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BENTON HOME

The next day, in my sunny bedroom, Jonny and I are laying on my bed, asleep, facing each other.

I softly hum a melody as I slowly brush Jonny's dark shaggy brown hair with my fingers.

He slowly opens his eyes and looks at me. I stop humming and small smiles at him. I gently pulls my fingers away from his hair.

"Hola." I spoke in Spanish with a small smile.

"Hola back at you." Jonny said with a small smile. "How long have you been awake?"

"A few minutes." I told him. "Christine Avery is having a formal party at the Crimson Quinn Speakeasy later on this evening."

"Sounds like fun." Jonny said. And changes the subject. "Anything on Gabe Asher?"

"Knowing Gabe, he'll probably scheme something that will ruin a good day." I said.

"Yeah." Jonny said, gently gets up from bed. "I'll see you at Christine's party."

"Okay." I said, and gently sits up straight on the bed.

"And by the way, I like your wavy hair." Jonny complimented me with a small smile.

"Thanks." I thanked him with a small smile.

*~*~*

JEN'S DINER

I'm sitting at the diner counter with a plate of my usual pancakes with syrup, eating my pancakes with a fork.

The diner opens and closes. And I sense an uneasy vibe from something or someone.

Gabe Asher slowly walks up next to me and looks at Jen.

"Hello, Jen." Gabe greeted her in his British accent with a small polite smile. "I would like to have my usual smoothie, please?"

"Your banana smoothie is coming right up." Jen said, and walks away.

Gabe then, looks at me. "Hello, Violet." He greeted me. "What a beautiful day is it not?"

I look at him. "Small talk? Really, Gabe?"

"Of course, it's a way to start a conversation." said Gabe.

"You should leave town, there's nothing for you here in Arrington." I tell him.

"Why would I leave Arrington? It has an odd reputation, does it not?" Gabe said.

Jen walks back up to the diner with a to-go cup of banana smoothie. "Here you go, Gabe."

"Thank you, Jen." Gabe thanked her with a small smile, gently takes his smoothie from her. "And by the way, you have my apologies for hurting your husband, Leo Reynolds. I do hope that there is no ill-will between the two of us."

"It isn't." Jen said.

"Splendid." Gabe Asher said with a small smile. "Have a wonderful rest of your day."

"You too." Jen said.

And Gabe walks away, sipping on his smoothie as he walks out of the diner.

Jen scoffs, annoyingly. "He had some nerve, asking me about my husband."

"Not to worry about him, Jen. The guys and I will figure out a way to defeat him." I said to Jen.

Jen and I exchange looks at each other and she walks away. And I continue eating my pancakes.

*~*~*

CRIMSON QUINN SPEAKEASY

That afternoon, Christine Avery and I are sitting at the bar counter next to each other. She has a decorated table setup for the food and desserts.

"I have ordered some food and sweets from Jen's. Cocktail drinks will be definitely. I'll have a DJ as well." Christine Avery said.

"You have it all planned out, don't you?" I said to her with a small smile.

"Yeah, I just want to have a nice party, you know. Just have some fun, blow off some steam with dancing." Christine said.

"I assure you that we're gonna have a night of dancing fun, Christine." I said to her with a small smile. "So, you have nothing to worry about."

Christine Avery and I exchange small smiles at each other.

*~*~*

[Song: Show You - Marshmallo]

Later that evening, Me and the Benton Gang, along with some speakeasy partygoers, are enjoying ourselves at Christine Avery's formal party.

Cherry, Sonya, Ava, Jessy and I are dancing together along to the electro-pop instrumental music, exchanging small smiles with each other.

I gently runs my hands in my wavy hair as I dance along to the electro-pop instrumental music.

Christine and I exchange small smiles at each other. She gently twirls me around and I gently twirls her around and we dance together.

[Song ends]

Afterwards, the girls and I sits down in a semi-booth, relaxing ourselves from the dancing.

"Your party is fun so far, Christine." Sonya complimented with a small smile.

"Thanks, Sonya." Christine Avery thanked her with a small smile.

"I'm gonna get myself a drink." I said, getting up and walks over to the bar counter.

"You ladies are having some party fun." Jonny said to me with a small smile, dressed up in a tieless suit, taking a sip of his bottle of hard cider.

"Yeah, we are. Dancing takes your energy away." I said to him.

Jonny and I exchange chuckles with each other.

"It's good to see you like that, Vinny." Jonny said to me.

"Like what?" I asked, taking a sip of my small drinking glass of rum.

"Happy, smiling, being your silly self." Jonny said to me. "It makes me happy that you're happy."

"Yeah, with everything we've been through in this oddly twisted town, and with each other, we don't seem to give up, even when things becomes complicated or hard." I said to him.

"I know that's for sure." Jonny said.

Jonny and I exchange looks at each other.

"I sensed an uneasy vibe from Gabe Asher when I was at Jen's earlier today. It could be his demeanor or maybe, he's up to something." I told Jonny.

"Or maybe, Gabe already has a scheme up his sleeves, and he's just waiting for the right opportunity to do so." Jonny said.

And then, suddenly, a pistol goes off, making everyone get down on the carpet floor.

The music turns off because Gabe Asher turned it off and gently holds a pistol in his hand.

"Hello, everyone." Gabe Asher greeted us. "My apologies for ruining your party, I will make this quick."

"What do you want?" Jonny asked, getting up to his feet.

Gabe Asher looks at Jonny and chuckles. "Jonny Harper? I remember you. You're the person with the pickup truck accident, it amazed me how you recover from your wounds."

"What do you want?" Jonny asked Gabe. "You're ruining a party?"

"Jonny? If you had to choose between your girlfriend, Agent Violet, and your ex-girlfriend, Monica Sinclair, who would you choose?" Gabe asked him.

"I would chose Violet." Jonny told him.

"Oh, really? Because you didn't choose her when you were in high school together." Gabe Asher taunted him with a sly grin.

"That's enough, Gabe." I said, getting up to my feet. "It's bygones now. All of it is. We've matured. We might make some mistakes, but we learn from them, and we don't have time to entertain your negativity anymore."

And then, the Benton Gang gets up to their feet.

"You should leave, Gabe." Christine told him.

Gabe looks around at everyone and walks away with his pistol.

And everyone exchange worried looks at each other.

*~*~*

HARPER HOME

Later that night, in the living room, Jonny and I are sitting on the three seat sofa.

"I'm really sorry about what Gabe taunted." I apologized to Jonny.

"Like you always say, it's bygones now, V. The thing is, Gabe's taunts didn't bother me." Jonny said to me.

"I know it didn't." I said. "But Gabe finds a closed healed wound, reopens it and adds pressure to it."

"He really is a jerk." Jonny said.

"Yeah, he is." I agreed.

Jonny and I exchange small smiles at each other and I gently leans my head on his left shoulder. He gently leans his head on mine.

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