Pages in category 'Episodes in Album 63: Up in the Air' The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. Created by Bridget Carpenter. With James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper. A high school teacher travels back in time to prevent John F. Kennedy's assassination.
We hadn’t taken the first step up the stairs when a commotion from the direction of the kitchen caught my attention.
Stephan spilled around the corner, looking frantic. “Bee! Thank God! James had just about sent a search party out!”
He moved towards us and James held up a hand.
“Not now,” James told him, sparing him a single glance.
That look must have held something that alarmed Stephan, because he strode to us, looking resolute.
“I think you need to take a breather, James. You aren’t in any state to—“
“Don’t you dare,” James said in a dangerous voice, moving to meet the other man, dropping my arm in the process.
The two men were nose to nose, the very air in the room turning hostile between one breath and the next.
“You will not come between us. It is not your place to step in here, Stephan. I let that happen once, but I will be damned if it happens again. No one stands between me and Bianca, and that includes you.”
“That’s not up to you. I’ll be here for Bianca whenever she needs me.” Stephan looked at me, having to crane his neck to do so. “You okay, Bee?”
I nodded, hoping that would be enough to defuse the situation. It wasn’t.
“Walk away, Stephan.”
Stephan shook his head. “No. I can’t do that. I don’t feel comfortable with this. You look like you’re ready to kill somebody, James. I’ve never seen you like this, and I’m not leaving my girl alone with you until you’ve calmed down.”
“Your girl?” James growled, gripping the other man’s shirt in his fists.
I saw that things were going to quickly get out of hand. I laid a hand on Mr. Cavendish’s back. It wasn’t comforting that a tremor ran through him at my touch.
“James. Take me upstairs. Please.”
It did the trick, thank God. James released the other man, taking a step back.
Edrawings professional free download. I looked at Stephan. “We’re okay, Stephan. He’s upset, but he has impeccable self-control. You never have to worry about me with James, and he and I have some issues that we need to work out on our own.”
Stephan studied me carefully, trying to figure me out, but he took my words in and finally just nodded. “I’m here for you if you need me. Always.”
Dell download manager windows 7. I nodded. “I know it.”
James hooked a finger into my collar, gripped the back of my neck lightly and began to lead me upstairs without a word. He was in a state, and every obstacle between us and privacy was just antagonizing it.
He shut and locked the bedroom door behind us with a sharp and very definitive click.
I watched him loosening his tie as he strode directly to the elevator. He pressed the button and it opened instantly.
“Get in,” he said brusquely.
I slipped out of my shoes and walked inside. He followed me in, and we descended to the fourth floor.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Mr. Reticent
He hooked a finger into my collar when the car opened, leading me down that long hallway. He stopped short of the playground, instead opening a door just before it on the right.
Even feeling nervous and anxious, I was beyond curious to see what was in there. It didn’t bode well though, that he was only taking me there now that he was in this mood.
It was a rather small and nondescript room, holding nothing but one twin bed.
“Get on the bed,” he said in that worrisome voice. “On your stomach.”
I did it, turning my head to look up at him as he approached my prone figure.
“Don’t look at me,” he said.
I turned my head away quickly, feeling stung.
“Arms above your head,” he ordered.
I complied.
He secured my hands and feet together and to the small bed. I tugged experimentally, and saw that he’d left me quite a bit of slack.
I tensed when I felt him pulling at my clothes. A loud tearing sound told me that he was cutting them off. I was bare when he was done.
“James,” I began again. Maybe now that I was restrained he would feel calmer.
“Don’t. I don’t trust myself right now,” he said in a gruff voice.
He adjusted my head, wedging a soft pillow there. “Go to sleep. You were up all night, and I need to go get myself in hand. We’ll talk later.”
Before I could respond he was turning out the light, shutting the door and a loud lock was clicking into place.
I couldn’t believe it. After all of that rage, he’d just left me. He knew that this was the punishment I hated the most, with the suspense and the unanswered questions, and he’d left me in the dark. In a cell. The bastard.
I had some dark thoughts about him for quite a while in that pitch-black room before I was able to relax my mind enough to let sleep take me. He hadn’t left me so much as a light under the locked door. I was shut in tight.
I awoke as the door opened and a stream of light from the hallway fell across me. I turned my face away. The overhead light switched on. My restraints were already loose, but Mr. Cavendish added some slack to the rope, pulling me up by the shoulders until I was sitting up.
I squinted at him, my eyes still adjusting to the sudden light. He was shirtless and sweaty, his hair tied back. He held a plate of food on his lap.
He untied my hands, put the plate in my lap, and turned away. I watched his stiff back for a while, wondering what to say.
I ate. Because I was hungry, and because I was hoping that if I ate that James would start talking when I was done.
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