#Chapter 62 – Soft Paw, Hard Paw

“I’m hoooome!,” Amelia sings as she breezes through the door. It’s late, nearly 10 o’clock. She stops, suddenly, in the foyer, looking around at her house. It’s an absolute wreck. “Oh my god,” she whispers. “What happened.”

There are toys, clothes, nerf darts and discarded plastic weapons all over the floor, all over the stairs – is that silly string on the banister?

Victor comes around the corner of the living room, in pajamas of all things. Amelia stares at him, a little horrified. She doesn’t think she’s seen Victor in pajamas outside of the bedroom…maybe ever.

“Hey, babe,” Victor says, smiling at her and running a hand through his hair which also has a little silly-string in it. “Welcome home!”

“Hi Amelia,” Ian says, peeking out from behind his father. But Ian doesn’t smile. Alvin peeks his head out too and waves cheerfully.

“Hi, guys,” Amelia says slowly. “What are you all doing here? I thought…”

“Evelyn asked if they could stay over,” Victor says, absently palming Ian’s head and mussing his hair.

“Oh,” Amelia says, raising her eyebrows and smirking. “Are she and Edgar having a…special night?”

Victor frowns at her. “I have no idea,” he mutters, turning back into the living room. “Come on, we’re having a movie marathon!”

“Yeah, Amelia,” Ian says, smiling at her wickedly. “Come on in.”

Amelia hesitates. “I think I’ll just go upstairs…I’m really tired.”

Alvin hurries over to her and takes her hand, smiling up at her with sweet brown eyes. “No, Amelia! Come watch with us! We miss you!”

She smiles down at him, warmed by his welcome. She always liked this one better, anyway. “Okay,” she says, taking a deep breath. This is not what she had planned for the evening but…whatever. “Just let me go get changed.”

back downstairs in her matching velour sweat set, the boys are strewn all over the living room in a mess of toys and candy. “What are we watching?” Amelia says, picking her way awkwardly through the wreckage to sit next to Victor. He gives her a nod in greeting but otherwise

of her and ripping a twizzler in half with his teeth.

other side of the couch and

says Amelia, trying to smile her

into Victor’s side, one leg hanging

time he’s the good guy,” Alvin says, his mouth

something tickle the bottom of her foot. Gasping, she pulls it up on the couch and quickly looks on the floor.

a little. Must

shriek, she pulls her foot up and quickly bends over

notices that there’s a little feather sitting on the floor, suspiciously close

feet tightly up beneath her, glaring at Ian’s turned back, snuggling closer to Victor. Victor puts his arm around her and passively asks “you okay, baby?” He’s still staring at the screen as he asks, watching men chase each other

the door to a spotless house and a man who worshipped her, waiting at the threshold to carry her up to bed and ravish her. She frowns, looking around at the mess, hating everything

up his phone, the screen bright. There’s a text from

Everything okay over

taps out a

All good. Watching Terminator 2 – we watched

Victor stare

I am so JEALOUS! I love both of those franchises! You guys owe me big time for watching that without

Haha, come

her fiancé is, smiling at his phone like a dumb kid, not even looking at her even

moving to rub her hand across Victor’s

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