The moment Emily spoke, the whole room got a bit colder. They held each other hands as tight as they could, Evangeline in particular looked like she was going to rip off Oliver's arms. Oliver could already pretty much guess, that Evangeline was really scared so he didn't mind Evangeline's gripping hand. To Oliver Evangeline's grip strength couldn't even leave a dent in his outer muscles.
On the other hand Rachel who was also holding Evangeline's hand was kind of irritated. Though Evangeline's strength wasn't much her grip still hurt a bit. Knowing that it was also her fault why this happened, Rachel sucked it up, and just held on, this will only last until Emily's story finishes.