Schemes Of Deception - Chapter 17 (A Shock For Simone)
by rex_and_mimi_rule
 
 

Whitney opened her eyes.
"Chad? What happened?" Whitney asked.

"You were drugged," Chad said.

"Drugged?" Whitney asked in shock.

"Don't worry, I'm going to find out who did this, and
I'll make them pay," Chad said.

Outside, Puff Dog noticed Syd standing by the door,
trying to eavsdrop.

"You had something to do with this, didn't you?" Puff Dog
asked.

"So what if I did?" Syd asked.

"If you won't sing for me, say good bye to Chad." Puff Dog said.

"I told you, I'm not signing over to your label." Syd said. Puff Dog
glared at Chad through the window, and walked away as Chad
turned his head in that direction.

Meanwhile, Eve and Julian showed up at the Russell house to
gather Eve's things.

"Oh, T.C!" Liz said. Liz was carrying a pitcher of her famous
spiked lemonade, a grin on her face. Liz dropped the pitcher
in shock when Julian walked in the house, Eve on his arm.
"You two just had to ruin my plan, weren't you?" Eve looked
down on the mess on the floor.

"Liz I don't believe you- were you actually going to try to get T.C. drunk!?" Eve yelled.

"You know what? I have a better idea! I'll just call T.C. and convince
him to come home early, he'll be thrilled to see you two here together."
Liz said.

"Too late," Julian smirked triumphantly. "I wouldn't try anything, or you
really will have Rebecca to deal with."

"What are you talking about?" Liz asked in confusion.

"Me and Eve, Rebecca and T.C." Julian said.

"You just handed your husband over to her!?" Liz yelled.

"Not exactly." Eve said.

"So one man wasn't enough for the gold digger." Liz said. Julian
grabbed her by the wrist.

"It didn't happen like that," Julian said. "You are going to stay the hell
out of my relationship with Eve and T.C.'s relationship with Rebecca."
Liz stared at Julian speechless, not sure what to do. All of her evil
plans were ruined.

"You two have to be bluffing," Liz said, heading towards the door.

"No, we're not." Eve said.

"Your daughters!" Liz said. "I bet they still don't know the truth." Liz glared at Eve.

"T.C. and I might not be together anymore but that doesn't mean
either one of us is going to let you go near our girls." Eve said.

A few seconds later, Rebecca and T.C. walked into the house.

"Eve's right, Liz," T.C. said.

"The jig is up," Rebecca chimed in.

"You're all ganging up on me?" Liz asked.

"Your days in this house are numbered," T.C. said. "First thing in the
morning, you are out of here!"

"But I haven't even found a place to stay!" Liz said.

"We told you that you were out of here a few days ago," T.C. said.
The four of them had decided to team up and get rid of Liz. Simone
came into the room.

"Mommy, daddy another post card came to you from Whitney, not
that I'm the least bit interest-" Simone wasn't sure what to make
of this gathering. "What's going on? Why are the Cranes here?"
Eve and T.C. looked at each other uncomfortably, not sure how
to break it to Simone. Simone had told them that she would
probably be at Tabitha's with Kay that night, but Simone had forgotten
her sleeping bag so Eve and T.C. weren't counting on Simone being
home and thought they'd have more time to figure out how to break it to
her. Eve and T.C. left the room while Simone went to get her things.

"This is not going to be good," Rebecca said, remembering Theresa's
welcome home party for Sheridan and Antonio when Simone had
suspected Chad and Whitney's relationship and drove Julian's car
into the garage.

"I don't think Eve and T.C. were counting on Simone being home,"
Julian said.

"What are we going to do?" Rebecca asked, feeling caught in the
middle.

"I don't know," Julian said, his mind racing with possibilities of how
this was going to play out.

"I haven't even thought about what to tell Gwen, I mean with her
condition and everything," Rebecca said.

"Whitney is still in Los Angeles with Chad, they'll have to figure out
how to tell her, especially since she's so far away right now." Julian
said. "Liz already put Fox in a coma trying to get Chad called into
work to cause problems for Chad and Whitney to make Eve look
responsible."

"Fox is in a coma?" Rebecca asked, this being news to her.

"His condition is improving," Julian said. "But thanks to Liz, Fox was
in a car accident on his way to meet Whitney since Chad wasn't
going to be able to spend time with her."

"Oh my God," Rebecca said. "Liz is some peice of work."

"We'll deal with Liz," Julian assured her.

Meanwhile, Eve and T.C. paced around the kitchen trying to figure
out how to tell the girls.

"T.C., how do we tell Simone?" Eve asked desperately. Eve flashed
back to when Simone had found out that Chad was in love with
Whitney. "She's still so upset over Whitney and Chad, I don't know
what she'll do, or how we're going to tell Whitney."

Simone walked downstairs, a sleeping bag tucked
under her arm.

"How you're going to tell Whitney what? That she's
a terrible sister?" Simone asked.

"Simone, this is the last thing we need right now,"
T.C. said.

"What's going on, mommy? Why do you and daddy look
so serious?" Simone asked.

"Simone, honey, I don't know how to tell you this,
but your dad and I are getting a divorce." Eve said.

"Noooo!" Simone said. "Why!? This is all Whitney's
fault for moving to Los Angeles isn't it!? I swear
if it is I will go upstairs, find her racket, go
to Los Angeles and hunt her down to kill her with it!"

"Simone, it doesn't have anything to do with Whitney!" T.C. tried to explain.

"Of course it does! Everything always has to do with
Whitney! Whitney, Whitney Whitney!" Simone ranted.

"Simone, its not Whitney's or your fault." T.C. said.
"Your mom and I still love both of you girls very
much, but something happened."

"What? Mommy, what's daddy talking about?" Simone asked.

"We fell in love with other people." Eve explained.

"No!" Simone said, taking everything in.

"Your dad and I are still on good terms-" Eve said.

"How!?" Simone said. "What kind of a relationship
is that?"

"Simone-" Eve said. Eve and T.C. looked at each other,
not sure how to explain the Liz situation to her.

"I don't care!" Simone said. "I hate you! I hate
Whitney! I hate both of you!" Simone ran out of the
room in tears. Julian and Rebecca jumped in the other
room when they heard a door slam and a vase fall over
on Simone's way out when it got knocked off the stand
by her sleeping bag.

"Oh, T.C-" Eve said.

"Eve, I'm sure Kay will be able to calm down, we'll
go over to Tabitha's in the morning and explain
things to her once she's had a chance to calm down."
T.C. said.

"I don't think its going to be that easy." Eve said.

"I don't think that went over so well." Rebecca said,
looking at the broken vase on the floor.

"When they tell Simone its going to be a complete
disaster," Julian said.

"How are they going to tell Whitney? She's all the way
in Los Angeles." Rebecca said.

"Luckily Whitney is much more level headed than
Simone," Julian said. "I think she'll be shocked
at first, but she does have Chad there with her,"
Julian said.

"I just hope Liz doesn't manage to intervene when
they try to tell Simone," Rebecca said.

"I hadn't thought about that," Julian said. "That
could be a complete disaster for all of us."

"And you just know she'll be standing there the
whole time with that stupid smirk on her face,"
Rebecca said in disgust.

"Liz is a vulture," Julian said. Rebecca glared at
Julian.

"So that's why you tried to make me stuck with her?"
Rebecca asked.

"Hey, this whole situation changed, remember?" Julian
asked, apologizing for his scheme again. "Right now
I wouldn't wish being stuck with Liz on anyone, not
even Theresa-"

"Julian, I know you've changed, but now you're just
talking crazy!" Rebecca said, unable to keep from
smirking at Julian's comment.

"Well, maybe Theresa." Julian said, not forgetting
the torture Theresa put him through while she was
Mrs. Crane.

"You know, I'm still wondering where Theresa has
been this whole time!" Rebecca said.

"Poor T.C. he really doesn't know what he's getting
himself into," Julian thought. T.C. and Eve walked
back into the room. Julian put his arm around an
upset Eve.
 
 
 

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