“Love is an Affair (PART 2)”
~~~ Apartment Building- Hallway Outside of Golden’s Apartment- 8:43 am~~~
A man’s hand knocks on the door…
“Miss Golden,” a voice calls out in a slight French accent, “It is Detective Décolorant…”
Miss Golden doesn’t respond
“Miss Golden, are you in here?” Detective Décolorant calls out, “I has some questions for you
The soft yellow sunlight shines through the windows of the Living Room… On the couch Victoria Golden lays peacefully… The television is on talking about the crimes last night… *DRIP*. The sound of blood trickles off her finger and hits the carpet… in the center of her arm is a small hole… On the floor near the coffee table is a syringe…
~~~ Peacock Residence- Miss Scarlet’s Room- 8:49 am~~~
Miss Scarlet sits up in bed and looks over at her alarm clock… It changes to 8:50… She looks over at Prince Azure who is sound asleep and sighs…
She stands up and grabs her robe… She puts it on and enters her bathroom…
~~~ Michael Reese- Mrs. Peacock’s Room- 8:55 am~~~
Mrs. Peacock picks up her ring off the side table and smiles at Sir Black who is sitting in the chair next to her…
“Do I have to put it on myself?” asks Mrs. Peacock with a smile.
Sir Black takes the ring and slips it on her finger… They kiss.
“But, Al…” Mrs. Peacock says, “Vera can’t know about our marriage… We will go to a Justice of the Peace and get the legality papers… But I will not come out as Mrs. Algernon Black until Vera is ready…”
“Wonderful…” Sir Black says, “I can’t believe I’m getting married!”
“Keep you voice down!” Mrs. Peacock says, “We aren’t married yet…”
~~~ New York City- Plum Townhouse- Foyer- 9:57 am (EST)~~~
The doorbell rings.
“Oh! Zachery, they’re here!” A plump woman screeches excitedly as she opens the door. She looks disappoint to only see Mary Rose, “Who the hell are you?” she asks
“Oh, I’m Mary… Mary Rose… Gregory told me that you are expecting us…” Mrs. Rose says
“Oh!” her face lights up again, “Where is he?”
“He will be here soon…” Mrs. Rose says, “He got a bit tied up at the airport…”
“Oh,” Mrs. Plum’s face saddens again, “Please some in…”
She leads Mrs. Rose into the living room where an old man sits in a rocking chair with a blanket over his lap…
“This is my father, Zachery Olive…” Mrs. Plum says, “Dad, this is Mary Rose…”
Mr. Olive nods to her…
“It’s a pleasure meeting you.” Mrs. Rose extends her hand to him.
Mr. Olive studies her face for a moment and then shakes her hand slowly…
“Where’s Gregory?” asks Mr. Olive looking back at the television in the corner…
“He will be here later today… or maybe tomorrow…” Mrs. Rose explains
“Let’s go to the kitchen for some coffee and let dad watch his soap opera…” Mrs. Plum leads her into a room adjacent off the Living Room…”
~~~ A.H.P.D.- Cell 14- 9:00 am (CST)~~~
“You don’t understand!” Professor Plum calls out
The cell door locks firmly behind him…
“Please, I need to get to the airport…” Professor Plum sighs and kicks the gates
~~~ Green Estate- Foyer- 9:05 am ~~~
The doorbell rings and Forest comes bounding down the stairs… He opens the front door to see Lucy Rivers.
“Lucy…” Forest looks surprise, “When you said you’d see me tomorrow, I had no idea you meant first thing in the morning…”
Lucy reaches in her purse and pulls out a black pistol.
“Lucy… what are you doing? Put that down!” Mr. Green says, “I thought you loved me…”
“Love hurts.” Lucy shoves it in his face
Mr. Thallo Green comes out of the sitting room and grabs Forest.
“Dad?” Mr. Green looks into his father’s eyes
“How are you doing?” he asks squeezing his son’s neck
“Please no!” Forest gasps, “Why are you doing this…”
“You tried to kill me and gain access to the mob, now it’s my turn to return the favor…” Thallo drops his son to the floor.
Forest grabs his throat and stands up, “How are you alive…”
“A good friend saved me…” Thallo says, “The same boy that you want to kill!”
“Victor?” Forest looks shocked
“I sent him here to hear your plans!” Thallo says, “Sadly he left his cell phone… But I intend on returning it to him…”
“What about Maple… I haven’t seen her since she left the Drawing Room…” Forest says
“Why not go down to the body pile in the cellar and see if you can find her?” Thallo says, “If you really want to see her that bad…”
“You can’t do this…” Forest says
“Ah but I can…” Thallo says, “I will take everything and everyone precious in your life and cause misery and pain… The same pain you caused me…”
“I could have cut your head off…” Forest says
“Well, you never were a smart boy… maybe if you would have; you would be having a gay old time with Maple, Chelsea, and Mr. Yale…” Thallo says
“Mr. Yale is alive.” Forest says, “I know it!”
“Well he won’t be for long…” Thallo says
Lucy lowers her gun and hands it to Thallo.
“Ms. Rivers, go to the drawing room.” Thallo says
“Of course…” she says, she walks past Forest and enters the Drawing Room.
“Dad, the only reason I did what I did was because you were being to suspicious with your building plans… Think about it… A huge spa where only half of it is a spa… what will people think is going on in the other half…” Forest asks
“Once you get my age, you will realize that 99.9% of people who are rich are blinded by luxury… they won’t give a damn what is going on in the other half of the building…” Thallo says
“But all this talk about murdering Miss Scarlet… Why? Because she’s a slut?” asks Forest
“That’s my cover-up story…” Thallo says, “Miss Scarlet is that .1% that notices things like size an capacity…”
“So you are murdering one of my friends…” Forest says
“It isn’t the first time and won’t be the last…” Thallo says
“You are sick…” Forest says
“No, you are just too stupid to know the good side in all this… We have over 5,000 square feet for the drug imports since the renovation!” Thallo says, “Imagine the big shot gangs that will buy from us… This mansion we are standing in will be our summer cottage…”
“Dad…” Forest says
“What do you say?” Thallo asks
“Dad…” Forest looks down
“I am giving you another chance!” Thallo shouts, “What do you say?”
“I can’t let you kill off my friends like this…” Forest says
“Then get out!” Thallo says, “Get out of my house!”
Forest begins to cry, “Dad, I need time to think about it…”
“I don’t give third chances!” Thallo says, “Either you get out of my house or…”
“Or what? You’ll call the police?” Forest asks, “You would never dream of it…”
Thallo inhales slowly, “If you don’t get the hell out of my house I will lodge a bullet into your skull…”
Forest turns to the front door and opens it.
“Just wait.” Forest says, “You’ll need me before I ever need you again!”
Forest slams the door…
Thallo goes to the Drawing Room door and opens it. Ms. Rivers sits on the edge of the sofa… fingering the flowers in the vase on the table…
“I’d like to thank you Ms. Rivers.” Thallo sits in his armchair and sets the pistol on the coffee table…”
“Well, when you called me and told me you wanted help… you really didn’t give out the extents of your plans…”
Thallo begins laughing, “That’s what I love about you, Lucy… You have the automatic sweet, sour personality… One minute you can be as delicate as a rose… the next you can shoot someone in the gut…”
“I was just trying to help…” Ms. Rivers says
“Here.” Thallo chuckles handing her a check…
“Oh, this is very generous, but I can’t accept all this money just for saying a couple lines…” Lucy says
“Think of it as your first week’s paycheck…” Thallo says
“Huh?” Lucy asks
“I want you to join us…” Thallo says
“Join in a mob?” Lucy blushes slightly, “Thank you Mr. Green, but I don’t think I have what it takes…”
“But you do…” Thallo says. He gets up and picks up a black box from the corner, “I got you something…”
“Thank you, Mr. Green, but I’m not even sure how to load a gun…” Lucy says
“Open the package.” Thallo smiles
Lucy sighs and opens the box… In the velvet lining lays a silver pistol a box of bullets, two knives, and a cell phone.
“What do you say, Lucy?” Thallo asks
“I…” Lucy looks in the box in shock, “I guess you need to teach me to load a gun…”
TO BE CONTINUED
A man’s hand knocks on the door…
“Miss Golden,” a voice calls out in a slight French accent, “It is Detective Décolorant…”
Miss Golden doesn’t respond
“Miss Golden, are you in here?” Detective Décolorant calls out, “I has some questions for you
The soft yellow sunlight shines through the windows of the Living Room… On the couch Victoria Golden lays peacefully… The television is on talking about the crimes last night… *DRIP*. The sound of blood trickles off her finger and hits the carpet… in the center of her arm is a small hole… On the floor near the coffee table is a syringe…
~~~ Peacock Residence- Miss Scarlet’s Room- 8:49 am~~~
Miss Scarlet sits up in bed and looks over at her alarm clock… It changes to 8:50… She looks over at Prince Azure who is sound asleep and sighs…
She stands up and grabs her robe… She puts it on and enters her bathroom…
~~~ Michael Reese- Mrs. Peacock’s Room- 8:55 am~~~
Mrs. Peacock picks up her ring off the side table and smiles at Sir Black who is sitting in the chair next to her…
“Do I have to put it on myself?” asks Mrs. Peacock with a smile.
Sir Black takes the ring and slips it on her finger… They kiss.
“But, Al…” Mrs. Peacock says, “Vera can’t know about our marriage… We will go to a Justice of the Peace and get the legality papers… But I will not come out as Mrs. Algernon Black until Vera is ready…”
“Wonderful…” Sir Black says, “I can’t believe I’m getting married!”
“Keep you voice down!” Mrs. Peacock says, “We aren’t married yet…”
~~~ New York City- Plum Townhouse- Foyer- 9:57 am (EST)~~~
The doorbell rings.
“Oh! Zachery, they’re here!” A plump woman screeches excitedly as she opens the door. She looks disappoint to only see Mary Rose, “Who the hell are you?” she asks
“Oh, I’m Mary… Mary Rose… Gregory told me that you are expecting us…” Mrs. Rose says
“Oh!” her face lights up again, “Where is he?”
“He will be here soon…” Mrs. Rose says, “He got a bit tied up at the airport…”
“Oh,” Mrs. Plum’s face saddens again, “Please some in…”
She leads Mrs. Rose into the living room where an old man sits in a rocking chair with a blanket over his lap…
“This is my father, Zachery Olive…” Mrs. Plum says, “Dad, this is Mary Rose…”
Mr. Olive nods to her…
“It’s a pleasure meeting you.” Mrs. Rose extends her hand to him.
Mr. Olive studies her face for a moment and then shakes her hand slowly…
“Where’s Gregory?” asks Mr. Olive looking back at the television in the corner…
“He will be here later today… or maybe tomorrow…” Mrs. Rose explains
“Let’s go to the kitchen for some coffee and let dad watch his soap opera…” Mrs. Plum leads her into a room adjacent off the Living Room…”
~~~ A.H.P.D.- Cell 14- 9:00 am (CST)~~~
“You don’t understand!” Professor Plum calls out
The cell door locks firmly behind him…
“Please, I need to get to the airport…” Professor Plum sighs and kicks the gates
~~~ Green Estate- Foyer- 9:05 am ~~~
The doorbell rings and Forest comes bounding down the stairs… He opens the front door to see Lucy Rivers.
“Lucy…” Forest looks surprise, “When you said you’d see me tomorrow, I had no idea you meant first thing in the morning…”
Lucy reaches in her purse and pulls out a black pistol.
“Lucy… what are you doing? Put that down!” Mr. Green says, “I thought you loved me…”
“Love hurts.” Lucy shoves it in his face
Mr. Thallo Green comes out of the sitting room and grabs Forest.
“Dad?” Mr. Green looks into his father’s eyes
“How are you doing?” he asks squeezing his son’s neck
“Please no!” Forest gasps, “Why are you doing this…”
“You tried to kill me and gain access to the mob, now it’s my turn to return the favor…” Thallo drops his son to the floor.
Forest grabs his throat and stands up, “How are you alive…”
“A good friend saved me…” Thallo says, “The same boy that you want to kill!”
“Victor?” Forest looks shocked
“I sent him here to hear your plans!” Thallo says, “Sadly he left his cell phone… But I intend on returning it to him…”
“What about Maple… I haven’t seen her since she left the Drawing Room…” Forest says
“Why not go down to the body pile in the cellar and see if you can find her?” Thallo says, “If you really want to see her that bad…”
“You can’t do this…” Forest says
“Ah but I can…” Thallo says, “I will take everything and everyone precious in your life and cause misery and pain… The same pain you caused me…”
“I could have cut your head off…” Forest says
“Well, you never were a smart boy… maybe if you would have; you would be having a gay old time with Maple, Chelsea, and Mr. Yale…” Thallo says
“Mr. Yale is alive.” Forest says, “I know it!”
“Well he won’t be for long…” Thallo says
Lucy lowers her gun and hands it to Thallo.
“Ms. Rivers, go to the drawing room.” Thallo says
“Of course…” she says, she walks past Forest and enters the Drawing Room.
“Dad, the only reason I did what I did was because you were being to suspicious with your building plans… Think about it… A huge spa where only half of it is a spa… what will people think is going on in the other half…” Forest asks
“Once you get my age, you will realize that 99.9% of people who are rich are blinded by luxury… they won’t give a damn what is going on in the other half of the building…” Thallo says
“But all this talk about murdering Miss Scarlet… Why? Because she’s a slut?” asks Forest
“That’s my cover-up story…” Thallo says, “Miss Scarlet is that .1% that notices things like size an capacity…”
“So you are murdering one of my friends…” Forest says
“It isn’t the first time and won’t be the last…” Thallo says
“You are sick…” Forest says
“No, you are just too stupid to know the good side in all this… We have over 5,000 square feet for the drug imports since the renovation!” Thallo says, “Imagine the big shot gangs that will buy from us… This mansion we are standing in will be our summer cottage…”
“Dad…” Forest says
“What do you say?” Thallo asks
“Dad…” Forest looks down
“I am giving you another chance!” Thallo shouts, “What do you say?”
“I can’t let you kill off my friends like this…” Forest says
“Then get out!” Thallo says, “Get out of my house!”
Forest begins to cry, “Dad, I need time to think about it…”
“I don’t give third chances!” Thallo says, “Either you get out of my house or…”
“Or what? You’ll call the police?” Forest asks, “You would never dream of it…”
Thallo inhales slowly, “If you don’t get the hell out of my house I will lodge a bullet into your skull…”
Forest turns to the front door and opens it.
“Just wait.” Forest says, “You’ll need me before I ever need you again!”
Forest slams the door…
Thallo goes to the Drawing Room door and opens it. Ms. Rivers sits on the edge of the sofa… fingering the flowers in the vase on the table…
“I’d like to thank you Ms. Rivers.” Thallo sits in his armchair and sets the pistol on the coffee table…”
“Well, when you called me and told me you wanted help… you really didn’t give out the extents of your plans…”
Thallo begins laughing, “That’s what I love about you, Lucy… You have the automatic sweet, sour personality… One minute you can be as delicate as a rose… the next you can shoot someone in the gut…”
“I was just trying to help…” Ms. Rivers says
“Here.” Thallo chuckles handing her a check…
“Oh, this is very generous, but I can’t accept all this money just for saying a couple lines…” Lucy says
“Think of it as your first week’s paycheck…” Thallo says
“Huh?” Lucy asks
“I want you to join us…” Thallo says
“Join in a mob?” Lucy blushes slightly, “Thank you Mr. Green, but I don’t think I have what it takes…”
“But you do…” Thallo says. He gets up and picks up a black box from the corner, “I got you something…”
“Thank you, Mr. Green, but I’m not even sure how to load a gun…” Lucy says
“Open the package.” Thallo smiles
Lucy sighs and opens the box… In the velvet lining lays a silver pistol a box of bullets, two knives, and a cell phone.
“What do you say, Lucy?” Thallo asks
“I…” Lucy looks in the box in shock, “I guess you need to teach me to load a gun…”
TO BE CONTINUED