Money Is No Match For Love ch. 21
by lordoftheringsfan
 

     Simone laid on the floor sobbing helplessly while Max, Jim, Tony, and the others tossed the cassette cover with Eve's picture around, while the other girls made remarks that made Simone sound like a complete tramp.
     "Look, she can't even fight back." Catrina said.
     "This is so unbelievable," Olivia said, watching Simone sob on the floor.
     "You gotta get toughened up to survive in this place," Bev said. The tall blonde yanked Simone to her feet.
     "I know what will get her used to this place," Cynthia said. Cynthia pulled a needle out of her purse and handed it to Simone.
     "I don't do drugs." Simone said.
     "You do now," Cynthia said, placing the needle in Simone's hand.
     "It's only a matter of time before she realizes that she can't last a day in this place and cracks." Bev said, the four girls giving Simone and intimidating stare.
     "Go easy on her," Max said. "Judging by this she's definitely got potential, but I can tell she's got a long way to go." Max handed the picture to Simone.
 

     Rebecca walked down the hallway. Not realizing that TC's bedroom door was a few inches open, Rebecca stopped when she had unintentionally got a glimpse of him changing his clothes.
     "TC, you're really not making avoiding you easy," Rebecca thought. Rebecca tried to get her mind off of TC by thinkng of Julian, but she couldn't help but stare as he slipped his shirt on. TC shut shut his dresser drawer and turned around. Rebecca quickly rushed away, afraid of what would happen if TC realized that she had been watching him dress.
     "Forget about TC," Rebecca said once she had gotten back to her room. "You have to think of how you're going to get your man back." Rebecca said. Rebecca's memory reminded her that it had been her that dumped him. "You had every right to be mad at him, but if Eve thinks she's going to have your pookey just like that then she's got another thing coming." Rebecca tried to focus on coming up with a plan. Just the mental picture of Eve in Julian's arms made Rebecca absolutely furious. Rebecca came up with an idea.
     "I'll think of a way to get Eve and TC back together!" Rebecca said. Rebecca realized something. "How am I supposed to do that wen I'm stuck in the damn witness protection program with TC?" Rebecca left the room and walked down the hall, trying to avoid looking into TC's bedroom. Once again, the door had been left open and TC was talking to himself about how his love life had been screwed up by Julian.

     "Damn Cranes!" TC yelled. Rebecca jumped when she heard a crash. TC left the room. Making sure he didn't see her, Rebecca sneaked into TC's room. She sighed in frustration when she saw a smashed picture of Eve and TC on the floor.
 

     "Oh no," Rebecca said. "If TC can't even stand to look at Eve's picture, how am I ever going to get Eve away from Julian?" Rebecca asked. Rebecca looked at the smashed picture and grinned deviously. "But, if TC gets so angry at the sight of Eve's picture, that means that he is definitely not over her." Rebecca thought about all of the times that TC had nearly killed Julian because of the accident costing him his tennis career. "If TC is that furious over something like tennis, he is definitely furious about Eve being with him." Ivy was too busy thinking about Sam to care about Julian, Theresa was always in la-la land of denial thinking about how she was going to take Ethan away from Gwen, all she had to do was think about someone to lure Eve away from Julian. TC would definitely be a lot of hard work, so maybe if she set it up to make it look like Eve was involved with another man, she could get rid of several problems at the same time. Rebecca thought of the perfect person. All she would have to do would be create a few small catastraphes, enough to send Antonio to the hospital, where he would be around Eve. She could have clues left for Eve to remind her of TC just at the convient moments for Antonio to comfort her. After several occasions of seeing Eve in another man's arms, Julian would realize that he wouldn't want to be with her, and that he would come to the apartment looking for Rebecca.
     "This would be easier than I thought if I only had my cellphone!" Rebecca said. Rebecca suddenly remembered packing her suitcases in a hurry, and seeing something resembling a cellphone fall into one of the suitcases. Rebecca rushed to the closet and dug through the suitcases, sending clothes flying in every direction until she found the cellphone.
     "Oh, you're going down, Eve," Rebecca said as she dialed one of her favorite numbers.
     "Hello?" The irritated voice of her henchman Hans said into the cellphone.
     "You might want to loose that agitated tone if you want to make a lot of money," Rebecca said.
     "Who is this?" Hans said in a rude tone.
     "This is Rebecca Hotchkiss, and if you want to make more money than you know what to do with, you'll know better than to use that tone." Rebecca said.
     "Alright, alright, enough talk, just get to the point. What do I have to do?" Hans asked. Rebecca made sure that the door was shut so no one would overhear.
     "I need your help getting my husband back," Rebecca said. Rebecca went into detail about her scheme to get Julian while Hans rambled to someone in the background. "Are you even listening to me?"
     "Yeah, yeah, I'm listening," Hans said. "Just get me the money and I'll get the job done."
     "I might not be able to get the money right away since I'm in the witness protection program, that's why I can't do this job myself, but if you want to get paid, you'll get it taken care of as soon as possible." Rebecca said.
     "Ok," Hans said as they made agreements on the plan. Rebecca grinned as she ended the call and placed the cellphone back in the suitcase.
     "They think I've been bad before, they haven't seen nothing yet." Rebecca said mischeiviously.
 

     Kay arrived at Simone's house and knocked on the door, followed by Jessica, Reese, Miguel, and Charity.
     "We still haven't heard from Simone," Whitney said, before anyone could get a word out.
     "Still?" Charity asked. "I knew she was devestated when she found out, but I wonder where she could be?"
     "She could be anywhere, thanks to someone," Kay said, giving Whitney an icy glare for ruining her best friends life.
     "Kay, I did not want anything to happen to my sister." Whitney said.
     "Sure," Kay said.
     "We have to do something," Jessica said.
     "After what happened at the Crane party when Simone wrecked Julian's car, I wouldn't be surpised with anything she's gotten into." Reese said. Whitney looked worried.
     "Reese," Jessica hissed, elbowing him.
     "But we will help you find her," Reese said, covering for himself.
     "Simone, if only you would have listened to me, you wouldn't be in the mess you're in now." Kay thought. Kay suddenly remembered something.
     "I think I might know a way to find Simone," Kay thought.