It couldn't have been easy for her, either.So, she demanded my presence on campus for the weekend of Halloween. I cleared my decks on the schoolwork f...ront and, on Friday afternoon, headed up there. I couldn't tell, and she wouldn't say over the phone, if this was a rejuvenation attempt or a break-up. As I said, we loved each other--but neither of us were happy. So, as I entered the campus to confront the girl I'd been in love with for three years, I had no idea what was going to happen.Damn it,. It was within the realm of possibility that I had been somehow sent back to the other life. Or, even worse, yet another timeline. Hey, if there were two timelines in play here, who's to say there weren't three, or even more? Then, an even more terrifying thought crossed my scrambled brain. What if the whole experience had been a dream? What if there really never had been an Eileen or a Seamus? God ... what if my whole relationship with Inez was a complete fantasy!? What if I never really knew. Max had sharp hearing. That got her six more weeks!But she caught annother four intruders just after Christmas, getting another bad beating and managing to keep them from getting to the boat by shoving it out to sea. By the time help had arrived she was in a bad way but still fighting them off and the four had been reduced to a very sorry looking two! An angry gathering of guests had threatened Max with a fate worse than death if he didn't go easy on the increasingly battered heroine.He agreed. Kerry was right, he oozed confidence and power and was really likable. I wanted him to like me. I already knew that we’d accept his terms and be ‘owned’ by him. Chapter 5Kerry was obviously extremely happy that I was so taken with Pete. We talked about his terms and how it would affect our lives, our main concern being Jennifer. We agreed it was very exciting and that we should go for it. Kerry messaged him and told him. The dynamics were fairly simple. Pete was now head of the family, the.