Over the past few days after Eric saved Isabella… again, Eric has been hanging out with the family and everyone seemed to like him… except Zoey. She has been keeping an eye on him, especially when he's around with Isabella.

One night, she was tossing and turning. All of a sudden, she imagined that she was walking around some dark woods. Then, she saw a familiar body lying down on the ground.

"Isabella," said Zoey as she ran to her granddaughter, who was unconscious and probably dead.

When she came to Isabella, she continued, "Isabella. Oh, Isabella, please don't be dead. Please don't be dead. Wake up. Wake up. Oh, please wake up."

Just then, she heard an evil laugh that was sort of familiar. She looked around, saw Eric and said, "Eric?"

Then, Eric took out a knife and killed Zoey. All of a sudden, Zoey woke up in a flash of panic.

"Zoey, what is it?" asked Chase, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, Chase," said Zoey, "it's just that I had a nightmare that Eric killed Isabella. Then he took out a knife and killed me."

"Zoey, it was just a bad dream," said Chase, "a nightmare. Besides, Eric seems very nice. He never plans to kill you. And I think he even likes Isabella."

"But he's the grandson of our enemy," said Zoey.

"Maybe," said Chase, "but just because he's the grandson of our enemy, doesn't mean he hasn't changed. I've gotten to know him. Why don't you do the same thing and see if you're right."

"Okay," said Zoey, "maybe I will."

The next morning, before everyone else was awake, Zoey woke up and went to kitchen to get a drink of water and clear her head. What she didn't know was that Eric was in the room next door and right behind her.

Just as he was about to give her a surprise attack and kill her, Isabella came out of nowhere and said, "morning, Eric. Did I surprise you?"

Eric stopped looking at Isabella and looked at the kitchen. Zoey was gone.

"Hey, do you want to hang out at the park?" asked Isabella.

"Um, sure," said Eric.

I'll get Zoey later. He thought.

Later that day, when Isabella and Eric were at the park, Eric looked at Isabella and had an, 'I-think-I'm-in-love' look in his eyes.

Isabella is even more beautiful then she was twenty years ago, he thought, and she's very nice and funny and smart and helpful. I don't think I want to kill her or Zoey anymore. But I can't tell her about my past. She'll never believe me. Well, I've got to try. Here it goes.

"Isabella?" asked Eric.

"Yes, Eric?" asked Isabella.

"I have something to tell you," said Eric, "its kind of a confession. Here it is. My whole life, ever since the day we met, I've been trained to… Oh, forget it."

"Why?" asked Isabella, "What is it? Tell me."

"All right," said Eric, "my whole life, I've been trained to…"

"Isabella!" said a familiar voice.

Isabella and Eric turned around and saw Jenny with a newspaper in her hand.

"Jenny, what is it?" asked Isabella.

"My grandparents are missing," said Jenny.

"What do you mean?" asked Isabella.

"Look," said Jenny as she showed both of them the article.

They looked at the article and Eric read:

BARRETS GONE MISSING Michael and Nicole Barret were found missing this morning. No one knows where they are or who kidnapped them. The police are looking for them. If you find them, call the police

"Oh, Jenny," said Isabella, "that's terrible."

"I know," said Jenny.

She looked at Eric and continued, "you look a little familiar."

"You do too," said Eric, "have we met before?"

"I don't know," said Jenny.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Where could have Michael and Nicole have gone? Will Eric ever tell Isabella the truth about his past? Why do Jenny and Eric seem to think they know each other? And will Zoey ever accept Eric as a grandson-in-law? Review, then I'll update