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California Virgin 14:
The days and weeks were passing by as fast as the snowflakes falling covered tall pines in blankets of white power. The ski hills were busy and White Oaks was becoming its usually winter time tourist Mecca. Street Lights were decorated with evergreen reefs with big red bows tied to them and houses were decked out in garland and Christmas lights.
As the weeks went by many lives in White Oaks changed some for better others not quite so. For Peter and Adam it had been hard. Adam was still dealing with his mother. This time she was not so mad at him as much as she was at Kent and refusing to live at home. The Bradshaw Families Guest house was now here temporary home. He also missed Peter a lot. He saw Peter most days but once in a while he would be too busy to see Adam with photo shoots and meetings in Vancouver.
Peter felt the same way. However he could not say he did not love the job. Getting to be the center of attention, and hot guys telling you how sexy you looked, was not so bad either. So far he had done little things, a couple catalogues here and there but on the whole nothing huge that would put him on the international stage.
It was December 1st and Christmas spirit was strong in the town, however for many Christmas would be the last thing on there minds.
In the early hours of the morning the last thing Alex Bradshaw expected to happen... Well happened. He was awoken by a phone call.
He had fallen a sleep at his desk again probably from the lack of sleep he was getting after being kicked out of his bedroom. As usual Linda and him had been fighting over something or other. This time it was about Linda's use of the family privet jet to take a trip to Japan.
" Hello?" Alex asked, followed by a long yawn.
" Alex is that you?" asked a man with a strong accent in a panic.
" Yes, Miyamoto is this you?" Alex replied, hoping it was and that he did not just blow his friends cover.
" Yes. Alex I have urgent news! Deanna! She's gone! She's not to be found." Miyamoto shouted.
" What! I thought she was with you at all times how could this happen! You know what this means?" Alex said angry his friend had failed him greatly.
" No sorry sir but I can only imagine its not good." Miyamoto replied with a childlike voice cowering.
" It means she's coming back here! To White Oaks! And here is where my crazy soon to be ex-wife lives so you do the math Miyamoto and tell me!" Alex hollered holding the phone from his face.
" Alex I'm so sorry. Please forgive me!" Miyamoto begged.
" Oh you will be sorry if anyone gets hurt! And as for this incident or catastrophe you better hope she comes back alive or you wont get a penny out of me! And I know you need all the funds you can get for your research Miyamoto!" Alex barked.
There was a pause in the conversation while Alex caught his breath he could have sworn he heard a clicking noise.
" Put down the phone Alex and don't move out of that seat or your paper work will be splattered with brains! It's the crazy soon to be ex-wife." Said a female voice from behind Alex.
" Linda is that you?" Alex asked suddenly quite.
" Bingo! And I know all about Deanna to you bastard! So when were you going to tell me she was living?" Linda asked, livid and grabbing a cell phone from her purse.
" Hold that thought dear... I have a call to make." Linda paused and dialed.
" Andy, bring them both in." Linda snapped.
As soon as she spoke the words Andy the man who once helped in a plot to Kidnap Ares was holding Nate and Tina in his arms as he walked into the office and placed there bodies on the floor.
" YOU KILLED OUR SON!" Alex bellowed.
" Oh shut up! Tina and Nate are just passed out. I had Andy inject them with something that would make sure they don't wake up for another couple hours." Linda laughed.
" How do you know about Deanna?" Alex asked utterly confused by the situation.
" I'll get into that when she gets here. You see. I'm the reason she ran away. I got Miyamoto's number and called up and pretended to work for you. That stupid fool believed me and let me talk to her. I heard the fear in her voice." Linda once again laughed. " She should be here soon I'm assuming. I told her on the phone I had Peter and Ares at gun point and she had 24 hours to get back to White Oaks or there dead. Now that's a lie but... Well we all know a mother protects her chicks at any cost. Even if her own life will end because of it."
" That's sick!" Alex spat.
" No Alex its revenge. And I'm going to kill her right in front of you." Linda had the most evil expression on her face. " You played me for years Alex and now I'm about to take the lead."
The morning had passed quickly and as people in White Oaks went about there daily lives as normal no one had any idea of what was about to unfold at the Bradshaw Mansion.
" We should celebrate! Ok... tonight we go to Onyx and get you shit faced, and then find you some sexy guy to take home or you go back to his place and you..." Peter yelled eagerly before having Adrian place a hand over his mouth.
" Dirty mouth, Peter, Peter, you're mother Deanna, God rest her soul if she heard you talking like that she'd turn in her grave!" Adrian laughed. " But he's right you should get out and celebrate!"
" Hell yeah! What did you to think I was going to do sit at home and read a book? It's Friday no work in the morning and I am HIV negative! It's a good day to be me." Ares replied enthusiastically as he held the test results tightly in his hand.
" I'm surprised you've gone two months nearly without any boyfriend? I know you tend to be the settling down type but even two months for you is a bit much without a random in the picture." Peter said looking at Ares quizzically.
" That's because I like this guy and I don't want to see other guys until I find out what's going on between us." Ares said defensively.
" What guy would this be then?" Adrian asked, as if Ares were 9 years old and had done something behind his back.
" Well... daddy you wont really approve of him I don't think. And I haven't seen him since two months now and I have no idea where to find him."
" Is it the kidnapper guy who saved you?" Adrian asked. He knew he was right to believe it. " Ares I don't hate that man I want to thank him personally for saving you actually. If you like him go for it. I'm just confused as to how you can trust him after he first set off in plot to abduct you."
" Because he looked into my eyes and I knew he felt something, he looked so sorry for what he'd done. I just know he's a good guy. He helped save me. After the gun went of and I found Wesley dead he held me. If he was bad don't you think he'd of fled before the cops came to the cabin?" Ares replied.
" Good point. Well do whatever just know, I support you ether way on the matter. Now I promised Linda Bradshaw I'd help set up early for the Country Club Christmas Ball so I'll be off." Adrian said cheerfully as he grabbed his 'To-go' mug of hot chocolate and car keys. He was happy it was the holiday season and his family was back in order.
" Later dad!" Ares and Peter said in harmony as he left.
" Grant huh? Yeah I can see the attraction." Peter laughed.
" Really? No! I mean the hard body, handsome face and Irish accent... What am I thinking? Plus a nice ass and a killer personality." Ares replied sarcastically. " And the big seller is he's not rich! I'm sick of dating the usual spoilt, stuck up Euro Trash Gino's around here."
" So you mean guys like yourself?" Peter asked mockingly. " Hold that thought... I have a new message on my phone... It's from Cole."
" I can't focus! What do I buy my boyfriend for Christmas? He's picky about clothing, has all the good colognes already and... I don't know, I don't know, I don't know I'm so confused right now." Adam said almost frantically looking in every direction he could to spot the perfect gift for Peter.
" Can we sit down?" Marcus moaned, collapsing on a mall bench across from a High-end shoe store.
" And don't even suggest buying him shoes Marcus!" Adam snapped, reading Marcus' mind. " I don't have the slightest clue to what foot size he is."
" Oh this day has been a fucker all right! And you're driving me nuts!" Marcus said his face in his hands.
" How so?" Adam barked.
" Please! You think I'm stupid or something Adam Logan! It's so obvious the problem is not with finding Peter a gift, it's with Peter himself."
" Well I can't lie, it is." Adam replied, collapsing on the bench next to Marcus.
" Too much sex or a lack of?" Marcus asked casually.
" No... We have a healthy sex life. I mean... I slept over there last night and when we woke up at 9 o'clock this morning we had sex three times. It's now 12:24 in the afternoon and I'm sure we'll do it again tonight before we go out." Adam said. He was comfortable sharing this kind of information with Marcus.
" So what the hell is the problem? And make it good, you're talking to a virgin here." Marcus snapped.
" The modeling! I can't stand not seeing him for days at a time. I swear as well that this one model I think his name was George or some shit looked at me and then purposely went over to Peter and started massaging his neck to piss me off. I can't go to photo shoots anymore because I punched the fucker out but I still feel unsafe. Peter's hot, guys want him, and when I can't see him and he's in the company of a lot of gay men I get nervous." Adam explained quickly. He took a deep breath.
" You have Peter I know you do. I've seen Peter with more guys then I can count, he is totally settling down with you. I see it, Nate and Rob can see it, it's got to be painful but even Brent his ex sees it. He would not cheat on you." Marcus replied plainly.
" I hope your right buddy." Adam sighed. " Funny enough I just got a text message from him. He says everyone is going to Onyx tonight and were also coming like it or not. Two big surprises... And that's it?"
" I bet you he has something planned for you! He's a romantic like that." Marcus giggled.
" I think that's him!" Brittany shrieked with joy running to the front door.
" Ok sister friend easy, you'll scare him off." Kristy replied.
" Oh stop it. Chad is the best cousin. He's from Calgary and he ought to liven it up for once in this boring town." Brittany replied throwing the door open and running down the front door steps to the black limo in the driveway.
" Thanks driver. Just leave the bags here I'll take them up to the house myself." Chad said in a deep sexy voice as he tipped the Limo driver fifty dollars.
" CHADY!" Brittany screamed jumping into his arms. " I missed you!"
" Aw! I missed you too Britt." Chad replied hugging her close.
" Wow! Have you ever been working out? Nice arms buddy." Brittany said almost as if this weren't her cousin she was talking to.
" Well you know. I like to take care of myself." Chad laughed placing Britt back on the ground. " So who's this girl here?"
" Oh Chad meet Kristy! My best friend." Brittany said without even looking at Kristy.
" Ok well I'm going to go see your parents and get these bags inside how about you girls do the same. I don't know if its colder here then it was back home?" Chad said running in the house. " I'm Here!" He called out.
Kristy walked down the drive way and grabbed Brittany's arm before she could run in after him.
" What?" Brittany asked in a snobby tone.
" Last night you called me and said you needed to tell me something important. I've been at your house for 2 hours now and you haven't dished on what it was so I want to hear it now. Before we go inside and you start drooling over Chad." Kristy asked deadly serious. " Two weeks now you've been acting off."
" I don't want to get into it now." Brittany said clearly, removing her arm from Kristy's grip.
" Tell me or I'm going home." Kristy said bluntly.
" Fine! It's about Shane." Brittany said as if it was stuck in her throat.
" And?" Kristy asked un-phased.
" Kristy can this wait. I'm happy right now and talking about this will make me bitter. Look go home and I promise I'll call you later ok. Just not now." Brittany said closing the front door in Kristy's face.
" Fine, be a bitch." Kristy whispered under her breath.
" That's the best news I've had in a while. I'm so happy for you Ares." Amy said with delight.
" I'm just feeling a whole lot lighter. I mean I felt like I was carrying a 10ton weight with all the worry and stress. Hopefully I'll get some better night sleep tonight unlike the last several weeks." Ares said before yawning and making his deep brown eyes water.
" Maybe you should celebrate tonight by going to bed?" Amy laughed.
" No... Not going to happen. You see now I have something else on my mind. Finding Grant." Ares sighed. Lifting his legs up and lying down on Amy's couch staring at the ceiling.
" I knew you did! So are we going to put a DVD on?" Asked Amy trying to change the subject.
" Em no not until you tell me what's going on in your life, I haven't seen you in a while and I want the details. Who are you seeing now?" Ares asked with a smug grin.
" No one! And I like it this way." Amy said defensively.
" Please you always have your eye on someone. Now who?" Ares asked not giving up.
" Fine Kent Logan." Amy blurted out.
" Kent Logan? You mean my brothers boyfriends dad? He's married you know. Well for now I heard him and Tina are on the rocks. But still he's like over 40. But yeah he has a hotness factor." Ares said thinking about how unnatural all this was.
" Well we met at the Country Club one night. I was there with some friends and I was too tipsy to drive and everyone left before me and he offered to drive me home. We talked about all his problems and mine. Really nice guy! Very open, I even have his number in my cell phone." Amy squealed with joy.
" Aw! You little minx you! And what else? Any action? I mean Tina lives in the Bradshaw Guest house I'm guessing he wanted sex?" Ares asked bluntly.
" No! Ares what do you take me for. He only kissed me good night on the cheek and we went our ways."
" And has he called you since?" Ares asked curious.
" Yes twice. One time it was to see if I wanted to go for coffee. The time after that I think he remembered he was married and he apologized to me and said he was sorry but it was wrong to pursue me when he had a wife and a family." Amy said looking upset or disturbed.
" And how do you feel about it?" Ares asked carefully. " I mean do you have feelings?"
" I like him and yes I developed feelings. I'll just have to move on thou wont I..." Amy paused and took a deep breath. " Ok touchy subject were getting into how about we start the movie?"
" So how long are you staying in the country?" Asked a rather pompous looking Airport Taxi driver with a coarse voice. " I hope you don't mind if I have a smoke?"
" Oh I'll be staying. I live here. I have a lot of unfinished business to attend to. So how long till we get to White Oaks?" Asked the woman sat in the back seat. She was wearing a large rimmed hat and it was next to impossible to see her face from the shadow it created. " Oh and feel free to smoke."
" I'd say in this traffic were looking at another hour and a bit." The driver replied.
" Excuse me do you mind if I make a phone call?" The woman asked in a voice that gave the impression either way she was going to do it.
" Not at all." The Driver replied as he cut of an 18 Wheeler causing several cars to honk.
" Thanks... Hello operator I'd like the number for Bradshaw, Alex. White Oaks British Columbia." The woman said in a high-strung voice. " Yes I'll be happy to hold for a second."
" Friend of yours?" The driver asked.
" A very good one." The lady replied. " Don't speak for a second, I'm being put through."
The phone rang and was answered after one ring as if this call was expected.
" Bradshaw residence! Linda speaking!" Said a motherly voice.
" Not your residence for long! Better get use to wearing orange! Oh wait. By the time I'm finished with you you'll be wearing your bests and being lowered 6 feet under the cold earth!" Deanna said with a menace to her voice.
" Oh! Foolish thing to say when I have Ares and Peter here about to get one popped in each of their pretty little heads." Linda coughed. " Oh excuse me. Awful cold. Oh and Deanna you know the house. Don't need to get the police involved do we? So just let yourself in. And don't fear my darling. I would never hide behind a door and shoot you from behind we'll make it fair. We'll fight like true women."
" It's a lie! There not here!" Cried out a man's voice in the background, before it was cut off.
" Who was that?" Deanna asked her voice slightly shaky.
" Your lover boy. Alex!" Linda laughed smugly. " Oh do hurry love! My trigger finger is getting itchy."
" Driver speed up! I swear Linda you'll wish you never met me!" Deanna shouted. Her face beat red with anger.
" Oh look who's finally waking up." Linda said as she placed her hand on the side of Tina's face and gently caressed it.
Without notice she gave Tina's cheek a hard slap.
" Bitch. That's for having your eyes on my husband. And don't you deny it. I'm not blind." Linda whispered close up to Tina's ear. " You getting that secretary job at the school? Alex would not give just any old tramp that job.
Tina struggled to hit Linda back but she was tied up and could not move.
" Try all you want. Andy here tied the knots they won't budge." Linda said smiling at Tina's predicament. She loved it even more when Tina spotted the gun in her hand and her eyes bulged.
" Don't worry dear. I wont be killing you. You were an ok friend. I thought it was pathetic how you denied your son was gay. But on the whole you deserve to live. Of course I can't trust you wont tell the authorities about me, but that wont matter as I already have plans to leave the country for good." Linda said her voice kind and warm not matching her words.
She pulled the strands of hair over Tina's face back with the gun. "So pretty it's a shame about you and Kent. But rumors I heard have it that he's seeing some younger 20 year old or something girl."
" Why would I believe you?" Tina said in fury through gritted teeth.
" Because I have a weapon that could end your very existence right now. I think that would be a good enough reason." Linda laughed.
" Mom?" Asked a sleepy voice that was just waking up. " What am I doing here? Why am I tied up?"
" Well you see dear. Your father back in the day had a problem with a little thing we like to call Marriage, which is a union of two peoples. I wont get into it just yet. We'll be having a guest pop by for a bit who can explain it better. She can tell you why your mommy and daddy have a shitty marriage."
" Linda this is foolish. Killing people for revenge is going to put you away for life." Alex pleaded.
" No Alex your wrong. I have millions of dollars in my name and a whole world I can call home." Linda said confidently.
" Mom what about me? I'm your son and I'm seeing you like this. I don't care if you leave dad and move into another house and meet another guy, I just don't want you to go to jail because of other peoples mistakes. Mom you might have a world to live in but my home is White Oaks and if you kill people I wont be welcome here and if my dad is dead and my mom's a fugitive what kind of life does that leave me?" Nate replied, as he began to cry.
" Linda. I'll devoice you. I'll give you half of everything even this house if you want. Let's just not cause all this pain." Alex said his voice cracking.
" It's to late. I'll be held up court for trying to kill Deanna from years ago. She's coming to this house right now as it is. How can we sit down and settle it when we hate each other enough to kill?"
" Deanna is not like you Linda. She is beyond mad but she is a kind caring woman and unlike you she has a heart. All she wants is her sons and a chance to live a normal life again. For years she's lived in Japan and had no memory of what happened. Well until recently, now she knows everything and..." But Alex was cut off.
" Shut up? Is that the door?"
" Hello!" Called a voice from the main floor of the house. " Is any one home?"
" Shit! It's Amy... I was supposed to be at the country club to set up!" Linda whispered to Andy in a panic. " Here hold the gun and I'll be back down and untie my son!"
Linda reached the top of the basement stairs too see Amy in the front hallway standing on a large rug with a wide smile on her face.
" Amy! I am so sorry. I forgot totally about it and I'm the head of the Christmas committee for the town. What a mistake it was giving me that job." Linda said light heartedly. " Look Dear I can't come I'm feeling dreadfully I'll... and why is the front door open?" Linda asked Puzzled as she stared blankly at the doorway.
" I was going to ask you that. It's how I found it. Anyways do you know if Tina is coming?" Amy asked her voice slightly bitter.
" No I think she's a little tied up today with other errands and such, you know it gets hectic this time of year." Linda replied, her mind on why the door was wide open. Who was in the house?
" Oh ok, yeah I guess... Linda who's that woman standing in the kitchen? Amy asked, her voice worried.
Linda felt as if she had suffered a massive heart attack at what Amy had just said.
Linda turned around. To her horror and discomfort Deanna Diotrophes was standing in her kitchen as if she was invited over for tea or something.
" Oh just a friend. A friend of ours..." Linda replied with a forced smile.
" Mom who is it?" Asked Nathan as he got to the top of the basement staircase followed by Alex and Tina.
" Tina's here? But you said she was..." Amy said confused by why people in the house were acting so strangely.
" Amy! I'm coming with you now." Tina said, Almost running to the doorway. " Lets get this Country Club all decorated for the holidays!" She laughed nervously. She was now out the door and getting into a Black Lexus where Ares was waiting for Amy in the drivers seat.
" Amy. I have to go I'm sorry. I'll call you later to see how the setting up went. I wish I could come." Linda said nervously shutting the door in Amy's face.
" Where is she?" Linda cried in horror as she turned around to see Deanna was no longer in the kitchen. " And how did you manage to get up here?"
" Well Andy being the intelligent being he is sat down on the sofa and forgot he had the needle with that stuff you used to knock Tina and Nate out with in his pocket and put him self to sleep, and then Nate untied us." Alex replied in a normal voice. He was no longer scared of his wife, because now he was holding the gun.
" And what's this about a she?" Nate asked. " What do you mean where is she?"
" DEANNA! She's in the house! I saw her in the kitchen Amy saw her too!" Linda shouted as she started to cry and rush around the lower level of the house in search of Deanna.
" No ones here!" Alex said calmly " The security we have on this house would have picked it up."
" I turned it all off so she could get in! I wanted her to come into the house and come find us but Amy messed it all up. And now this is all messed up because I don't want to kill anyone!" Linda screamed as she had her back to the kitchen while facing Alex and Nate.
" Mom lookout!" Nate hollered as Deanna jumped out from behind a wall and grabbed Linda from behind and held a butchers knife to her neck.
" Oh but I want to kill you." Deanna whispered in Linda's ear so close she could feel the warmth of her breath.
" Please Deanna don't. I'm begging you. I never touched you children. I haven't even seen Ares or Peter for weeks. I was bluffing!" Linda cowered.
" Good! Because if you ever did I'd have this knife on the tip of your spine right now." Deanna mocked throwing Linda's immobilized body to the floor.
She took the knife and stabbed it through a family portrait of the Bradshaw family and deep into the drywall. Coincidently the knife went through Linda's face in the picture right between her eyes.
" Wow good aim. I wasn't even looking." Deanna laughed. " I figure Alex you have a gun. I'll behave if this animal can?" Deanna looked down at Linda with utter hate in her eyes.
" Stand up Linda. You look pathetic." Alex said grabbing her under her arms and lifting her up to her weak knees. " I think the family room is a good place to start. Nate put some coffee on please."
" Dad I'm not a maid!" Nate spat.
" Do it!" Alex shouted. " And perhaps 3 glasses and a bottle of scotch while your at it. I think we could all use some.
" I love this place!" Marcus screamed over loud pounding house music.
" Thanks for screaming in my ear!" Rob shouted back " I hate it! I totally could have used a Vancouver Gay Club there so much better, here it's all the same people from school. YUCKAGE!"
" So why was Nate a no show?" Brent asked concerned.
" I don't know something about a huge family melt down. His parents are getting a divorce. I said we'd come over but he was adamant that we not and come here instead." Adam replied.
" Ok so we come here to celebrate Peter and Ares and their not even here yet!" Rob said disgusted.
" Yeah Peter was in a rush. We'll talk about it later..." Adam said his face bitter and rash.
" No you'll tell us now!" Marcus said in a demanding voice.
" Fine! He left and went to Miami!" Adam muttered.
" WHAT!" Said Brent startled.
" Oh I'd thought you'd be happy to see me in this state Brent. Don't you hate me because I'm with Peter now?" Adam said sarcastically.
" No! I don't hate you. That's all in the past." Brent said defensively.
" Whatever you say buddy." Adam said brushing Brent off as a liar.
" Ok Miami? Why and why so soon and in general WHY! And without us?" Rob scowled.
" Yeah his big surprise for us all is that he's gone to Miami for three weeks because Cole got him and this model Blair a huge deal with Guess by Marciano." Adam said half impressed half angry.
" Guess as in the huge clothing line?" Brent gasped.
" Yes. I guess I'm happy but with such short notice I don't know. He spent more time with Blair this past week then with me. Peter says it's to get tips from a pro but I don't know." Adam sulked.
" If Peter said that's what it is, then its what it is. Peter loves you Adam. Which is why I know the perfect gift you could get for him! A Promise ring!" Marcus shrieked with joy.
" A what?" Rob asked in a dull tone looking grossed out.
" It's a ring that is like kinda commitment without the freaky were 19 and in love so lets get married bull shit." Brent replied. " You should do it Adam. So cute!"
" You think? I suppose I could I mean we are going on 6 months nearly and we're madly in love and we live at each other's houses. Yeah! Great idea Marcus!" Adam replied his pout now a full smile.
" No problem. Just be sure to buy me a drink later on. My brilliant ideas aren't free." Marcus laughed. " Oh I forgot. He's getting ready now but my cousin Chad is here. He's pre-drinking at my house and he's going to meet us here in like an hour or so."
" The hot one from Calgary I met 4 years ago?" Rob asked his face lit up.
" Yes! And no you can't have sex with him. He just broke up with this guy he was with for 3 years and he's not looking for a relationship anytime soon." Marcus said giving Rob the 3rd degree.
" Who said anything about a relationship?" Rob asked seriously.
" Grow up! Stop sleeping around, and get a grip!" Marcus snapped. " Is that a phone I hear?"
" Yeah it's mine." Adam said checking the caller I.D. " Ares..."
" Hello ARES!" Brent shouted in the background.
" Shut up Brent! I can't hear him." Adam shouted throwing his rival a dirty look.
" What not coming, first Peter now you?" ... " What? Oh tell me!"... " My mom? Ok weird... Alive! But how? Alright we'll be here if you come later." Adam said closing the phone.
" What's up?" Rob asked casually taking a sip of his Rye and ginger.
" My mom is at Amy's house with Ares and Amy and Ares is going over to Nate's house right now... Guys he said to stay here it's not safe to be wandering around the streets but I have a feeling something really bad is about to happen." Adam said his face pale and his expression changed from a smile to a much grimmer one.
" Adam you look so out of it what happened what did he say?" Marcus asked afraid to hear what would be said next.
" I think Peter's mom is not dead. I mean I think Ares and Peter's mom is alive. Deanna's in White Oaks."
" Tina are you ok? I think you should try some sleeping pills and get some rest. Or just try eating. You look awful no offence but if I were held captive like that I'd be a wreck." Amy said putting her arms around Tina's shoulders and hugging her. " I just can't believe Deanna's alive."
" Amy Thank you so much. But I think I'll walk home and by home I mean my real home. I need to talk to Kent about this. I need to go back to my family." Tina said, wiping a tear from her face.
" You're right! You do. Go home and talk this all out with your man. Tina, Kent loves you and so do your children. You need them right now more than ever. And the walk home and the fresh air will do you good." Amy said her voice with high hopes as she ran her hand through Tina's flawless red hair.
" I'll get my coat then!" Tina replied standing up and reaching her hand out to Amy.
Amy took her hand.
" Thank you Amy. Thank you so much."
Tina left the house into the cold snowy winter night, her heart full of hopes, and looking forward to a fresh start, with her husband and taking her life in control.
" 15 years of my life with my family I have lost. 15 years gone. I'll never get it back." Deanna said as she wept into her hands.
" I can't even say how sorry I am Deanna. I was in every single possible way wrong! I wish I never did what I did. I play the hard faced bitch but everyday of my life its eaten away at me." Linda replied her eyeliner and mascara running down her cheeks.
" But why did you do it? I know I stole your husband but why?" Deanna begged to know.
" I was jealous! Your family was richer then mine, you had a better job then me, you had a bigger house. I was a jealous person. And when I found you and Alex in my bed that one night it killed me! That's why. It pushed me to the limits." Linda said through gritted teeth.
" So all this time. All these years and I never knew. No one except you three knew?" Nate said angry his face pink.
" Nathan baby. Your daddy founded most of this town. If we divorced we could have risked losing everything. Your dad's construction company was in a dangerous spot. We could have lost our home and all our money. I also forgave him because back then I really was in love with him. That's why I acted like I did." Linda sobbed.
" I know Linda. I was no better. I cheated my husband who deeply loved me and stole yours to make myself feel better. I'm just as big a bitch as anyone else. Deanna said clearing her eyes.
" That's the door." Alex said standing up. " Who would be knocking like that on our door at 11:30 at night?"
The pounding on the door continued.
" Open up this fucking door now!" Screamed a man's voice.
" Not until you tell me who you are!" Alex shouted in a deep voice trying to best hide his fear.
" Andy, sit down! You've done enough today. I just bailed you out of jail." Linda said grabbing his thick leg before he could confront the man at the door.
" No let him!" Alex said quietly.
Andy stomped over to the door.
" Alex!" Linda said in a whiney voice.
" Better him get it then us." Alex laughed. " Now who's at the door?"
" ARES!" the man bellowed. " Now are you going to let me in or should I knock this fucking door down?"
Andy near ripped the door of the hinges while opening it so fast and was met with a solid punch to the nose.
" Christ my hand." Ares said holding it. " Is that Andy? ... Ok what in the hell is going on here."
The night was peaceful and the polar opposite two the atmosphere at the Bradshaw Mansion. Tina was taking in all the lights and decorations around her.
" I can't wait to get back home!" She said to herself. " I bet Kent never put the tree up..."
" Excuse me?" Asked a man from behind who grabbed Tina's shoulder.
Tina screamed until she recognized the man as the one homeless man in White Oaks.
" Sorry for screaming you startled me." Tina laughed as she caught her breath.
" Didn't mean to scare you dear. Would you happen to have a dollar on you so I can get a coffee or something?" He asked. His hands held out and red raw with the cold.
" Here its all I have." Tina said holding out a Fifty Dollar bill. " Have a good Christmas."
" Thank you so much!" The man called out as Tina rounded the corner from Pine Street to Willow Wood Drive.
As Tina got half way down the street she saw a small car. Something like a Ford Focus or Toyota Echo. The trunk was open.
" We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas... And a happy knew year..." Tina sang to her self.
Something did not feel right her heart began to beat faster and faster. She could barely breathe.
" Hello!" Tina called out " Is anyone there? Anyone! Somebody please!"
The last thing Tina felt was a force to the back of her head. Then she saw a figure draped in black, its face covered, then blackness. She could not see. It was as if something was over her head. But she could not tell. Had she slipped on ice and blanked out?
The next thing she remembered was the sound of the car trunk being closed and somebody turn the car on. The space was tight she felt she was moving. She was moving! She realized at that moment that she was in the trunk of the car.
As the car drove down Willow Wood Drive it turned onto Maple Road and down onto Mountain pass road. Tina felt she was getting further and further from where she wanted to go. That was home with her husband and family.
The car had been driving for what seemed like miles and miles. Tina was ok she was not bleeding but she could not see and she could not get whatever was on her head off. It was as if the thing over her head was knotted around her neck.
But it wasn't knotted before. Before I could breathe, and why is it getting tighter?
Tina began to struggle. She could barely breathe anymore. She wanted to scream out but could not.
"Stop it!" She screamed in her head but the words could not come out.
With every bit of energy and will in her body Tina was able to whisper.
It was not loud and she could barely hear it, she was certain the person doing this to her wound not have either.
" Stop it... Please... You're killing me." Was the very last word's, of Tina Logan.
'The End of Chapter 14'
Next California Virgin:
Ares finds out the truth and his world will be turned upside down because of it. Meanwhile Adam sees another side of Peter and it might lead him to make a choice that could put his relationship in jeopardy. When a friend tries to discover a secret that someone is keeping from her it leads her to make several tough calls. And with Christmas on the way and just under a month till Christmas day the town of White Oak's is shocked to discover one of there own has gone missing.
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