Jessica hesitated. What he was offering her was huge. It was major. It was bigger than anything anyone had ever offered her before. Her entire life had been one mistake after another, with no possible way to escape the machinery. She was in so deep that there seemed to be no way out. And now...

She closed her eyes tight. What price would they have to pay? What would Barbie have to give them to make it all come to pass? And could she forgive herself for everything she'd put him through? She thought she'd lost everyone and everything precious in the world, but that wasn't true. She still had him. And after everything she'd done, he still wanted her.

"Dale," Jessica whispered, voice hoarse from crying. "I... I'll go with you. Please just, promise me you won't leave me behind."