The House in the Woods

Three legged worm dance racing

In a hotel suite in Atlanta

I don't like the fact that the person sitting in front of me insists on wearing the white mask. I snap at him, "Did you get the pictures of them at the symphony?"

He responds, "Of course I did, but the bigger question is did get to the chef at the restaurant?"

I laugh at the fool sitting before me. "Did you think that I would not be able to? Francis was my personal chef for two years before I invested in his revolving restaurant. Ms. Sorenson received her second dose and should put up little resistance when we put our plans into place. The medication will stay in her system for seven days. I still want to find a way to give her a third dose, but the plan will work with only two."

"Excellent, I will call you tomorrow. If we stay on schedule, we can move forward in three days," Volto says as he is walking out the door.

I laugh after he exits. Does he really think that he is going to get Sang? After seeing the pictures and knowing the connection that my son has with her, I have decided that I will be keeping both Sara and Sang.

SANG POV

Owen and I walked in the door hand in hand. I was a little surprised, and shocked. Owen had grab me around the waist to steady me when I tripped over Sean and Victor. It seems that we interrupted a race.

I would never use the word stupid to describe my boys, but I must say that I am having trouble coming up with a synonym for stupid idea. North once told me that teenagers drinking made them do idiotic things and the pictures and video that I am recording will be proof of that statement. I can already see the poster for drinking responsibly; with the caption..."Don't let this happen to you."

All of the furniture had been moved out of the way, and path created that went from the family room, down the hall, into the dining room, then the kitchen and back to the family room. Each of the boys were paired and tied together like you would do for a three legged race, except they tied their arms together, as well as their legs. The teams are North and Silas, Kota and Nathan, Victor and Sean, and Gabriel and Luke. Sara was the person that starts the race and is giving points for form as well as actually winning the race.

I wait at the finish line. Gabriel and Luke win the "race", with Kota and Nathan coming in second, North and Silas third, and the slow moving Sean and Victor coming in fourth. The rug burn on Silas' chest is evident because he is not wearing a shirt, but I have a feeling that all of the boys are in the same boat. They all look up with sheepish grins when they see me standing there.

I look around the room and say, "Can I ask who came up with this brilliant idea?"

Everyone looks at Kota as he says, "It started out with Luke and Gabe showing off their dance moves, and then kind of developed from there. We decided that we wanted to show Sara how good we work together with a partner."

Owen looks at them and says, "Are you feeling the rug burn yet?"

North looks at us and say, "Rug burn, what rug burn?"

I ask Owen to go into the kitchen for ibuprofen and water while I lean down and give each of the boys a goodnight kiss. After making sure that everyone takes their tablets, Owen and I start walking down the hallway to my bedroom. I turn around and start walking backwards saying, "It has been a long day, and I am going to bed. I love all of you, but at breakfast, I would like to know exactly how drunk you have to be to think that three legged worm dance racing is a good idea."