. no...oh God, no!"James took her by the hand to lead her back to his room, which was aboutto become from that moment forward their room. As they star...ed to moveaway, Sarah reached over and grabbed the flowers from Amanda, saying,"You two go have fun - I'll put these in water for you!"From down the hall, they all could hear Amanda reply, "Thanks, Sarah! AndI meant it about the camera!" She let out a girlish little giggle as thebedroom door slammed shut.Sarah went to close the door and noticed. Still, they had no trouble identifying the first bandit in line. He had no idea that there was a hostile force behind him and was making no effort to check on his rear. The two Rangers wanted to mask their fire as much as possible, so they arranged to space out their shots. Ezra would shoot at the first bandit, and Sean would shoot only if Ezra failed to put his man out out action with his first shot.Ezra fired and only wounded his target, but the man reflexively raised himself enough to be hit. Today’s a big day for my company and I’m under a bunch of pressure.”I knew he’d been struggling at work lately, and might even be at risk of losing his job. I stammered, “Uh…the car’s acting up. Something’s wrong with the engine.”“Well, you’re a smart woman, Em…figure it out, for Christ’s sake…I haven’t got time for this.” Then he hung up on me.I was a little startled by his reaction, but then….not really. I have to admit…my husband could be a dick.Knowing our tight financial situation, I was. ‘Omigod, I’m a perv! But, Jesus, it must be big,’ she thought. By now, she wasn’t just imagining what her Mom and Dad may have been doing behind closed doors. She was thinking back to the tingle she’d felt when Dad picked her up and carried her to the house. The pleasure she felt when he rubbed her feet and legs. And the jolt that had gone through her body when Dad’s lips touched her forehead just a minute ago. Standing there against the door, Brin began to idly rub her hands over her.