*Alternate Sasha*

Stone returned again from Goddess knows where. I just knew he’d been out working on and plotting the vengeance he kept talking about.

He talked about it more and more as the days went on, and a disturbing spark of madness lit his eyes now.

I realized I couldn’t stay. I didn’t know what role the baby and I were to play in this passion play of his, but I wanted no part of it.

Still, it wasn’t as though I could just walk out. ...