The minute he left his old apartment building, Mac tried to reach Regine on his cellphone. He wanted to warn her, even though she would never believe his fantastic tale that a witch was about to put a curse on her, make her fall in love with some ugly, fat guy, probably the maintenance man who worked in her building. Mac would feel horribly guilty if that happened and he hadn't made the effort to save his ex-fiancée from such a disastrous fate.
Let her fall in love with me, he thought, even though the feeling would never now be reciprocated. He had to admit it: He still loved Afton, despite the acrimony between them.
When Regine finally answered before her phone tripped over to her voice mail, Mac quickly warned her, "Don't let anyone into your apartment, not until I get there! I
