“What did you do?”
Nicole leaned heavily against the arm of the couch, able to examine their intruders for the first time. Two men she didn’t recognize stood in the middle of Mark"s den. One stared down at her angrily. The other rolled his eyes and tried to place a calming hand on the first man"s arm. The angry man shrugged off the gesture and continued to stare daggers at Nicole. David"s hands came down protectively on her shoulders.
A soft tapping was the only sound in the room. The patio doors were still open and blowing against the wall, from where the men had stormed in during her meditation with Billy. Quietly, Mark walked across and closed them. John and Susan stood off to one side, as close to the kitchen as they could get without bringing attention to themselves. She could under
