Episode
2.20
Downtown
Pinõn Hallow
Maggie
turned up the volume on her radio, as she drove along the tree lined streets
past restaurants of the downtown district. The upbeat sounds of a pop song
played as she drove around to the post office. As she stopped at a light in the
center of town she nervously tapped her fingers on the wheel waiting for it to
change to green.
Jeff Davis
drove his red convertible down the streets of Pinõn Hallow, the 70’s rock
station was blaring as he turned towards
Maggie felt
her body jerk forward as she pressed her foot against the break harder and felt
her car jerk.
Conner’s
Apartment
“Key’s,
Key’s where the hell did I put them this time?” Conner asked himself as he
looked around his dresser and his eyes caught the sentimental object, he picked
it up and held it in his hands. “Where are you Maggie? You know I love you,
please baby come back to me.”
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Conner
slowly unwrapped what Maggie had left for him. He opened it and inside was a
silver paperweight shaped in a heart, with an inscription, “Conner, you have
my heart always. No matter who I’m with. Love
Maggie.” “Daddy,
what is it?” she asked looking up at him with the biggest smile. Conner
smiled, “Something I almost forgot about wanting.” |
Conner put
the paperweight back on the dresser and then picked up his keys,
he couldn’t help but smile at the memory of locking himself and Maggie up
together in the storage unit.
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Maggie’s
hands left Conner’s hair as they moved down to his chest. Her left hand
stopped though as it felt something in his shirt pocket. Curiosity getting
the best of her she reached her long fingers in and removed the key to the
storage unit. She pulled back from Conner and looked at him, disappointment
covering her face. “Conner,
you had a key this whole time?” She asked him angrily. He
sighed and nodded, “Yeah I had a key, I told you I wanted to spend time with
you.” Tears
were forming in her eyes as she looked down at the key now in her hand,
“Conner ya know what. This can’t continue. You are
married and frankly, I do give a damn.” She looked back at him for a moment
before going and unlocking the door. “Good-Bye Conner.” She then walked out
leaving the door open for him to leave. |
Down Town
Pinõn Hallow
Becker
stood on the corner of
“I’m so
sorry, I wasn’t paying attention. It was all my fault,
I’ll pay for whatever needs to be fixed in the woman’s car.” Jeff said running
his right hand through his hair. “I got caught up in the song and didn’t
realize the light was red or that someone was stopped until a few seconds too
late.”
Becker
sighed, “Mr. Davis, you’re very lucky that she’s fine, but she will be transported
to Memorial for a check up as will you.”
Jeff
nodded, “I understand, I understand very well.”
“Maggie,
now that I’ve gotten your statement about what happened,
tell me why you didn’t let me know you were in town.” Siobhan asked putting her
notepad in her jacket pocket.
Maggie
sighed and rubbed her neck, “I wasn’t really ready to deal with anyone except
for Luke.”
“Who’s
Luke?” Siobhan’s concern was written all over her face.
“My college boyfriend. After I found Kevin in bed with Jade, I need to talk to
someone and Luke came here from
“I’m
guessing Conner has no idea your back.”
“He had no
reason to know, he has the red head.” A spurt of bitterness flew from her voice
at the end of the sentence.
“That’s
nothing at all, trust me Becker and I have had several
dates interrupted by Conner mooning over you.” She sighed, “I thought it was
bad when Kyle was all upset about Trista being on that reality show.”
Maggie
wrinkled her eyes together, “You know that guy from the show with Kevin’s boss
looking for love?”
Siobhan
nodded, “Yeah he’s the new
Maggie
hugged herself with her arms, “Have things changed that much since I’ve been
gone?”
Siobhan
nodded, “They sure have, now lets get you to memorial
and get checked out. Let’s make sure the latest
Jeff came
back into the waiting room, “Miss Williams, I’m very sorry. Just send your bill
to me at Hallow Hills and I’ll take care of it right away.”
“Thank you
Mr. Davis.” Maggie nodded slightly before the nurse called her name and she was
brought back to a cubical.
The nurse
did the routine bits before the doctor came in. Maggie was sitting on the exam
table, her legs slightly swinging as she waited nervously; she was really
starting to hate hospitals.
The door
opened, and in he came. He was tall, at least six feet if not more. His eyes
were bluer then Maggie had ever seen, almost crystal like. The lines of his
face were strong and smooth. She almost gasped but held back. He was wearing a
pair of jeans, a scrub shirt, and a white lab coat. “Afternoon, I’m Dr. Raleigh
what seems to be the trouble here?”
“Car
accident, police want to make sure she’s alright.” The nurse said before
rolling her eyes and hanging him the chart.
“Well you
at least don’t look to be injured.” His voice was smooth,
a slight accent that Maggie couldn’t place came through as if it only came on
certain words.
“I feel
fine, just a little stiff that’s all.” Maggie felt herself chewing on her lower
lip, “I had my seat belt on, so I’ll be a little bruised that’s all. Really I’m
fine.”
“It’s
alright.” He said as he stood in front of her and took out the small
flashlight, and checked her eyes and such, “You’re stunned and you’re right
you’ll be bruised from the seat belt. If you feel dizzy or in more pain please
call me.” He reached into the pocket of his lab coat and took out a card and
wrote something on it.
Maggie took
the card, “Thank you doctor.”
“You’re
welcome miss Williams.” He smiled, revealing some of the whitest teeth she had
ever seen. Suddenly she thought back to college when her friend
Siobhan’s
Apartment
Siobhan
leaned back on her couch as she flipped through the channels and stopped on the
latest episode of Big Brother. “Oh good.” She said as
she started to get into the episode only to have the phone ring.
She picked
up the receiver, “Lane, what’s going on?”
“Siobhan!
It’s Kyle, I’m just calling to let you know Trista and I will be back in a few
days.”
“Kyle!
How’s the island?” she asked feeling a smile cross her face as she and her
friend talked.
“It’s amazing, you and Becker are going to have to come here.”
Siobhan
laughed, “Yes because we have a reliable force that allows either of us to go
on vacation. We got called out to a car accident today, a minor accident.”
“Yikes,
well I’m sure sooner or later you’ll get some new rookie’s from the academy,
they have a session coming up soon don’t they?”
“Yeah, the super training session. Basically two months of non-stop training. Then
released to the stations as rookie’s who get placed with supervising officers.”
Siobhan sighed, “It sounds extreme but it works. I made it that way.”
“Listen
Siobhan, will you make sure the plants are watered and mail collected in the
next few days, I can just imagine it piling up.”
“No
problem, now go get back to your girlfriend. I have reality TV to watch.”
“It’s Rigged! We all know it!” Kyle teased back before hanging up.
Siobhan
shook her head and turned back to the show
Hallow
Hills
Jeff opened
the door of his childhood home. Since his mother had gone off to
Adel came
to the top of the stairs, “Keep it down.” She told him as she began the decent
to the first floor. “
“I came
home, who are
“
“Who’s
their mother?” Jeff walked in circles around Adel.
“
“Where are
Doug and Kip?”
“Doug’s in
“Yeah, vaguely but yes. So I guess it’ll just be you and me for a few days then
huh?”
“
“Don’t
worry, I won’t.” Jeff took his bag and started up the stairs, “It’s good to be
home Adel, very good indeed.”