Domino Effect, Chapter 17: Destroyed

“Non, you can’t.” Jo said. She was wearing a dark crimson wife beater
and a black hat that hid her eyes rather well. Susan felt the deep
growl on her throat. Jo could feel the fear ebbing from Alice and from
Susan, but from Lara all she felt was the cool need for vengeance. What
had Susan done to the beautiful redhead to incur this kind of wrath?

“I think I’m going to go now.” Alice said and began to back peddle away
from the situation, and in the blink of an eye, Jo was at her side.
Alice looked up, seeing the tomboy that she’d seen at The Planet, who
in the ***** was this woman?

“Non, there is no need to leave, I’m sure Lara can walk you around and
explain to you what you need to know for your article. Susan, I have
some business to speak with you about? It’s why I came down in the
first place, if I can have the pleasure of your company for a few
moments” Jo lied and Lara saw the look on Susan’s face.

“Of course.” Susan stated, no emotion on her face. Jo nodded to the two
women and followed Susan to the back room where they could speak more
freely. Jo shot one last look at the tall red head, reading her
quickly. A flash of amber in her eyes as she moved to her private
staircase.

“Well. It looks like I’m your tour guide until the coast is clear.”
Lara spat, turning and watching the tomboy with the hat walk away. She
was intrigued by anyone that could make Susan back down.

~*~*~*~*~*

Bette moved around in her office, piles and piles of paper work
peppered the desk and the couch. She was in the middle of getting a new
show for the CAC’s fall show. She was stuck, there were two wonderful
shows she wanted, and she didn’t know which one to opt out of.

“JAMES!” Bette yelled and to the young man’s credit he was at her door
in an instant. He smiled, seeing the frazzled look on Bette’s face,
knowing she was up to her eyeballs in work.

“Can you call T.. I mean can you call Candace and tell her I can’t meet
her for lunch?” He nodded, and Bette sat down, shocked at her Freudian
slip. She had been about to say Tina. She rubbed her lips, she thought
of Tina ever day of the week. How she was doing, and what she was doing
with Shane.

Shane. Leave it to her playboy friend to go after Tina at a time like
this, to charm her and lull her into her web of *****. It was so unlike
Shane to go after a friend like that, she could hardly believe it.
Bette touched the phone. She picked it up and dialed Tina’s cell phone
number, she got the voice mail and hung up.

Bette then took the phone and called Oscar at the Center, and after a 10 minute wait, Oscar picked up the phone.

“Oscar, hello, it’s Bette Porter.” Bette said sweetly and with her usual charm.

“Hello, Bette. What can I do for you today?” Oscar asked as if he were distracted.

“I was wondering if Tina was there? I found something of hers at the house and wanted to return it”

“Tina quit. She’s been gone for weeks now. I’m sorry Bette, I’m very
busy right now, I’m short handed. Have fun tracking her down.” Oscar
hung up curtly and Bette’s mouth was left hanging open. Tina quit the
Center?

Once again, Bette felt a moment of dizziness and disorientation, as if
life had suddenly gone off-kilter. For no apparent reason. What the
***** was going on?

~*~*~*~*~*

Destroyed
Janet Marie

I seek to touch the flame
Yet it does not burn me
Its warm fingers lap at me

Drawing away my heat
Leaving me passionless
Devoid of passion

Cold
When did I cease to feel?
Things that happened around me

Empty
Nothing touches my soul
Dead to all events of my life

Shattered
Small pieces of me left behind
Scattering to the four winds

I’m destroyed, you were my flame
Now you’ve burned out
The life in me gone

There is a smirk on your face
You think you are right
I am wrong
Always the crux of what is between us
I need you to suffer
Before I can forgive

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