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rang.
    “ That ’ s my call. ”
    “ Use
the office, ” Terri said.
    She hugged Emily and then left the
office.
    Emily stood and answered the call.
    “ I
have some interesting news for you, ” Tim said.
    “ Interesting? ”
    “ Your
nephew is catching a hell of a break here. ”
    “ How
so? ”
    “ Mr.
Hacher is not going to pursue any charges, mostly because of you, Emily. He
understands your circumstances. ”
    Emily closed her eyes and felt a
little relieved. “ Okay. ”
    “ As
far as the legal side of it, ” Tim said, “ your story comes
with some sympathy. It doesn ’ t
make what Nicholas did seem right, but it does seem wrong to go after him and
you. They do want you to pay the cost of the fire department to come out and
tend to the fire, but I ’ m
going to negotiate that though because it ’ s
unfair to go after your wallet. ”
    “ What
about Nicholas? ” Emily
asked. “ What happens to
him? He can ’ t just … I can ’ t believe I ’ m
saying this, but he can ’ t
just get away with things like this. ”
    “ He ’ s not. That mentoring program I
mentioned to you. He ’ s
forced into it. If he doesn ’ t,
he ’ ll be sent away. He has
no choice. ”
    “ Okay.
That ’ s good. I can respect
that. ”
    “ This
is where it gets a little more interesting though, ” Tim said with a laugh.
    “ Why ’ s that? ” Emily asked.
    “ This
may sound like an odd question, but do you know the band Fallen Tuesday? ”
    “ Of
course. Why? What does that have to do with Nicholas? ”
    “ Well,
it seems their bassist has had a little fall from grace and is going to be
involved in the same mentoring program. ”
    “ Oh? ” Emily nodded. That was kind of
interesting. A big time rockstar mentoring others. She wondered if maybe she
could get Nicholas to meet him. Maybe meeting someone successful with a little
bit of an edge would teach him that he didn ’ t
need to be so bad all the time.
    “ There ’ s more, ” Tim said.
    “ More? ”
    “ His
name is Trent Jensen. The bassist from Fallen Tuesday. He ’ s going to be Nicholas ’ s mentor. ”
    “ What? ” Emily asked. “ Are you … ? ”
    “ I ’ m not joking, ” Tim said. “ Between you and me, this is the
best thing for Nicholas. Everything is in motion and he ’ ll be there soon. ”
    “ Be
here? Where does he live? ”
    “ Only
an hour away. ”
    “ I
thought famous people lived in New York City or California? ”
    Tim laughed. “ I guess not all of them. ”
    “ I
don ’ t … why? Why is he doing this? ”
    “ Well,
he has his own problems to deal with, ” Tim said. “ He ’ s had a few troubles of his own
and this is his way of redeeming himself and giving back. ”
    “ Is
that safe for Nicholas? ”
    “ Yes, ” Tim said. “ It ’ s
safe. Nothing is going to happen, Emily. He will spend time with Nicholas. Talk
to him. Maybe he ’ ll be able
to get Nicholas to finally open up and talk. Can ’ t
do any harm. At least you ’ ll
know where Nicholas is and that he will be out of trouble. ”
    “ Yeah.
Sure. Spending time with a rockstar can never lead to trouble, right? ”
    “ Don ’ t make it sound so bad, ” Tim said. “ I can request someone else if
you want. ”
    “ No.
If this is best for Nicholas …”
    After a few more minutes of
details, Emily thanked Tim for handling everything and they said goodbye. Emily
slowly paced around the office. She didn ’ t
want to put Nicholas in harms way, but maybe this was a chance for him to meet
someone he could connect with on his level.
    But why did it have to be a
rockstar?

(7)
     
    “ Man,
I didn ’ t realize this was
down here, ” Jake said as he
looked around the basement of Mack ’ s
house.
    “ It ’ s cozy, ” Gray said with a smile. “ It ’ s
where I crashed for a while. ”
    “ And
where he brought his woman, ” Mack said.
    Trent stood up from the couch. He
pointed to it. “ Did you and
her …”
    “ Maybe, ” Gray said. “ Maybe