THE CLUBHOUSE

The next day, I'm sitting at a round table, listening to some electro-pop instrumental music on my iPhone through my earbuds.

Many young adults are conversing with each other, exchanging playful laughter, snacking or eating.

"I thought you were done with your ponytail, Catty?" Alyssa said, sitting next to me at the table.

"I am, I just wear it sometimes." I said to her, pauses my instrumental music.

"Your ponytail really got on my nerves. I was like, 'Geez, don't you wear your hair in any other hairstyle other than your ponytail?', because it really did get on my nerves at the boarding school academy." Alyssa said.

"I know, I know, but like I said, I wear a ponytail sometimes." I said to her.

"Is Syd around?" Alyssa asked.

"You're seriously asking me?" I said, giving Alyssa a look. "I think you should keep your distance."

"I apologized to her." Alyssa said.

"I know, but it's gonna take some time for Sydney." I said to her. "Alyssa? You were a mean bitch back at Providence Boarding School Academy with your sidechick girls. But when your little secrets got out, everything changed for you."

"My life was shit after that." Alyssa said.

"I don't want to ask, but have you ever visited your mother in prison?" I asked.

"Hell no." Alyssa replied. "She murdered my father and left his dead body pinned up against the wall in the living room. So, no, she can rot in her cell."

"What about your Uncle Remy and your Aunt Marguerite?" I asked.

"I haven't visited them either." Alyssa said. "I cut ties with the three of them."

"I can assume by your complicated relationship with your Uncle and Aunt, the press has been trying to get a hold of you." I hinted.

"Yeah, they have, but I just don't pay attention to them." Alyssa said. "Enough about me, how are things with you?"

"Things are good." I said to her.

But Alyssa isn't quite convinced. "Really? You got into a catfight with Torrey and whooped her ass. It's like you've changed."

"Why say that?" I asked.

"You still have that scar on your right cheek, and plus, what you've been through, that takes a toll on you, Catty." Alyssa said.

"I appreciate your concern, Alyssa. I really do, but I'm okay." I said to her.

"You totally whooped Torrey's ass though." Alyssa said.

Alyssa and I exchange chuckles with each other.

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Minutes after, I had resumed listening to my electro-pop instrumental music through my earbuds and fallen asleep with my head gently resting on my arms.

Grayson slowly walks up behind me and gently leans in my ear. "Boo."

I slightly flinch and wakes up. I look up my boyfriend, Grayson. "Grayson? What the hell? You scared the shit out of me."

"It's in the middle of the day, what are you doing napping?" Grayson asked, sitting next to me at the table.

"I was listening to my instrumental music on my playlist and I must've drifted off to sleep." I said.

"Oh, okay." Grayson said.

And then, Roxy slowly walks up to us. "Hey, Grayson. Hey, Catty."

"Hey, Roxy." I greeted her with a small smile.

"Grayson? Can we talk for a short minute, please?" Roxy asked.

"Yeah, sure." Grayson said.

Roxy walks away with Grayson gets up from the table and walks after her into the lounge room.

"What's going on, Roxy?" Grayson asked.

"Have you been getting glimpses of our relationship somehow?" Roxy asked. "Because I have."

"Yeah, I have." Grayson tells her. "But I haven't told Catty."

"Shit." Roxy said.

"It's gotta be Vanessa Russo. She's making us have these glimpses of our former relationship." Grayson said.

"But why?" Roxy said.

"To stir up more drama shit." Grayson told her.

"What are we gonna do, Grayson?" Roxy asked.

"I don't know, maybe, we should confront Vanessa. She has a storefront here in town." Grayson said.

"Okay." Roxy said.

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- Third POV -

At VANESSA RUSSO'S STOREFRONT, the wicked mage witch, Vanessa Russo, organizes some materials on her shelves.

Grayson and Roxy both walks into the storefront and looks around at all the creepy dolls and voodoo stuff.

"Mr. Baxter? Miss. McClain?" Vanessa said to the young adults. "To what I ask of your visit to my storefront?" She spoke in her British accent.

"We know that you've been messing around with our heads. You've been causing us to get glimpses of our former relationship." Grayson told her. "So, stop messing with us and leave us the fuck alone."

Toney and two Mafia henchmen walks out from the back of the storefront.

Grayson isn't surprised. "You brought your Mafia bad boys to protect you."

"Let me get something perfectly clear, if you or any of your friends decide to make a move against me, I will burn this town to the ground with all of you in it." Vanessa threatened with a dead serious expression on her face.

Vanessa's eyes glow purple, which makes Grayson and Roxy become worried.

"You may leave now." Vanessa said, and changes her eyes back to normal violet eyes.

Grayson and Roxy walks out of the storefront.

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BECKETT HOUSE

That late afternoon, Grayson drives up to my house in his pickup truck and sees me sitting on the porch.

Grayson turns off his pickup truck and gets out of it and slowly walks up to me. "Catty?"

"Hey again." I said to him.

"We need to talk." Grayson said, sitting down on the porch next to me.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Vanessa is bad news for us all." Grayson tells me. "She put glimpses of my former relationship with Roxy in my head."

"Why would she do that?" I asked.

"Why do you think?" Grayson asked, giving me a knowing look.

And then, I realize. "Right, to stir up drama."

"But something doesn't add up, how does Vanessa Russo know all of this shit about us?" Grayson asked.

"Unless someone told her." I said to him.

"You think that sociopathic bitch Jade Ester has been helping Vanessa?" Grayson asked.

"Maybe." I said. "I'm gonna regret this, but we need to visit her."

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PROVIDENCE ASYLUM MENTAL INSTITUTION

That evening, Grayson and I slowly walks into the interrogation room and we sits at the table.

A security guardsman escorts Jade Ester into the interrogation room wearing a straitjacket.

Jade Ester looks at Grayson and I and smiles, chuckled, maliciously. "My favorite couple. Grayson finally gotten into your panties, hasn't he, Catty?"

"You're sick." Grayson said with a disgusted expression on his face.

"So, what the hell do you two want?" Jade asked with a stoic expression on her face.

"Are you scheming with a British woman named Vanessa Russo?" I asked.

Jade laughs and stops. "I don't know who the fuck that is, but if I did, I wouldn't tell you shit. So, you two have wasted your time coming here."

Grayson and I gets up and walks away, walking over to the door. But Jade makes her last smart remark.

"By the way, Grayson, you should get your ex-girl, Roxy, off your mind." Jade said. "You shouldn't be having dirty thoughts about her." She added with a chuckle.

Grayson and I exchange looks at each other and we walks away.

Jade Ester chuckles to herself and the security guard escorts her back to her padded cell.

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ROCHELLE'S SHOPPE DINER

Later that night, Grayson and I sits in a booth table across from each other.

"Jade is a complete fucking lunatic." Grayson said.

"Don't worry about her." I said to him.

"I'm more worried about Vanessa. She said she's gonna burn this town if we make a move against her. And she will do it, Catty." Grayson said. "And then, her eyes glowed purple."

"We have to stop Vanessa sooner than later." I said.

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