After Phoenix had left for work and the others had left for school, coral picked up her phone and excitedly texted Pix, who she knew would want to spend time with her.
Coral sighed and waited for a response.
Coral tried to cover her scales with a pair of Jeans and a long sleeved turtleneck top. The scales on the border of her face she hid with her hair, and her neck she hid with the extra cloth from the turtleneck.
As the doorbell rang, Coral kept down the stairs to open the door, when she heard Pix say "don't open the door, cameramen are here."
Coral panicked as she stepped away from the door and ran to the panic room, she texted Phoenix: "camera men are outside our house." Then she selected pix's number and  texted "come through the back and meet in panic room"
A few minutes later, she heard the back door close and Pix's footsteps coming closer. As light flooded the panic room, Coral ushered Pix in, closing the door again. As she reached for the light, she felt a hand grip her arm, a firm, unfamiliar hand on her slippery, scaly skin. A Hand covered her mouth before she could scream, and a man turned on the light. There she could see Pix tied up, looking apologetic and scared as she saw Coral's scales.
"Let's talk."