Episode
1.20 [Christmas Eve]
Hallow
Hills—Adel and Doug’s Bedroom
Adel put
the phone down after confirming Kip’s New Years Eve
Flight. She sighed, how did any of this happen? She thought back to months ago
when she found the sleeping pills in his room. Yet that didn’t match up with
the crime against Pam Mitchell.
SNAP! The
pencil that had been in her hands snapped into two pieces she was not going to
let the fact that her son was being accused of Rape and was leaving town, ruin
this Christmas. Nothing was going to ruin it! She was going to take advantage
of having both her sons around, for what might be their last Christmas all
together for a very long time.
Maggie’s
Apartment
Maggie hung
the last ornament on the tree and then took a step-away from it to admire it.
She smiled, proudly. It was her and Kevin’s first Christmas tree. Right now she
was his wife, and she needed to give him that chance at a marriage that she had
almost denied him by sleeping with Conner.
He haunted
her mind every time she slept, every time Kevin kissed her. Yet she had made a
mistake in sleeping with him. She was another mans wife, and that was it. If
she had any say about her own damn life, then well she had realized she made a
decision and that was that.
Besides,
now was not the time to be worrying about Conner. She would tell herself over
and over as she looked at the gift she had for Lysa sitting under the tree. She
hadn’t the guts to take it over to the apartment yet. She’d been avoiding
Conner ever since he walked out on her.
Pinõn Peaks
Mall
Conner and
Lysa stood in line to Santa Claus. Lysa clung tightly to her list. Lysa hadn’t
allowed him to see the list, only Abby. And she wouldn’t even tell him what
Lysa wanted except for a Barbie Dream House. He was really curious about what
his daughter had asked for from Santa. This line however was not helping, gees
this place was a madhouse this time of year and yet it seemed like almost every
kid in town had waited to see Santa.
He still
had presents to wrap, and to check on the store, and
While
Conner had been reviewing his list of last minute Christmas To-Do’s, Lysa was
now on Santa’s lap getting her picture taking and giving him her letter. Santa
reviewed it and nodded, with a smile he said, “I’ll see what I can do. It might
take some time for the first two though.”
She smiled
brightly, “That’s okay Santa! I know you’ll do what you can.”
He handed
her a large candy cane, which Conner knew would mean a sugar rush as soon as
she had her first lick. She then got off of Santa’s lap and was handed the
Polaroid picture in a nicely folded red card.
Running
over to her father she smiled, “Daddy! Did you see me talking to Santa?”
Conner
smiled, “I sure did Lysa. What did you tell him you wanted for Christmas?”
Lysa
smiled, “Well, actually I—I just asked for the Barbie Dream house.” she said,
thinking if she told him the other wishes it might not happen at all.
Conner
nodded, “Well then, Okay. How about we go and get some of your shopping done.
Do you know what you want to get Abby for Christmas?”
Lysa nodded
and smiled the biggest smile possible. “I know exactly what to get her.”
Abby and
Dan were on the couch, Dan was playing Grand Theft Auto on the play station and
Abby was watching intently. They were mesmerized by what was in front of them, however that was normal for members of their
generation. Abby had done the same thing when she lived in the dorms her
freshmen year of college at PHC. Both were so into the video game that neither
of them noticed Sam come into the apartment, practically jumping out of his
skin. He saw that they were enthralled in the game and went and stood in front
of the television.
“Sam!” The
two declared in unison, and Dan hit the button to pause the game.
“What is it
Samuel?” Dan asked rather annoyed at having his game interrupted, “I was just
about to steal that car!”
Sam rolled
his eyes, “Listen, I need to talk to you two for a moment. I’ve been trying to
do this for the past week, but I can’t hold off any longer.”
“Sammy,
what’s going on?” Abby asked as she looked at her older brother slightly
worried that he had lost his job or something.
“Well, I’m
leaving Pinõn Hallow.” He told them as he sat down in the armchair by the TV.
His
siblings looked at him, with their jaws dropped wide open. “What?” Dan finally
said after several minutes of silence.
“I got a
scholarship to a really great university.” He said as he leaned back in his
chair, “Its in
The
siblings just sat their staring at him, not sure what to say.
The silence
was broken when the alarm on Abby’s watch went off, alerting her that she had
to go watch Lysa. “I gotta go.” She said as she stood
up and grabbed her keys from the makeshift coffee table. “Um, Sam, have you
told Mom and Dad yet?”
“Yeah, I
was just over there to tell them. They’re happy about it.” He said before going
off towards the kitchen.
Abby
sighed, “Sam, I just want to know your not going to
Sam
stopped, “They broke up?” he asked as he turned to look at his sister.
“Yeah, um
Pam remembered the night.” she paused trying to compose herself, “She believes
it was Kip.”
Dan dropped
the video game controller, “Davis?”
Abby
nodded, “Hey Twins, I gotta go baby sit Lysa. Conner
has a million things to do before tonight. I’ll be back later.” She held her
keys tighter and opened the door then looked back,
“Don’t do anything you could get arrested for, okay?”
“Of course not Sis.” They said in unison.
Pam’s
Apartment
She
replayed the message several times that she had received from Alex Montgomery.
“Pam, this is Alex Montgomery. I just reviewed your resume and interview with
the rest of the hiring committee and I would like to offer you a job at the
Resort as a social coordinator. You’ll have to start two days after New Years
Eve, and we’ll have a bungalow all set up for you here on the grounds of the
resort. We’ll also have a ticket waiting for you at the airport on New Years
Eve. Have a Wonderful day Pam.”
It was
getting worn, as she had listened to it about twenty times already. She would
be leaving Pinõn Hallow, she wouldn’t have to deal
with the idea of running into Kip wherever she went.
She looked
over at the small artificial tree she had gotten at the drug store and at the
tiny package wrapped underneath it, which simply said, “Sam”. She then looked
over at the kitchen counter and at the bottle of sleeping pills and muscle relaxer. “No more of these.” she said to herself as she
took the bottles to the sink and poured the pills into the garbage disposal
before turning on the water and then the disposal.
After she
figured they were all destroyed she turned everything off and went and got
dressed for church.
Conner’s
Apartment
Abby walked
in and looked at Conner, “I’m sorry, Sam decided that right as I was leaving
was the perfect time to tell us he’s moving to
“Sam’s is
moving to
“Yeah, college in
As his
gloves were covering his hands, “My room, everything’s in the closet, still not
wrapped. Right now I have to go and get a few more things, and go check on
Abby saw
them next hers on the counter and picked his up, “Catch McKay.”
He looked
up just in time to catch the flying keys. “Thanks. Oh yeah, she’s got a present
for you, that she’s desperate for you to open.”
Abby
smiled, “okay boss.” She said as he finally left. She shook her head and before
she could call for Lysa, someone knocked on the door.
When Abby
opened it she saw a very nervous Maggie. “Hey, you.
Long time no see. I guess the new hubby’s keeping you locked up.”
Maggie
smiled, “Hey Abby. I just wanted to drop this off for Lysa, and this off for
Conner. Um could you like hide this one under the tree so its
like one of the last things he finds?”
“Sure, no problem
at all.” she said as she took the packages.
At that
moment Lysa came running from out of her room with a package for Abby, she put
it under the tree and then ran towards Maggie. “Maggie!” she cried and threw
her arms around the woman. “Daddy said we’re not going to see you very much
anymore, why?”
Maggie got
down lower on the ground to look at Lysa, “Well sweetie. I got married so I
need to spend time with my husband.”
“You mean
you and Daddy won’t be getting married?” Lysa asked sadly.
Maggie shook
her head, “Sorry kiddo. Have a Merry Christmas, and listen to your Daddy,
okay?” Maggie asked. “Okay.” Lysa said softly as she looked towards the ground.
“Bye Maggie.”
“Bye,
Lysa.” Maggie said as she stood up, “By Abby, I’ll see you in a few days. Kevin
and I are leaving for
Maggie then
left and Abby closed the door. She began to arrange the presents under the tree
and saw the one Lysa brought out for her. “Lysa, what is this?” she asked as
she gently shook it.
Lysa’s
eyes widened, “That’s for you Abby! Open it!”
Abby sat
down on the floor and watched her young friend beaming with joy as she unwrapped the gift. After removing the Christmas paper she
saw that young Lysa had given her a Ken doll, “Lysa, what is this for?”
Lysa smiled
proudly, “its to remind you to find a boyfriend, so
you can get married and be a great Mommy, just like your a great baby sitter.”
Abby
thought she was about to cry, “Oh Lysa, that is the sweetest thing ever. Thank
you.” she said before hugging her young friend. “So how about we get those
cookies for Santa made?”
“Yeah!”
Lysa said before jumping up and dashing off to the kitchen to put her apron on.
Highway—going
West
Kevin was
driving west, the country music station playing. Maggie sat besides him,
crocheting a scarf. “So your Dad isn’t going to kill me is he?” Kevin asked as
he kept his eyes on the road, thankful they had just left Pagosa
Springs, so they only had another hour to drive before reaching
“No, he’ll
be more stressed about the grades he had to put into the school’s system today
for the past semester. It’ll be fine, we’ll get there then go downtown for
Dinner, maybe go to Scoot-N-Blues, or The Golden Dragon.” She said still
concentrating on the yarn in her hands.
“Well
that’s a relief I guess.” he said before looking over at her, “I’m sorry he got
upset that we got married.”
Maggie
laughed, “Kevin, no man will ever met his standards, I’m his daughter. He’s
been protective of me, well forever. Even more so when I still lived at home
the year I went to
“Well, I
just hope we can co-exist this Christmas.”
“Don’t
worry Kevin it’ll be fine. If it wasn’t we wouldn’t be just an hour away from
Pinõn
Hallow Hospital
Dr.
Silversky came in with a sonogram machine, “Afternoon Chad. We need to check on
the baby since she hasn’t woken up yet.” she told him. He stood up and watched as
she expertly set up the machine, as she put the gel on
As the
sensor moved over her belly, the image of a healthy baby showed on the monitor.
“The child appears to be healthy
“
“Where am
I?” She asked in a soft, dry, horse voice.
Dr.
Silversky moved immediately to check Bethany, “Hi Bethany. I’m Dr. Trista
Silversky. You’re in
“What’s on
my stomach?” She asked as her eyes searched for
Trista took
a deep breath, “
Fear
flashed in her eyes, “What day is it?”
“It’s
Christmas? Wait, my daughter Lysa. Conner,
is she alright?” panic was filling her body.
“She’s fine
Trista
nodded, “Yeah, You’re about three months along. As long as you don’t relapse
you and the baby should be fine.”
“So I take
it you know that
“Yeah, and
“He only
left to eat and get changed.” Trista told her, “I’m going to go check on some
of her test results. I’ll leave you all alone right now.”
The United
The
Pam jumped
when she heard his voice, “About what Kip?” She asked bitterly in a low, harsh
voice.
“About why
we’re not getting married.” he said almost spitting the words out.
She shook
her head and grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the entrance, “Kip, I’d
been taking sleeping pills since that night. Not allowing myself to dream or
even remember what happened to me. The night you slept over, I didn’t take
them. I didn’t sleep that night Kip. But you did and in your sleep you said,
‘Pam forgive me. Forgive me for raping you.’ after you
said that I tried to remember what I could and right before I got hit in the
head you said, ‘You’ll never remember’ I couldn’t believe it was you, until I
remembered that earlier before we got to the park we stopped and got coffee,
and that I stood up before I got hit in the head. You slipped me something,
didn’t you?”
Kip stared
at her; clearly he was unsure of what it was he wanted to say or should. “I
loved you Pam, I could’ve given you a wonderful life. This is how you repay
me?”
“Leave her
alone Davis.” said Dan as he stood behind Kip.
“Great the
delivery twin, which one are you?” Kip said turning around.
“Dan, the one who isn’t going to let you treat Pam like crap. Now go back to your mother and
father.” Dan told him before taking a step forward and scaring the hell out of
Kip, causing him to return to his parents.
“Thanks
Dan,” Pam said before looking up towards the alter,
“Is Sam here? I kinda wanted to say goodbye before I
leave.”
Dan
laughed, “The service hasn’t started yet Pam.”
“
“Don’t
worry about it Pam. I think though Sam isn’t ready to talk to you yet, but I’ll
let him know you want to.” Dan said before giving his friend a hug and then
going back into the sanctuary. A smile very wide on his face, Pam and Sam were
both going to
Kip sat
back down with his parents, “She still says I did it,” he said sadly.
Adel put
her arm around him, “It’s alright Kip. You’ll be leaving for
Kip smiled,
“Thanks Mom.”
“Daddy,
Santa sure does work fast.” Lysa told Conner as she flipped through the song
book.
“Why do you
say that?” he asked her.
“Cause
Mommy’s awake and that’s one of the things I asked him for.”
Conner
nodded, “I think the angels were working on that one to.”
“Daddy, can
I stay up to see Santa when he comes tonight?” she asked.
“No, you
know he won’t come if you’re awake. When we’re done with Church, we’ll go home
and watch Rudolph and then you’re going to go to bed.”
“Okay if
you say so.”
Hallow
Hills
The entire
“Well boys,
which movie should we watch?” Adel asked as she took out three DVD’s, “A
Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story, or Its A Wonderful
Life?”
Doug and
his sons all nodded, “A Christmas Story.” The three said in unison.
Adel sighed,
not even sure why she asked. It was always the same thing each year.
As she set
it up someone knocked on the door and Doug went to answer it. “Carla! I told
you not to do this!” was heard as
“Adel, I want
to talk to you right now, Big Sister.” Carla said.
The boys
stopped chewing looked at their mother, “Aren’t you Dr. Harrison?” Adel asked.
Carla shook
her head, “
“Carla, do
not do this. Not on Christmas! My family has been through enough and I won’t
let you muck it up anymore.” Doug said boldly. “You always were impulsive,
especially at the holidays.”
“Will
someone please clue me into what the hell is going on?” Adel asked.
“Its me Adel, its Charlene. You’re sister, and the boys biological mother.” Carla told her, it was at that
moment that a glass ornament fell off the tree and shattered.
The snow is falling, the city is
white
Your eyes are shining like diamonds tonight
And we’re all alone, there’s no one home
You’re finally in my arms again
The night is silent and Christmas is here
I couldn’t ask for more than having you near
’Cause I love you, girl, I always will
And now I know the moment is right
The moment is right
Kevin,
Maggie, and Cassie sit around a coffee table on the floor of the Williams
family living room wrapping presents for Larry. Cassie looks up at her older
sister, “Maggie, I’m glad you’re home for Christmas.” Maggie smiled, “Me to
little sister.”
I’ve
been waiting to give this gift tonight
I’m down on my knees, there’s no better time
It’s something to last for as long as you live
Tonight I’m gonna give you (oh, girl) all my heart
can give
Conner
pulled the blankets up and tucked Lysa into bed and then kissed her forehead,
“night princess. I’ll see you bright and early in the morning.” He then got up
and turned off her light, leaving her to visions of sugarplum fairies. He went
into his room and started to wrap all of the presents he hadn’t gotten to you,
including one for Maggie.
I
thought I’d give you something shiny and new
I tried to find something worthy of you
But I realized when I looked inside
There’s some things that money can’t buy (oh, no)
I feel the magic whenever you’re near
I feel it even more this time of the year
’Cause I love you, girl, I always will
And now I know the moment is right
The moment is right
Dan and
Abby found themselves sitting across from each other on the makeshift coffee
table they had created out of scrap wood and cinder blocks.
“Wait, Pam
is moving to
Dan smiled
and nodded, “Yup, I mean we could tell Sam. But wouldn’t it be better to let
Fate guide them to each other?”
Abby
smiled, “Wow, you’re a romantic deep down inside! I thought Sam was the only
one who got that.”
“Hey now!
I just haven’t found the right girl yet.”
I’ve
been waiting to give this gift tonight
I’m down on my knees, there’s no better time
It’s something to last for as long as you live
Tonight I’m gonna give you (oh, girl) all my heart
can give
Pam turned
off the lights on her tree and double checked the lock on the front door. She
sighed and then curled up in her bed and drifted off to sleep.
I
thought I’d give you something shiny and new
I tried to find something worthy of you
But I realized when I looked inside
There’s some things that money can’t buy (oh, no)
I feel the magic whenever you’re near
I feel it even more this time of the year
’Cause I love you, girl, I always will
And now I know the moment is right
The moment is right
You know
I’ll always be true to you
And you know I’m the one you can turn to
Any time, any place, or anywhere
You know that I’ll always be there