Well, since my less than wonderful visit with my daughter—she was that whether she wanted to be or not—I had heard not a single word from her or a...ybody else about anything whatsoever. One had to love it.I decided to not go to their Christmas soirée. The food would undoubtedly be first rate, but apart from that it would end up being just another “so what” bit of nonsense. I didn’t cotton to again being just some kind of holiday ornament just so that the bad guys could feel better about. Stacy explained to Paul that Sydney was able to come from hard nipple play.After about a half an hour of dancing and drinking, punctuated by a lot of flirting by Charlene and Kendall; AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” began blaring on the boom box.Jason raised his voice above the music. “Hey everybody, let’s head down to the hot tub!”Steve hollered out, “Whoo-hoo, yeah!”Woody and Maddy rose from the couch. Woody was sporting a sizable namesake as they headed out arm in arm to the hot tub.. ”“Hi, Rahul” Sunita Aunty said, as she sat twirling her glass of wine, suddenly very quiet.“Yeah, I left work early. Karan said it was cool since we got a lot done before lunch.”I smiled at Sunita Aunty as I sipped my juice. “Hi, Sunita Aunty, nice to see you.”“Nice to see you too Rahul,” she replied as she looked at me, and glanced up and down, being buzzed enough to check me out.I finished my Juice and put the glass in the sink, heading out the door. “I’m off to the gym, see you later mom,. The ugly décor was masked by the deep shadows and thick blanket of darkness. Even with my excellent night vision I had a hard time seeing more than vaguely defined shapes before me as I made my way down the short hallway and into the large expanse that fronted the monstrous staircase.At the top of the stairs was a small lamp mounted on the wall which held a dully glowing yellowish bulb, the only light source I'd encountered so far.Maintaining my broadcast of nothingness I crouched down low and.