Episode
3.02
Film Magic
“Maggie,
I’m just picking up a couple of movies. I’ll be back in a little bit.” Cassie
spoke into her cell phone as she wondered around the video store. “Yes I know
to get something suitable for all ages. I’ll be back in a little bit, don’t
worry I won’t miss dinner.” She closed the cell phone and slipped it into her
purse.
“Hey, long
time no see.” Came the ever so familiar voice of Eric
Savoren, the assistant manager of Film Magic.
Cassie
turned and looked up, and saw him. She almost gasped when she saw a very clean
cut man standing in front of her. His short dark hair, brown
eyes, and crisp smile. “Eric? Is that really you?”
He nodded,
“Yeah, I kinda grew out of that whole hippie phase.
Too bad Conner’s missing. I know he would’ve loved to see this.”
Cassie
narrowed her eyes in confusion, “What do you mean Conner’s missing.”
“You didn’t
know?” Eric crossed his arms over his chest, “
Cassie
looked down at her cell phone, wondering if she should call Maggie or not,
“Maggie didn’t mention this, maybe she doesn’t know.”
Eric
shrugged, “Maybe not.” He looked at her video’s,
“Looks good. You find everything?”
Cassie
nodded, “Yeah I did.”
Eric took
the cases from her for a moment and then ran them over the magnetic strip, “Its on the house, just don’t tell.”
Cassie
blushed, “Thanks Eric, I’ll see you when I bring this back.”
Eric
nodded, “I hope so.”
The Java
Jet
Laura Davis
sipped her cappuccino as she went over a manuscript. She was startled out of
her reading when a large thud hit the table. Looking up she saw Lydia Adams
glaring at her. “
“Listen to
me, Laura stay the hell away from my husband.”
“
“You’re
right. Besides I’ve had three husbands, what would I want a fourth for?” Laura
stood up, taking her manuscript and coffee, “So I’ll stay out of your way, if
you stay out of mine.”
The Country
Club
“So, Jeff
any chance you’ll give me a clue as to who my biological mother is?” Ethan took
the water glass to his lips and drilled his eyes into his father.
Jeff Davis
sighed, “Ethan I’ve told you already I don’t know who she is. It could be any
number of women.”
Ethan put
his water glass on, “Jeff, something tells me that’s wrong. Please who is my
mother?”
Jeff looked
down at the table cloth, trying to focus his eyes on a nonexistent pattern.
“Ethan, it was a very different time. Their were many
women, I was young, rich, and hansom.” Jeff tried to explain, “So I don’t know
who she is. Who knows maybe she’ll realize you’re looking for her and come out
of the woodwork.”
“I highly
doubt that.” Ethan told him as their food got set down on the table.
Doug’s
Office DI
Kathryn
opened Doug’s door and walked in. He was sitting behind his desk, typing away
at the computer when she slammed the door behind her. He looked up and tried
not to laugh at her, “Ryn, nice to see you.”
She took a
few calculated steps towards his desk, “I want
Doug looked
up, “Who? I’m sorry I don’t know of anyone named
She sighed
and tossed a file on the desk, “I guess I’ll call her Isabella. Where did you
get that awful name?”
“Its none of your business where my daughter got her name.”
He rose and walked towards her. “Now get out of my office.”
Kathryn
went to the door and turned back to him, “I’ll be apart of her life Doug, and
you won’t be able to stop me.”
Conner
stared out the window and finally he saw Maggie in her backyard. Her hair
pulled back into a crisp clean ponytail. His heart was racing as he watched her
move about her backyard. He saw a young boy, about
eleven or so run out with a baseball glove and ball followed by an older man.
He studied the man for a moment and remembered he was the guy she was at the
movies with when they first saw each other again. A jealous rage grew inside of
him and he started pounding on the window. Then he realized, maybe if he made
enough noise or broke the window Maggie would know he was down here and save
him.
Conner
pounded against the glass, and after what felt like forever, and his hand was
red and swollen he stopped and turned to see Grace standing at the stairs,
holding Jasmine in her arms. “Isn’t Daddy silly. He
thinks he can pretend that they can hear him out there. I guess we should let
him in on the secret—its sound proof.”
Conner held
the blanket firmly around him, “Grace, please let me out. I need to see Lysa.”
Grace’s
eyes narrowed as she looked at him, “Conner you will not be allowed out until
you forget all about Maggie and Lysa. Jasmine and I are your family now.”
Abby walked
into the house, and looked around at the pictures of her family. They were
joined by the awards and prizes her mother had earned selling Joni Lynn
Cosmetics, and a few awards her father had recently taken out of hiding, once
he informed them of his alter ego as a romance novelist. “Dad, are you home?”
she called out as she went into the kitchen and took out a bottle of pop.
The
backdoor opened and John Adams came in, taking off a pair of gardening gloves,
“Hey sweetie. What brings you by?”
“Do I have
to have a reason to come and see my father?” she snapped open the can and took
a long sip.
John
smiled, “What’s wrong honey?”
Abby sighed
and sat down on the counter top, “Dad, I’m confused about something. I mean
really its that Ethan is my best friend, my
ex-boyfriend, and
John nodded
as he washed his hands at the sink, “When do these feelings of being torn
happen, all the time or just when they’re both around.”
Abby chewed
on her lower lip, “Well thing is they’re both very opinionated ya know. And well in all honesty they don’t get along at
all. I mean, I don’t feel the need to choose until they start in on each other.
Its never anything downright mean, its very underhanded, very clouded.”
John
nodded, “Abby, I think sweetie that maybe you just need to remember what kind
of relationships you have with these men.
Abby
nodded, “I think Ethan wants me back, but he’s focused on finding his mother.”
“Honey, all
I can tell you really is too follow your heart. If you
don’t listen to it, you could end up regretting it the rest of your life.”
Cocking her
head to the side she asked, “Is this from personal experience Dad?”
John
sighed, “Lets just say I’ve seen it happen to people.”
Hallow
Hills—Nursery
“Hey there little girl.” Adel said as she picked up Isabella and gave her a bottle,
“How’s my little princess today?”
Isabella
cooed.
Adel looked
at the child and smiled, “I wasn’t sure what to think of you, you were a total
surprise, but you’re a perfect angel, and I love you princess.” She kissed the
top of her head and began to sing her to sleep.
Lysa typed
away at the screen, blasting her yellow card CD as she logged onto the internet
and entered a chatroom.
GreekChick: Hey All, what’s goin’ on for the
evening?
IrishSon: Not much, how r u Greek?
GreekChick: Just the same ol’ thing. Working
on English homework and ignoring the grandparents. U?
IrishSon: Just hanging out, the roommate went to the bar, so I think
I might smoke some and then just chill.
GreekChick: I thought you were the good one.
IrishSon: Well u won’t know till we meet IRL.
Cassie
walked into the backyard with the bag of movies and waved to her brother and
Carsyn as she made her way towards her older sister, “Maggie we have to talk.”
“What’s
going on Cassie?” she asked as she put plates on the picnic table.
Cassie took
a deep breath and looked at her sister, “I just talked to Eric at Film Magic, he said Conner’s missing.”
Maggie
dropped a plate onto the soft ground, thankfully it didn’t break, “What do you
mean he’s missing?”
“I mean no
one knows where he is. Eric said Siobhan is working on the case.” Cassie put
the bag down on the table. “You’re really worried about him, aren’t you?”
“Of course
I am, I love him.” Maggie snapped at her sister before
storming into the house.
Cassie
shook her head, “God, I hope you do whatever it is you have to, to get her and
Conner together. Cause at the rate they’re going, I’ll be married before them.”
Ethan’s
Office
“Clay, I’m
glad I could get a hold of you. This is really important.” Ethan said as he sat
down across from the private investigator.
“Let me
guess, try and find out who your biological mother is?”
Ethan
nodded, “Yes, Jeff is refusing to name anyone who it could possibly be. If my
showing up could ruin her life, I won’t, but I do want to know who she is.”
Clay smiled,
“Don’t worry Rev, we’ll find her. At least then you’ll know why Jeff kept her a
secret. Though I’m pretty sure he knows exactly who she is.”
“I think he
does too. What does that mean though?”