Ash continued staring into the girl's vulnerable eyes, he found it quite entertaining that she was trying to explain herself to him, though he could tell that she was lying to him. She stammered over each and every word and seemed extremely nervous... but he also noticed an attraction in her eyes, she was attracted to Ash. He saw the bright red color rise to her cheeks and his smile became even more mischievous.<br/><br/>Finally the girl looked directly at him and spoke clearly, she had a nice name but he still knew she was lying about going home, and ballet lessons. Why would she wander through woods north of town? She spoke again and yet another lie escaped her lips, he could tell she was not rich. Ash was rich so he would know. Ash began getting the feeling that this girl was a runaway from the town's foster home, there had been several runaways from the home...<br/><br/>Jennifer escaped his trap but did not run away, he smiled<span style="font-style: italic">" I have her right where i want her."</span>He thought to himself and turned to face her, He began cirling around her, his hands behind his back, he was taking her in. As he circled the girl he spoke again "My name is Ash, I am one of the Pendergast children, you rarely see me I tend to stay by myself." he puased for a moment then spoke again "You know Jennifer I can tell your lying, I really don't like liars." he said softly a hint of a playful growl in his voice. "I know where you really came from, can't blame you for running away." He said and leaned againt a taking another cigarette out of his cigarette tin, he placed it between his lips and lit it, staring at her as he inhaled. " So where are you headed?" he asked as he exhaled.