> Derek followed Julia outside. He was slightly shocked, but her outburst
and
> accusations also made him angry. "YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME,' he shouted
> in frustration. "ALL I want is for people I send in there to be prapered.
> FIFTEEN minutes of conversation is NOT preperation. WE are probably NOT
> talking about something as straight forward as an abusive teacher. I was
> paying attention to what Amber was saying, were YOU? How do you expection
> Kristin and Philip to go in there and do anything, fi Jane is as
perceptive
> as Amber says? SHE said that Jane shows up if they start to talk about
her
> and she PREVENTS them from doing anything about all this. WHAT makes YOU
> THINK, the same thing wouldn't happen with them if it's already happening
to
> members of her own house? They need some kind of PLAN and some more
> information, BEFORE they jump into something that DANGEROUS. ALL I AM
> asking for is a little time to look into a FEW things. I WOULD be
THRILLED
> if anyone wanted to help me, but all any of you seem to want to do is send
> two people off without a second thought to their safety and ultimate
> success. IT WILL NOT do Amber any good, if the two people who go to
> investigate this end in the same shape...or worse! I'm not asking for
> months or weeks or even days! Just an HOUR or TWO. I don't think that's
> too much ask, but appearently everyone else seems to have a problem with
it.
> And just for the record, I WAS NOT LAUGHING AT YOU! I was laughing at the
> situation." Derek turned and started back towards the house. He turned
> upon reaching the door, "Since you seem to think you KNOW everything
that's
> important about the situation, you can just tell them to do what they
want."
> He turned and stormed into the house and up to his office furious. He was
> angry with himself for not expressing himself better to those around him,
> but he was also angry with the whole lot of them for being so
unreasonable.
> He sat down at his desk folding his arms on the top and glared down at the
> paperwork scattered there. He felt like he was banging his head against a
> brick wall. Though the idea of actually doing just that had it's appeal.
> He rubbed his eyes feeling for the first time the fatigue that had been
> plaguing him for the last few days.
>
He sighed balling his hands into tight fists for a moment. It wasn't that
he didn't want to help Amber, in fact just the opposite. However, he didn't
think dropping Kristin and Philip right into the middle of it, with no
knowledge of what they might be facing would help. But if that's what they
wanted fine they could just go, but he wasn't going to be the one to send
them off to die.
Yes, the occupation they were in was inherently dangerous. He knew that and
accepted it. He knew that any one of them could be gone in the blink of an
eye. However, going into a situation with such little knowledge, and what
knowledge they did have suggesting nothing could be accomplished inside the
house at the moment? No, that was not covering your bases or watching your
back. What it was, was going into gun fight unarmed. How would they
protect themselves? True they were certainly more experienced than Amber,
but from what Derek had heard it was a relatively minor thing that resulted
in her injuries. This of course meant that Jane or whatever was there was
likely much more dangerous when seriously angered.
This whole damn thing baffled him. Not once had he flat out said NO to
them. All he wanted to do was check things out. Talk to Jane, he had
perfectly logical reasons for her that wouldn't be suspect at all. If he
could speak to her, perhaps he could get a grasp of any difference, or even
if very lucky some glimpse of what was really going on. It wouldn't take
long either to talk with the New York house and see if they noticed
anything. They had much more direct contact with Jane and the Boston House,
being only a few hours apart. Derek shook his head irritably. Perhaps he
could call someone in New York and enlist their help to keep an eye on
things from a distance of course. Yes...that might be the thing to do if
they were all going to be so stubborn.
