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you don’t feel the same way.” She folded her arms and pouted. “You couldn’t care less what I did or didn’t do today.”
    “You know I feel the same way,” he said. “That doesn’t mean that I can’t go and spend some time with the guys.”
    “Why can’t I go with you then?” What difference would it make if she just tagged along and watched whatever they were doing? “I could just die of boredom here.”
    “None of the other girls are going, Desi, now stop this and no-one ever died of boredom. You're acting like a little kid.”
    “I’m acting like a little kid, how? Just because I don’t want to get dumped for the day while you go off having fun without me?” She decided to give being one more chance. “I wouldn’t get in the way I promise.”
    “Come here,” Justin said, holding out his arms.
    Reluctantly, she went towards him and allowed herself to be smothered in a huge hug. “You are such a pain in the backside.” He kissed the top of her head. “Go, find something fun to do and I’ll see you tonight,” he said.
    “I hate you,” she grumbled into his t-shirt.
    Justin set her back from him and frowned. “Really? Because you can’t have your own way? I think maybe you need to think about acting eighteen instead of eight.”
    She narrowed her eyes and stomped on his toes. “Go then, see if I care,” she said, all hope of making Justin change his mind gone.
    “I will,” Justin said, hopping on one leg.
    Before she could turn herself, he turned her and smacked her twice on the bottom. “Think yourself lucky I’m already late.”
    “Good,” she spat back.
     
    He had shocked her with those smacks and although he had threatened, he had never touched her like that again. A feeling deep in her belly though, was telling her that the reprieve wouldn’t last forever. Maybe if she ignored the banging, he would think they were out and go away, except that her car was still on the driveway. Destiny turned her afternoon television show down and then off, she didn’t want to give her presence away. Why was he so angry though? Could it be that he checked with the school board as promised and found out she hadn’t registered Sophia to be homeschooled? Surely that wasn’t what it was. Why did he even care whether Sophia went to school? It would be one less child to worry about wouldn’t it?
     
     
    “I have bone to pick with you,” Justin said.
    There was no need to keep wondering why, now she was more interested in how; the man was standing in her house and she didn’t have any idea how. The explanation for his sudden appearance walked in right behind him. “It’s the bossy principal again,” she said.
    “Sophia, I’ve told you before about opening the door to strangers,” she said, pointedly staring at the man who had smoke coming from his ears.
    “Sophia, wait upstairs in your room please,” Justin said. “I need to talk to your mother.”
    His voice was deep and measured. After opening her mouth to argue, Sophia walked backwards towards the stairs, glaring at him. When she was at a safe distance, she stuck her hands on her hips. “You can’t tell me what to do,” she said cautiously. “I’m only going to my room because I want to.” Then she ran.
    “You don’t have the right to tell my daughter what to do,” she hissed.
    “Would you rather she sat in on our conversation?” he hissed back.
    There was silence until Sophia’s door banged shut. “Did you lie to me?” he asked.
    Destiny gulped. Which exact lie was he talking about? Let’s go with the homeschooling lie, that would be the easiest to explain. “You caught me off guard okay, I shouldn’t have let you think that I had already enrolled Sophia. That’s no reason for you to nearly batter my door down. I’ll register her tomorrow.”
    “That’s the next thing to deal with but for the moment we have more pressing, personal issues.” He stood there, hands on his hips and stared at her; through