"I wish everything was back to what it used to be" Austin remarked to Rob as they walked along the nearby park.

"Things change, people change. You know that, you've experienced it yourself" Rob replied as he took a picture of the view before him.

"Yeah, I guess. I know what I did was wrong, but at least I didn't hide it. I owned it" Austin said, sitting on the bench below a nearby tree.

"Some people are delusional, what they conjure up in their minds they believe it's real. It's a form of mental illness" Rob told him.

"Do you think she's crazy?" he asked.

"That word is wildly over used with so many meanings. I do think she's sick. If you look at the lengths she's gone to so far, she's worse than a love crazed fan" Rob replied.

"Do you think she'll hurt him, I mean physically " Austin asked.

"Tim or Chance" Rob asked sitting next to him on the bench.

"Either of them. When she finds out that whatever Chance is doing is to protect Tim, if she's sick like you say, there's no telling what she'll do to them" Austin stated.

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Luisa found her parents watching from the kitchen window as Chance and Jenika walked through the garden.

"I don't trust him, he's up to something" her father remarked, his eyes glued to the two outside.

"Don't be silly, he's here because she needs him. You know they've always been close" her mother assured him.

"Why now, we haven't seen him in years. If he's here to convince her to not go after Foust, I swear.." he retorted.

"Stop dear, please. Like I said he's here to help. Look at all he's done for her, he even arranged for her to be their manager. He's always looked out for her. I think he secretly has cared for her all these years and getting her the job was his way of keeping her close" her mother stated.

Luisa couldn't believe what she was hearing. She grabbed a drink from the fridge and sat at the counter to continue to listen to her parents conversation.

"If he cared for her as much as you think then why did he push her towards Foust. That's not how you care for someone you love, you don't push them into a relationship with someone else, especially a toxic one as this apparently is. My baby girl deserves to be treated with respect, dignity. Not this" her father replied.

Luisa rolled her eyes at the comments being made about her sister. "Seriously, if they even knew half of what I know about their precious baby girl but no it's always Jenika, Jenika, Jenika..always poor misunderstood Jenika" she thought as she left the kitchen totally unnoticed by her parents, as usual.

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"I'm so glad you came. You have no idea what it's been like since that night. He was brutal, Chance. I've never seen him like that. I thought...I thought he was going to kill me" Jenika told him sliding her arms around his waist pulling herself into his chest.

Chance had all he could do to not push her away, he had to refrain in order for this to work. "I can only imagine, Jenny. You should have come to me that night. Maybe I could have stopped him before he hurt you" he stated, the words burning in his throat.

"I couldn't. I was afraid of what he would have done to you, I would take anything he did to me in order to keep you safe" she told him, holding her head back to look him in the eyes.

"I'm so sorry" he told her, sliding her hair away from her face "that I brought you two together. I know now that was a mistake".

"I don't blame you, he's crazy Chance. He always expected me to be like that damn Caroline, always saying why couldn't I be more like her, do things like her. He said I never satisfied him in bed like she had" she told him, the fake tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Damn, she's good at this. She should have been an actress instead of a musician" he thought to himself as he wiped the tears from her cheeks.

"Sweetie, calm down. You are unique in every way. He was wrong, I would never compare you to anyone else. You don't do that to someone you love" he told her, again the words burning  in his throat.

Jenika looked at him again, a slight smile emerged on her face. "You..you do love me" she whispered as she placed her lips against his.