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Chapter 12
When Courtney woke up, she looked around. She was still in her clothes from yesterday, and her face felt swollen from crying too much. Momentarily she had forgotten where she was, but after a second or two, she remembered the horrifying events of the past 24 hours. Suddenly she felt a rush of loneliness and anger fill her body. She got up from the bed and walked to the door. She opened it a crack and felt the cool September breeze hit her face. It was daytime, she noticed, and the two "burly" guards that Janine had warned her about were, sure enough, standing a foot or two from the door.
Silently she closed the door and turned on the lights. For the first time she inspected her prison. In the main room there was a couch, fireplace, bed, dresser, and bookshelf. She walked through the door that she had thought led to the bathroom, and sure enough, there was a bathtub, toilet, sink and mirror. She walked back to the couch and sat down. She had to figure out a way to get back to Jason.
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When Jason woke up early that morning, he rolled over to see Courtney (who is really Maria, may I remind you). He got up carefully and went downstairs. He sat down on the couch and put his head in his hands. Something about Courtney didn't seem right. When he had kissed her last night, it had seemed like he was kissing a different person. And the whole thing with her bracelet and her wedding ring, it just didn't fit. Maybe he was just having a bad day, he thought to himself.
At that moment, Maria came down to stairs.
"Hello Handsome," she said with a grin on her face. All the while she was thinking how lucky Courtney truly was to have a husband this hott!
"Hey," he said as he got up and met her mouth with a soft kiss. He pulled away quickly and looked her in the eyes. Something still seemed off; like it wasn't Courtney he was kissing.
"What is it?" Maria said nervously. If he found out about the plan, she thought to herself, things would go terribly wrong. That was an understatement.
"Nothing, nothing. I'm just a little off today," Jason said. He noticed that she hadn't put back on her wedding rings yet, "Where are you're rings? Or are you not done painting?"
"Oh, I. uh. I just haven't put them back on yet. I was tired last night and I just have forgotten," she said quickly. Today she'd have to go get the rings from Courtney at the cabin.
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A few hours after she had first gotten up, Courtney took a shower and got dressed in the clothes that she found. Then she heard the door open, it was Maria.
"What are you doing here?" Courtney said hotly.
"I've come to get your rings," Maria replied snidely.
A look of horror crossed Courtney's face, "You'd have to kill me to get them off of me," Those were the only thing that connected her with Jason still, beside the life growing inside of her.
"Look, do you want me to go get Brian and Alex to get them off your grubby little fingers," she said, pointing to the door, "Because I'm sure they wouldn't mind.
"If you make them touch me my mother will kill you. She wants me to be alive to give birth to my child," Courtney said, hoping that was actually true.
"Whatever just give me the rings," Maria said, walking over to where Courtney was standing.
"That won't be necessary, Maria. I've had duplicates made, so Courtney can keep her precious rings," Janine said from the doorway holding out the rings.
"Ok," Maria said simply. She walked over to Janine and put the rings on, "They fit perfectly, now, if you don't mind, I have to get back to my H- U-S-B-A-N-D." she said, looking directly at Courtney. Then she walked out the door.
"So how are you doing, honey? The baby's ok I assume?" Janine said sweetly.
"How do you think I'm doing, mother. You're keeping me trapped here like an animal, and all the while you're sending my cousin to be my imposter and seduce my husband," Courtney said, spitting out each word.
"Ohhh, baby! I'm doing what's best for you; you just don't realize that, yet. But soon enough you will come around," Janine said, walking over to Courtney. She tried to put her hand on Courtney's arm to calm her, but Courtney shrugged her off.
"Don't you dare touch me. Now leave," Courtney said in a firm voice pointing to the door.
"Ah, baby. It hurts me to see you act like this. But since you are pregnant, I don't want to but you under any stress (Courtney snorted at that), so I will leave. I'll have Brian and Alex bring you your morning meal soon." Janine said. Then she walked to the door and left.
Courtney paced around and picked up the vase lying on the coffee table and threw it against the wall. Then she sank on to the couch and burst into tears, curling up into a ball and falling asleep.
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After Jason had gotten dressed he went over to Sonny's penthouse. He told Sonny about Courtney's behavior.
"Are you sure it isn't just you?" Sonny said.
"Sonny, it's almost like she's another person. When I came home yesterday her diamond bracelet was lying broken near the door. She didn't have her wedding rings on, and made some lame excuse about taking them off for painting. It just doesn't fit," Jason said.
Sonny thought for a minute. Then carefully said, "Well, It's just an idea but. . . ."
"Sonny, what?" Jason said. He was not one to be very patient.
"Are you sure that it's even really Courtney?" Sonny said. He hadn't dealt with imposters before, and maybe he was jumping to conclusions, but this sounds awkward enough to make sense.
Jason just stared at him, taking in the all this information. If this "Courtney" really was an imposter, where was the really Courtney?
"Are you sure, Sonny," Jason said skeptically.
"Well, you know, I mean, it sounds like it could be. But maybe I'm jumping to the wrong conclusions, and Courtney was just, a little different yesterday. Just keep your eye out for anything else unusual." Sonny said.
"Ok," Jason said. He didn't want to think about the idea of an imposter. He was just being stupid; he thought to himself, this is the same old Courtney that you first fell in love with.
Later that day when Courtney (Maria) came home, he realized that she had her rings on. That at least was an improvement, Jason thought.
"Hey," Maria said. She walked over and met his embrace. Then she looked up at him and kissed him softly. When she pulled away, he had a look of a concern on her face.
"What's wrong?" Maria said. Surely he didn't suspect anything, she thought.
"Nothing, nothing," Jason said. When he kissed, sure enough, it still didn't seem right, "I see you put your rings back on."
"Yea, right back where they belong," she said with a smile on her face, "Well I've got an appointment with Dr. Meadows, so I'll be back soon, ok?"
"I'll come with you," Jason said.
"No, no. That's ok. I'm sure you've got better things to do. I'll be fine," Maria said. If he came with her, he would for sure find out that she wasn't truly Courtney.
"Be careful," Jason said.
"I will," Maria said. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek, and then spun around to leave. But she didn't go to the hospital. Instead she went to see Courtney. But when she got there, she found Courtney asleep on the couch. Her face was stained with dried tears, and all of a sudden Maria felt a soft spot for her cousin. She had heard of all the horrible things that Courtney had been through, her marriage from hell with AJ, her work as a stripper that she was blackmailed into, and her horrible shooting and coma. And now there was this. She was being taken away from her life, once again. Maria felt her eyes mist up, and then suddenly she realized what she was saying to herself.
"Who am I kidding," she said aloud, "None of that would have happened to her if she had stayed away from Jason."
With that she got up and left, leaving Courtney to sleep.
When she returned to the penthouse, Jason was sitting on the couch. He got up quickly when Maria walked in.
"Why were you gone so long, I thought you just had to go see Dr. Meadows?" Jason asked.
"I did, but it took longer then I thought it would. I guess I just forgot to call you, I'm sorry," Maria said.
"Ok, well, don't forget again. You scared me," Jason said, as he led her to the couch where they sat down, "What did Dr. Meadow's say?"
"Everything's fine. I'm fine, the baby's fine. We're all fine," Maria replied.
"Ok, that's good," Jason said. He then pulled her into an embrace and they laid there like that for what seemed like hours, not saying a word. Eventually Jason's cell phone rang and he had to leave. By that time it was already late, and Maria felt rather tired, so she went upstairs and went to sleep.
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When Courtney awoke the next morning, she was stiff and had a pounding headache. She took a shower and when she returned to the main room she found her breakfast on the table. She ate slowly and then curled up on the couch with a book. She had decided that for now she would just rest, and would try to escape later. Even though she still had no idea how she would get away, when the time came.
The whole time she was trying to read, her thoughts kept drifting back to Jason. Was he ok? Did he actually believe that Maria was her? She was so scared, because even to her, Maria looked like her twin. But she wasn't, and that's what mattered. Jason would know that it wasn't me, wouldn't he? He couldn't kiss her, thinking it was me, could he?
A thousand thoughts were racing through Courtney's head, making her already horrible headache in a throbbing pain in her head. She put down her book and let the emotions that had been building up inside of her out. Silent tears streamed down her face. She didn't have the energy to cry anymore. All she wanted to do was go home. Home to her brother, best friend, and husband. The husband that she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. But obviously now, she thought to herself, she wouldn't be doing that.
After awhile Courtney drifted into an uneasy sleep. She tossed and turned on the couch, and when she finally woke up, she had no idea what time of day it was. She was so tired and fed up with this little cabin, she just wanted to scream. But no one would be there to hear her cry for help.
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OK! What do you guys think?!?! I know, I know, I'm a poop head for doing this to her and Jason, but it's a good story line for now, and I'm getting some good idea from it. Well, review if you can! I always enjoy your comments! ~Dawndrina
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Chapter 12
When Courtney woke up, she looked around. She was still in her clothes from yesterday, and her face felt swollen from crying too much. Momentarily she had forgotten where she was, but after a second or two, she remembered the horrifying events of the past 24 hours. Suddenly she felt a rush of loneliness and anger fill her body. She got up from the bed and walked to the door. She opened it a crack and felt the cool September breeze hit her face. It was daytime, she noticed, and the two "burly" guards that Janine had warned her about were, sure enough, standing a foot or two from the door.
Silently she closed the door and turned on the lights. For the first time she inspected her prison. In the main room there was a couch, fireplace, bed, dresser, and bookshelf. She walked through the door that she had thought led to the bathroom, and sure enough, there was a bathtub, toilet, sink and mirror. She walked back to the couch and sat down. She had to figure out a way to get back to Jason.
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When Jason woke up early that morning, he rolled over to see Courtney (who is really Maria, may I remind you). He got up carefully and went downstairs. He sat down on the couch and put his head in his hands. Something about Courtney didn't seem right. When he had kissed her last night, it had seemed like he was kissing a different person. And the whole thing with her bracelet and her wedding ring, it just didn't fit. Maybe he was just having a bad day, he thought to himself.
At that moment, Maria came down to stairs.
"Hello Handsome," she said with a grin on her face. All the while she was thinking how lucky Courtney truly was to have a husband this hott!
"Hey," he said as he got up and met her mouth with a soft kiss. He pulled away quickly and looked her in the eyes. Something still seemed off; like it wasn't Courtney he was kissing.
"What is it?" Maria said nervously. If he found out about the plan, she thought to herself, things would go terribly wrong. That was an understatement.
"Nothing, nothing. I'm just a little off today," Jason said. He noticed that she hadn't put back on her wedding rings yet, "Where are you're rings? Or are you not done painting?"
"Oh, I. uh. I just haven't put them back on yet. I was tired last night and I just have forgotten," she said quickly. Today she'd have to go get the rings from Courtney at the cabin.
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A few hours after she had first gotten up, Courtney took a shower and got dressed in the clothes that she found. Then she heard the door open, it was Maria.
"What are you doing here?" Courtney said hotly.
"I've come to get your rings," Maria replied snidely.
A look of horror crossed Courtney's face, "You'd have to kill me to get them off of me," Those were the only thing that connected her with Jason still, beside the life growing inside of her.
"Look, do you want me to go get Brian and Alex to get them off your grubby little fingers," she said, pointing to the door, "Because I'm sure they wouldn't mind.
"If you make them touch me my mother will kill you. She wants me to be alive to give birth to my child," Courtney said, hoping that was actually true.
"Whatever just give me the rings," Maria said, walking over to where Courtney was standing.
"That won't be necessary, Maria. I've had duplicates made, so Courtney can keep her precious rings," Janine said from the doorway holding out the rings.
"Ok," Maria said simply. She walked over to Janine and put the rings on, "They fit perfectly, now, if you don't mind, I have to get back to my H- U-S-B-A-N-D." she said, looking directly at Courtney. Then she walked out the door.
"So how are you doing, honey? The baby's ok I assume?" Janine said sweetly.
"How do you think I'm doing, mother. You're keeping me trapped here like an animal, and all the while you're sending my cousin to be my imposter and seduce my husband," Courtney said, spitting out each word.
"Ohhh, baby! I'm doing what's best for you; you just don't realize that, yet. But soon enough you will come around," Janine said, walking over to Courtney. She tried to put her hand on Courtney's arm to calm her, but Courtney shrugged her off.
"Don't you dare touch me. Now leave," Courtney said in a firm voice pointing to the door.
"Ah, baby. It hurts me to see you act like this. But since you are pregnant, I don't want to but you under any stress (Courtney snorted at that), so I will leave. I'll have Brian and Alex bring you your morning meal soon." Janine said. Then she walked to the door and left.
Courtney paced around and picked up the vase lying on the coffee table and threw it against the wall. Then she sank on to the couch and burst into tears, curling up into a ball and falling asleep.
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After Jason had gotten dressed he went over to Sonny's penthouse. He told Sonny about Courtney's behavior.
"Are you sure it isn't just you?" Sonny said.
"Sonny, it's almost like she's another person. When I came home yesterday her diamond bracelet was lying broken near the door. She didn't have her wedding rings on, and made some lame excuse about taking them off for painting. It just doesn't fit," Jason said.
Sonny thought for a minute. Then carefully said, "Well, It's just an idea but. . . ."
"Sonny, what?" Jason said. He was not one to be very patient.
"Are you sure that it's even really Courtney?" Sonny said. He hadn't dealt with imposters before, and maybe he was jumping to conclusions, but this sounds awkward enough to make sense.
Jason just stared at him, taking in the all this information. If this "Courtney" really was an imposter, where was the really Courtney?
"Are you sure, Sonny," Jason said skeptically.
"Well, you know, I mean, it sounds like it could be. But maybe I'm jumping to the wrong conclusions, and Courtney was just, a little different yesterday. Just keep your eye out for anything else unusual." Sonny said.
"Ok," Jason said. He didn't want to think about the idea of an imposter. He was just being stupid; he thought to himself, this is the same old Courtney that you first fell in love with.
Later that day when Courtney (Maria) came home, he realized that she had her rings on. That at least was an improvement, Jason thought.
"Hey," Maria said. She walked over and met his embrace. Then she looked up at him and kissed him softly. When she pulled away, he had a look of a concern on her face.
"What's wrong?" Maria said. Surely he didn't suspect anything, she thought.
"Nothing, nothing," Jason said. When he kissed, sure enough, it still didn't seem right, "I see you put your rings back on."
"Yea, right back where they belong," she said with a smile on her face, "Well I've got an appointment with Dr. Meadows, so I'll be back soon, ok?"
"I'll come with you," Jason said.
"No, no. That's ok. I'm sure you've got better things to do. I'll be fine," Maria said. If he came with her, he would for sure find out that she wasn't truly Courtney.
"Be careful," Jason said.
"I will," Maria said. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek, and then spun around to leave. But she didn't go to the hospital. Instead she went to see Courtney. But when she got there, she found Courtney asleep on the couch. Her face was stained with dried tears, and all of a sudden Maria felt a soft spot for her cousin. She had heard of all the horrible things that Courtney had been through, her marriage from hell with AJ, her work as a stripper that she was blackmailed into, and her horrible shooting and coma. And now there was this. She was being taken away from her life, once again. Maria felt her eyes mist up, and then suddenly she realized what she was saying to herself.
"Who am I kidding," she said aloud, "None of that would have happened to her if she had stayed away from Jason."
With that she got up and left, leaving Courtney to sleep.
When she returned to the penthouse, Jason was sitting on the couch. He got up quickly when Maria walked in.
"Why were you gone so long, I thought you just had to go see Dr. Meadows?" Jason asked.
"I did, but it took longer then I thought it would. I guess I just forgot to call you, I'm sorry," Maria said.
"Ok, well, don't forget again. You scared me," Jason said, as he led her to the couch where they sat down, "What did Dr. Meadow's say?"
"Everything's fine. I'm fine, the baby's fine. We're all fine," Maria replied.
"Ok, that's good," Jason said. He then pulled her into an embrace and they laid there like that for what seemed like hours, not saying a word. Eventually Jason's cell phone rang and he had to leave. By that time it was already late, and Maria felt rather tired, so she went upstairs and went to sleep.
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When Courtney awoke the next morning, she was stiff and had a pounding headache. She took a shower and when she returned to the main room she found her breakfast on the table. She ate slowly and then curled up on the couch with a book. She had decided that for now she would just rest, and would try to escape later. Even though she still had no idea how she would get away, when the time came.
The whole time she was trying to read, her thoughts kept drifting back to Jason. Was he ok? Did he actually believe that Maria was her? She was so scared, because even to her, Maria looked like her twin. But she wasn't, and that's what mattered. Jason would know that it wasn't me, wouldn't he? He couldn't kiss her, thinking it was me, could he?
A thousand thoughts were racing through Courtney's head, making her already horrible headache in a throbbing pain in her head. She put down her book and let the emotions that had been building up inside of her out. Silent tears streamed down her face. She didn't have the energy to cry anymore. All she wanted to do was go home. Home to her brother, best friend, and husband. The husband that she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. But obviously now, she thought to herself, she wouldn't be doing that.
After awhile Courtney drifted into an uneasy sleep. She tossed and turned on the couch, and when she finally woke up, she had no idea what time of day it was. She was so tired and fed up with this little cabin, she just wanted to scream. But no one would be there to hear her cry for help.
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OK! What do you guys think?!?! I know, I know, I'm a poop head for doing this to her and Jason, but it's a good story line for now, and I'm getting some good idea from it. Well, review if you can! I always enjoy your comments! ~Dawndrina