I opened my mouth but no scream would come. Relieved, I felt his fingers again, pulling me in another direction, away from the chaos.We were moving to... quickly for my comfort. Swinging my free hand, I struggled to touch something ... anything. Finally, my fingers banged against bars. A cage? Before I could decide, a flash of light highlighted a bloody hand reaching for me. Reacting, I shoved my way to lead, dragging him this time. When the flashing light disappeared from sight, he stopped us,. She had no idea what was going down next. Eric seized Ariel’s tapered waist tightly, swinging her up and over his shoulder as he stood. Her voice called out to him as she clawed air. ‘Eric what are you doing? This isn’t you!’ Eric used his other arm like a giant restraint, wrapping it tightly around Ariel’s kicking legs. She was spazzing out, having realized her mistake too late. Her ex-fiancée sounded foreign and guttural to her as he commanded her to shut up, something he had never done. Udit didn't point out that they were talking about a four month old baby. He only smiled with his eyes twinkling merrily and nodded in acceptance at the explanation.Martha looked at him sharply before shrugging and started pouring coffee."Grandfather," BB started hesitantly. "Did, um." Everyone could see him visibly change his mind about what he was going to ask. "How did you get here Grandfather?" BB looked relieved that he had found a safe question.Udit looked at BB intently before asking. Why am I doing this? I think to myself.Bryce definitely finds her attractive, and the “flirt meter” is registering advances in both directions. And I sense that Darcy’s hesitation seems to be waning. I can’t say the same about my own thoughts, however.Dinner progresses and the conversation is light, with lots of joking around. Every time Darcy laughs, Bryce's and my eyes go to her jiggling cleavage. We catch each other a few times, and I am sure Darcy catches us as well.We have three different.