To Love or To Kill
Chapter 7: A Photo is worth…
After minutes of second guessing what she saw when Brady appeared to look like her father. Belle dismissed the idea of the thought that her father had miraculously came back to her for the short time and had become Brady. Once she stepped into the empty board room she looked around. There was nobody in there yet something had caught Brady's attention. He stood huddled over a table looking at photos scattered all over the table. He picked one up and studied it. Belle was watching his actions from a distance and she couldn't make out the face until she got up right behind him. She smiled at how the picture was capturing his attention. He stared in awe of her, and Belle like that. She knew that the two would meet and when they did tonight they would immediately hit it off.
"Something you like?" Kate questioned stepping back into the room. Walking past Belle and giving her a warm and friendly smile she said, "Hey." Continuing to walk she finally made it to Brady as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"She's beautiful isn't she. Once she stepped in her and we talked, I knew immediately I had to hire her. I mean besides the fact this started off as a favor for her father, I mean she is perfect candidate for the job. Just look at her, that smile and the hair, she is going to do a lot for our campaign for the teenager marketing stocks. Don't you think, Brady," Kate asked smiling down and looking at the photo Brady still gripped tightly.
Still holding it and looking down at the photo in a trance he asked, "You already hired her? Where is she?"
Kate walked over to take a seat located near the window in order to get a view of the beautiful day outside.
"Yes, of course I hired her. Can you give me a reason I shouldn't have. Besides you were taking too long and the meeting had already started late. Her explanation was perfectly justifiable. I mean I believe her, and the fact I know she is new in town gave me reason to believe why she arrived tardy. Her and a friend of her who was known to the town was expecting a ride here, but apparently it fell through so she rode on over here through other means of transportation."
Belle had been listening as she asked, "So wait Chloe is gone? Because she came over with me and was suppose to be spending the night at my house later on so we could get prepared for school tomorrow? I mean how did she get home, she barely knows where the steps to a building are?"
Amused at Belle, Kate answered, "Oh it's quite alright. I called Philip and he was a bit reluctant at first but once I told him who she was he recognized the name and was her in 2 minutes flat.
While all the time Belle and Kate had been conversing, Brady had just been staring into the space of the picture. It spoke to him in more ways than just one, and he couldn't begin to comprehend why it was that when he looked at her photo, this Chloe girl he saw anger but then saw innocence. Why it was he saw love but then again, he saw DiMera.
"Brady," Belle began as she focused her attention onto him. And this time instead of it taking several punches, blow to the head, or having to call his name repeatedly he turned to her. But it wasn't Brady she was watching, as if she was staring into the eyes of someone else. He had that same blank expression he wore only minutes ago before entering the conference room. Belle began to get frightened as she placed her hand onto Brady's shoulder.
"Brady, is there something wrong? You've been staring at that picture of Chloe for a while now and you haven't said anything to Kate?" Belle questioned concerned for him.
Brady closed his eyes and gained his composure as he sat the photo back onto the table and shook his head rapidly to knock some sense into it.
"Yeah, I'm fine Belle, I've just been tired a lot lately. Hey what do you say we get going now, okay?" Brady asked quickly trying to change the subject and also get his mind off of the conflicting issues of the photo.
Belle stared in disbelief at how Brady was acting. He just brushed off the fact that Kate had hired someone with his permission nor was he in the room when the meeting was conducted as everything took place behind his back. There was nothing wrong with hiring Chloe, she seemed pretty cool but it was the fashion in which Kate was doing it. 'It was a favor for her father' Belle suddenly remembered Kate saying. But why would Mr. Wesley ask something like that of Kate?
Then that's when Belle remember Mr. Wesley wasn't Chloe biological father, and whoever that someone else was, something fishy was being done, but what it was, was the question.
"Yeah, Brady you have had a long day. I'll wrap up things here at Basic Black and you can go about taking your sister home so you can rest and she can catch up with Chloe, so that she may share in her excitement" Kate smiled friendly.
Once the two exited the room, Kate went back to staring out the window, smirking at her accomplishment. Thinking smugly of what was to happen in the near future for the company.
"All in due time Brady, sooner that what you may think. Soon, very soon" Kate said as she got up to finish taking care of Basic Black business, since she needed to take care of it. It would be under new management soon enough so keeping things tidy for it would be necessary.
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'Friend. Enemy. Beautiful. Sordid. Kind. Vile. Wesley. DiMera' Brady kept thinking and telling himself every time a positive thought took flight so would the ugly turnabout of it. There was something he wasn't catching wind to that was right under his nose but what it was, was the hard part to finding out.
Wandering off to a thoughtless sleep, he stopped agonizing over the girl who he had yet but carried so much mystery.
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Belle came rushing in from the kitchen to open the door so that the chiming bell would stop ringing in her ear for the umpteenth time.
"I'm coming" she yelled as she maneuvered herself in the living room.
Before opening the door, Belle primped herself just in case it was that special someone behind it. And with luck it hadn't been.
"Phillip, hey, what's bring you by?" she said still sounding chipper despite her disappointment.
"Well, I actually came by to see what was going on with you tonight since Shawn said he would be coming by here later and that Chloe was going to be here too, so he invited me to tag along as long as you were okay with it. You are, aren't you" Philip asked putting on sad faced look.
"Aw, you know your welcome here Philip and I can understand why you're here, but Mrs. Roberts, I have to say this is a shock. What brings you by?" Belle questioned.
"Well, hello Belle. I actually came by when I found out my son was coming over to see Chloe and I needed to speak with her briefly and also give Brady some papers from the office. But if it is too much of an inconvenience business can wait until business hours" Kate said as she began to back away.
"Oh no! I'm sorry if I made it seem otherwise. I'm sure Brady will be happy to see that you stopped by to drop off important paperwork. Just wait here and I'll go get him." Belle announced as she made room for the two to walk past the doorway and into the living room. She was about to go pounding up the steps two at time when the bell sounded again.
Sighing she went back down and opened the door to her friends.
"Shawn, Chloe, hey guys, just come on in and make yourselves comfortable while I go run up and here and get Brady" she said as she didn't even wait for the two to speak before running up the steps.
"Hey Phillip, Ms. Roberts" Chloe waved as she and Shawn walked into the living room shutting the door as they stepped in.
When it became quiet in the room once again as each were silently having their own thoughts. Chloe eyes kept drifting to the photo of the blacks as a family. There stood Belle in between the two most important men in her life and her mother on the arm of her older brother who eyes spoke to her. She watched in suspense as the eyes took on different forms as the light caught it in different happenings. All this because of a photo that seemed to catch the attention of any but draw into a deeper meaning of a different person that had yet to be revealed.
'Who are you Brady?' Chloe suddenly wondered as she began to notice there was more about this family that met the eye.
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Brady kept walking to the sounds of his father's voice.
His father who kept repeating the same thing.
"She's here, she's here……Avenge my death Brady…… Don't let the dream die……my killer, she's here"
Is what Brady kept hearing in the distance as the voice slowly began to fade away.
"Brady…Brady.." he heard someone calling his name
Belle slapped Brady fiercely when all he kept saying, "Who, Dad? Who killed you? Who is she?"
As Marlena stepped into the room hearing the echo of Brady's mumbling. She happened to catch a little of what he said which shocked her beyond her highest fright.
Running over to Brady and sitting besides Belle she began to interrogate Belle quickly, "What's going on? What is Brady talking about?"
"I don't know, I just came in here to wake him up and tell him Kate was here and he started doing this. Mom what's wrong with him, he's been out of it a lot lately?" Belle said as her eyes began to tear up when all of a sudden Brady shot up with beads of sweat on his face.
He began staring at his surroundings as if he had to remember where he was. It registered a minute later when he felt the arms of Belle hugging him.
"What's going on?" Brady questioned as he blinked some of the sleep from his eyes.
"I don't know Brady, I don't know" Marlena answered watching the two and having felt the precense of someone else all the while she had been in the room. A familiar one and it scared her as she gave the two some privacy.
"Brady what's going on with you? Kate is downstairs with some office work, she's waiting on you"
"Nothing, nothing, just having a nightmare, but I don't feel like getting into it. Kate's here? Huh, well I guess I better get up then." Brady immediately began throwing on a shirt and some jogging pants over his boxers.
Running down the steps he was surprised to see that familiar backside exit his door as quickly as he had came down.
Belle was following closely behind Brady and she caught Chloe leave as well.
"Where is Chloe going?" she questioned to Shawn.
"Um, she said she needed to go pick up her bag she left at her house. And Kate left the briefcase over there Brady she told me to tell you that all and any information on Chloe is in there. She said you should read it, you might find out something interesting about the contents of the case or something to that extent," Shawn answered shrugging of the rest.
"So Phillip went to drop off Kate and assist Chloe with her stuff right? Hmm, is that so? I'm assuming Philip is developing a crush on the girl, huh?" Brady asked as he smiled at the fact of his uncle being in love. Brady stepped over to the table and began to open the case when the first thing he saw that caught his eye was the name DiMera….
TBC….
Chapter 7: A Photo is worth…
After minutes of second guessing what she saw when Brady appeared to look like her father. Belle dismissed the idea of the thought that her father had miraculously came back to her for the short time and had become Brady. Once she stepped into the empty board room she looked around. There was nobody in there yet something had caught Brady's attention. He stood huddled over a table looking at photos scattered all over the table. He picked one up and studied it. Belle was watching his actions from a distance and she couldn't make out the face until she got up right behind him. She smiled at how the picture was capturing his attention. He stared in awe of her, and Belle like that. She knew that the two would meet and when they did tonight they would immediately hit it off.
"Something you like?" Kate questioned stepping back into the room. Walking past Belle and giving her a warm and friendly smile she said, "Hey." Continuing to walk she finally made it to Brady as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"She's beautiful isn't she. Once she stepped in her and we talked, I knew immediately I had to hire her. I mean besides the fact this started off as a favor for her father, I mean she is perfect candidate for the job. Just look at her, that smile and the hair, she is going to do a lot for our campaign for the teenager marketing stocks. Don't you think, Brady," Kate asked smiling down and looking at the photo Brady still gripped tightly.
Still holding it and looking down at the photo in a trance he asked, "You already hired her? Where is she?"
Kate walked over to take a seat located near the window in order to get a view of the beautiful day outside.
"Yes, of course I hired her. Can you give me a reason I shouldn't have. Besides you were taking too long and the meeting had already started late. Her explanation was perfectly justifiable. I mean I believe her, and the fact I know she is new in town gave me reason to believe why she arrived tardy. Her and a friend of her who was known to the town was expecting a ride here, but apparently it fell through so she rode on over here through other means of transportation."
Belle had been listening as she asked, "So wait Chloe is gone? Because she came over with me and was suppose to be spending the night at my house later on so we could get prepared for school tomorrow? I mean how did she get home, she barely knows where the steps to a building are?"
Amused at Belle, Kate answered, "Oh it's quite alright. I called Philip and he was a bit reluctant at first but once I told him who she was he recognized the name and was her in 2 minutes flat.
While all the time Belle and Kate had been conversing, Brady had just been staring into the space of the picture. It spoke to him in more ways than just one, and he couldn't begin to comprehend why it was that when he looked at her photo, this Chloe girl he saw anger but then saw innocence. Why it was he saw love but then again, he saw DiMera.
"Brady," Belle began as she focused her attention onto him. And this time instead of it taking several punches, blow to the head, or having to call his name repeatedly he turned to her. But it wasn't Brady she was watching, as if she was staring into the eyes of someone else. He had that same blank expression he wore only minutes ago before entering the conference room. Belle began to get frightened as she placed her hand onto Brady's shoulder.
"Brady, is there something wrong? You've been staring at that picture of Chloe for a while now and you haven't said anything to Kate?" Belle questioned concerned for him.
Brady closed his eyes and gained his composure as he sat the photo back onto the table and shook his head rapidly to knock some sense into it.
"Yeah, I'm fine Belle, I've just been tired a lot lately. Hey what do you say we get going now, okay?" Brady asked quickly trying to change the subject and also get his mind off of the conflicting issues of the photo.
Belle stared in disbelief at how Brady was acting. He just brushed off the fact that Kate had hired someone with his permission nor was he in the room when the meeting was conducted as everything took place behind his back. There was nothing wrong with hiring Chloe, she seemed pretty cool but it was the fashion in which Kate was doing it. 'It was a favor for her father' Belle suddenly remembered Kate saying. But why would Mr. Wesley ask something like that of Kate?
Then that's when Belle remember Mr. Wesley wasn't Chloe biological father, and whoever that someone else was, something fishy was being done, but what it was, was the question.
"Yeah, Brady you have had a long day. I'll wrap up things here at Basic Black and you can go about taking your sister home so you can rest and she can catch up with Chloe, so that she may share in her excitement" Kate smiled friendly.
Once the two exited the room, Kate went back to staring out the window, smirking at her accomplishment. Thinking smugly of what was to happen in the near future for the company.
"All in due time Brady, sooner that what you may think. Soon, very soon" Kate said as she got up to finish taking care of Basic Black business, since she needed to take care of it. It would be under new management soon enough so keeping things tidy for it would be necessary.
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'Friend. Enemy. Beautiful. Sordid. Kind. Vile. Wesley. DiMera' Brady kept thinking and telling himself every time a positive thought took flight so would the ugly turnabout of it. There was something he wasn't catching wind to that was right under his nose but what it was, was the hard part to finding out.
Wandering off to a thoughtless sleep, he stopped agonizing over the girl who he had yet but carried so much mystery.
************
Belle came rushing in from the kitchen to open the door so that the chiming bell would stop ringing in her ear for the umpteenth time.
"I'm coming" she yelled as she maneuvered herself in the living room.
Before opening the door, Belle primped herself just in case it was that special someone behind it. And with luck it hadn't been.
"Phillip, hey, what's bring you by?" she said still sounding chipper despite her disappointment.
"Well, I actually came by to see what was going on with you tonight since Shawn said he would be coming by here later and that Chloe was going to be here too, so he invited me to tag along as long as you were okay with it. You are, aren't you" Philip asked putting on sad faced look.
"Aw, you know your welcome here Philip and I can understand why you're here, but Mrs. Roberts, I have to say this is a shock. What brings you by?" Belle questioned.
"Well, hello Belle. I actually came by when I found out my son was coming over to see Chloe and I needed to speak with her briefly and also give Brady some papers from the office. But if it is too much of an inconvenience business can wait until business hours" Kate said as she began to back away.
"Oh no! I'm sorry if I made it seem otherwise. I'm sure Brady will be happy to see that you stopped by to drop off important paperwork. Just wait here and I'll go get him." Belle announced as she made room for the two to walk past the doorway and into the living room. She was about to go pounding up the steps two at time when the bell sounded again.
Sighing she went back down and opened the door to her friends.
"Shawn, Chloe, hey guys, just come on in and make yourselves comfortable while I go run up and here and get Brady" she said as she didn't even wait for the two to speak before running up the steps.
"Hey Phillip, Ms. Roberts" Chloe waved as she and Shawn walked into the living room shutting the door as they stepped in.
When it became quiet in the room once again as each were silently having their own thoughts. Chloe eyes kept drifting to the photo of the blacks as a family. There stood Belle in between the two most important men in her life and her mother on the arm of her older brother who eyes spoke to her. She watched in suspense as the eyes took on different forms as the light caught it in different happenings. All this because of a photo that seemed to catch the attention of any but draw into a deeper meaning of a different person that had yet to be revealed.
'Who are you Brady?' Chloe suddenly wondered as she began to notice there was more about this family that met the eye.
*************
Brady kept walking to the sounds of his father's voice.
His father who kept repeating the same thing.
"She's here, she's here……Avenge my death Brady…… Don't let the dream die……my killer, she's here"
Is what Brady kept hearing in the distance as the voice slowly began to fade away.
"Brady…Brady.." he heard someone calling his name
Belle slapped Brady fiercely when all he kept saying, "Who, Dad? Who killed you? Who is she?"
As Marlena stepped into the room hearing the echo of Brady's mumbling. She happened to catch a little of what he said which shocked her beyond her highest fright.
Running over to Brady and sitting besides Belle she began to interrogate Belle quickly, "What's going on? What is Brady talking about?"
"I don't know, I just came in here to wake him up and tell him Kate was here and he started doing this. Mom what's wrong with him, he's been out of it a lot lately?" Belle said as her eyes began to tear up when all of a sudden Brady shot up with beads of sweat on his face.
He began staring at his surroundings as if he had to remember where he was. It registered a minute later when he felt the arms of Belle hugging him.
"What's going on?" Brady questioned as he blinked some of the sleep from his eyes.
"I don't know Brady, I don't know" Marlena answered watching the two and having felt the precense of someone else all the while she had been in the room. A familiar one and it scared her as she gave the two some privacy.
"Brady what's going on with you? Kate is downstairs with some office work, she's waiting on you"
"Nothing, nothing, just having a nightmare, but I don't feel like getting into it. Kate's here? Huh, well I guess I better get up then." Brady immediately began throwing on a shirt and some jogging pants over his boxers.
Running down the steps he was surprised to see that familiar backside exit his door as quickly as he had came down.
Belle was following closely behind Brady and she caught Chloe leave as well.
"Where is Chloe going?" she questioned to Shawn.
"Um, she said she needed to go pick up her bag she left at her house. And Kate left the briefcase over there Brady she told me to tell you that all and any information on Chloe is in there. She said you should read it, you might find out something interesting about the contents of the case or something to that extent," Shawn answered shrugging of the rest.
"So Phillip went to drop off Kate and assist Chloe with her stuff right? Hmm, is that so? I'm assuming Philip is developing a crush on the girl, huh?" Brady asked as he smiled at the fact of his uncle being in love. Brady stepped over to the table and began to open the case when the first thing he saw that caught his eye was the name DiMera….
TBC….