

Maybe it's nothing. You did hit him, maybe that's what pissed him off...

No. Jack had never been angry enough to treat her like that. "You fucking bitch." Even when he thought she might have hurt Kim, he still hadn't laid a hand on her.

Chris looks down on the page, reading her father's notes on Rhalen. She was wary but she would have to talk to him again to find out if this was a compulsion.

I should have asked that sooner. I should be doing this now instead of hiding in my room...

A knock on the door interrupts her thoughts.

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"Chris...I'll tell you if you tell me."

"Really it was nothing," she says in a weak voice.

She's quite for a few moments and then with a sigh, explains. "We had a date and went up to his room. I wanted to cut the nigth short and there was a ... scuffle."

"A scuffle?" She didn't see any bruises, but maybe they were hidden...

"I hurt him."

"But you got away?"

"Yes."

She waits a moment before starting, "He was drinking a lot, I thought that he was just upset but the things he said...and he grabbed my arm hard to make me listen."

"What did he say?"

She looks down, "He said that he...he'd had a choice about the things he did for Ramon and that he was guilty of rape and when he was away he was...unfaithful to my mom." Even if she's sure these things aren't true, they still hurt.

"I'm sorry, Kim," Chris softly.

She gives her a tiny smile, "It's okay, Chris it...wasn't him."

She nods even though she's not sure Kim really thinks it's "ok".

"What did he tell you?"

"He didn't say that much. Just that it wasn't worse the hassle."

She looks down. "And people should get over him killing my father."

"I'm...that must have hurt, Chris. I'm sorry."

"I'm all right."

She looks at her, not sure if she believes that.

She looks down the hall and starts walking.

"So let's go see your father."