Ren: Hey guys, Ren here with a brand new chapter. I hope you guys are enjoying it so far because this chapter will be a bit of a doozy so trigger warning, okay?

Ann: Oh no…

Morgana: I don't think I want to start the show…

Persona V: Reversing the Wheel of Fate
Chapter Eight

[Opening Scene – Suzui Residence (Nighttime)
Theme of Suzui Residence– The Voice Someone Calls from Persona 3]

With water from the shower pouring down her bruised and naked body, Suzui Shiho sat in her tub with a small knife in her hands, her forearms dripping with blood and tears flowing from her eyes.

Why?

Why did he keep doing this to her?

She never asked for this.

She never wanted any of this…

When she first heard that the Olympic gold medalist Suguru Kamoshida, a man she had rooted for back when he was in the Olympics, was coming to her school to teach, she was elated.

She had looked up to him for bringing the gold home to Japan, and for a while, he was an excellent teacher. But then, Kamoshida began to change. He began to hurt her friends on the Volleyball team and soon began to abuse the girls.

She received it the worse.

He would often leer at her and make suggestive remarks, and when she refused, he then began to hold her position on the Volleyball team and ruining her future over her head. And when that didn't work, Kamoshida used her friendship with Ann to finally get her under his thumb.

All she wanted was to play Volleyball, get into a good university and be with her best friend, but instead, her body was being used and abused by this awful man.

She just couldn't take it.

Her parents knew about the abuse she was going through, and yet they were so bound and determined to get her to a good university that they turned a blind eye to it all.

The only one she could turn to was Ann, but Shiho couldn't tell Ann anything about this. She had to protect her from him.

She knew that Kamoshida fancied Ann.

He often mentioned her whenever he touched her body. He lusted after her best friend to the point that he would often have Shiho wear a blond wig and pretend to be her as his hands roamed her body.

Shiho couldn't let Kamoshida defile her best friend's body, even if he was soiling hers. But despite her intentions, she was in pain from being used like this.

At first, cutting was easing the pain, but it was becoming worse…

She just wanted it to stop!

"You can stop it…" a dark voice whispered in her mind. "All you have to do is turn that knife to your chest and plunge it in…"

Shiho froze.

She had been hearing this voice for a long time. This dark, twisted voice mimicked her own.

This voice had been urging her to end her own life. Each time, she managed to battle it back, but her fighting spirit was dying, and this thing was growing stronger.

"Do it…The pain…The suffering…The betrayal…It can all go away with one swift thrust," the voice whispered seductively.

The bathroom began to ebb away into the darkness, with the noise of the shower fading into the background.

Soon, Shiho found herself alone in a dark void.

She could feel a cold, wet hand slide down her arms and naked breasts pressed against her back as a soothing voice said into her ear, "Just let go…We can be free from this…"

Shiho turned her head to see herself, with glowing yellow eyes, welcoming smile on her face. "I know it hurts, but we can be free. Just let go of your worries and fears, and together, we can enter eternity. Unsullied by his touch. By his gaze."

Shiho's back pressed against her naked Doppelgänger, and for a moment, Shiho wanted to do as this dark reflection said, and yet, she couldn't.

Ann.

Ann still needed her. If she died here, Ann would be at his mercy.

"I can't…" She whispered regretfully. "She needs me…"

Her Doppelgänger nodded at this, her smile never leaving her face as she replied, "I know…You love Ann dearly. You may not be lovers, but she is your soulmate. She is the one that completes you. It is truly admirable that you don't want to let her down…"

"I…" Shiho began, but her Doppelgänger silenced her small chuckle.

"But how long do you think your mental and physical wellbeing can take before you break down Shiho? How long can you stand being a replacement for your dear Takamaki Ann?" the Doppelgänger asked her.

"How long can you handle his sickening desires of her on your body? Something has got to give Shiho. It's only a matter of time before he takes more of you and destroys you from within. Are you powerful enough to withstand that, all for her?" The clone questioned.

"I-I…Shiho stammered weakly.

But then, her mind found itself focusing on the smiling face of her best friend Ann and the new student, Amamiya Ren.

Shiho didn't know why but imaging his smiling face along with Ann's gave her the strength to tell the doppelgänger "I don't know if I'll be strong enough to endure it much longer, but until it that strength runs out, I must protect Ann."

The doppelgänger chuckled softly.

"How noble of you. And all it took was a new handsome face to enter the fray for you to find that new strength. I am proud that you are willing to let someone else entered your sad, broken heart." The Doppelgänger then pressed a gentle kiss on Shiho's shoulder and whispered, "But even that won't stop the longing of dying that you have inside you..."

And with those words, Shiho found herself back in her bathroom, warm water falling down her body, but it was then she noticed that the knife that she had used to cut her forearms was pointed at her chest, and her arms were held forward.

Was she going to stab herself?

Shiho tossed the knife to the other side of the tube and took deep, labored breaths.

She had to stay strong. As welcoming as that Doppelgänger was, she could not allow herself to do it.

For Ann and even Ren, she had to withstand it all.

But in the deepest part of her mind, she heard the voice in her head say, "When you are ready to seek the peace that only death can bring you, I will welcome you into my warm embrace, Suzui Shiho, for we are one in the same…"

[Scene Change –Shujin Academy (Daytime)
Theme of Shujin Academy: Want to be Close from Persona 3]

"Put this on," Kamoshida commanded as he tossed Ren a white t-shirt along with a red jacket and pants with white squares on the sleeves/pants leg. "Your gym clothes," Kamoshida grinned.

As soon as he entered Shujin, Kamoshida had bum-rushed him to get him along in his office.

He knew Ryuji would burst and attack the teacher at the mere sight of him,, but Ren managed to ease his anger and worry and willingly followed the oaf of a teacher.

Once alone, Kamoshida had tossed him that bag for his gym clothes while also explaining what was going on with the meet today.

It was teachers going against the male volleyball team. He didn't know any of his teammate's names that Kamoshida had told him,, but there was one that he did recognize.

Yuuki Mishima.

That name he did know.

How he wasn't sure, but there was a feeling in his heart that this person would be a massive help to him somehow.

"I'll be sure to be at the gym by ten this morning for the meet. Thank you," Ren dryly replied as he looked at the gym clothes.

"Anything for the former Volleyball Captain," Kamoshida's slimy voice replied.

Without giving a response, Ren turned around and began to walk towards the door when Kamoshida said, "Wait right there, Kemosabe, there was one more thing I needed to say."

"Oh?" Ren asked, feigning curiosity. "And whatever could that be?"

Kamoshida smirked and said, "I just wanted to say good luck today. I hope everything comes up gold for you."

"Why thank you for the encouragement but trust me, I don't need it," Ren said with a fake grin to the older man before he opened the door and walked out of the room, and shut the door behind him.

"God, that guy is a dick," Ren muttered to himself, his grin immediately dropping as he held the gym uniform in his arms.

"Ah! I found you!" Kawakami's voice rang out from behind him.

Ren turned around and saw Kawakami walking towards him with a concerned frown on her face.

Why was she concerned?

"Oh hey Kawakami-sensei," Ren said with a slight wave. "Wishing me luck before the meet?"

"Something like that," Kawakami wryly replied. "Follow me."

Ren blinked in confusion but shrugged and followed Kawakami, who led him to her empty classroom. She held the door open as Ren walked inside, and the moment he did, he heard Kawakami locked the door behind her once she closed it.

"So what's going on, Kawakami-sensei?" Ren asked her.

"Let's cut the bullshit," Kawakami began. "We both know you know about my other job."

Ren blinked. "I'm sorry, what?" Ren asked.

"Don't play with me, Amamiya-san," Kawakami said. "We both know about my other j-job…"

Ren looked around in confusion. "Look…If this is about that maid comment I made, I made that in jest."

"Bullshit," Kawakami replied. "The first day we met, you said you saw me before but gave some lame excuse at where you saw me, and then last time we saw each other, you mentioned me in my maid outfit. You're taunting me about my other job."

"Look, I'm not taunting you about anything," Ren truthfully told her. "But I don't see what's so bad about working as a maid. People have second jobs all the time, you know?"

"Y-You think I work only as a maid?" Kawakami asked with a stammer.

It was then his mind played an image of Kawakami in her rather skimpy French maid outfit with a broad, innocent smile on her face as she said, "Welcome home, Master. I'm going to fill your tired heart full of precious energy. Meow! I'm Becky, and I have the pleasure of serving you today. We're going to get along so well! Meeeooowww!"

He could then see an image of that sullen boy and Ryuji climbing off the balcony. He, on the other hand, was in the same room with Kawakami.

"Amamiya-san!" Kawakami's voice exclaimed, snapping him out of the vision to look at her. Ren then let a deep blush form on his face as he said, "I-I think I get it now…You're Becky."

"That confirms that then," Kawakami said with a blank stare. "How'd you find out?"

'Think of something, think of something, think of something...' Ren thought repeatedly.

"My dad!" Ren exclaimed. "He kept a hidden video of you when he used your services when he came here last month for business. It wasn't anything bad. It was you doing domestic work around the hotel room he was staying in when he was here. I stumbled upon it one day, and the rest is history."

"I see…But that's all you saw?" Kawakami asked.

"That's all I saw…Just one question though…are you one of those maids?" Ren asked.

"Oh god no," Kawakami replied with a sigh. "And I hope never to be."

"Well, regardless, I didn't tell anyone, and I will continue not to. What you do outside of here is your business. Not mine," Ren said with a welcoming smile on his face.

Kawakami looked at him long and hard before she let out a relieved sigh and said, "I'll hold you to that…Thanks…"

"No problem. Your secret is safe with me," Ren said with a smile. "Now I have to get to his meet; we'll talk later about this. If you want?"

Kawakami snorted and said, "Y'know what? Sure now get going."

Ren nodded and walked past Kawakami and opened the door before shutting it behind him and letting out a long sigh of relief.

'Boy…That was…something…' Ren thought to himself before he noticed a sullen-looking boy heading towards him.

"Amamiya Ren?" The boy asked with a defeated tone.

"That's me," Ren confirmed. "You must be Yuuki Mishima?"

"That's me…" Mishima replied softly. "The meet is starting soon. We must go…"

"Lead the way then," Ren said.

"Where is she?" Ryuji heard Ann ask in concern as the two sat in the bleachers on the highest row alone, waiting for the meet to begin.

Ryuji knew she was speaking about Shiho, and admittedly, he had been getting concerned as well about her. Ever since he saw her and Ann in Kamoshida's palace, something has been eating away at him about how Kamoshida had portrayed them.

He knew Ann somewhat well enough to know she wouldn't act like that, and while he didn't know Shiho at all, he had a good idea that Shiho was portrayed right either.

But that got him thinking.

He knew that Kamoshida abused the male students but didn't see any female students being tortured.

What if there was something more to the way Kamoshida treated the females in his class?

He wanted to speak to Ren about it, but he was so drained last night, he dropped the second he saw his bed, and this morning, Kamoshida's ugly mug requesting Ren to meet him in his office.

"I'm sure she'll be here soon," Ryuji told Ann.

"I hope so…I've been worried about her," Ann said. "She didn't call me last night after volleyball practice, and she didn't respond to my text this morning…" Ann sat down beside Ryuji and said, "I hope she's alright…"

"I think she will be ok," Ryuji said. "But I am also worried about her and you as well."

"Me?" Ann asked. "Why do you need to worry about me?"

"Ren and I saw something yesterday at the place. Both of you were there, dressed in cat ears and a bikini. He portrayed you both like some…"

"Whores?" Ann whispered.

"I wasn't trying to use that word, but yeah," Ryuji said with a frown. "It seems he's very possessive about the both of you, and it got me thinking…If he treats the male volleyball team like shit, then how does he treat the female volleyball team?"

"What are you trying to say?" Ann asked. "That he is doing something to them? To Shiho?"

"I have a feeling he's doing something. What it is, I don't know, but something about how he treated you two in there has been fucking with me," Ryuji responded. "I can understand if he saw you like that since he's a creep to you but Shiho? There's something there that we are missing."

Ann grew silent, her body trembling, and for a moment, Ryuji regretted bringing this up to Ann. He didn't mean to upset her, but he noticed it when he reached out to touch her shoulder.

There was blood dribbling from her clenched fist.

"Ann…?" Ryuji murmured hesitantly.

"I became his girlfriend to keep her safe…" Ann began, her voice eerily calm. "I have dealt with his leering eyes, his disgusting lips, and hideous personality to keep Shiho safe and sound from his advances so I can understand that he would think of possessing me in that world…"

Ann then looked to Ryuji and what he saw took him aback. There was so much fury within Ann's eyes after he finished talking that it honestly scared Ryuji. He had seen her mad before, but this was something else.

There wasn't just fire in her eyes.

There was an inferno.

"But if he has done the same to her…If he has truly laid his hands on her or done worse, I'll kill him," Ann whispered menacingly.

'H-Holy shit…She's hot when she's pissed…' Ryuji thought before he blinked.

Where did that come from?

He heard the crowd cheer, which prompted Ryuji and Ann to look towards the middle of the gym where Kamoshida and the other male adults stood across the net from the male volleyball team.

"There they are," Ryuji muttered when he spotted Ren. "I hope Kamoshida doesn't pull anything on Ren…"

"You think he will?" Ann asked.

"Of course. Kamoshida has been after Ren from the jump. He was the one who leaked Ren's record. I do not doubt he'll pull some shit," Ryuji said.

(Scene Change: Shujin Academy Gym (Daytime)
Theme of Tense Encounter: Kichijoji 199X from Persona 5: The Royal)

Ren heavily panted as he shook his arms, easing the soreness in them before he hunched forward and popped the ball in the air to return it to Kamoshida, barely missing the man's head as it sailed past him and hit the square, causing his team to score a point.

It had been thirty minutes since the game began, and Kamoshida was pulling no punches in this game.

Kamoshida seemed to make it his life's mission to try to nail him with the volleyball. Still, thanks to the combination of being in shape and being a former Volleyball team captain, Ren was able to return each strike with every ounce of vile and venom that he held in his veins.

Ren could see the frustrated expression on Kamoshida's face on the other side of the net, and it made Ren smirk. His ego must be taking a blow due to a mere high school keeping on par with a former gold medalist.

And judging by the stunned silence, everyone was in shock that Ren was matching Kamoshida blow for blow.

"Go Ren!" he heard Ryuji's voice shout. "You can do it, man!"

"Take him out, Ren!" Ann's voice also shouted.

Ren looked to see Ryuji and Ann on their feet and let a smile appear on his face. At least someone was rooting for him.

But he didn't miss the angry expression on Kamoshida's face.

"W-Wow, you're doing great. You a-actually scored against K-Kamoshida-sensei…" Ren heard Mishima say from beside him, a tone of awe in his voice.

"Thanks…" Ren replied to his classmate, but he kept his eyes on Kamoshida.

The older man seemingly heard what Mishima said because Kamoshida then scowled while looking in Mishima's direction before a cruel smirk appeared on his face.

The male teacher behind Kamoshida served the ball, sending it over the net.

Ren bounced it back over the net and, to his annoyance, sending it over the net towards one of the male teachers.

The male teacher passed it to Kamoshida, who leaped into the air and spiked it down towards Mishima, who gave a brief whimper as it shot towards him.

Ren dashed to the left without thinking and pushed Mishima away, only for him to brace himself as the ball slammed into his face, causing his glass to crack and break.

Blood immediately fell from the cuts the glass caused around his eyes as he fell to the ground in pain while Mishima stumbled backward in shock.

The whispers of "Oh my god," and "Is he okay?" filled the court as Ren held his face but suddenly, Ren leaned up and blinked before he grinned, despite the blood falling from his face and stood up on his two feet, albeit a little shakily.

Ren walked towards Mishima and held out his hand, and asked, "You okay?"

"I-I'm fine…" Mishima stammered out as he took Ren's hand, which allowed Ren to hoist the smaller boy onto his feet.

"Good! Now let's keep going!" Ren said with a thumbs up and a grin, despite the blood on his face. He could see the hidden smug grin of Kamoshida's melt into a look of surprise and then anger as the crowd clapped at Ren, which made the bleeding boy's grin grow.

"I think we should call it," Kamoshida suddenly said. "You need to get check out, Amamiya-san."

Ren could hear the amusement in Kamoshida's voice and let a grin appear on his face. "I've taken worse than this back at my old school. I can handle it," Ren replied, looking directly at Kamoshida.

"If you are sure…" Kamoshida said with a scowl before turning to Mishima and ordered, "Then serve the ball Yuuki-san!" with venom in his voice.

Mishima nodded and ran off to grab the ball while Ren ran to his bag, pulled off the towel, and wiped the blood off his face before running back to the court. Mishima popped the ball into the air and hit it across the net, where a male teacher bopped it towards Ren.

Ren leaped into the air and spiked it hard towards Kamoshida, which caused the ball to slam into Kamoshida's face, sending him down to the ground hard.

"Oh my god!" the teachers shouted in shock as they crowded around the man.

"Ah shit, sorry about that!" Ren said, feigning apologetic but inwardly, he smirked. "Is Kamoshida-sensei okay?"

"His nose could be broken," A teacher said.

"We need to get him out of here!" another teacher said.

"The meet is over. Call it off!" Kamoshida said with a groan as he waved his hand.

Ren frowned and said, "He can't even take a ball to the face."

"Y-You did t-that on purpose?" Mishima stammered behind him, which caused Ren to turn around to face him.

"Considering he was going to hit you had I not stepped in, I did," Ren whispered.

"B-But why?" Mishima asked.

"Blame the hero complex in me," Ren joked before he placed a hand on Mishima's shoulder lightly and said, "Now come on, we need to talk."

"Talk? A-About what?" Mishima asked.

"About why Kamoshida is abusing his students," Ren replied as he led Mishima away from the gym room.

"But your bleeding," Mishima said.

"Nothing but a stop to the nurse won't fix," Ren said with a grin.

Shiho walked into the school with a sullen look on her face, ignoring the drones' mindless chatter around her. She walked to her locker and opened it up, and placed her stuff into it when she heard a girl say behind her, "I can't believe that Ren kid did that."

'Amamiya-san?' Shiho asked herself as she tuned in.

"Yeah, he purposely hit that volleyball and nailed Kamoshida-sensei in the face. Do you think he did it because he found out about Ann and Kamoshida-sensei being together?" The girl continued.

'He hit Kamoshida?' Shiho thought.

"Yeah, but he's such a glory hog that he kept targeting Kamoshida. Poor Yuuki-san had to deal with him hogging the ball. I was so glad that the criminal got hit with the ball when he pushed Yuuki-san out of the way," the second girl said with a laugh.

'That…Doesn't sound like Amamiya-san...' Shiho thought.

"Yeah. Poor Kamoshida-sensei. He had to leave for the day because of his broken nose. I hope he's ok…" the first girl said.

Shiho felt satisfaction at her words.

'So Kamoshida is gone for the day…I must make it up to Ren-kun now…I-I mean Amamiya-san!" Shiho thought to herself. Just as she turned around, she saw Ren, Ann, and Ryuji leading a scared Mishima up the stairs.

Shiho narrowed her eyes and began to follow them as discreetly as possible until she found herself at the stairwell of the roof. She cracked the door slightly and began to listen.

"Sorry for the smoke and mirrors about this Mishima-san," Ren began. "But we've been investigating Kamoshida and the rumors of him abusing the volleyball team."

"W-What are you talking about? Kamoshida-sensei isn't abusing us," Mishima's scared voice replied.

"Bullshit!" Ryuji's voice replied. "We're not stupid, Mishima. We've all noticed how everyone in his team has been hurt. Look at yourself, man. You look fucked up."

"Not to mention Shiho…She's been getting injured as well," Ann said, her voice cracking slightly. "I need to know if Kamoshida is hurting her like he is hurting you and all the other students!"

"He's…" Mishima started, but then he stopped.

She peeked through the door to see that Ren placed his hand on top of Mishima's head, with the shorter male looking at him with surprise.

"I know you're nervous," Ren told him. "This has been going on a long time, him abusing everyone. We both know that he was looking to cave your head in today. We won't tell anyone if he is abusing you. We're here to help not only you but anyone that he has hurt. Don't make it harder for us to stop him…"

Mishima looked down and muttered, "I-I can't…He's the worst…He'll find out that I spoke and w-will hurt me more…"

"Not if we stop him," Ryuji said.

"I-I can't…I can't do it!" Mishima exclaimed, tears falling down his face.

Ren knelt slightly and wiped the teen's tears, and gave a sad smile. "Don't sweat it…We'll find out some other way."

"I-I'm sorry," Mishima replied.

"It's ok...Just hang tight. We'll stop him somehow, okay?" Ren told him with a comforting tone.

Shiho felt her heart skip a beat.

Ren's smile was filled with so much warmth; it added to how handsome she found him, even with the various band-aids on his face.

"O-Oh…" Mishima murmured.

Shiho could see his cheeks reddening ever so slightly.

She knew he wasn't the most popular guy before Kamoshida, and now after Kamoshida, he was damn near crippled social, so having someone like Ren be so kind and gentle, she could understand why he seemed so surprised.

But looking at the scene, it was charming.

But she couldn't help but wonder, why was he doing this?

He was a brand new student, and yet he was trying to unravel what Kamoshida was doing to them. Did he have some sort of hero complex or something? Was this a challenge for him? Why was he sticking his neck out for them?

[Scene Change – Shibuya (Daytime)
Theme of Danger: Troubled from Persona 3]

Kamoshida sat in his car, driving towards the nearest doctor's office fuming.

That damned transfer student was beginning to piss him off.

Did he not understand who the hell he was dealing with? He was an Olympic gold medalist, for fucks sake. This kid was a damn criminal that should be kissing the ground that he, a man far above his station, walked on.

Not to mention Ann…His woman was cheering that street rat on. Her and that pathetic Sakamoto.

Kamoshida smirked.

It didn't matter because he had a plan.

Kamoshida pulled out his cellphone and called a number. After the first ring, he said, "Ah, hello Makigami-san. I have a favor to ask you. You know that transfer student that just came to Shujin?"

[Scene Change –Shujin Academy (Daytime)
Theme of Shujin Academy: Want to be Close from Persona 3]

Shiho could hear the conversation/interrogation wrapping up and quickly made her way back downstairs to avoid getting caught eavesdropping, only to bump into the Student Class President, Niijima Makoto.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Niijima-sempai," Shiho said with a bow while Makoto fixed her clothing.

Makoto waved her off with, "Don't worry about it, but what were you doing coming from the roof? You know that area is off-limits."

"I-I just needed some air, that's all…" Shiho replied.

Makoto nodded and said with a polite smile, "Very well…You have a wonderful day, and stay away from the roof. I do not wish for you to get hurt." Makoto then walked off, leaving Shiho to watch her go, her smile changing into a frown.

Who did she think she was? Shiho could not stand Niijima Makoto and how she acted all high and mighty while turning a blind eye to Kamoshida's ways.

"Yo, Suzui!" A voice shouted out from behind her.

Shiho turned around to see Ryuji and Mishima walking down the steps. "Where you been, girl? Ann's been worried sick," Ryuji said with a friendly grin while Mishima immediately ran off down the hall.

"S-Sorry. I woke up late," Shiho murmured. "Where is Ann anyways?"

"She's up on the roof talking to Ren about something. Figured we'd leave them to it," Ryuji replied.

"W-Why would they be talking alone?" Shiho asked nervously.

"I don't know. Honestly, I think they are talking about you," Ryuji said.

Shiho blinked then asked, "Me? W-Why me?"

"No idea. I heard your name while I was leaving," Ryuji said. A few seconds later, Ren and Ann came walking downstairs, only for Ann to break out into a large smile at the sight of Shiho.

"Oh my god, you're okay!" Ann exclaimed as she rushed to Shiho and gave her a tight hug, which Shiho returned.

"O-Of course I'm okay…" Shiho said softly. "What made you t-think I wasn't?"

"When you didn't respond to my calls, you jerk!" Ann exclaimed angrily. "Let a girl know you're alright next time, okay?"

"Okay…" Shiho replied softly.

"It's funny. We were just talking about you," Ren said with an inviting smile.

Shiho couldn't help but blush at his words. She knew from Ryuji that they could have been talking about her but hearing it from Ren himself, added with that smile, made her quite flustered.

"But, we can talk about that at the restaurant. Since you were buying us all dinner," Ryuji said with a grin. "Yeah, I didn't forget," he joked.

Shiho chuckled and said, "I also remembered. Should we get going then?"

"Shit, I'm down," Ryuji said.

"Same here. I'm so hungry," Ann whined out.

"I guess it's settled then," Ren said with a grin. "To the food!"

"To the food," Shiho and the blondes repeated before they walked off but had Shiho been paying attention, she would have noticed three students watching them leave with narrowed eyes.

Ren: Despite the dark start, this ended up a bit lighthearted…For now at least.

Ryuji: Do you think Shiho has a Stand?

Ren: Persona. Not Stand Ryuji.

Ryuji: I know what I said.

Ann: I guess we'll find out in the next chapter!