After stepping I shut the door behind me and set down my rifle and the bag of food. Suddenly felt a hand on my mouth with a knife to my throat. I fro...e scared. Are you up here alone? A voice whispered to me. I nodded. Good he replied. Dont move or talk. You do and Ill slice your throat. Do you understand? I nodded again. He slowly moved his hand from my mouth leaving the knife at my throat. if your smart youll keep away from that rifle too I nodded to afraid to say anything. I felt like. “Oh come on, take it from me!” she giggled.The parents were looking at us snickering that she was getting the best of me, and I couldn’t have that. I jumped on her tickling her and sliding her all over the couch while she was laughing and screaming, until I finally got it back.“That must’ve been fun,” Rita said as she entered the room. Stephanie was really getting to her. I understood completely how she felt, I get jealous anytime anyone even looks at her, but Stephanie won’t leave me alone,. Although he was dressed to look tough, I noticed he was just a kid.The large pocketbook on Leia's shoulder slid down her arm as she plopped into a chair. She placed it on her lap and spread it open. She was looking for something inside when I turned to look at her brother. He was my immediate threat.The boy leered at me like a hungry tiger stalking a helpless prey. I was in shock, unable to speak, barely able to breathe. He took a step forward -- I took a step back. And then he pounced,. Jack came in and kissed his boys kind of apologetically.“You got up before I got to bed, didn’t you, guys,” he said. Melody and Lissa looked at me but I just smiled innocently. It wasn’t long before Lexi came downstairs with Beth and Kate. Mom turned to Wendy and asked if she’d like to help make pancakes and people started to shift around. We were filling plates with sausage and hotcakes and most of us were on our second or third cup of coffee before Dad shuffled in and looked around the.