Sunny closed in on Xante in two steps-causing her to back into the corner of the elevator-and grabbed her chin.

"You know very well why I did that."

Back at the Holdens' mansion, Corinne was about to turn off the lights after putting the three kids to bed when a light knock was heard on the door. Whoever it was did not want to wake up the kids, it seemed. Corinne was rather tired then, but she still got up to open the door and found Francine anxiously standing outside.

"What's the matter? Why aren't you sleeping?" asked Corinne.

Francine frowned. "Are the kids asleep?"

Corinne glanced at the sleeping kids on the bed. "Yeah, they just fell asleep."

Is it okay if I go

she would not be able to sleep if she did not get some answer, so

walked in quietly, sat on the sofa, and softly spoke, "Corinne, when did you

next to Francine and replied quietly, "A little

you tell me? You know,

like we can go save

in numbers! And even if Adam is very powerful, we Holdens

enough you know about

think they'll be able to take this. That's why I waited for them to fall asleep before I came over to talk to you." "The question now isn't whether we can save Jeremy from Adam, but how to

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