#Chapter 191: The First Debate

The day of the debate, Miles stands in my bedroom, changing into the suit he’d left hanging on the door the night before, so it wouldn’t get wrinkles. I’ve already taken my daughters to my parents’ house. The kids were not thrilled about the arrangement. They think they’re grandparents are stuffy and their house is boring. They aren’t wrong, but Mom and Dad are the only ones I feel I can trust right now. They know Edward and his dangers, and won’t let him hurt their grandkids the way he hurt me. Mom and Dad, honestly, weren’t thrilled about the arrangement, either. They don’t know what to do with children. They never really did, but as they aged, their impatience for youth has gotten worse. But the girls are old enough now to know how to behave. Mostly, they just want to play their portable game systems or read their books and be left alone. I think it will work out fine. Though I have them all set to ring on my phone if any of them call me, even if the phone is otherwise silenc