I heard dad driving in, and quickly went to my room. Icould hear them talking, then mom came to get me."Just walk out like it was perfectly normal, an... stand right by thedoorway until I say different, okay?"I did what she told me, and I heard her tell dad that I had something totell him; then she motioned for me to walk in front of him. My knees feltweak and shook a bit, my throat was dry as dust, and my stomach waschurning like a cement mixer as I tried to make my feet move. Mommotioned again,. .. dead.When Yulia get here she was left by Sabina to face the monster alone. She understood. The girl was afraid and has every right to be—after all she has gone through and the things she was made to suffer, she deserves to sit this one out. And Yulia was prepared to blast the motherfucker from this world. But when she reached the door to the chamber where Erlos was set up, déjà vu slammed right into her. The scene before her was so similar to the one involving Alexei that it was uncanny.. He's in the next room with your grandfather, and right now your mom is sleeping. I wish her parents were still alive. I just don't know her well enough to do anything more than hold her and talk about you." At least Uncle Paul will get here today. Maybe he'll be able to help," Joey stated. He wasn't telling us anything we didn't already know. It just seemed to be the appropriate thing to say."Have you seen my mom?" I asked her."Not since she left around three this morning. She had to help me. “Unnnnhhh...” I groaned again.“Serves you right,” Amelia said, smirking.The girls continued setting things up while I waited for my erection to subside again. It did, just in time for the party to start.We had already planned and discussed the night’s activities though it was understood that some things would have to be played by ear. Amelia gave me a “tool kit” of sorts with the items I would need which she had thoughtfully compiled. She then instructed me to light the Sterno fuels on the.