If Natalie thought the tension at home was bad, she soon realised that she had been quite hasty with her judgment, for the tension here, right now, with these two gentlemen was so powerful that even words could not start to describe it. But you know me, I’m going to try. A loaded, pregnant silence filled the atmosphere as Parker slowly rose to his feet… as he and Tristan continued to size each other up, their chests rising with anger as they drank in all the air in the little space until Natalie felt like she was suffocating under a thick blanket. The two men were locked in a silent standoff, their mutual animosity evident in their glares. Natalie’s gaze flitted from one man to the other, her mind racing wildly as she continued to stand there, for a moment unsure of what to do. She