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Chapter 9
This Means War
"Don't touch me," Loren says stepping away from Miley. She grabs Miley's arm and twists it behind her back putting pressure on the wrist, Miley screams out in pain. Loren's arm goes around Miley's neck putting her in a choke hold. Loren smiles at her through the mirror. Loren is enjoying the look of fear on Miley's face. "Touch my husband again and I will break your hand," to emphasize what she means, Loren puts more pressure on Miley's wrist. Miley starts to cry. "Kiss my husband again and I will split your lip. I'm a first degree black belt; I know just how much more pressure to apply before your wrist snaps."
"I love Eddie," Miley says through her tears.
Loren grabs the back of Miley's head and smashes it into the bathroom mirror causing it to break. Loren pulls Miley's head back and laughs at the blood pouring down her face from the gash on her forehead.
Jenna Tatum walks into the restroom, "there you are Loren, Eddie has been looking all over for you. He thought you left the party," she says interrupting Loren's day dream. She steps in between Loren and Miley. "Hi Miley, I'm Jenna, Channing's wife," she says holding out her hand.
Miley shakes Jenna's hand, "hi Jenna, it's really nice to meet you, I love your show Witches of East End."
"Thank you," Jenna replies then turns to Loren, "let's go Loren, Eddie is worried about you," she says taking Loren's hand and pulling her towards the restroom door.
"Hold on a second," Loren says pulling away from Jenna; Loren turns to Miley, "Miley, I would really appreciate it if you would reframe from kissing and groping my husband when you're not filming a scene."
"I will try but I can't make any promises," Miley smirks at Loren.
Jenna grabs Loren's hand opens the restroom door and pulls Loren out, "this time I'm going to you slide, the next time I won't be so nice," Loren manages to say before Jenna closes the restroom door.
"When Eddie told me you're a first degree black belt, I knew I had to come find you," Jenna says laughing, "judging by the look on your face, I just saved Miley from a good ass kicking."
"I really wanted to kick her butt from here to Mars with that last statement, next time I will not hold back," Loren says. "How do you do it Jenna? How do you stand there while women fall all over your husband?"
"I'm not going to lie to you Loren; it's not easy, and I'm not always so calm about it. But look at it this way, the person these women fall all over are a fantasy, they know nothing about our husbands. They know nothing about their hopes and dreams, their fears and insecurities, their quirks or imperfections. You and I are the lucky ones, our husbands chose us. Our husbands are themselves around us and no one can come between that. I was lucky enough to meet Channing before he became a sex symbol. Eddie was a sex symbol when you met him, but he still chose you. You have to pick and choose your battles Loren; you have to decide whether or not that Miley is worth the war." Jenna and Loren stop walking, "I think you handled yourself beautifully, no one but Eddie, Chan and myself knows how Miley's actions affected you."
Loren and Jenna make their way over to Eddie and Channing. When Eddie sees Loren, he pulls her into a hug and whispers, "I'm so sorry Lo, I pulled away the second her lips touched mines."
Loren kisses Eddie on the cheek, "it's okay Eddie, let's enjoy the party and get to know your other cast mates."
Eddie smiles and nods his head in agreement, he kisses Loren's cheek. Channing introduces the cast to the trainer who will be working with them and the female choreographer who will be working on dance and strip technique with them. For the rest of the night, Miley keeps her distance from Loren but finds other ways to draw attention to herself.
The car ride home is quiet, Loren is going over her conversation with Jenna in her head, "I'm not going to let tonight's incident come between us Eddie," Loren says staring out the window.
"I should have told you about Miley so that you could have prepared yourself for tonight."
"Yes you should have, but we can't change what happened in the past so I'm not going to make a big deal out of it," Loren begins, "but let's get one thing clear Eddie Duran, I do not want Miley kissing and touching you if you guys are not filming a scene."
"Loren did you ever stop and think that maybe Miley is acting out because she's trying to escape her Hannah Montana image?" Eddie asks.
Loren does not respond.
Eddie pulls into the drive way and turns off the car, he turns and looks at Loren. "I know what's it's like to want to escape an image so I guess I can see through all her antics. She just wants the world to realize that she's not a little girl any more, she's a woman, a wrecking ball," Eddie says reaching for Loren's hand. "I love you Loren, I share my deepest darkest secrets with you, and you only. This is just a movie and Miley is an actress I will be working with. She and I have two love scenes together, a few kissing scenes, and a couple of scenes in the strip club. If you want to be on set when I film scenes with her I will arrange it. I don't want you to be upset about this."
Loren turns and looks at Eddie, "I trust you Eddie and I love you too. I encouraged you to do this movie and I'm still encouraging you to do it. Thanks for offering to arrange for me to be on set when you're filming scenes with Miley but I will be busy myself. Don't forget I'm working on my next cd and I also have special appearances I have to attend so I don't know how much time free time I will have to hangout on set with you.
Eddie leans in and kisses Loren, "you have an open invitation to the set. I want you to come visit me in Miami as often as you can."
"Oh I will Eddie, and my visits will be unannounced because that girl already escaped her Hannah Montana image at the VMAs, she has a thing for my husband and I may need to show her the other side of Loren Duran" she thinks to herself. "This is war."
