" She cut the connection after saying that.Garrett's phone had been on speaker so Kathy heard everything. He looked at her and said, "Well, I tried. L...t's forget it."Garrett kept track of the construction on Bea's place as he drove past when he went to his land. The coffee shop rumors were right on. The house was not only a monster, but the money they spent on the entry gates and landscaping was outta sight.Unsurprisingly, Garrett was not invited to the wedding. He did read about it in the. "That didn't tell me very much since I had never quite understood when that was supposed to be or where it supposed to occur. She showed me my "bedroom" which was actually a small suite with a bedroom, a dressing room and its own bath. This was even better than my stupid condo on the seventh floor back home. I thought of Marcie and my messed-up place wondering if she had taken it on herself to clean it up. I was willing to bet she had already done it but wouldn't mention a word to me until I. "Come with me, and witness... things to come!" she then said."No. I don't want to!" i replied back nervously."I said... Come!" she snapped back, before she whipped a chain at me, and suddenly i had a big black leather collar around my neck, attached to the chain, and with a tug, she pulled me towards the big black door.Unable to stop her, i staggered forward, and in seconds we passed through the door, and suddenly i found myself back outside Bob Crotchlick's house again."Why are we here. It was from Patty saying Louise had phoned her early that morning to say she would be out of town for another couple of days visiting her sister, and suggesting she ask me to take her to the burger stand for dinner. It ended with the question, "So...young man...are you game? Will be back by 7:00 P.M. My best, Patty." I sat down in the den to contemplate my reply, and soon decided that despite being tired, Patty excited me to the point I wanted to see if/where it might go. I wrote, "Sounds like.