Finding out about Sarah and her demon boyfriend gave Malachai the motivation to do something he never thought he would do: he phoned John, his sworn rival.

"What is it you want?" John questioned. "I never thought there would be a reason you'd want to talk to me. Are you calling to apologize?"

"No," Malachai scoffed. "I didn't even call to talk to you specifically. We're not going to be chatting like friends. I just…I need to know what Sean's number is. I have to talk to him."

"About what?" John asked. "You're not going to give him any trouble, are you?"

"No, you idiot," Malachai replied. "I just…I need to talk to him about Sarah. You remember Sarah, right? The one you kidnapped?"

"Yes, I remember her," John sighed. "What's she gotten into now?"

"She's gotten involved with a demon, and I want Sean to help me stop the relationship so she doesn't make the biggest mistake of her life."

"Oh, my goodness, she got herself involved with a demon?" John questioned. "I bet it was a blue one. They have a real skill for manipulating the emotionally vulnerable."

"You know, I don't need a lecture," Malachai snapped. "I just need Sean's number. Will you give it to me?"

"All right," John agreed. "I'm just really surprised you're willing to do something that will probably drive your daughter away from you possibly for forever."

"And why do you care about the relationship between me and my daughter?" Malachai questioned.

"I don't," John assured him. "I just think it's an interesting fact is all. But you feel you're doing this for a good reason, so your conscience is completely clear."

"Sean's number!" Malachai yelled. "Please!"

"Well, okay, but I don't know why you're yelling. I can hear you just fine. Are you trying to make me go deaf?" John questioned before giving him Sean's number and finally, mercifully, ending the conversation.

After that, he took the number he'd been given and called Sean. And as he'd suspected, the young man was not exactly pleased to hear from him.

"What is it that you want?" Sean snapped when he heard his voice. "Are you calling to scold me for how I treated Sarah?"

"Actually, it's just the opposite," Malachai informed him. "Are you busy? Could you take a plane to America as soon as possible? Cause Sarah is dating a demon now, and she's exposing Ellie to all sorts of bad things. Don't you think your daughter should be protected from that? And that Sarah needs to be protected from herself?"

"Oh, yes," Junior agreed. "Of course. You know, I called Sarah the other day to tell her that I'd rushed finishing medical school and she didn't seem too happy to hear from me. And in a way, I suppose I understand why, but since I finished school and I intend to come back and make it up to her for leaving her and Ellie in the first place, I don't know why she has to be so mean and ungrateful."

"Well, demons make people react in crazy ways, don't they?" Malachai asked. "Now, do you really intend to apologize for leaving? I think she has the right to be mad about that."

"Yes!" Sean assured him. "I do intend to apologize. Things won't be so pleasant with Sarah if I don't."

Malachai sighed. "Well, as long as you're doing it for such unselfish reasons."

"Was that sarcasm?" Sean cried. "I am apologizing for unselfish reasons, okay?"

"Just get over here and stop this whole demon mess, all right?" Malachai snapped. "You think you can do that? And fast?

"Yes," Sean nodded. "Of course I can."


Sarah, of course, disagreed very strongly with the idea that being with Josh was the biggest mistake of her life. She thought the exact opposite, and was more than happy to tell that to anyone who would listen, including Josh's brother Christian, who came to spend the evening with them, along with his wife Jill, who was Sarah's sister.

"You know, Josh hasn't talked much about his family besides his father," Sarah smiled. "I'm so glad to know you in this new way, Christian."

Christian smiled as he shook her hand. "And I'm so glad the two of you are still together. I was the one who told him to get his act together and fight for you, you know."

"You did?" Sarah smiled. "Well, thank you for that. But I was part of the problem too. It wasn't just him." She paused. "Oh, and thank you for agreeing to have this gathering at our house. Everyone who usually watches Ellie decided to have date night too, and you can't just leave a toddler alone."

"Oh, boy do we know that," Jill agreed. She was holding a broadly grinning Ellie on her lap. "Our daughter was easy enough, but when we helped her watch her twins…they were more of a handful for the brief time they were little."

Ellie then motioned to be let off of Jill's lap, picked up one of her toy balls, and threw it at Christian's head, where it bounced off.

"Eleanor, that's not polite, even if you do want to play with him!" Sarah remonstrated.

"It's all right," Christian smiled and threw the ball back as Sarah sat still, stunned that Ellie had charmed another person. "I don't mind."

"Are you sure?" Sarah questioned. "Cause she doesn't have to be in here. I can move her into her bedroom and have her play with her toys until we're done. That wouldn't be a problem."

"Oh, no!" Jill exclaimed as Ellie came to sit on her lap again with the ball in her fist. "I like her. I think she's adorable. After raising little boys for so long, it's nice to be around a little girl for a change." She paused. "In fact, any time you guys want to go out, we'd be more than happy to babysit." She looked at Christian for confirmation. "Wouldn't we?"

"Oh, of course," Christian nodded. "Definitely."

"Especially with her father coming and all," Jill got out, her eyes glassy and her voice flat. "I bet you want a bunch of places to keep her while he's here, don't you?"

"What?" Sarah's jaw dropped and Josh grabbed her hand to stop her from launching herself off the sofa. "What did you say about Sean coming?"

"He's coming to get Ellie," Jill elaborated, her face and voice just as it always was when she was having a premonition. "I'd watch her extra carefully if I were you."

"You…you're making this up!" Sarah told her, even though she knew about Jill's visions. They were hard to believe if you were an outsider.

"Oh, Jill is psychic, remember?" Christian told her.

"Oh, right, it's been so long since I saw it happen that I forgot." Sarah remarked after Jill came back to reality. "Thanks for the warning about my ex coming. I should have figured he would, with all that talk about finishing medical school early, and how much I suck as a mother for letting Ellie be around demons, even though I haven't met many horrible ones."

"Some people just don't like us," Christian shrugged. "That's their prerogative, I guess, but sometimes they're wrong."

"Tell me, please, if you can remember," Sarah asked Jill. "Was there anything in your premonition of Ellie getting hurt or killed or anything like that?"

"It didn't seem like it," Jill shook her head. "But I wouldn't rule anything out if I were you."

"Oh, I won't," Sarah said, taking Ellie from her and holding her close.

"And on that note," Josh stood up and tried to relieve the tension. "Should I order pizza? Is one supreme and one pepperoni all right with everyone?"

"Yes," they all answered.

When the pizza came, Sarah found that she was too nervous to eat and let Ellie eat her slices instead before she took her daughter to bed.

"You don't mind if I spend the night in Ellie's bedroom from now on, do you?" She asked Josh later. "I hope that doesn't bother you."

"No, it's perfectly understandable," Josh assured her, getting out of bed and grabbing a pillow before giving Sarah a tight hug. "In fact, let's both do it. Do you think the extra bed is big enough?"


Christian's habit of hanging out with friends who had babies continued when he visited Sam and Leslie, who were still very much in love with Sammy Jr, even though the dog wasn't so much anymore.

"I don't get him," Sam remarked as Sport whimpered and rubbed his head against his leg. "It's not like we've neglected him since baby Sam came along." He scratched the dog behind the ears with the arm that wasn't wrapped around baby Sam. "Just be patient, boy. You'll get your turn."

"Hi, Christian!" Leslie greeted as she came to join them after her nap. "I'm so glad to see you. Having someone from outside the house to socialize with is a real blessing." She then reached out for her son. "Sam, I can take him. I bet Christian wants to spend time with you and not be bored out of his mind hearing baby stories."

"Oh, it's fine," Christian assured her. "My brother's girlfriend has a toddler and he's just besotted with her. When Jill and I went on a double date with them, we had to stay home and hang out with her kid, and you could just tell from looking at him that he was having the time of his life."

That made Sam change his mind. "You wanna go get a drink?" He asked.

"If you don't mind going to the place you work on your night off, sure," Christian smiled and got to his feet. "Thanks."

They bade Leslie and baby Sam goodbye, and Leslie said, "I think I'm gonna go try and flatten his hair again. "The way it sticks up just drives me crazy."

"Oh, it's not that bad," Sam grinned and hugged his son goodbye. "It'll be so cool to have it that way when he's older."

"We'll see about that," Leslie told him as he gave her a wink and then set off with Christian to the Underground.


"Hey, Sam!" Roxie called, pausing wiping down the bar to watch as he and Christian entered. "Nice to see you! Did you just come to party? I assume so since it's your night off."

"You got it!" Sam told her. "And you remember Christian, right?"

"Oh, yes," Roxie nodded and reached out to shake Christian's hand. "Nice to see you, too."

"Thanks," Christian told her. "Can I have a beer, please? It doesn't matter what kind. I'll have whatever Sam usually has."

"All right," Roxie agreed and after looking around on the shelves, plunked two bottles down in front of the men. "So what brings you here on a night like this?"

"I was trying to keep Christian from having to spend another night in the company of a baby," Sam explained. "Apparently when he went to visit his brother, they spent a lot of time with a toddler."

"I totally get wanting to have a night off when you have kids," Roxie sympathized. "When my twins were little, there were some nights where I just couldn't wait to get a few minutes of peace and quiet."

"Oh, we weren't really that bad, were we?" Addie asked as she followed Vince up from the basement.

"Hey, I'm not saying I didn't love you," Roxie replied. "But children can be trying. Especially when two need your attention, but one of them is suffering from physical after effects of being brought back from the dead and can't walk properly, among other things."

"True," Addie conceded. "But you pulled through it like a champ."

"Thanks," Roxie told her. "We really did do our best."

After Christian and Sam finished their beers, they hopped off their bar stools and told Roxie 'Goodbye'.

"You wanna dance?" Sam asked.

"Not really," Christian shook his head. "I just wanna play pool."

"Okay," Sam nodded and led Christian to the pool room. "Sounds good to me."