"Pierce, you can stop asking me if I'm fine," Arianna sighed once they sat at the Stevens' dining room table.

"I just need to know. It's not often someone orders the execution of their parents and just be fine. We are supposed to be communicating better, and part of that is being open and honest about our feelings. I'm sorry if I don't believe that you're fine."

"Can we borrow your study?" Arianna asked Jynelle.

"Don't do it!" Dallas warned. "I barely escaped with my life the last time a woman asked me to "talk" in the study. Lift the rug, and you'll see a bloodstain on the hardwood floor."...