‘You have a boy to take care of, you can’t just leave him.’ ‘Or me.’ He thought, but didn’t say aloud. ‘Christian and Jordan need you.�... Max didn’t know why he had said that, but he was scared she would die. He knew how serious it was. She only had a minute or two before it’d be too late. He held her as carefully as he could without shifting his hand from pressing on her neck. ‘Come on now, you can’t expect us guys to raise Christian. You’re good at soothing nightmares and all the mom stuff.’ . Things have been a little ... tense, here as well. I just don't want you to take it the wrong way." Fiona's voice echoed over the phone with her usual confidence and self-assurance.Working her words over in his mind, he responded, "Yeah, I guess we have been seeing an awful lot of each other over the last couple months." That was an understatement. Jahn could count on one hand the number of days that he hadn't been with one sister or the other. Mostly Jenny, now that he thought about it.. “Are you okay? Take deep breaths… um… shouldn’t your bridesmaids be comforting you? Where are they?” Throwing herself against his chest, she answered in a muffled voice. “I sent them away with the photographers to make sure they didn’t ruin my dress. Truthfully, I didn’t want them to see me walking around in my wedding night lingerie. I feel a bit scandalous. I’m a virgin for crying out loud! This makes me feel like a second class whore.” His hands slid down her back, stopping just above the. ‘Well, if you like this then you’ll love what’s in here.’ She directed Fenwick to the end of the walkway and yet another heavy doorway. Entering a much larger, circular room, Fenwick found himself staring at what he could only describe as a steel sarcophagus. Cables and tubes ran too and from the metal construction – several clear ones seemed to be carrying either waste products away from the tube or nutrients to it. As he approached the construct, Fenwick became aware of the fact that there.