Episode
2.25
PHPD
Becker had
just left the office to go pick up an order at the Java Jet, when a woman came
in, looking completely frazzled. Her red hair looked as though she had run her
hands through it about four hundred times in a short amount of time. “Excuse
me.” She asked one of the officers, “Who would I go to report a stolen purse
to?”
The officer
looked at her for a moment, “
The woman
nodded and went over to Siobhan’s desk, “Are you
Siobhan
looked up, “Yeah I am, what can I do for you?”
She sat
down in the chair next to the desk, “My purse got stolen down town. I had
everything in it, like $50 in cash, four credit cards, my ids, everything
except my keys.”
Siobhan
took out a piece of paper and began filling in the information, “And what is
the name on your ID’s and credit cards?”
“Sally
Payne, though one is set up for my business.” She said, “Which is listed as
Nails by Sally.”
Siobhan
nodded, “Can you describe what the person who ran off with your purse looked
like?”
“Well,”
Sally began, “he was taller then me, maybe half a foot, bleached blond hair,
white, um I saw his face for a second, um hazel eyes maybe, with a pudgy nose,
round cheeks.”
Siobhan
jotted this all down, “Sadly, this is the third purse snatching this week. I
would call your credit card companies and have everything cancelled as soon as
possible.”
“And
chances of recovering my purse?” Sally asked.
“We’re
looking into this, I suspect that we can at least catch them.” Siobhan told
her.
Sally
sighed, “Thank you.” She glanced at her watch, “Damn I need to get to work,
we’re setting up displays before the day spa opens.”
Siobhan
picked up her card, “This is my number if your credit card company calls with
news of your cards being used, call me.”
“I will.”
Sally said before walking out of the squad room.
A few
moments later as Siobhan was typing up the report Becker came in with the
coffee and placed a cup on Siobhan’s desk, “Is this another purse snatching?”
Siobhan
looked up, “Yeah, a woman named Sally Payne. We should just set a decoy up in
the middle of town. Someone who looks out of place. All three of these women
seem out of place, the first two were tourists, but this last one, I think
she’s just new to town. She mentioned working at the new day spa. You know the
one opening in the mall.”
“I’ll see
what I can set up.” He said as he tapped a pen in his hand, “I’ll be in the
office if you need me.”
Becker left
and Siobhan starred at his door for a moment, “That was odd.”
The Java
Jet
“2.73 is
your change.” Maggie said as she handed a customer back their change, before
they turned to walk away and her eyes were met with those of Carsyn Raleigh
once again. “Dr. Raleigh, I mean Carsyn, what a surprise.”
Carsyn
smiled his million-dollar smile and Maggie thought she would melt. “Actually I
had a goal when I came here.”
“Let me
guess a triple vanilla frozen frappacino.”
“Close, I
did order one, my goal was actually to ask you out for a movie tonight.”
“Really?”
Maggie asked as his coffee was placed next to the register and she rang him up,
“Isn’t this like wrong since you were my doctor?”
“You were
my patient for five minutes. So unless you plan to come into the ER at least
once a week, we’d have a problem. But otherwise you’re just a very attractive
woman who has peaked my interest. I want to learn more about you then medical
facts.”
“It’s
$3.89” she looked down as she felt the blush rush over her, “How about you go
over to that table and we can talk about this.”
“Sounds good.”
He said as he put four singles down, “just toss the change in here.” He pointed
to the penny jar and she nodded.
“Jill, take
over on register.” Maggie called out before she went to sit with Carsyn, “Well
Carsyn, before I say yes you’ve got to tell me something about yourself.”
“Well, I’m
29 years old, I have a younger sister who’s attending UCLA. I grew up in
Northern New Jersey, a nice little town called
Maggie
nodded, “Fair is fair, well I’m a
“Wow.”
Carsyn said, “Very colorful. So what about that movie tonight?”
“You really
don’t give up do you?”
Carsyn
leaned closer on the table, “Nope, I always try to reach my goals.”
Maggie
nodded, “Alright, but only if we can catch the early show.”
“Deal.”
Carsyn said before taking a sip of his frozen coffee.
Kyle’s
Apartment
“So when do
you start back up at the hospital?” Kyle asked as he chopped up some
vegetables.
“In a
couple of days.” Trista answered as she took out the sour cream from the
fridge, “Dr. Raleigh has been picking up my slack and honestly he’ll be in need
a of a good vacation. When do you go back to the office?”
“Tomorrow,
chances are I won’t be drowned with work. But you never know.” He said as the
door opened and Siobhan came in.
“Thank god
you’re here!” she said when she saw the two of them.
“Hello to
you to Siobhan, um what’s going on?” Kyle said as he glanced at Trista.
“I was
going to water the plants but since you’re here I need some advice.”
“About
what?” Trista asked as she picked up a carrot and began munching on it.
“How to
make a relationship last more then a month.” Her eyes pleaded with them.
“Are you
and Becker having problems?” Kyle asked as he began mixing sour cream with some
spices.
“Well no,
but I’ve never had a relationship last more then a month.”
“Well your
first step.” Trista began, “is to relax, I’ve seen how he looks at you. He’s
crazy about you. Don’t worry, it’s all right. Relax and enjoy being with him.
Everything will work out.”
“I’m
freaking out over nothing, right?”
They both
nodded, “Listen,” Kyle began, “Siobhan, relationships have their bumps in the
road. It takes dedication to work past them. Sometimes people are complete
morons and wait until the last minute and have to do something drastic. Which I
recently proved.”
“What Kyle
is trying to say is, don’t set up problems. Just go with the flow, and let the
relationship develop in full force.” Trista sat down next to Siobhan, “Relax,
enjoy the romance of your relationship. You two still have a lot to learn about
each other, but don’t force that information to come forward. You’ll both
reveal stuff when the time is right. Just focus on the here and now, that’s all
you can really do.”
Siobhan
sighed, “So basically I need to relax and realize not every little thing is a
key to disaster.”
“Exactly.”
Kyle said, “Besides its not like he’s got a wife and kids somewhere. He’s a
good man, and he loves you. Trust me I’ve seen the look on his face when I
barge into your apartment.”
“You’re
lucky you’ve never walked in on anything.”
“So are
you.” Trista said with a smile as she stood up and went over to kiss Kyle’s
cheek. “So relax about Becker and just go with the flow.”
“I’ll try,
but no guarantees.”
Hallow
Hills—Pool House
The twins
were fast asleep in the other room as Abby sat on the couch reading Pool House
of Passion.
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His hand
slid down her back as she ran her fingers through his thick black hair. Their
lips met in a kiss hotter then a bonfire. She began unbuttoning his shirt
with her finger tips as her lips kissed down his neck. Never before in her
life had she felt like this. |
“Miss
Adams? Abby?”
“Oh. Mr.
Davis, I’m sorry I drifted off a bit, is something wrong?” Abby asked placing
the book down beside her.
“No, actually
I was going to ask you that.”
“I’m fine,
I just have a few things on my mind. Like should I move back in with my parents
for the next few months or take Reverend Jacobs up on his offer for me to stay
with him.”
“Didn’t you
and Reverend Jacobs used to date?”
Abby
nodded, “Yeah that’s where things get, shall we say sticky.”
“Dan’s
going to be gone and it might just be weird.”
“Well there
is another option. You could move in here. I mean there is a spare room that
could be yours. It would be perfect since you are
Abby looked
down at her hands for a moment and then back up at
“You’re
probably right. Besides this family will have enough gossip now that my Uncle
Jeff is back and my father is insisting he and my mother adopt a daughter that
he’s bringing back with him from
“Oh wow,
yeah the less gossip the better.” Abby chewed on her lower lip, “Mr. Davis if
you need to talk, I’m here.” Just then one of the babies began crying, “I’ll go
check on them.”
Abby stood
up, leaving her book on the couch as she went to check on the baby. Chad
watched her walk away, something about having Abby around was a comfort, and it
made him feel that something would always be right in this world.
Angel
Multiplex
“Well what
did you think?” Carsyn asked as he and Maggie walked out from the movie.
Maggie
shook her head, “I never would’ve pegged you as the type to cry at the end of
Spiderman 2.” She said with a smile as she brought her pop straw to her lips
and took one last sip.
“Yeah well,
what can I say, I like to surprise people.” Carsyn pushed a stray lock of hair
out from Maggie’s eyes.
“I can
tell.” Maggie said before finding Carsyn’s lips on hers, in a soft, magnetic kiss
that had her wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him closer.
Carsyn
pulled away when he heard someone clear his throat next to them.
Maggie
looked up and first she saw the red head, Grace and then holding Conner’s hand.
She straightened up and tried not to look jealous. Carsyn smiled, “May we help
you?”
Conner’s
eyes drilled into Maggie’s, “Maggie Williams, is that you?”
Maggie
narrowed her eyes, “Hi Conner.”
“Well look
what the wind blew back into town.”
“Conner,
this isn’t the time, or the place.”
“Obviously,
because you didn’t want me to know you were back.” He shook his head,
“Obviously I made a mistake caring.”
Maggie
stepped away from Carsyn and pulled Conner away from Grace, “Look who’s
talking. You and the new manager of Imagination Clothing, gosh what’s a girl to
do? You really expect me to break up your relationship? Sorry but if you really
knew me, you would know that’s not how I work.”
“How do you
work Maggie? Do you just jump from guy to guy?” He leaned forward, his face only
a few inches from hers.
“Carsyn was
my doctor the other day. I’ve run into him a few times, that’s all. Why do you
care, you have red over there.”
Conner took
Maggie’s hand in his, “You know why Maggie.”
She
snatched her hand out of his and covered her face for a moment before speaking,
“Conner, we had one date. I think, that maybe we put too much emphasis on the
possibilities because of how close we were as friends.” She closed her eyes for
a moment, “I left Kevin, not because I didn’t love him, but because he cheated
on me, he cheated on me right after I lost our baby. If I hadn’t walked in on
it, I would be in Nashville now, still Mrs. Kevin Lane.”
Conner knew
she was lying he just wasn’t sure about what, “Fine, be this way. I won’t push
you, that’s not my style.”
Maggie
opened her eyes, “Good-Bye Conner.” She went back over to Carsyn, “Could you
take me back to my house. I feel a headache coming on.”
“Yeah no
problem at all.” Carsyn said as they left the theatre.
Grace
looked at her boyfriend, “What was that all about?”
“That’s
just an old friend. I was hoping she wouldn’t make any mistakes, I guess I was
wrong.” He looked at the tickets, “You ready to see Anchorman?”
“Yeah, I
adore Will Ferrell.” She said as they entered the building.