"Are you all right, Grandma Amy?" Mary asked Amy who had moved from Margot's to Savannah's in a continued effort to hide from Klaus. "What's going on? Is it something Liam needs to deal with?"

"Oh, no," Amy shook her head. "I just told your grandfather about something bad I did and I don't want to hear his reaction to it, that's all."

"What did you tell him?" Liam wanted to know.

"Yeah," Savannah asked as she brought Amy some tea. "What have you done?"

"I've been stopping his hunting whenever he goes out at night, you know? Stopping him from killing his victims. I did it in disguise, but I told him for good that it was me, and then left," Amy replied. "I'm still terrified about how he's gonna react, considering what happened last time he found out I was keeping a secret from him.

"Well, you were honest this time," Savannah replied. "So he can't be too mad at you."

"Yeah," Mary nodded. "And if you just wanna get it over with and go see him, we'll be glad to come with you."

"I'd feel better if we went with you," Liam added.

Amy sighed. "Thank you, all of you. I know you mean well, but I just…I'm not ready to face Klaus yet. I will be at some point, but just not now."

"All right," Liam nodded. "Just tell us when you're ready and we'll be here for you." He then looked at Mary. "I think it's clear we can't do anymore here."

"Just a minute," Mary told him and then looked at Amy. "Are you sure there's nothing more we can do for you?"

"No, thank you," Amy shook her head. "I'm sure there are things you'd much rather be doing than staying here with me."

"Don't worry about it, Mary," Savannah told her. "You go and do what you wanna do. We'll handle things here."

"All right," Mary nodded. "If you're sure and you promise to let us know if you need anything."

When Amy assured them that she would, Liam grabbed Mary's hand and led her out to his car.

"Thanks for pulling me out of there," Mary told him when they were driving. "I knew in my mind that it was perfectly okay for us to leave, but Grandma Amy was just in so much trouble that I didn't want to leave her."

"I understand what you were thinking," Liam assured her. "But I really think your Grandma Amy has this more under control than people think."

"It's not Grandma I'm worried about," Mary replied. "But then again, if she told him the truth and she's still uninjured and alive, it can't be too bad, can it?"

Liam nodded. "You have a point. What should we do with ourselves now?"

"I don't know," Mary shrugged. "How long has it been since you've seen Regina?"

"Regina? Too long," Liam told her. "I thought you were going to ask 'How long has it been since you've seen your parents?' and I was about to protest."

"Well, I know I promised I'd see them for you most of the time, but they'd probably like to see you too," Mary reminded him. "But sure, if you want, we can go see Regina."

"I really think we should," Liam nodded. "I want to check on Victoria and see if she's suffered any more ill effects from being around Kai. Granted we haven't had any repeats of when she let him out of the cell and he set her on fire, but with him, you never know."

So they headed to Regina and Declan's. She let them in and Liam wasted no time in asking about Victoria.

"Is she all right? Was letting her look after Kai a bad move?"

"Oh, it wasn't," Regina replied. "I mean, sure I was worried at first, but she's descended from so many crazy people that I think that she can deal with a guy like him."

"Good," Liam nodded. He then greeted Victoria, who was just coming out from her bedroom. "You look different," he said in surprise.

"It's her way of coping with Kai," Regina explained. "Not exactly the route I would have gone, but done is done and I don't see her undoing the spell, so there you go."

"Of course I'm not gonna undo the spell, Mom!" Victoria told Regina indignantly. "I did it for a reason. Not just for fun!"

"All right, all right," Regina nodded. "I understand. Now go get in the car so I can take you to work."

"Technically, I'm seventeen now," Victoria said. "Shouldn't we be teaching me how to drive?"

"No, because mentally, you're only twelve," Regina reminded her patiently. "Once you've matured a bit, then I'll let you sit behind the wheel of a car. And don't go asking your father either, cause he'll say the same thing."

"All right, all right," Victoria nodded. "I won't. Let's go."

"And remember," Liam called after her. "If Kai ever gives you too much trouble, just let me know."

"I don't think that will happen," Victoria shouted back. "But I promise I'll keep it in mind."

Once Victoria and Regina were gone, Liam and Mary decided to visit Sean and Eva. Sean was still recovering from his encounter with Kai, so he and Liam had a drink on the porch and Mary and Eva zapped suits on and swam in the pool in the sunshine before heading home before sundown to hold the curse off for another day.

"No luck?" Ronan asked as Klaus hung up his phone once again after trying to reach Amy for what seemed like the millionth time.

"Nope," he said. "I left her yet another message. I mean, in a way, I guess I understand why she's afraid to talk to me, but when she told me about what she did, I reacted calmly. Actually, she didn't even give me a chance to respond, calmly or angrily." He leaned forward. "Ronan, what do you think I should do?"

"Well, let's see," Ronan replied thoughtfully as he rested his chin on the back of his hand. "You've left a million messages for her and you haven't heard anything back. I'd say let it go for now. Just wait a bit. And if you're not happy about being alone, I'm sure Renee wouldn't be against being with you."

Klaus looked at him in shock. "Are you really suggesting that I cheat on my wife? I'm still married, you know?"

"Where was this sense of indignation when you took Renee's number and put it in your pocket a while back?" Ronan asked.

"Well, I thought she was gonna break up with me when I took Renee's number," Klaus explained. "But things don't seem to be as bad as I thought."

But finally, when Amy called him, it was with a message that made his heart sink a little. "If you want to date that woman whose number was in the pocket of your jeans, go ahead. I need time to figure things out, and it will drive you crazy to wait for me, Klaus. I hope you understand. And I'm sorry I waited so long to tell you about what I was doing with my disguise."

As the call ended, Klaus put his phone down and sighed.

"What?" Ronan asked and pushed a bottle of beer towards him. "Bad message?"

"Not a good one," Klaus replied, opening the bottle and taking a swig. "She says she wants us to take a break while she 'figures things out'. What the hell does that even mean?"

"It means you should go and keep Renee company," Ronan replied. "She's been waiting for you."

Klaus stared at the woman, took a deep breath, strode over to her, and asked her if he could buy her a drink.

"You can do more than that if you want," Renee smiled, her brown eyes sparkling, her low cut dress showing off her chest to its best advantage. "I've got nothing else to do today."

Klaus shoved down the last bit of uncertainty he felt about what he was doing, and took Renee's hand. "Far be it from me to leave a woman sitting alone," he replied and led her out of the bar and into his car.

"You wanna talk about your cousin?" Victoria asked Kai. "He seemed nice."

"Oh, not you too!" Kai scoffed and twisted her neck so she fell on the floor. "Everyone thinks Sean is nice! Just once I'd like to have someone outside of me think he's horrible! But his visit wasn't a total waste. That girl he brought with him was lovely."

It was then that Victoria got up and whipped him and he swore. "What the hell was that for?" He yelled at her.

"Eva is not for you!" She told him firmly. "You better stay away from her."

Kai gave her a look then, a smile curling his lips as he pulled her against him. "Are you jealous?" He asked and nibbled on her ear as she gasped. "Victoria, I think you're jealous! I'm so touched!"

"Oh, bite me," Victoria scoffed.

"All right," Kai replied and nibbled on her neck hard enough to draw a little blood and chuckling as Victoria cried out and struggled against him until he finally let her go and sent her sprawling to the floor.

"I hope I didn't hurt you too much," Kai smirked. "But you can't be mad at me. I was just doing what you asked me to do!"

"Yeah, and I'm about to return the favor!" Victoria shouted. She pushed him against the wall and stuck her fangs into his neck none too gently. As she fed, Kai realized that he sort of liked the feeling of her lips against his neck. When she finally detached herself from him and he still felt some blood running down from the wound, he said, "You can lick off the rest. I don't mind."

"All right," Victoria replied and grabbed him again. At first, her tongue felt weird against his neck, but then…then he realized he liked that too. He quickly pushed her away, his eyes wide. "Stop that!" He ordered. "Just stop it!"

"What's the matter?" Victoria asked, looking disconcerted. "You just told me I could lick the rest of the blood off your neck!"

"Well, I didn't expect it to feel so damn good!" Kai remarked. "Do something else. Whip me, hit me, use your magic to send me flying into a wall. Anything that wouldn't make me feel feelings. I'm not good with feelings."

"Oh, all right," Victoria sighed as she decided that he needed something new to distract him. She filled the sink in his cell with water, pushed him to it, and then began dunking him in the water, pulling him out and then putting him in again.

"Was that mean enough for you?" She asked as he stood before her, his hair sopping wet. "Or do I need to do more?"

"No, That was good enough," Kai replied, blowing water out of his nose. "I can always count on you, can't I?"

"I do my best," Victoria said before filling a bucket with water and tossing it onto his body so that his clothes stuck to him.

"What was that for?" Kai asked. "Aren't I wet enough already?"

"Now you are," Victoria replied with a smile. "If you want to change your clothes, go ahead. I just hope you don't mind me watching."

"No," Kai shook his head, a wicked smile curving his lips in a way that made her crazy. "Why deny you a look at the best man ever born?"

"Although certainly not the most modest one," Victoria replied, her eyes locking on him as he stripped down and headed to the shower on the other corner of his cell, leaving his wet clothes balled up in a pile under the bed.