Maybe he’s wrong. Maybe he really does belong with Sharon. He is confused and needs time to think. – – – – – – – – – – – – �...� – – – – – – – – – – – – A few nights later, Jake and Sharon talk while strolling through a city park. Kids are running and laughing while adults lounge on various benches nearby. ‘I can’t leave my family. At least not yet,’ Jake begins. ‘Okay?’ Sharon asks quizzically. ‘I need…time. My kids mean so much to me, I don’t want them to be hurt.’ ‘Hey, it’s okay. I. He had a friend helping him and that meant someone in this room had my remote. I tried to concentrate on the game as I got ready to serve, but the toy was vibrating just a smidgen under full power and it was taking everything I had to not dance around like I needed to pee while moaning like a banshee. I took several deep breathes and went to bank it off the right when the toy stopped and I faked and hit it left. He was not ready for that and the puck glided undisturbed into his hole. I jumped. There is a difference. Animal blood sustains you. Human blood revitalises and sustains you. Now I will show you how to hunt."When she differentiated between animal and human blood I did not feel any emotion. It was as if I had fully accepted my new status — that I was no longer human except in my image. When I used the surface of a pond for a mirror I saw no horns, hairy pointed ears, or fangs protruding from under my upper lip. I looked as ordinary as ever. Appearances do deceive as I would. Hating me?" I started respecting you." You DID?!?!?" Yeah..." Nancy replied, "it started when the Doctor had you in the feeding chair, and you were full of ice water." That was... horrible..." You were so... helpless..." Nancy continued, her eyes getting misty from the memory that was painful even for her, "it was... hard for me... to... hate you... after that..." I'd never... felt so... so... I don't know... helpless... or maybe... worthless... or something..." Tonya replied, her own eyes.