Schemes Of Deception, Part 2 - Chapter 4 (Evian, ReTC, Nickica,Kay)
by rex_and_mimi_rule
 
 

Charity tossed and turned. Reese had came over to
the Bennetts house with Miguel, and noticed Charity
seemed to be having a nightmare while she was
sleeping.
"What's wrong with her?" Nick asked.

"I don't know, maybe she's having one of those
premonitions dad says she has." Noah said. Nick
shook his head in confusion.

"Premonitions?" Nick asked. Nick decided not to
ask. "I don't know about premonitions, but I'm
glad I don't have them." Nick said, noticing
that Charity's nightmare seemed to be pretty
intense. "What is she, like that kid from the
Sixth Sense or something? She doesn't see dead
people or anything like that, does she?" Nick
asked, starting to get the creeps.

"Not that I know of," Noah said with releif.
Charity bolted awake, still in a daze.

"Pain and sufferring..." Charity said. Nick jumped
back as if he had been bitten.

"I see people waiting outside a room at the hospital," Charity said.
"I see a strange man staring at a house," Charity said. She couldn't make out the
house, and she didn't recognize the man in her
vision. He was near his mid twenties, at least, had
sandy blonde hair, and stared menacingly at a house
from the sidewalk. He walked away. "I sense suffering, and desperation.
A few couples in Harmony will get
more than they expect," Charity said. Nick's jaw
dropped.

"I see dead people," He sighed, jokingly, trying to
hide the fact that Charity was giving him the
absolute creeps, and break the uncomfortable tension in the room.
Noah elbowed him in the arm.

"Shut up," Noah hissed. "This is serious."

"What, like they actually come true or something?"
Nick asked with hopeful doubt.

"Sadly, most of my crazy cousins premonitions do
come true," Kay said. She couldn't help but hope
that one of the couples Charity was mentioning weren't
Kay and Miguel!

"An innocent person will be enticed into causing
a tragedy," Charity said. "Things will get out of
control...." Charity said. "It'll cause a chain of
events that'll go wrong..."

"This is freaking me out," Nick said, quickly darting
out of the room.

"You ok, hon?" Gwen asked at the table of the restauraunt
they had been having lunch at. Ethan
shuddered. "Why did you shudder just now?"

"I don't know," Ethan said. "I just got this weird
feeling all of a sudden." Gwen didn't dare say her
name, but she looked over her shoulder to make sure
that she wasn't there.

Noah had gone to look for Nick, when he ran into
Ethan and Gwen, who had left the restauraunt.

"Ethan, Gwen, hello!" Noah said.

"Hey, Noah!" Ethan said.

"Oh, I heard dad saying that you had a restraining
order filed against Theresa this morning, I hope it
works," Noah said.

"Me too," Gwen said, faking a grin, realizing Noah didn't know
that she hadn't told Ethan.

"I'd talk more, but I'm running late!" Noah said.

"Restraining order?" Ethan asked.

"Yeah, mother also filed one, I have to admit it
wasn't a bad idea." Gwen said.

"I wish you would have told me." Ethan said.

"Oh, come on, Ethan, if I would have told you, you
probably would have tried to talk me out of it,
and you probably would have tried to drag me to
little Ethan's birthday party." Gwen said.

"I think we should go," Ethan said.

"Ethan, I attacked her with a rolling pin last night! There has to be something wrong with her if she still
expects me to come!" Gwen said.

"I think we should go, and explain things to her after
the party, that way, she doesn't show up wondering
why we weren't there asking questions." Ethan.

"Two words- restraining order." Gwen said.

"Gwen, I really think we should go." Ethan said.

"Fine- take her side. You know, I wouldn't take her
side if she shoved your mother off of a wharf in
a garabage can!" Gwen said.

"Gwen, that's between Rebecca, Pilar, Theresa, and
the restraining order, not me," Ethan said.

"So you're defending Theresa and Pilar attacking my
mother!?" Gwen exclaimed.

"Gwen, I didn't say that," Ethan sighed. "But I
really think we should go, and explain things
after the party, so she doesn't come around and
keep trying to follow us." Ethan said.

"Ethan, hello- what part of I attacked her with a rolling pin don't you understand? It is not normal
that she still wants me to show up!" Gwen said.

Nick overheard as he walked by.

"Yeah, Ethan, I'm afraid I have to side with her on
this one," Nick said.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ethan asked.

"Thank God someone here has common sense!" Gwen said.

"Actually, that Charity girl was having premonitions." Nick said.

"Oh no," Gwen said in dread.

"She didn't name names," Nick said. Gwen sighed with
releif. "But I'd be careful today to be on the safe
side!" Nick said. "Well, I gotta go," Nick said. Nick looked over
his shoulder to be safe, he had never
been around someone who had premonitions before.

Alastair watched from his cameras, holding a tape
in his hand.

"I really don't know why you enjoy watching all of
this doom and gloom," Dr. Ackland said. Dr. Ackland pointed to the
camera that viewed the Wallace house.

"You don't want doom and gloom? Try a bad sitcom
for entertainment," Alastair said, laughing snidely. Dr. Ackland cringed as
Mrs. Wallace and Precious the chimp made fun
of Beth.

"Monkeys named Precious is where I draw the line,"
Dr. Ackland said, passing on Alastair's remarks.
He rolled his eyes when he heard Antonio make a
clueless comment that should be obvious to any person
with a seemingly average IQ.

"The circus is in town," Dr. Ackland said, shaking his
head in dispair at the bizarness of Harmony. "And you're the ringleader,"
Dr. Ackland thought, not daring to say that thought aloud, especially when he
noticed the syringe that Alastair fidgeted with.

"What's that?" Dr. Ackland pointed out.

"A so called innocent person is going to be enticed
into committing murder," Alastair said.

"Please, not Sheridan," Dr. Ackland said, dreading
that Alastair was going to brainwash Sheridan into
committing a crime.

"No, not Sheridan," Alastair said.

Meanwhile, Rebecca and T.C. had finished making
love. They kissed passionately, unable to stop.
They slid back under the covers, and continued
a while longer. After they had finished, they
laid in each others arms for a few minutes.

T.C. looked at the clock beside the bed.

"Oh no, we're going to be late for that appointment!" T.C. said.

"What appointment?" Rebecca asked.

"We were supposed to meet our wedding planner today
to talk about the wedding rehearsal," T.C. said.

"Oh, that's today?" Rebecca asked.

"Yeah, and we don't have much time!" T.C. said. They
headed towards the shower, then dressed, and headed out to
meet with their wedding planner.

Meanwhile, Julian was searching through newspapers
downstairs.

"Something wrong?" Eve asked, kissing him on the
cheek.

"Finding a job is almost impossible," Julian sighed.
He stared at Eve guiltily, her pregnancy making him
feel more urgent to find a job. He had been going
through a list of calls, only to find that Alastair
had blocked the better jobs available, leaving him
almost limited to working minimum wage. Though he
didn't miss being a Crane, all of these expenses
were taking some getting used to.

"Well, I have to go to work," Eve said, kissing
Julian. Julian watched as Eve left, the job
search seeming next to hopeless. He decided that
he needed to get out for a while and clear his head,
so he went out to a bar.

Julian had finished his first drink, when he
noticed someone familiar approaching him.

"Julian!" Bruce said.

"Oh great," Julian thought, not thrilled to run into
Bruce.

"Hey, sorry about that whole fiasco with Theresa," Bruce said.

"You tricked me into marrying that- nightmare." Julian
said.

"Hey, that's all in the past," Bruce said. "So, have
you and Rebecca set a date yet?" Bruce asked.

"Actually, I'm not marrying Rebecca." Julian said.
Bruce looked surprised.

"You're not?" Bruce asked.

"I figured you would be, as desperate as the two of
you were to get rid of Theresa," Bruce said.

"I'm surprised you haven't heard yet," Julian said.

"Heard what?" Bruce asked.

"Father disinherited me," Julian said. Bruce dropped
his glass, not even noticing it shatter on the floor.

"Disinherited you?" Bruce asked. "What did you do?"

"I'm marrying Eve Johnson, the woman I've wanted to
marry for years, and I would have, had I not been too
much of a coward to stand up to father." Julian said.
"Eve and I got back together, and I stood up to father, and he disinherited me,
but I told him I'd rather marry Eve, and he can take the Crane money and
shove it." Julian said.

"What about Rebecca? I'm surprised you're still alive? Don't tell me you've
somehow kept this a secret-" Bruce said. Julian laughed.

"No, actually, she's engaged to someone else." Julian
said.

"You're kidding," Bruce said. "So who is she engaged to?"

"T.C. Russell." Julian said.

"Never heard of him," Bruce said.

"Eve's ex husband," Julian said. Bruce was even more
shocked when Julian explained that both of the couples
were still friends, and T.C. had actually used to
attack him on sight.

Nick and Jessica had gone for a walk on the wharf.

"So, why don't we go to that Lobster Shack place for
dinner?" Nick suggested.

"I love the Lobster Shack," Jessica said.

Reese watched jealously as Nick and Jessica walked
along on the wharf.

(If I had Eve's last name wrong, please correct me, I'm
bad with names, lol!')
 
 
 

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