THE SHALLOW SWAMP

The next day, My Mom and I, along with two Special Agents colleagues, Special Agent Isabel and Special Agent Jane.

Catty (VO) With the sociopathic serial killer Jade Ester, at the asylum, my Mom is working on another investigation case.

Catty (VO) So far, my Mom and Special Agent Isabel and Special Agent Jane have found two dead bodies of John Doe and Jane Doe with multiple stab wounds on their chests and stomachs.

"So, what do you guys think? Another serial killer?" I ask.

"Possibly." My Mom said. "Catty? Do you still have your Polaroid camera?"

"I still do." I said to her. "Do you need me to take some pictures?"

"Yeah." My Mom said.

"Okay." I said and with my Polaroid camera. I take some Polaroids of the John Doe and the Jane Doe.

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SPECIAL AGENT OPS FIELD OFFICE

Returning back to the ops field office, I attached the Polaroids onto the investigation board.

"Thanks for your help, Catty. We can handle it from here." My Mom said.

"You're welcome. Good luck with your investigation case." I said to them.

"Thanks." My Mom said.

And I walks away.

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ROCHELLE'S DINER

Later that day, I'm sitting in a booth table with my usual root beer float.

The diner door opens and closes.

"Hey, Catty." Sebastian greeted me with a small smile, gently sits down in the booth table across from me.

"Hey, Sebastian." I greeted him back with a small smile. "I know about you and Leigh Ann."

"She told you." Sebastian said. "Well, sure, she did. You, her and Sasha are childhood best friends."

"Yeah." I said to him. "What have you been up to lately?"

"Grayson, Fen, Cane and I have helped Mr. Garrett with the fire station, so, now, the four of us are working at the auto-shop." Sebastian said.

"Yeah, Grayson told me that." I said to him.

"How about you? What have you been up to lately?" Sebastian asked. "With Jade Ester gone from our lives, we're free of her."

"Yeah, I'm glad we're free of Jade Ester. But we still have Remy Levesque." I said to him.

"Yeah, him." Sebastian said.

My phone buzzes on the table. I pick up my phone and looks at it.

Unknown number

I answer my phone. "Who is this?"

"Is this Catty Beckett?" A young adult girl asked.

"Um, yeah, who the hell is this?" I asked, bewildered.

"I'm Torrey Koda. Can we meet at the clubhouse?" Torrey asked.

"Sure." I said to her and glances at Sebastian. "I have to go, Seb."

"Okay." Sebastian said.

I finished my root beer float and gets up, walking away.

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THE CLUBHOUSE

That afternoon, I walk into the main room and sees a young adult girl sitting on the staircase.

"I'm Torrey Koda." Torrey introduced herself to me. She gets up and slowly walks up to me. "And you're Catty Beckett. Grayson's girlfriend."

"I'm assuming that you know me by Grayson's Polaroid picture of me, right?" I said.

"Yeah." Torrey said and slowly walks away and looks at me again. "Grayson and I used to hook up at the juvenile detention center. He was pretty messed up about the breakup."

I look at Torrey. "Wait a minute, Grayson told you about our breakup?"

"At first, he was reluctant, but then, we had a few drinks and that was it." Torrey told me, sitting down on the three seat sofa.

I slowly walks up to her and sits in the armchair. "Grayson didn't tell me about you."

"There's some things that Grayson doesn't talk about. Especially, if it's about his time at the Providence Juvenile Detention Center." Torrey told me.

"I don't believe you. This is just some BS." I tell her in disbelief.

"Ask him yourself and see the real Bad Boy that Grayson Baxter is." Torrey suggested and walks away.

I ponder to myself.

Catty (VO) As I ponder to myself, sitting in an armchair, slight urge of doubts starts to wonder in my mind. Could Torrey Koda told me about Grayson be true? There's a way to find out."

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Minutes later, I'm sitting atop the table. Grayson slowly walks into the main living room.

"Catty? I got your text message. What's going on?" Grayson asked.

"Torrey Koda. Do you know her?" I asked.

Grayson looks at me, bewildered. "Yeah, I know her. I met her while I was at the Providence Juvenile Detention Center."

"She phone called me and told me that two of you hooked up after you broke up with me." I tell him.

"I wasn't myself." Grayson said to me. "But why would Torrey Koda suddenly call you?"

"I don't know." I said. "But why didn't you tell me about your time at the juvenile detention center?" I argued.

"Because I didn't want you to think any less of me or look at me the way the boarding school girls did." Grayson argued back. "I was known as Bad Boy Grayson and every girl wanted me, but I didn't want them. Yes, I drank and I had a reputation at the boarding school academy. But I never wanted my former reputation to rub off on you. I love you, Catty. I've always loved you and never stopped loving you. But I kept my distance to avoid conflict with Sebastian and you." Grayson tells me.

"But you didn't tell me." I argued back. "Did you really think that if you told me about your time at the juvenile detention center it would somehow change the way I see you?"

"Yes." Grayson told me, getting aggravated. "I had a DUI record, Catty. And when Drake found out, he provoked me and then, he mentioned you, and that was when I had enough."

"Maybe, your inner Bad Boy is still inside of you, Grayson. First, it was Alyssa, and then, Torrey Koda, and then, Roxy. They all wanted a piece of ass from you. Which is very disgusting." I tell him with a disgusted expression on my face.

"I know that." Grayson said.

"Do you? Because right now, I don't know who the hell you are." I tell him, gently leaping off and walks away.

Grayson looks at me, dejected.

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- Third POV -

At DRAKE PIERSON'S APARTMENT, Drake opens the door. Grayson is there and he punches Drake in his face.

Drake falls on the floor of the living room. Grayson walks inside, closes the door behind him.

"You son of a bitch?!" Grayson exclaimed, angrily.

Drake looks up at Grayson. "I assume that this is about Torrey, right?"

"You called her and she came here, and spilled the beans about me at the juvenile detention center." Grayson said.

"What the hell is going on?" Torrey asked.

Grayson looks at Torrey, who's wearing Drake's shirt revealing her bare legs and undies.

"Torrey?" Grayson said.

"Heya, GB." Torrey said.

Grayson looks at both Drake and Torrey. "You two make me sick. Stay the hell out of my life. Both of you."

Grayson, Drake and Torrey exchange tense looks at each other. And Grayson opens the door and walks away.

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BECKETT HOUSE

Later that evening, I'm laying on my bed with my nightstand lamp light on. Grayson slowly walks into my room.

"Catty?" Grayson said.

I look at Grayson. "What are you doing here?"

"I just found out that Drake and Torrey schemed together." Grayson told me. "But they don't matter to me right now. Right now, I just wanted to see you."

"I'll be fine. You should go." I said to him.

"I'm not going anywhere." Grayson said and slowly walks up to me and gently lays down next to me. "I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about my time at the juvenile detention center. Drake and Torrey knows me and they used the juvenile detention center to cause a wedge and had an argument about it."

"It's bygones now, Gray." I said to him and look at him. "Just put it behind you and move on."

"I will." Grayson said, looking at me with a soft expression on his face. "That was some argument, eh?"

I chuckle softly to myself. "Yeah, it was."

Grayson and I shares a kiss and gently spoons me from behind.

"I have a bad feeling about Remy Levesque. He's been quiet lately." I said.

"Which is not good." Grayson said.

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- Third POV -

[Song : Centuries - Fall Boys]

At the LAURENT'S HOUSE, Alyssa Laurent gently walks down the stairs and into the living room.

"Grandma?" Alyssa said, looking around at the darkened living room. "Grandma?"

Alyssa turns on the light switch and becomes terrified upon seeing her grandmother, Dina Laurent, out of her mechanical wheelchair and laying on the floor. Her teacup is on the floor with pills spilled out of the medicine bottle.

"Oh my gosh, Grandma?" Alyssa exclaimed, worriedly, scurrying up to her grandmother and kneels down beside her. She quickly takes out her phone and dials 911.

"911, what is your emergency?" A woman operator asked.

"Please, send an ambulance. My grandmother is unconscious." A frantic Alyssa told.

[Song ends]

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