he looked at the clock and saw it was nearly midnight . relief flooded her features when she dragged him away through the crowd of kids dancing and talking . a fist of pain squeezed jonathans heart . no , i 'm not gon na tell you . twice he 'd stopped to see if she needed to use her safe word . i groan and slam my palm to my forehead , then drag my hand roughly down my face . he picked up the plates and scraped the leftovers , what little there was , into the dogs dishes . 