After the impromptu breakfast talk ended, [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5502024]Paula[/url] pulled [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5501303]Carol[/url] aside, asking her quietly, [color=orange]"Do you think you could separate Desmond and Tyrelle for a few minutes? I'd like to chat with the kid for a moment."[/color]

Carol studied the other woman for a moment, and she thought that she should probably ask what this was about. In the end, though, she simply responded, [color=orange]"Of course."[/color]

The Coordinator casually found [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5502186]Desmond[/url], reaching a hand out to him as she complimented him on what his [i]team[/i] had accomplished the day before. [color=orange]"Could we talk a minute. I'd like to hear more about what you saw out there yesterday."[/color]

Once Paula saw Carol turn the man away from the community to chat as they wandered, she casually made her way to the teen, asking, [color=orange]"I'd like to talk to a moment."[/color]

As Carol had Desmond, Paula led [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5502190]Tyrelle[/url] away from the larger group of people. She spent the first minute or so chatting about the trek the day before, asking him some of the same questions that Carol was likely asking the boy's [i]guardian[/i]. 

Finally, Paula got to the point. [color=orange]"Please, Tyrelle, if I am treading into something that is none of my business, please tell me."[/color] She hesitated a moment, then asked, [color=orange]"Is everything okay between you and your step-father...? Do I have that right ... step-father?"[/color]

Paula hoped that she wasn't delving into a personal area that would upset the teen. But she had the distinct feeling that things were not okay between the two. If Tyrelle wanted to talk about it, she would listen. If he didn't and wished to be left alone, she would let him leave her without objection.