Chapter Three
Theresa ran out of the Crane Mansion. She didn't know where to go. 'Maybe Ethan had gone crazy or something... That's it. He's tired and probably had a dream that he was engaged to somebody. God knows who, though. But that doesn't explain what happened with Whit earlier. Maybe I should go and take a walk.'
Theresa walked into the park thinking about what had happened. She saw a curly-haired redhead in front of her.
"Hey, girl. What's up?" Theresa said stepping in stride with the girl.
"Nothing, Theresa. We needed more ice at the party last night so I went to get some. I was taking a short cut through the park. I know I shouldn't have been out here all alone in my condition but I needed the fresh air." She patted her stomach. It didn't show yet that she had a little bun in the oven. "I heard someone following me, so I hid behind a tree. The next thing I knew, something hit me on the back of her head and I woke up here." She pointed towards a grassy spot near a tree where she must've slept after she was knocked out.
"The same thing happened to me and Kay last night. She wanted to go check in with her parents so I decided to go tell Ethan I was okay. On the way I ran into Whit and she got in a huff wondering what I was doing back from Bermuda or something. I have never even been to Bermuda yet. Well, she left and I went onto the Crane Mansion, right? I figured that he'd be happy to see me but when I kissed him, he pulled away and told me he was engaged!" when Theresa finished she was near tears..
The red head put an arm around her. "Well, I've never known him to act that way. But what is Whit doing back from New York? I thought her and Chad had an appearance on MTV in a few days."
"That's what I said but she told me Chad got in an accident and he might die. I have no clue what's going on. But I think we should go to the hospital and check on him. We should probably pick up Kay too." Theresa said and they walked out of the park into town to find Kay.
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"Mom, thank God I found you!" Kay murmured as tears fell onto her cheeks. She held onto Ivy for dear life. "People keep thinking I did something to my hair, Daddy.. he mentioned Simone like she was still alive... and and when I went to the shop, I saw-" Kay began telling her story but Ivy interrupted.
"Kay, what's going on? I'm not your mom. I'm Ivy Crane, remember me? We met once before. I'm married to Julian Crane. Grace Bennett is your mother. I'm a friend of yours and the Russells." Ivy tried to calm the girl.
"Grace....? Bennett? CRANE? Noooooooooooo!!!!" She screamed and ran away. Her mother, her father... abandoned her. She needed to find someone a friend. She needed to figure out what the hell was going on! She sat down on a bench near the park and, with her head in her hands, she sobbed. This is where Theresa and the girl with the curly red hair found her.
"Kay? Don't tell me it happened to you, too..." The red head asked softly, sitting next to Kay on the bench.
"Me, too? ME, TOO??? My father brings up the death of my best friend, my mother says that she's married to JULIAN Crane, everybody keeps asking me about what I did to my hair when I've worn my hair like this since MIDDLE school and the Witches Stand-" Theresa interrupted her.
"Shhhhhhhhhh!!! You know you're not allowed to talk about them or they appear. It may be a myth but don't press your luck. You know they're after you and practically EVERYONE in town." Theresa warned her friend. When Simone passed, she tried to comfort Whit, but she closed off from a lot of people. Her sister was dead and no one could blame her. It was thankful that Chad came alone... She started to open up to a lot of people. But Simone's death did not just hit the Russells, it hit the town. Miguel had left to visit relatives at the time and Kay refused to talk to her family. Theresa talked to her and they became very good friends.
"You're right! Us Lopez~Fitzgerald women gotta stick together. That's you, too, Kay." The red haired girl stood up and put her hand out. "Let's go, girls! We have to promise each other, though. Until we figure this out we STAY together." Kay and Theresa stood in unison and put their hands on top of each other's. "Something's going on here. Come now, we'll go to the police station and talk to Sam and straighted all this out. Maybe someone else will be there, too. You never know..." She stood up and pulled her long, red curls into a pony tail. "Maybe they put something in the water! I mean, no one has looked at me funny and a lot of people know me. Theresa told me about what happened to you guys, I'll tell you what happened last night to me like I told Theresa." She started and they walked off to the police station. Hoping to find more answers but only were going to get more questions.
*At the Police Station*
"Sam! I was in my car, riding back from the Crane Cabin and Sheridan was yelling at me and then suddenly POOF! She was gone! I mean I know she didn't want to ride with me but she didn't have to disappear. Stubborn spoiled princess. I thought she jumped out rathen than follow orders for her safety but I checked the roads and she wasn't anywhere. I didn't even hear the car door open so she couldn't have jumped out. I don't know what happened!" Luis let out in one long breath as he came running in the station door.
"Luis, calm down. We'll figure this out. Come on, we'll send out APBs to the surrounding counties and I'm sure we'll find her. Besides, if she's not in protective custody soon you never know what will happen." Sam said and he went into a back office.
"I need to get her file out. I'll be right there." Luis said as he bent down looking into the cabinets for Sheridan's file.
"Okay, you guys. We're going to figure this all out right now." The red head said as she came through the door with Theresa and Kay in tow. She motioned to them to be quiet and snuck up behind Luis. 'This is too good to be true. We'll see what's going on right now.' She wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him into standing position. Putting her hands over his eyes, she whispered, "Guess who, sweetie!"
He turned around and looked at the henna haired woman who was putting the moves on him. "SHERIDAN?!" He backed up in astonishment, knocking over the filing cabinet in the process.
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