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A Cry in the Night - Chapter Thirty-eight
The next night.
Mike Delfino sat in a bar drinking waiting for the woman he was suppose to meet. He kept looking around the bar for a woman matching the description Zach Young had described to him.
Finally, a woman came into the bar. Her hair fell against her face hiding much of it. She walked up to Mike. She obviously knew him. Mike turned around and vaguely recognized the woman but brushed off the feeling.
"Are you…" Mike started.
"Zach told you about me?" the woman asked.
"Yes. Well not much but…"
"I want to hire you to find someone for me. You seem to be good at finding people who don't want to be found" the woman continued.
"Do we know each other?" Mike asked.
The woman laughed blowing off the question. She then pulled out an envelope from her handbag.
"That should be enough… persuasion…"
Mike opens the envelope and is having trouble denying such an amount of money.
"I'll contact you" she says walking away.
Mike stares as she walks out of the bar. He takes another shot as he drills his mind for answers.
The next morning.
Susan walks downstairs in a robe and disheveled hair. She goes to the fridge to get something to eat. Julie comes downstairs a few seconds afterwards.
"Still didn't come home?" Julie asks.
"Don't worry about anything, honey."
"I'm not mom. I'm sure he'll come around" Julie responds.
M.J. comes running downstairs.
"I'm ready for school mommy!"
"You look so handsome" Susan says putting his backpack on.
"Where's daddy?" the young boy asks.
Susan freezes for a second. "He had an early job" she says with a smile. "Get going the school bus will be here any minute" she tells him.
M.J. runs out the door. Susan stands trying to get herself together. She pulls her hair back and turns around.
"How are you and Adam doing?" Susan asks trying to change topics. The day before a doctor confirmed that both Julie and Adam were suffering from postpartum depression.
"We're doing… okay…" Julie responds. "The pills are helping a little but we still feel restless and anxious but…"
"I can drive you two to the therapist later" Susan says sitting down.
Julie sits next to her.
"Don't worry mom, everything will be okay" she says holding her hand. Susan rests her head against Julie's shoulder.
Kayla goes into her bathroom and opens the cabinet. Several medication bottles are stacked. The woman has recently been put on some trail medication. She is very pessimistic and is convinced nothing will help slow down her deterioration.
Kayla hears knocking downstairs. Oddly, not the doorbell.
She rushes downstairs and opens the front door. No one is there. The knocking continues. She finds a man standing at the backdoor. She then recognizes it is Ben Horton. The man who mysteriously disappeared after the tornado.
Lynette sits on her therapists bed. She recalls the visions and dreams she has been having recently.
"I've been bombarded with these images" she tells the doctor. "I sit at the table and stare at my surroundings and then I put the gun to my head and pull the trigger and then I suddenly wake up" she continued.
"Didn't your friend…" the doctor starts to speak.
"That's the other thing. I keep seeing visions of my friend. She walks around the house… or there is a shadow. I keep seeing images of her and I…"
"Lynette… I think it's best that we change your prescription. The medication I put you on could be causing these side effects."
"Change my medication?"
"Yes. Here. I am writing you a prescription. Go get it filled today. Do you have any of the anxiety pills left?"
"Oh, no, I'm all out" Lynette says lying. She knows perfectly well that she has at the very least a few days worth of pills left.
That night.
"This restaurant is lovely" Bree says placing a napkin on her lap.
"I'm happy you like it" Harrison says.
Harrison planned the night out down to the cufflinks on his shirt. He wanted to make sure everything was perfect for when he asked Bree to move in with him.
Later that night.
"I'm sorry but I have to say no…" Bree responds disappointing Harrison.
"I have a life… I have everything on that lane. I can't up and leave…"
Harrison is silent.
"However, I have a proposition for you" Bree says inviting Harrison to move into her suburban home.
The next day.
Kayla awakes. She pulls the covers off herself stretching. She sits up. A bottle of alcohol is on the nightstand. A powdery substance is on the coffee table in her room. Next to her Ben lays. Kayla smiles slightly. She hears a knock at the door. She puts a robe on and rushes downstairs.
"Tom" she says answering the door.
"Where's Patrick?" he asks her.
"Oh, he should be upstairs. Patrick!" she calls.
"He's at my house" Tom reveals.
"What?"
"He was looking for you yesterday. He said he found you passed out on the…"
"Tom, listen…"
"No! Kayla, this has got to stop! You're no longer a child! You need to take responsibility" he says before turning away.
"Tom!" she calls out as he walks away.
Susan was walking down the hall and heard crying coming from Julie's bedroom. She opened the door and saw Julie sitting on the floor crying and Adam sitting on the bed motionless. Susan grabbed the baby and tried to get their attention. It was useless.
Lynette sits in her kitchen. She just took a few more pills. She has the new prescription the doctor wrote on the table. She pulls out a black pen and starts to change some letters on the prescription to match her anxiety pills.
Susan rushes down the stairs and calls Julie's therapist. About 20 minutes later several ambulances crowd Wisteria Lane as Julie and Adam are escorted out of the house.
That night.
Mike hangs up his cell phone after a call from the mysterious woman. He sits on the edge of the bed in a hotel room. He looks through his call log. Almost 10 missed calls from Susan. Has Mike resorted back to his old ways?
Susan returned home with the baby girl, Evelyn Archer. She just learned that both Susan and Adam were put under watch by a psychiatrist as their depression took a turn for the worse. Susan entered her home carrying the girl. She stood in the arch of her door staring into her empty house as all she heard were the crickets from her yard.
I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! I think it's getting really good and I have things planned for all the couples of Wisteria Lane! I hope everyone continues to enjoy!