. I..." she stammered before the gap between them closed and he wrapped his arms around her.He tugged her head to his chest. They were silent for a mo...ent, standing on the threshold of his bedroom door, holding each other. When they parted, they looked at one another, unsure of what would happen next.Finally, she was the one who broke the ice: "I hope I, uh, didn't wake you up. I just... just could... couldn't sleep. I, uh, I'm sorry, Eric, for what I said."From the shaky and guttural tone in. Renee slipped her hand through and the circlet tightened like a noose.A very pretty noose."Thank you," she said. "I ... I'm sorry, I don't have anything I can give you." Actually, there's something." said Sawyer; he either didn't see or ignored the suspicion that clouded her features. "I want to talk. Not like we have been- I want an actual conversation. Every time I ask you anything you just ... clam up, and I don't know why, and I can't change whatever I'm doing if you don't say anything."So. Was out of sight. I don't know Emily, John has to catch on sooner or later. She spent the afternoon both anticipating and dreading Clay's arrival from school. When it was almost time for him she busied herself with the laundry so he wouldn't see the anticipation in her eyes.At 2:30 he came through the door. Hi Mom, glad to see me? I'm always glad to see you she said. He said, well today I for one am happier than ever to see you. Clay we can't be doing that stuff no more. Turning to the washing. I smiled as I recognized it from one of my favorite television shows. The two of us whistled low enough for the two of us only to hear. A scream bellowed through the tunnels. It stopped us all dead in our tracks. "That was Stephanie," Melissa said. We all turned around to look back behind us. All we could see was the walls of the tunnels and the rocks that made up the floor. The beams from our flashlights barely pierced the darkness. There was another scream this came from a male. "Gregg!".