(Helen's POV) Blasted freak! He ruined my plan. The urge to throttle him in his sleep in the dead of night is tempting. But I know better than to lose my cool. And besides, I might be many times. But I'm not a murder. And definitely not one who would soil her hands with the blood of a barely six year old kid. But that Charlie Jonson is really getting on my nerves. I have to find a way to get rid of him, so he wouldn't disrupt my plans again. I'm stabbing my stake with suppressed irritation, brainstorming ideas on how to get Charlie out of this house when Jason's phone rings. He picks him and starts talking about a contract that came through today, a new author, younger than they usually take on but with a voice that Britney flagged as commercially strong. Caroline is listening by his

