Sorry but because I'm planning on publishing the parent version of this story, "Margaret Josette Dupres", I have to pull some chapters here because publishing firms aren't too cozy with printing books that have already been seen for free online.

I decided that I will summarize what happens in the missing chapters and they will be like the bonus tracks on a CD when the book is published for purchase.

I've been considering making a "clean version" as well, but I'm not sure if anyone would like that, too. I can't know unless I'm told.

With the Chapter "And Sometimes Fear" Josette begins to reflect on past memories and concerns about more trouble brewing as it so often did before. It's very likely this would happen after so much torment. Bad dreams of past wrongs come to haunt many of us often. She experiences her original Josette turmoil as being bewitched to marry Jeremiah, as well as the re-newed back step when Kitty Soames went back in time to try again as Josette and Barnabas followed her. Both attempts failed which is why her third reincarnation as Maggie Evans stands out as the final life that works.

But the memories of horrors we've experienced haunt us all, and no moment is ever "the right moment" for it to happen. :(

There are a number of chapters I'm briefing. This one is of Maggie as Josette remembering both the past of Kitty Soames and its tragedy of being separated from Barnabas, as well as being wedded by bewitchment to a man she really had no desire for. She experiences a shaky freak out and Barnabas having to comfort her… with… well.. this IS the CLEAN version, isn't it?

One part I especially enjoy is Barnabas reflecting enough upon the painting Pop/Papa had of Barnabas, Maggie and Sarah asleep on the davenport one night. It meant a great deal to them, or as Barnabas told Sam, "I'd rather give up my HOME than request this NOT be painted!" And then of course the gentle way he comforts Josette when she is upset… Ah well, I'm giving too much away, or maybe I'm enticing you to finally post it in "Margaret DuPres"? I may not be leaving out too much actually.

In "The Pit of Ultimate Dark Shadows" I was delighted to come up with the painting idea. You see, I managed to bring Sarah back because in Dark Shadows her concern was her brother being bad over good. As things altered in my story, it made sense that she returned in order to expose him to the rewards of his own changes... or as David soon snapped his fingers: "Positive Reinforcement! I've read about that!" But, I must confess, coming up with extremely old-school activities for this brother and sister was NOT the easiest thing in the world! If they'd only done more of that in the show! So much was left open ended. Ah, well... more gaps to fill.

Another part I've liked is that in the radio play there is one of the usual ripping arguments between Mr. B. Collins and Dr. J. Hoffman, one of the best I've ever encountered, and they hash out what the heck IS so great about Maggie or Josette? Or as Julia finally says, "Her" finally describing the two as one. Of course Julia is angry with this idea Barnabas has of Josette being perfection-overload. This makes him rather pissed off, as one would expect, and he keeps pressing the issue that Josette isn't perfect but divine. It takes a while for Julia to get the point he's making. I wasn't sure how to get him to describe what he was saying exactly. Thankfully in this chapter he does.

Further Notes:

This chapter was intensely difficult to write. With Josette bursting out from the shadows, as it were, her desires and needs gained in an exhausting display of passion, I knew it would have to tone down eventually and bring deeper reflections of what she would be going through to adapt to her new life.

Because both lives are inherently linked with Maggie's, she contains memories in the same way that John Sullivan's memories are both retained and altered, much like a remix of the same life, but separate timelines. (John Sullivan is the character from the film "Frequency" that was released in 2000.) In Sullivan's life he finds away to communicate with a younger version of his deceased father and in doing so alters the past several times.

Maggie would retain the Kitty Soames life who returned to 1795 as Josette in a new replay of similar events as the original Josette, which is why she talks about both here.

Barnabas understands that though he doesn't enjoy her frailty in what he expected would come, he appreciates the ability to comfort and meet her needs, and does so with as much care as he can.

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In analyzing what happened between Josette and Jeremiah, I can really do nothing but find disbelief in any "true-love" along those lines. It was another frightful display of manipulation and destruction by Angelique Bouchard, and as I've mentioned in the second intro to my podcast, "The Pit of Ultimate Dark Shadows" I do intend to address how Josette felt about it. Though I can here if anyone would like to know. I've found a rather simple, yet disturbing answer.

And, of course, Josette *did* kiss Barnabas passionately and rather shortly after Jeremiah's death, in full mourning regalia. I hardly believe that constitutes much link between her and Jeremiah.

So, Josette would need to be reminded, yes, this is all real, all true, and this *is* the man that she wanted, living in the proof of it.