BENTON
HOME The next day, I'm in my sunny bedroom, laying in my bed, asleep, underneath the plush lavender bedcover.

Jonny gently lays down beside me, gently cuddling me. "Cody was here last night."

"You told me." I said, and turns my head to him. "As we drank my butterscotch rum cocktail."

"Yeah." Jonny replied. "You've been in your special agent mode for a quite awhile."

Jonny and I exchange small smiles at each other and we share a kiss with each other.

My phone buzzes on my nightstand. I slowly sits up straight and picks up my phone and looks at it.

Christine Avery

I answer my phone. "Hey, Christine."

"Hey, Violet. I need you, Sweetums." Christine said on the phone.

"Where are you?" I asked her, becoming worried.

"I'm at Gale Saisons." Christine replied to me.

"Alright, I'm on my way." I said, hanging up my phone, and glances at Jonny. "Jonny, I have to go. It's Christine."

"I'm coming with you." Jonny said.

"Alright." I said with a nodded.

*~*~*

GALE SAISONS

Jonny and I slowly walks in the hallway and up to Christine's suite room.

I gently knocks on the door.

"Who is it?" Christine asked.

"It's me, Christine. Jonny and Me." I said to her, and suddenly, senses an uneasy vibe. "Christine, I know you have a revolver handgun, it's okay, you can put it down."

The door opens and Christine is there. "Hi, guys. Sorry about the revolver handgun."

"It's fine." Jonny said, walking inside Christine's suite room and walks after him.

"Christine, what are you doing here at Gale Saisons?" I asked her.

"My loft apartment is compromised." Christine said, closing the door behind her, and turns around to look at Jonny and Me. "Eleanor Reese has it out for me."

"How so?" Jonny asked.

"Ever since, Eleanor Reese kidnapped me and brought me to the Arrington Asylum, I've been hallucinating her." Christine said.

"Have you taken any medication to cease your hallucinations?" Jonny asked her.

"Nope, but I have been taking some sleeping pills, so, I can sleep better." Christine said.

"Did you check yourself for any tracking devices?" I asked her.

"Yeah. And I also checked my phone too." Christine said. "Am I being paranoid a little?"

"You're not being paranoid." I said.

"Don't sugarcoat it, Violet." Christine said. "And before you generously asks me to sleepover at your house, I'm a grown woman, and I can take care of myself."

"Okay." I said.

"So, what are you gonna do?" Jonny asked Christine.

"I don't know, but I'm gonna stay here at the Gale Saisons for a little while." Christine said.

"Okay, it's up to you." I said.

Jonny, Christine and I exchange looks at each other. Christine's phone buzzes in her jeans pocket.

Christine pulls out her phone and looks at it. "It's Eleanor."

"Don't answer it. It could be Eleanor Reese." I said to Christine.

"I'm not." Christine said.

Christine's phone buzzes in her hand. She looks at Jonny and Me. "It's a voicemail from Eleanor."

Christine presses the 'Play' button on her phone.

Eleanor Reese (voicemail) "You really think that you can hide from me, Christine. So, go ahead, hide from me all you want, I will find you. But you're just proving how scared you are of me by hiding yourself from me." and she chuckles.

And the voicemail ends.

"I can't hide from her, Eleanor Reese is gonna find me." Christine Avery said. "What the hell am I gonna do?"

"Confront her." I said to her.

"Violet?" Christine said.

"I'm serious." I said to her, and looks at Eleanor Reese. "You have to confront Eleanor. Because the more you try to hide from her, she's gonna find you anyway. You're hiding from a scary monster, Christine. You have to confront her, and you're gonna have to do it alone."

"Violet's right, Christine. And Eleanor Reese already knows that you're frightened of her." Jonny said.

"How do I confront Eleanor Reese?" Christine Avery asked.

"Challenge her to a fight at the lounge center." I suggested to her.

"That's a good idea. I can try." Christine Avery said.

Christine, Jonny and I exchange small smiles at each other.

*~*~*

JEN'S DINER

That late afternoon, Jonny and I are sitting in a booth table across from each other.

"You think that Christine will challenge Eleanor Reese?" Jonny asked me.

"I don't know, but it's up to Christine." I replied to Jonny. "Eleanor Reese is Christine's monster in her nightmare. It's up to her to confront Eleanor or not."

Jonny sighs to himself, worriedly, and folds his arms on the table.

"What?" I asked him.

"Cody Asher. Eleanor Reese. Scarlett Sweeney. A villain and two villainess. Our small town Arrington has changed, Violet. And we're barely happy." Jonny said.

"We can still be happy, Jonny." I said to him, folding my arms on the table.

"How are not worried?" Jonny asked me.

"I am." I said. "Eleanor Reese doesn't care about anything, she's just happy to be resurrected so, she can toy with her twin sister, Christine. And us guys too."

"Maybe, Eleanor's still obsessed with you." Jonny said to me.

"She's obsessed with Christine." I said to him.

"Eleanor Reese can easily set herself back on you, Vinny." Jonny said.

"Yeah, I know. But let's hope that she doesn't." I said to him.

"Yeah." Jonny replied.

"It's not good to talk about someone without them knowing." Scarlett said, sitting at the diner counter.

Jonny and I looks at Scarlett Sweeney. Scarlett sly smiles at Jonny and Me.

"Hi guys. It's been a while." Scarlett said. "But like I said, it's not good to talk about someone. Especially, my Mom, Eleanor Reese." Scarlett said. "You guys are so screwed."

"Whatever, Scarlett." I said to her.

"Cody and You are a cute couple." Jonny said, sarcastically, to Scarlett.

"Yeah, we are, aren't we?" Scarlett said with a sly smile. "Anyhoo, I'll see you two lovebirds around."

Scarlett gets up and walks away. Jonny and I exchange looks at each other and sighs softly to ourselves.

*~*~*

BENTON
HOME That evening, in the living room, Jonny and I are sitting on the three seat sofa, snacking on some popcorn looking at a romance-comedy movie.

Scooby Beagle is sitting in between Jonny and Me with his head on my lap.

I glance at my buddy, Scooby Beagle, and hands a dog biscuit. He takes it and eats it, which makes Jonny smiles.

"What?" I said to him.

"I wish I had gotten you a beagle sooner." Jonny said to him with a small smile. "But I'm happy that you're happy."

Jonny and I exchange small smiles at each other. I gently soothes Scooby Beagle's head with my hand. And averts my gaze at the romance-comedy movie.

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