However, I went along with whatever game she was playing; I picked up an X-Acto knife to start cutting the laminated paper with the corrected lines. T...ese were waxed, not glued, so pieces could easily be pulled up and moved. Within a few moments, Janice started talking to me and it was apparent that conversation was the real point of us being here.“You learned paste-up at that college newspaper, right?” That was on my résumé and we had discussed it at least twice already.There was nothing to. “I wish that I could. I’m upset with myself for reacting the way I do. But...”He sighed loudly and said, “I’m sorry. I think you look so fucking hot.”I checked the time and said, “I wasn’t kidding, Doug. I’m not just saying it to make you feel better, either. I prefer that you have that reaction. If you think I’m exciting then maybe our marriage still has a chance to survive.”And then, to prove that I meant it, I sank to my knees in front of him and gave him a loud, sloppy, extremely eager. "Why would you ask me that?" Well ... there was another time ..." She trailed off."Things were a little different then," he assured her."But you didn't want to be a father then and it wasn't that long ago." No, I never said that."She rolled over to face him. "Yes you did," she insisted."No. If you'll remember, I apologized for getting you into a spot that well, as it turned out, was irreversible, but not for the reasons we thought. At the time you wanted to go back. You had reasons to go back.". I asked if Janet and the others had come and gone but she assured me they had not made it yet. She decided to house me in a spare room of her house until the others arrived.That night I was pulled into a dreamscape one last time. It was Phaltina, making sure I was okay. When I asked her why I had been sent back, she simply smiled.“I made this mistake a long time ago and too many have paid the price. I would not allow you to suffer the same fate, so I made a deal with the other gods. I would be.