Episode
2.13
Adel and
Doug walked out each holding a one of the babies, following
Ethan
Jacob’s came up to
Ethan left
Adel gently
rocked her arms that held a sleeping Fallon, “Healthy, they have no clue what’s
going on. I just hope
“Yes well,
I gave him the nanny service number a few weeks ago. I’m sure as soon as he’s
ready he’ll find someone.”
“I hope so, this is going to be very hard on him. I don’t think
Ethan
looked back to
Hallow
Hotel—Room Six
Maggie
threw her purse down on the bed when she entered the motel room. Her job
interview had gone well and she felt really good about possibly being the new
manager for the Java Jet.
She went
into the bathroom and turned on the hot water for the shower and undressed and
got in, allowing the pulsating rivets to massage her muscles. As she began to
relax for the first time in days she heard someone knocking on the door of her
room. Turning off the water she grabbed her bathrobe and put it on, allowing
her hair to be dripping wet.
“Who the
hell could it be?” she asked aloud to herself before opening the door and
setting her eyes upon her first boyfriend, Luke Campbell as he held up their
good luck charm, a troll doll key chain named Fred. “Luke!”
“Magpie!”
he said as he pulled her small frame into him for a long, strong hug.
“What are
you doing here?” she asked bringing him into the room.
“Well I got
your call and it sounded pretty bad, so since its summer and I have no classes
to teach, I figured why not return to Colorado and check on you. As well as
deliver this little guy.” He said putting his bag down on the floor.
Maggie took
Fred and smiled, “Thank Luke, this is great.” Tears were forming in her eyes.
“Okay
Maggie, what happened?” He took her hand and they sat down on the bed.
Maggie
shook her head and looked up at the ceiling. “Luke the last year has been nuts.
Everything with Conner, this guy I was totally head over heels for. Just as we
start a relationship his wife comes back.”
“Maggie,
what were you doing with a married man?”
“It wasn’t
like that Luke.” She said pushing her wet hair behind her ears, “She left him
years before, him and their daughter. Well when she came back I insisted they
try again for their daughters sake. It was then that I
met Kevin, my friend Siobhan’s brother. He and I started to date and before I
knew it, we were married just in time for Conner to be free of
“Baby doll, how in the world did that happen?”
“Well I
sort of figured Conner and I could get back together and my marriage to Kevin
could be annulled, only Conner got pissed and stormed
out.” Maggie looked down at her fingers, “So Kevin and I stayed married
obviously and things started to really work out. I got pregnant, we moved to
“Whoa, vocabulary check. You must be really upset.”
Maggie
nodded, “I have reason to be though. See Jade is Kevin’s ex-girlfriend who
couldn’t accept it was over between the two of them. She was always trying to
bait me, and get me to say Kevin knocked me up so we had to get married. That’s
when she pushed me down the stairs, causing me to miscarry
the child. Though my doctor later told me, it was highly likely of happening.”
Luke
reached over and caressed her face, “Oh Maggie, you should’ve called me
sooner.”
Maggie
smiled, “There’s more I’m only half way through. See when I was in the hospital
they sent this specialist to talk to me.” She paused for a moment trying to
figure out how to word this, “Turns out, it was my mother. So you can imagine
how I handled that, a lot of yelling and screaming. I even threw one of those
hospital water pitchers at her.”
“But you
throw like a girl.”
“Not when
I’m angry. Anyways I decided I would leave
“Wait,
little brother?”
“Exactly,
turns out she lied to my father about her last miscarriage, so of course
“Okay, wow
never would’ve expected that from Larry, but then again sometimes even we do
things we don’t expect.” He said remembering how he had slept with a student.
“So Larry’s marrying someone your age, how does this tie to finding your
husband in bed with this Jade person.”
“Well I
went back to
“That’s
when you left
“What?”
“Spunky. Spunky and stupid.” He smiled, “But its
what makes you, you. Its part of why men fall all over themselves for you,
trust me I know I’ve been one.”
“So being
spunky is a good thing?”
Luke nodded,
“It sure is Baby doll, it sure is.”
Arkansas
River Bank
The water
was flowing, white cascades hitting the rocks.
There was
no answer as he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the Lady Agatha
Locket. He ran his thumb over the silver case and the pattern it created. “This
destroyed you, this Lysa, Fallon, and
He stood up
with the locket in his hand as he reached high towards the sky before throwing
it into the river, watching the water take it away.
Love and
Honor Set
“Okay this
won’t be too bad at all.” Wink explained as he took Kevin onto the set. “All
you’ll do is ask each of the remaining girls the
following questions, first up is Alisa, then Ophelia, then Trista, and finally
Joan. Oh and one more thing, Joan and Trista our the networks choices to be the
top two, so lets make sure there both in top three.”
“Where’s
the reality in that?” Kevin asked, not sure why he was doing this, he should be
trying to get his wife back.
“Its
Television, come on now. Anyways, Brock’s not suppose to know any of these
women and he and Joan were once engaged. It’s all good.”
“Fine, if
you say so.”
Brock was
walking down the corridor when someone grabbed his arm and pulled him into a
closet. “Brock, we need to talk.”
Brock
smiled just as the light was turned on and he looked down at Joan, “Hello to
you to. What’s going on?”
“I should
ask you that, why am I still around?” Joan released a heavy sigh as she looked
into the eyes of a man she had once loved so much.
Brock
reached down and caressed her face and smiled, “Why do you think you’re still
around Joan?” he asked before kissing her gently on her lips.
Joan felt
the heat from his body as she found herself pressing against him, returning the
kiss.
Brock
pulled away and smiled, “You are still in love with me Joan, you and I we’re
fated to be together.”
Joan backed
away, her fingers gently touching her lips for a moment before she spoke, “You
watch too many soap operas Brock. Come on, I know I’m not going to be the one
you pick. Wink has too much control.”
Brock shook
his head, “Joan, I picked you the moment I found out you were going to be on
the show. I just hope I don’t hurt Trista too much, or Ophelia.”
“Trista
won’t be hurt, at least not by you.” Joan said remembering the conversation she
and Trista had the evening before.
Siobhan’s Apartment
Becker* and
Siobhan sat on the couch eating popcorn and watching her brother prepare to
eliminate someone else from Love and Honor. Becker leaned over and began to
nibble on her ear.
“Becker!
Come on now, I’m trying to watch this.” Siobhan said trying not to giggle.
“It’s just
a television show.” He said as his hand began to run up her leg.
Siobhan
smacked his hand away, “And my brother is on it. Sort of a
mood killer.”
Becker
sighed just as someone was knocking on the door. “I’ll get it.” he told her as
he got up and answered it, opening the door to a shirtless Kyle. “Um, hi Kyle.”
“Hey
Becker, Siobhan around?” he asked as he came into the apartment, “You’re
watching this again?”
Siobhan
stood up and looked at her friend, “why do you not have a shirt on?”
“It’s
summer, anyways listen I’m taking off for a few days.”
Siobhan
rolled her eyes, “Where are you going Kyle?”
Kyle
crossed his arms over his chest and smiled proudly, “I’m going to
Becker
closed the door, “And what Kyle is this grand plan of yours?”
Kyle leaned
against the back of Siobhan’s couch, “I’m going to find out where Love and
Honor is tapped, get on the set and tell Trista how I feel.”
Siobhan
nodded for a moment, “And what if she’s fallen in love with Brock and you’re
too late.”
Kyle’s
expression saddened, “Then at least I know I’ll have tried to get her back,
tried to fix things between us. Maybe then I won’t screw up again.”
Ethan sat
at his desk, his hands folded as his eyes looked down at the service pamphlet
from earlier. He hated funerals, but he knew it was all he could do to help the
families.
“Hey Rev, mind if I come in.” Abby asked as she slowly entered the office, still wearing
her black suit from earlier.
“Hey, how’s
Lysa holding up?”
Abby shook
her head, “She stopped crying for a while, but it’s going to take a lot. This
little girl only knew her mother for not even a whole year, and then had her
ripped away. At least she’ll have some memories to share with the twins.”
Ethan
nodded, “Its times like these that really get you thinking about the future and
what you want out of this precious gift called life.”
“Yeah it
does. So what has it brought to your mind?”
Ethan stood
up and turned to the window, looking out at the view of the Angel of Shavano,
“It just reminds me how much work I have to do here, bringing God’s message to
the world, helping in his plan.”
Abby came
up behind him and put her arms around him, “This really is more then your job,
isn’t it?”
Ethan
turned around, his arms holding Abby close, “Yes and I hope your apart of
this.”
Abby looked
down, “Ethan, my life is just starting. I’ll be placed with a family soon as a
Nanny. Yes God is a huge part of my life, but children is
a bigger part.”
Ethan
nodded, “We’re better off as friends aren’t we?”
Abby
released her hold on him, “Sadly I think so, and it’s a pity to.”
“Why?” he
asked looking into her eyes.
“Because you were probably the most perfect guy possible. Too bad just
friends seems to work better for us.” She said with a soft smile. “I
better go, Dan’s been drinking pretty heavily since
Ciel left him. I should make sure the living room isn’t covered with beer
cans.”
Ethan
smiled, “Good idea, if he needs to talk to someone let him know he can come to
me.”
“Will do,
see ya later Rev.”
*The
Role of Chief Shamus Becker, has been recast.