Finally, my fingers found what they were looking for and an overhead light snapped on.

"Darby!" Cal shouted as he closed and locked the door behind us.

I squeezed his hand, a warning that we shouldn't go into this blindly because I doubted he had puzzled out all the details as quickly as I had.

"Darby!" he called again and dragged me along with him farther into the living room.

"Wait. Cal, listen to - "

He held up a hand for me to shut up while ...