Progress continues to come Hope's way as the years roll by in Spook Hollow. A very precious son, Ben, was taken from her and it was a very hard thing for Hope to live through but she had the promise of seeing Ben again. Jost and Hope were used as a baby machine by the beings that inhabited the time slip and so were Neik and Darl who were told they could no longer time travel. JB grew and entered Union for his studies. No slow learner, he finished in a shorter time than planned and was trying to find his own path. Anna had her heart set on JB and he put her off. This left a very unhappy daughter, but she was determined that JB was the one for her. A big surprise, in fact 3 of them came to Jost and Hope. They took it gracefully and soldiered on.