Thorne: The Way Back
By
Atonia Walpole
(The direct continuation of Thorne: Before You Know I'm Gone)
Part 1:
As soon as Terry was stabilized, Marine was allowed back to see him. The bullet had just grazed his forehead above his left eye leaving a trail over his ear, a superficial wound. It was the trauma to his head that kept him sleeping. He looked peaceful except for the bandage. Marine had explained to the doctors about the helicopter jerking upward when the bullet hit it, catching Terry on the left side of his head. He was waiting for a CT scan.
Dino was in surgery to repair his broken jaw. Out in the waiting room Tomas flipped through magazines, looking up when Marine came in.
"How is he?"
"Sleeping. Bullet didn’t do any damage. It was the bang on his head from the helicopter. They’re gonna scan him."
"He should not have gone in. I would have gone. I asked him to let me."
"I don’t think he’s made that way." Marine walked over to the windows and looked down on Quito going about its morning business.
"He has a wife in the States. She will have to be notified. Wyatt said he would call her. He also has a son."
"Glad it ain’t me that has to call. You know I didn’t spend all that much time with him but…he’s all right in my books."
"He is a good man, a professional, but he should not have gone in."
"You know I kinda set myself up to protect him; I failed."
"There was nothing you could have done, eh. Stopped the bullet, held the helicopter down, nah, nothing."
Brian Hogeland and Wyatt were having a tea break and discussing Terry Thorne.
"We should wait until we know the extent of his injuries. No need to upset Mrs. Thorne unnecessarily. As soon as he can be released he’ll be flown either home or to a hospital in Richmond, a little closer to home."
Wyatt rubbed his chin. He knew Toni Thorne. "Somebody should be with her."
They were interrupted by Brian’s secretary. "Sorry, Brian, there’s someone out here to see Wyatt. He says it’s urgent."
Wyatt walked out to the waiting room and saw a tall, well-dressed man in an expensive suit, wearing a pair of spectacles. "I’m Wyatt. You wanted to see me?"
"Max Skinner. Is there somewhere we may talk in private?"
Munchie was in the kitchen making a pot of coffee. It was nine o’clock and still no Toni. She was half angry with her for giving in like she was doing. She ought to be keeping herself busy while Terry was gone. She set off down the hallway, and seeing a lamp on in Terry’s office she frowned. Now who’d been in there?
She found Toni on the floor by Terry’s chair and rushed over. "Toni! Toni, child…oh, my Lord!" Munchie reached the desk and called 911.
Dino was half awake as he was wheeled to a room. Once he was set up Tomas appeared by his bed. He couldn’t talk so he made a T with his hands.
"Terry? Ah, well, the bullet did not go in, only grazed him. He has a fractured skull, some swelling, but otherwise he is okay. He has not come to yet."
Dino shook his head slightly and closed his eyes.
"What do you mean there is nothing you can do?" Marine wanted to know.
"Only time and rest, time and rest." The doctor brushed by him.
Time and rest? Well, not in this dump! Marine set off to find Tomas and see about getting Terry home.
He was running, running for the helicopter. Get him in, get him in! Damn, no, no wait….
Two days later Terry fought his way out of the fog of unconsciousness. He opened his eyes slowly and instantly his head throbbed. Worst headache he could ever remember. Where was he, any way? A familiar face. "Dino?" His voice sounded strange to him.
"Hey, Tio, gave us a scare. How are ya?"
"Head…"
"Yeah, you got a bump. Fractured your skull. Glad to see you awake. Ya had me worried."
"What’s wrong?"
"Oh, you mean..? Got a broken jaw. It’s wired shut. Now that you are wakey we can go home."
"Where are we?"
"Still in Quito. Man, what an ordeal! I sure was glad to see you. The Colombian air force has been over the top of that mountain and I understand it don’t look quite the same anymore."
Terry stared at him. He had no idea what he was talking about.
It was highly irregular but Max didn’t know what else to do. He’d talked with Wyatt and told him what to expect from Terry, and now he was getting off a plane in Richmond, Virginia. Max was guilt ridden. He felt this was all his fault. If he’d left Terry alone he would be all right now. He wanted to be here when he got home because it was going to be devastating for Toni.
Toni was back home after spending the night in the hospital. Other than being dehydrated they couldn’t find anything else wrong with her, and her baby was doing just fine. She hadn’t spoken much since she woke up in the ambulance. All she could think of was what she’d seen go across the screen in Terry’s office. He’d been shot and was unresponsive. She’d had no contact with anyone since then. The message had been sent to Brian by Tomas as soon as the helicopter landed.
She got a call from Wyatt that afternoon, telling her Terry was alive, only a surface wound. He had a fractured skull but was awake and talking. They were in the process of getting him home. That settled her somewhat. At least he was coming home. She’d gone downstairs to tell Munchie when her doorbell rang, echoing through the house.
"Max!"
"Hello, Toni."
"Max, what are you doing here?"
"I’m, ah, just paying a visit. May I come in?"
"Oh, of course! Sorry. I’m just so surprised to see you…here."
"I know, it’s quite irregular. I need to talk to you, Toni."
Toni went cold. "But…Terry’s alive. Wyatt just called and told me that. He’s alive."
"Yes, he is but there is a problem. Do you think we might sit down?"
Toni led him into the front parlor and sat by him on the sofa. "What kind of problem? I know he has a fractured skull but they’re sending him home. He’s coming home."
"Then you need to prepare yourself, Toni." He reached out and took her hand. "He won’t know you."
"Wha…what are you talking about?"
"The magic has left him. He won’t remember anything outside of his movie. I’m sorry, Toni."
"No, no!" She began shaking her head. "That’s not possible, Max, no…you’re lying! Why are you doing this?"
"I don’t want to do this, to tell you this, but I know it is true. I’ve heard from John. He knows it, too."
"Well…but you…and the brothers, you can bring it back! You can, can’t you? You can do it…you can help him remember!"
"We don’t have that kind of power. Oh, Toni, it’s all my fault…if I hadn’t messed with his life none of this would have happened."
"He was so happy." She looked up at the chandelier, the windows, the piano. "He was so glad to see Dino…I’m carrying his baby."
"I know." He watched her shoulders began to shake. She was breaking down. He couldn’t stand it. He put his arms around her and she cried on his jacket. "John’s coming…we haven’t heard from Jack, but he knows."
She cried aloud, "Max, what am I going to do! Oh, God!"
"Toni?" Munchie came running down the hall. "Oh, who are you? Something’s happened to Terry?"
Max looked over Toni’s shoulder. "Terry is coming home."
"Well…what’s all this then?"
"Oh, Munchie, he’s not going to remember me!"
"Amnesia, oh no! Well, he will given time, Toni. I’m sorry, I didn’t get your name. I’m Munchie, Toni’s housekeeper."
"Max Skinner…Terry’s brother."
"Well, then…I’ll make a pot of coffee." Munchie walked slowly down the hall, shaking her head. Poor Toni.
Toni tried to pull herself together. "Why didn’t you help him? Why was this allowed to happen?"
"He didn’t call on any of us or even think of us. In short, he didn’t need us to do what he had to do. Does your Munchie know anything about magic?"
"No, nothing. No one does but those of us it touched." She began softly crying again.
Part 2:
They made him as comfortable as possible on the private jet that was bringing Terry home. Dino and Marine were accompanying him. He was walking, though slowly, had headaches and dizziness that plagued him from time to time. Dino had talked to Wyatt and knew what was wrong with Terry. He’d kind of passed the confusion off as a result of the head trauma. Now he knew it was something worse. They were calling it amnesia and that’s what Terry thought he had. Dino had explained he was going home to Virginia and Terry had become very agitated. He lived in London. Dino had to do a lot of fast talking. Marine they explained away as being part of the team that helped them out on the last job, the one Terry couldn’t remember.
Terry sat in the car when it pulled up in front of his home. The house was as unfamiliar to him as anything else around him. Marine came around and opened the door for him. He was wearing a neck brace as a precaution while in the car, and he began pulling at it as soon as he stepped out. Tom had been told he had amnesia, and he left Terry alone, not wanting to add to his confusion. Terry really did not want to go in the house. Dino had explained he had a wife but he didn’t know how this could be. His last memory was of Alice as she drove away in Tecala.
Toni opened the door and held her breath. Max and John were with her. She saw him remove the neck brace and everything in her wanted to run to him and gather him in her arms. "Terry?"
He looked up at her with no recognition at all in his eyes. Toni saw it and swayed. John caught her. "Hold it together, Toni."
"Come in," she heard herself say. "Hello, Dino, how are you?"
"Not much on conversation," he said through his teeth. "Well come on, Tio, you’re home."
Marine took Terry’s arm and helped him up the steps. "How are you, buddy? Need to go lie down for awhile?"
"Yeah." He was feeling nauseous from riding in the car.
Toni led the way up the stairs and Marine helped Terry climb behind her. "In here," she said and stayed while Marine steadied him to the bed, taking his shoes off for him.
"I’ll leave you with him. I’m called Mean Marine. Not my real name, but Marine will do. I take it you’re Toni?"
"I am, thank you, Marine." She waited until he left the room then looked back at Terry. He was looking at her, too.
"I’m sorry…I don’t remember you."
"I know…I’m sorry, too. I’m, um, trying not to, um, run to you and hold you. I understand you don’t know me." Her eyes wet with tears.
"I have amnesia. The doctors said my memory may come back. It may take awhile."
"Yes," she sniffed, "well, we’ll just have to get reacquainted, start from scratch. I just, um, hope you’ll still love me this time around."
"This is hard for you. It is for me, too. I must have loved you very much."
"I’m having your baby."
His eyes closed and a look of pain across his face made her flinch. "I’m sorry, is there something I can get you…anything I can do?"
"No."
Toni backed out of the room and closed the door. She slid down the wall, her hands covering her face, and wept. Dino found her there.
"Toni, don’t do this, honey. Come on, get up off the floor. I’ve got a veritable pharmacy in my bag here, some for me and some for him. He’s due a pill about now. Want me to give it to him?"
"Yes, please." Toni got herself up. "Dino, you have your old room back. Is Marine staying?"
"Just for tonight. He wanted to see Terry home."
"Well, okay, he can have Wyatt’s room." She wandered off down the hallway until she came to her old bedroom and sat on the bed. She pulled a pillow from the bed, dislodging Millie who’d taken over this room. "Oh, Millie…I can’t do this, I can’t!"
"So you’re brothers?" Marine asked, accepting a glass of iced tea from Munchie who was serving around.
"Yes, we are," answered John. "He has another one, too. We haven’t heard from him yet. He’s a…in the Navy."
"Navy, well, good job. Yeah, and Terry in the Australian and English SAS. I have to ask this. He’s an Aussie, you’re a Brit and you’re American?"
"Our father got around," Max smiled. "Never bothered marrying, of course." He remembered Terry’s explanation when Toni’s Auntie had asked the same thing.
"I guess that explains it."
Munchie’s ears were growing bigger by the minute. She’d never heard all this before; a bit of information to discuss with Betty. She marched off to the kitchen, big meal to serve tonight to a houseful of men.
Later Max walked outside with John. "Beautiful place here. I had no idea."
"Yeah, it is. Kind of reminds me of the House."
Max looked down past the flower gardens. He could see the outline of stables in the distance, a big garage off to the right, the blue of a pool to the left. "There’s everything here except the magic."
"You wouldn’t need magic here."
"I wonder if you’re thinking the same thing I am."
"It crossed my mind, but I opted out; took what I knew and what I had."
"I was a fool." Max stepped off the patio.
"Do you really think you could have changed anything, Max? I knew she was his as soon as I saw her."
Max turned and looked at him. "Yes…I do."
Part 3:
Dino got a glass of water from the bathroom for Terry to take his pain pill. "Don’t be rough on her. It ain’t her fault."
Terry flashed his eyes up. "I wasn’t. I can’t help it if I don’t know her, don’t feel anything for her."
"Give it time, man, give it time."
"I may never regain my total memory back, Dino. I can’t live here with somebody I don’t know. It’s not fair to either one of us."
"You’re gonna be here for awhile, at least until you’re well."
"Did you contact Ian for me?"
Dino looked at him. "Ian don’t work there. The company is kaput. Trust me on that, Terry."
"My head hurts."
"Go to sleep." Dino got up, set the glass down and left him to sleep for awhile. He wanted to talk to Terry’s brothers, but right now his jaw hurt and he was going to suck down a pill and sleep a bit himself.
Toni went downstairs to help Munchie with dinner. It was the least she could do.
"Been a long time since we filled the dining room table up." Munchie was mashing up potatoes.
"Yes, not since Mamam was alive and I was home. That seems so long ago. So much has happened since then."
"Yes, well, you went off to Boston to school and your Auntie had you then. You should invite her down for awhile. I bet she’d come."
"Now…with all this?"
"Why not? She’ll be a help to you, Toni, and you need it right now. We don’t know how long this amnesia is going to last and I think you need somebody to talk to. His brothers are all right but you need a woman even if she is old as Moses."
"I don’t know how long his brothers are going to be here."
"Even more reason to ask her down. We got plenty of room here and it’s nice to see the house full again."
"It will mean more work for you and Betty."
"I don’t think so. Easy enough to boil an extra egg. Besides she’ll probably bring her maid with her."
Toni went to the sink to wash her hands and saw Max walking down by the pool. It was all out of place and out of time but something in her…he was still Max.
"Are you going to wash that lettuce or waste water?"
Terry woke in the bedroom. It was shaded and cool and for the first time he had a good look at it. Nice room. Carefully he sat up, steadied himself and walked over to the French doors and looked out. It was late evening and shadows were claiming the grounds. He couldn’t believe he lived here. How did he ever meet up with an American woman? Toni, and she was pregnant with his child. How could he not remember something, anything?
Toni quietly opened the bedroom door and saw him leaning on the doors to the balcony. She walked over to him and he jerked a little, not hearing her come in.
"I came to see if you wanted to come down for dinner or would like a tray sent up."
"I’m not good with stairs right now." He looked down at her. How could he not know her?
"Okay, Munchie can bring a tray up." She couldn’t look him in the face. "Can I get you anything?"
"My memory."
She chanced a glance up. "I wish…" She couldn’t help it. Her arms went around his waist and she laid her head on his chest. He touched her gently on the shoulders. "I’m sorry." She turned and ran out of the bedroom.
Toni went outside along the front of the house, walking with her arms wrapped around her waist. John was on the front porch in a rocking chair. She hadn’t seen him when she came out. He watched her for a moment then got up and went to her.
"Toni, anything I can do?"
"No, thanks, John. It just hurts so bad to be near him. I can’t look him in the face. I don’t want to see what isn’t there anymore."
"Do you remember one time we were down looking at the Christmas trees and I think the conversation was about why you didn’t ask me back that second year, and you said it was because I wouldn’t know you. I said I’d love you anyway. Give him time, Toni. How can he not love you?"
"Time…how much time? When I think of what we’ve shared...he doesn’t have any of that anymore. Oh, John! I couldn’t stand it then, I can’t now. He may not have the same feelings for me that he did. We had something deep and special, John. That’s why…I chose him."
"I understand that. Don’t feel bad about it, Toni. We had something pretty special going there, too. Max and I want to talk to him but we’re kind of waiting for Jack. I’m sure he’s coming. Maybe between the three of us we can help. I don’t know. Making no promises here."
"Anything…anything." John put his arm around her and walked back inside the house.
Munchie was doing Dino’s dinner up special in the blender. "I sure hope he can suck up chicken and gravy through a straw, poor man."
Toni was fixing a tray for Terry. "I need to find somebody to take this up. It’s too heavy for you, Munchie."
"Well, there’s a house full. Here comes one now." Max came through the back door into the hallway.
"Max, help us out here," Munchie called.
"What do you need, Munchie?"
"Take this tray up to Terry. Toni says he doesn’t do stairs very well."
"Sure." Max picked up the tray, briefly meeting Toni’s eyes.
"Dinner has arrived!" Max opened the door, balancing the tray on one hand.
Terry was seated in a chair, TV on. "Thanks, sorry for the trouble. I saw you downstairs but I don’t remember you."
"No problem. I’m one of your forgettable brothers."
"Brother…are you really?"
Max’s eyes softened. "Yes, I am. We’ve got to get you well, Terry. This won’t do, you know."
"I…I don’t know what else I can do. My memory banks have been erased. Maybe in time it will come back." He began picking at the food on his tray and Max sat down on the sofa.
"If it doesn’t, Terry, there are enough of us around to fill you in. You can ask me anything and hopefully I will have an answer for you."
"How long have I been married?"
"Ah, let me see. About a year I think." In real time, of course, not magic time, but no need to confuse him further right now.
"Where did I meet her?"
"You met her in Massachusetts. She has a house there where you spent some time. It was on the coast above Gloucester."
"I have no memory of any of this. You say I spent some time there. How did I meet her, where?"
"She invited you to the house. Let’s say she’d heard of you. One of your other brothers mentioned you to her."
"One of…how many do I have?"
"Um, three."
"There’s another one down stairs then. I saw him; there’s a resemblance between us."
"That’s John. The one who has not arrived is Jack."
"I’m Australian. I know that much. You’re English."
Max smiled. He knew the answer to this one. "Two are English, myself and Jack and then there’s John who is American. Don’t worry yourself with it, Terry, eat your dinner."
"I don’t know what I am going to do about Toni. Every time she looks at me she starts crying. It’s not fair, Max."
"No, it isn’t, Terry, but she loves you and it’s not returned."
"I’m thinking about going to London. I have a flat there."
"I know you do, but you aren’t going anywhere until that crack in your head heals. Now eat or I’ll send Munchie up here." Max got up and left him alone.
He had intended to go up river but after Mowett talked to some of the fishermen on the docks he changed his mind. There was nothing for it. He would have to contact Max or John to come for him. One didn’t go about on horseback along the highways anymore. He pulled out his blackberry and sent a message to both of them, waiting now in his cabin with a glass of Madeira to see who answered first.
Max was headed down the stairs and pulled his phone out. Ah, Jack in Norfolk! Catching sight of John headed into the dining room he stopped him. "Jack is in Norfolk, needs a ride."
"He ought to learn to drive, the way things are."
Max chuckled, following John into the dining room. "Can you see him behind the wheel of an SUV?"
"How did you get here?"
"Rental."
"Same here, I’ll go if you want."
"Thanks, John."
Part 4:
After listening to John’s account of Terry’s condition, Jack said, "I have to ask. Why hasn’t he been taken to the House of Four Seasons? He would be healed there."
"He just got home today from South America. I don’t think Toni has even thought of it."
"Ah, well, I should imagine she is quite upset. "
"Yes, she is. She can’t look at him without breaking out in tears. It’s hard, Jack, on both of them."
It was late when they got to the house, nearly midnight, but Jack was wide awake, John less so.
Max, Marine and Toni were in the den. Terry was asleep and Dino hadn’t been seen since dinner.
Jack, trying his best not to draw attention to himself, had worn a pair of jeans and one of his own shirts. He would of course draw attention no matter what he wore, and he drew Marine’s when he was introduced. Toni ran into his arms when he came into the house. Jack had always been her refuge. He had his arm around her when they walked into the den.
"You say you’re in the Navy?" Marine asked in disbelief.
"His Majesty’s Service."
"Ah, that’s Her Majesty," John said under his breath.
"Quite so. Marine? Is that a name or the branch of service you are in?"
"Aw, that’s a nick name, Mean Marine. My real name is John Stowe but don’t tell anybody. I was in the marines, and once a marine, always a marine."
"That is true. I have Marines on my ship. Ah, Max, good to see you, brother!" He gave Max a half hug.
"Good to see you too, Jack. What took you so long?"
Jack half smiled and glanced at Marine. "I was away and came as soon as I could. How is he tonight?"
Toni answered, "He’s sleeping now. He took a pain pill. His head really hurts him."
"I would like to see him. Will you take me up?" He looked her in the eye.
"Yes, of course."
Once at the top of the stairs, he continued, "We need to talk."
"Come with me." She led him to the end of the hall to her old bedroom.
"This, I take it, was your room. It reminds me of you."
"Yes, I grew up in this room. What is it, Jack, you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Terry. Toni, I know you gave up magic when you left the House of Four Seasons but you have need of it now. It’s your house. You can return when you wish. The House will heal him, Toni."
"Will it heal his mind, bring back his memory, Jack…if I thought…"
"I cannot be sure of that completely, but it is your best chance."
"It may not be so easy to get him to go. He wants to go back to London to his flat."
"You must use your powers of persuasion."
"I’m afraid my powers are not working on him right now. He’s more like he was when I first met him, and of course he doesn’t know me now."
"There are three of us to make sure he goes."
"August is almost gone. I could take him for fall as before. You know I’m pregnant, nearly three months now."
"Yes, I know," he smiled. "I’m happy for you, Toni, and that is all the more reason to get him to the house. There is no way to restore his memory. It’s not like a normal knock on the head and forgetfulness. He lost the magic that was in him. Perhaps a trip to the house for a season will restore it."
"And if it doesn’t?"
"You know what a season will do there. He will fall in love with you again."
"I’m so glad you’re here. I’m always in crisis when you come."
"Yes, my pet, you are." He kissed her forehead. "I’d better have a look at him."
The next morning Tom took Marine to the airport. He was going to Miami for awhile before heading back to Panama. Dino had a talk with Max about SI.
"There’s nobody at the helm now."
"No, but who ran it before Terry? Did the owner or Brian?"
"I got the impression the office was a pretty smooth operation and Wyatt’s there now, too. He’ll look out for Terry’s interest."
"Why don’t you step in for awhile, until we see what’s going on with Terry? Toni has a house up the coast from Boston. I think she may take him there for awhile. He needs the recuperation time."
"That he does."
"And you, I would think you do, too."
"I’ll stick around here for awhile. I can work from Terry’s office. I still got things to do in Quito."
"Don’t go back there, Dino. I know Terry would tell you the same thing. You’re a marked man now."
"Hey, I’m in no hurry to go back. I’ll hang around here. I don’t think Terry will mind, or Toni."
"I’m sure they won’t. By the way, when you get to London, give me a call. I’ll be around."
"I quite agree it is an impossible situation for both of you here." Jack had listened to Terry and his concerns about staying with Toni.
"So I thought the flat in London. I could go back there."
"Why, when you have a wife and an unborn child here? That’s running away, Terry. It might be good for you but what about Toni? Has she told you about the house she has north of Boston?"
"No, but Max did. I asked him where I’d met her."
"I am suggesting that you go back there with her. It’s a very special place and only good things happen. I think you will heal much faster and perhaps it will jog your memory. I know you spent some happy times there with Toni."
"You’ve been there?"
"Yes, many times, as have we all."
"It would seem to me to go back where she has all these happy memories and I have none would be even harder on her. I hate what my amnesia is doing to her."
"It will not be as hard for her there. She will find comfort, Terry, as will you."
"I’ll go. It’s worth a try. Anything is better than this."
"Good man! I know you don’t recall any of it but Dino and Marine gave me an account of your rescue mission in Colombia. I have always been impressed with you and at one time saw you in action on my ship. I, too, hope your memory returns, Terry. Get some rest now whilst we make plans for another trip."
"I don’t know, Toni, maybe it’s because I ran out like I did and left you. I shouldn’t have done that no matter what I was feeling at the time. I don’t feel as much a part of it anymore."
"John, I understand why you left me. I wasn’t being totally honest about it all. Jack set me straight on that. I was sorry it ended like it did. Winter alone in that house…"
"Rub it in, make me feel even lower."
Toni grinned, "I’m trying to."
"I was hurt. I just wanted to get as far away from that place as I could and forget all about it. I knew if I could get home I’d be okay again."
"I never meant to hurt you, John."
"I don’t think you did either, but you’d just come from him and he hadn’t left you. He was still there."
"He still is."
"I know…we’ve got to get him back for you, Toni. Jack thinks taking him back to the House is the answer."
"I’m up for it. Take him there for fall. He was my fall."
John hugged her and kissed her. "And now he’s your all." He smiled down at her and took her hand, walking back from the stables to the house.
Jack and Max were waiting for them on the patio. "Oh, now that’s nice," Max commented when he saw John kiss Toni.
"I’m sure it was in friendship," Jack raised a brow.
"I’m sure." But Max wasn’t.
Once they were all seated around the table Jack began, "He’s agreed to go, Toni. He says anything is better than this and I agree. Now we must think how to get him there. I do not think riding in a car that far is a good thing for him right now."
"We can fly into Boston. It’s not far from there," Toni suggested.
"Fly?" Jack raised both brows.
"Some of us can fly." Max looked over his glasses.
"Okay, why don’t I take Toni’s jeep and Jack here and drive up and you three fly?"
"Sounds a good plan to me as I shall not get into one of those flying cigars." Jack sat back in the chair.
"So you’re all going?" Toni asked.
"You may need help with him in the airport. He’s not steady on his feet," Max said.
"And you’ll need your jeep," John added.
"I’m along for the ride. My ship is at sea but, yes, I would like to see him there and to see if there is any immediate effect on him. We will not overstay our welcome. I can assure you that."
"Two’s company, three is a crowd and five is a party," Toni threw up her hands.
"Then we shall have a party, my dear," Jack smiled.
"He flew up here in SI’s private jet, Toni. Should I find out where it is?" Max asked. He has access to it at anytime."
"I want him to be as comfortable as we can make him so, yes, Max, if you could find out if it’s still in this country." Toni felt better about the whole thing now with her seasons helping her. She’d been a little worried about being alone with Terry at the house. There was no way to know if he would respond to her as he did before. She put her face in her hands. She wanted the old Terry back, the one that loved her.
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