#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.”

room in a mess of toys and candy. “What are we watching?” Amelia says, picking her way awkwardly through the wreckage to sit next

front of her and ripping a twizzler in half with

Alvin smiles at her from the other side of the couch and holds out a bowl of chocolate-covered

to smile her gratutide. But they

story?” Amelia says, curling into Victor’s side, one

to kill everyone. But this time he’s the good guy,” Alvin says,

and, she has to admit, not intrigued. Suddenly, she feels something tickle the bottom of her foot. Gasping, she pulls it up on the couch and quickly looks on the floor. Was there a mouse? A

a little. Must have just

little shriek, she pulls her foot up and quickly

look. She glares at him and notices that there’s a little feather sitting on the floor, suspiciously close to his hand. That little

asks “you okay, baby?” He’s still staring at the screen as he

a spotless house and a man who worshipped her,

she looks, she notices Victor pick up his phone, the screen bright. There’s

Everything okay over

taps out

Watching Terminator 2 – we watched the

perfectly still, watching Victor stare at his

those franchises! You guys owe

Haha, come collect

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

her throat, moving to rub her hand across Victor’s chest, pressing herself against him so that he

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