Chapter 466 EP86:Little Sister Big Butt
- Glancing around as she jumped deftly off the couch and seemed to evaluate her option with a quick, coldly calculating fearlessness that allowed her to ignore the ominous and increasingly louder sounds of Ellie's steps drawing closer, Gabby briskly said: "Here, behind this armchair. Now!"
- For a few seconds after the brunette uttered that final imperative word, everything was a blur for Tyler. The following jumble of frantic actions, conflicting physical sensations and chaotic emotions would remain pretty much indecipherable for him ever afterward, but, even though he would never be able to tell exactly how he managed to do it, he did as Gabby said without a moment's hesitation.
- Fueled by adrenaline, sheer desperation and blind faith in the brunette's hastily conceived yet somewhat feasible plan, Tyler picked up a barely conscious Michelle and carried her with him as he took the two steps needed to reach the armchair that Gabby had indicated. Following the brunette's logic, if Michelle were to hide behind the armchair she would indeed not be in their mother's line of sight once she entered the living room, but this would only work if Ellie stayed exactly there on the threshold and moved no further: if she were to take just a couple of steps into the room, then it was very likely that she would notice her daughter's naked frame half-hidden behind the armchair, and the whole stratagem would collapse miserably. These thoughts flashed at the speed of pure panic inside Tyler's brain even as his thumping heartbeat roared mightily in his ears but still failed to drown out the horribly loud click-clacking sound of his mother's nearing steps. And yet, he did what he had to do with a quickness and efficiency that surprised him, given how shocked he still felt.