Whatever hope there might have been for him to return to the real world vanished when he created that new character. Mike knew that Todd's situation w...s going to end very badly. He just wished the end would come quickly so he could get some sleep...Ruthie woke up refreshed and in a rare good mood. She glanced over at Shannon's bed and saw that super-bitch had never come back that night. A glimmer of hope welled up in her that maybe something indeed had happened to Shannon. She got cleaned up. Daddy is in the kitchen working on stuff - thetaxes I guess -(there's this little room off I entry that'll be hisstudy, but his desk and stuff aren't set up, so I can't even watch TVwhile he's busy). We couldn't talk much at dinner because he said he hadto get busy (and I hope he's not mad at me, or sad about something, butmaybe he just needed to get busy like he said, right?) He can't meet withthe school people until Friday, so I'm stuck until then. And I know heisn't mad at me about that, I. "Shuttering from the excitement of being struck, Sierra shook. Pleasure running through her. Ecstasy written on her face."I will call her! I will tell her to meet me somewhere." she squeaked.Unstrapping her left arm and retrieving her cellphone, the man responds;"You will call her and tell her you're at your friends' and you need your phone charger. Have her bring you one in the morning but not to tell your parents because you don't want them to know you stayed out all night. Any word asking. Sure, his soul was free - it was safely in Stella's body, where it would finally have a chance at happiness. But Stella's soul was now condemned to a life as Frank. It didn't deserve that; nobody deserved that.What could he do? He couldn't kill himself, could he? That would damn Stella's soul just as readily as his addiction would. He was sure that was how it worked."Stella," he said sadly. "I can't do this to you. We've got to switch back." No!" Stella shouted. "I don't want to do that again..