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Chapter 14, Part 3
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Jeral: "They've tried, and tried, and TRIED to change me back! It never holds!!! Just be thankful that I hate the Meethlites every bit as much as those meddling Phaelites! Candi Stevens indeed! I smell a Flippo! I should have known...seen through all your lies!!!"



Candi: "Then come with me and Denny! We need to know what the catalyst it is that will make the reaction permanent! Denny can research and..."



Jeral: "I am nothing now! The Phaletori sect mock me...calling me...Botan! I have no future, if that's what you would desire for me! Run away little centipede! And whatever you do...don't follow me!!!"



Surprise strike! Candi didn't prepare properly for Jeral's next move! Even with her Centhuen Protoype endurance, the impact was extremely cold! She knew that as soon as she got the wind back in her, he'd be gone. For him to use his vines like that on her, he had to keep warm too!



Candi brushed herself off, now near-shivering in the icy cold of the outdoors!

Candi: "Nothing ever stays simple with these guys, does it?"



Denny: "Candi! You had me worried out there! Just what on earth happened?"

Candi: "This is part of the curse into which I was born, Denny. In our future, we'll have to be ready for anything!"



Denny: "Well...try not to let it happen too often, okay? I'd like to at least see you live long enough for us to have a future!"



Candi reached out her hand, eager to let Denny know that things would be all right.

Candi: "And...I will! I will. No matter how many invisible men, plant men, psycho mobsters, dart-throwing rapists, or half-alligators I encounter...we will live to see Donte's memory avenged, and our own lives made secure!"



Denny: "Well in that case...I've grown tired of this joint already! What do you say...Christmas at my place?"

Candi: "I'd love to!"

Denny: "Oh how I only wish I had your confidence about things!"

Candi: "Don't feel too bad! After all...God is protecting us both. We both have Meethlite death warrants hanging over us!"

Denny: "Indeed...I almost forgot about that!"



With that, she blew a kiss.

Candi: "You silly goose!"

Candi still felt awful inside for her sudden decision to start dating Denny. After all, she couldn't be certain that Donte really was dead! She did her best to hide her true emotion.

She knew she'd have a hard time forgiving herself if she discovered Donte were still alive; and that even prompted her all the more to agree with Denny that they should proceed slowly.

On the other hand, if he were dead, then she was finally being given the sweet release she had often prayed for! This man, sitting across from her...could he be her future?

Better yet, she hated having to go by the last name of "Stevens." It was a lie! But if this man were her future; then she would gladly embrace a true identity: Candi...Levens…

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