“He can’t playwhen someone is watching him,” Justin almost sang into my ear. “Totally screwsup then.”“But you allare watching him,” I pointed out.At the back ofthe room, someone laughed. “Yeah, but we’re not girls.”

“Ky always acts as though someone watches him. And, apparently, he watches back.”

“He walked from one end of the basement to the other, the lamplight magnifying his shadow. It turned him into a giant on the wall, walking back and forth. When he stopped pacing, his shadow loomed behind him, watching. Someone was always watching.”

“Grinning at me, Kellan leaned down to kiss my cheek. “Thanks,” he muttered in my ear as he stole my beer from my fingers.I glared at him as I watched him tip it back. “Just so you know, I totally backwashed.”Kellan paused mid-gulp, then shrugged. Smiling wide once he was finished, he husked, “That’s all right…I like your fluids.”

“He reflected briefly that someone up there was watching over him. 'Thanks a lot,' he said bitterly.”

“If you want to check someone's principles, give him authority .. Then have a seat & watch”