ABIGAIL After I had faced Alec, I went to the parking lot to get in the car and go home, followed closely by Al and Charlie who surely heard everything and seemed not to know well how to act, the two kept exchanging glances the whole drive home, but none of them dared to say a single word to me, and as soon as we got home I said goodbye to them and immediately went up to my room. And I was surprised when a few minutes later there was a knock on my door, and it was one of the maids with a small tray in which she was carrying a giant glass of ice cream and pieces of brownie, I looked at her in surprise and she gave me a tight smile before telling me as a way of explanation: "Al told me to bring you this," "Tell him thank you, please," I said. "Oh, I am sorry miss, but he has