John knew when he had been caught with a technicality, but it didn't mean he was going to beat a hasty retreat from the point. "And I told you to look after her too."
He moved away from the truck then, heading toward the Impala. Now that he was standing up, he needed to move, to burn off this excess energy building with knowing Mary was here, yet untouchable, that she was in danger, yet he was also going to be a source of pain for her, seeing what he had become, facing the fact that her death had motivated him to take up a life she'd tried to escape.
"I'm doing exactly what I said I intended to do," he said, looking over the front end of the car when they reached it. "I'm giving your mom space and I'm giving you boys a chance to get to know her without her dealing with things she shouldn't have to deal with right now."