Chapter Five...

Ok, on to chapter 5--back to Tink. As with each chapter, there is a 'repeat of action' as we digress and lead up to a scene we've already experienced through somone else's eyes. This chapter begins with Tink starting her day, leading up to that meeting with the 'bad boy' vampire later at her uncle's house. Tink not only looks forward to a specific event, which is why she came to the States in the first place, but she is also apprehensive about that 'meeting.' She has no idea what she is in for and dislikes to be surprised or caught off-guard. We now experience this meeting as she sees it, only in a more condensed version, and then the smug and cocky bad guys leave.

Within minutes, Tommy and his family show up and a whole new scene and dynamic begins. Everyone on his end is surprised to see Tink, just as she is to see them. At this point, no one knows who 'knows who' so keep track as the connections are presented. Tommy tries to find out what Derek's demands were; Tink hopes to avoid discussing any of this with Tommy so she tries to leave, except Josef stops her. One thing leads to another and that old familiar 'chaos ensues' phrase fits in perfectly here. Fast-forward, Tommy and his family leave...unhappy.

As the day began calmly, it ended as anything but. Since that guy. Derek, announced his demands earlier, Tink was filled with anxiety and intense inner conflict over what she agreed to. If she didn't respect her uncles as much as she did, she may have handled the entire situation so very differently. Now she felt trapped, but didn't show it.

So when Tommy and his family showed up, as surprised and happy as she was to see him again, she felt even worse knowing that the event she was looking forward to would now turn out differently; so very differently from what she imagined just a few hours earlier. 

Things got messy and heated, and Tink felt it was all her fault. Maybe she shouldn't have come back to the States just yet; maybe she was to blame for all that happened since she arrived. Would it not have been amazing if she saw Tommy, shared an instant connection with him, and drove off into the sunset as they seemingly do in fairytales? Perhaps she's read far too many of those instead of living in reality and experiencing a normal life. So now whose fault would that be? Should we blame her parents, her uncles, the ninjas that sheltered and raised her, or possibly the blame for the life she ended up living falls entirely in the lap of that demon witch that abducted her. Or could we say that fate has something to do with how things turn out and what about events or occurences that are said to be "preordained?"  I suppose that we may start to find out some of these answers...in time, piece by piece, like a jigsaw puzzle.

So as we are laying out the scenes, getting to know some of the characters and how they are connected, get ready for chapter 6. This one is good! Tink narrates the next ten chapters before Derek takes over. You will get to know more about her background, her parents, the home she was born in, as well as how selfless she is, and why she walks away from the one man that she dreamed of one day finding. Don't be a 'speed reader,' you will need every piece of information you read in order to 'connect the dots' later.

Until next time, dream on...