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It had been confusing at first, the phone call to Ianto asking him to come to the school please. Walt and Curt were on the movie set working on something and Ianto was always the second call anyway if Curt was not picking up so… he went calmly to find out what was wrong. He found a very enraged Penny sitting quietly with his hands in his lap like a good boy, the other child sitting with his nose still bleeding as Owen worked to stem the bleeding and reassure the angry parents that it was not broken … oh … and a very upset River.

"OK… I need one person to tell me what happened" Ianto said as he stared Ben down.

"What happened is that this animal …. Ah…." The father of the other child had started to turn as he raged and then saw who stood there in all his three piece suited glory, cane and all. Ianto raised an eyebrow to stare the man down and mouth 'animal?' at him.

"Ah… sorry Boss. Ah… I didn't' know this was one of your kids" the man spluttered.

"Delray… these are all my kids but this particular one is Walter's son" Ianto said softly, watching the poor man pale further as he slumped back and now watched Owen work without complaint. "Right. Crispin … care to explain?"

Penny looked at his handsome GrandTad and said calmly "He put his hands up Emmaline's skirts and made her cry. She slapped at him and told him not to touch her there so he grabbed her boob and told her not to be a bitch. I told him that I was gonna thump him and he told me to go fuck myself. So I thumped him."

"Emmaline" Ianto repeated, his frown deep "She's Manny's…. wait. She's only eight. Garry… you are twelve to Penny's fourteen. You are bigger and older than her… not to mention you should NEVER touch a lady like that."

"So I thumped him" Ben repeated calmly.

Everyone stared at Ianto who now turned to the boy with the bloody clothing "Gerry… why did you think it was OK to do that?"

Gerry looked at the man who seemed to not be as pissed as he should be, so calm and gentle in his words and he pondered, and then said "I saw it in a movie. There are movies of men and women grabbing each other and having sex and stuff and… she wanted to be my girlfriend so… I told her we would have to do sexy things."

"Sexy… sex tapes. Garry… did your Da here let you watch sex tapes?" Ianto said, the man shaking his head venomently.

"No… old Mister Brewster does. He lets us play in his place. He has sweeties and stuff… but sometimes he shows us the movies and tells us that is how babies are made and stuff" Garry said. "Has done for a few months… he's crazy but lets us do whatever we want."

Ianto stared at the child then asked, so calmly like asking the time of day "And little girls? He likes those? Or does he really like the boys?"

"Oh, he likes us but he really likes the little girls. If we bring a girl with us we get extra sweets while he cuddles her on his lap" Gerry said. "Sometimes he even gives us money!"

"He has never invited me" Ben said to his Grandy, "I never knew. He is careful, he never invited any of us in the gang."

"No. I bet he didn't. Gerry… be a good man and write down the names of the little girls you know have been there, especially any who didn't want to go again OK?" Ianto asked "And… since you took the punch and now understand that you NEVER touch a girl without permission… we will let this slide. I think your Da will want a few words with you at home, I will not add to that. Just… get me the list."

Ianto turned to look at the men in the doorway who had heard everything and Monster nodded, turning to Animal who was already pulling out his phone and leaving the room to talk to someone.

Ianto thought he might guess who.

He felt sick.