Stephanie: I made it through lunch with Row, and continued to wait for some kind of response from these people... I couldn't accept that they would just let it go. If anything had happened while I was gone, Lacey wasn't talking.

He wasn't packing anything either, not even a pistol. I would be tense for weeks, I was sure.

Lacey, do you really believe they'll leave you alone?

Lacey:Why not, they haven't made any move at all ! So perhaps-they don't really need me after all.

Stephanie: If you were worried about poison in your water the other day, why are you so ready to drink it today? You have to be kidding me... how do we know if they've made a move or not; you think they'd call you and tell you?
Lacey: Actually yes! You will notice that I'm not dead !

Stephanie: What will I ever do with you Lacey!!! I can't even keep a straight face while I'm sitting worried I may wake up to a dead husband in the morning!! I should just do it myself... you jerk!

Lacey:That's what I love about you, your optimism . Your sense of humor isn't bad either. I held her in my arms and told her everything was going to be alright and hoped she would believe me.

Stephanie: SURE, I believed him... not. I would just have to try and brush it off though, because Lacey still didn't know what fear was. Maybe that was what made him stand out so much at Brian Doyle's party all those years ago. Must be what scares Row about him too. She has a firm belief that fear is human, and if you don't feel it you just might be evil.

Lacey: When we made love that night, Steph was all I thought about . Pleasing her . She was the only one I held in my mind and heart, my one and only thought was of and for her. Nothing else mattered!