Kari had gone to her room to shower and change, agreeing to meet Evan for lunch in the dining hall. He was feeling marginally better about things as he headed out of his room and into the stairwell.
He froze partway down the stairs at the sound of raised voices.
“…sick of cleaning up your screw-ups,” Mark snarled. “Do you have any idea how pathetic you looked out there? You make me look like I can’t control my own son.”
“I wasn’t…” Joe’s words cut off with a grunt, followed by a heavy thud against the wall.
“You weren’t what?” Mark’s voice rose, venom dripping with every word. “You weren’t humiliating me?”
“I didn’t…” His words stopped with a sharp crack, the unmistakable sound of a fist connecting. Evan’s gut clenched as Joe choked back a pained groan.
“You’ll shut your mouth and li
