"Vanessa can't possible be alive," Anna said.
"No?" Greenlee said. "No? Then what's this then? It's not a Christmas Card." Anna picked up the letter and began reading it. "She's alive. She knows where I am at every minute of every day. She knows about Leo's funeral, she's know about..." Greenlee paused awkwardly. "...how...hard it was for me to go back to the Loft. She has it all documented there."
"She certainly does," Anna said glancing down at the letter.
"She's waiting for the perfect moment," Greenlee said. "She's going to wait until nobody else is around, and then she's going to finish off what she started. She's going to kill me."
Anna looked over at Jackson. "We'll send you out with an officer."
"No," Greenlee said. " I don't want a bodyguard! What I want you to do is to catch her. Find Vanessa and give her what she deserves. Firing squad, hanging, I don't care if you burn her at the stake. Find her! That's your job!"
After a short pause, Anna spoke. "We're going to need a warrant to put a set of officers in Vanessa's old room. If she needs anything, she might go back there."
"I don't think that a judge would find anything wrong with that," Jackson said. "I'll go see what I can do. We'll continue this conversation later"
"Of course," Anna said as Jackson exited the office. Greenlee began to nervously pace back and forth. "Greenlee, please," Anna said. "Please sit down, you're going to make yourself crazy."
"That's not likely," Greenlee said, but sat anyway.
"Besides," Anna added. "Vanessa couldn't possible be following you everywhere you go." she paused. "Look here. She says that you went to David's cabin at 11 o'clock last night and that you left at 9 o'clock this morning?" Greenlee was silent. "You were with David all night?" Greenlee was still silent. "Oh, Greenlee. You know David."
"I don't need you to reprimand me, Anna," Greenlee said. "You're not my mother. Not that my mother would care one way or the other."
"I've seen how David uses people," Anna said. "He'll use you until he..."
"I didn't come here for love advice. Believe me, it's been wracking my brain. I came here because of Vanessa."
"Of course. And you don't have to worry, Greenlee, we'll find Vanessa..."
"You do that," Greenlee said standing and heading for the door.
"Greenlee," Anna called. "About David..."
"Don't worry about David, Anna, " Greenlee said. "I'm a big girl, I can handle it."
Anna leaned back in her chair as Greenlee exited the office. She just sat there for a moment in thought, but then she stood, grabbing her jacket and leaving the room.
David sat in the Valley Inn by himself. He rested one of his elbows on the table and supported his head with his hand. His other hand held a drink, which he swirled in the glass. Just the visit to Leo's grave hadn't been enough to clear his mind, and even though David wasn't usually the one to drink away his troubles, at this moment he needed to numb.
David sipped his scotch and placed his glass back down on the table. "Hey," he heard from behind him. David turned around quickly and saw Greenlee standing there. "This seat taken?" she asked him.
"Greenlee," David said shocked. "I didn't think I'd see you again." he paused. "Sit, sit." Greenlee pulled out a chair directly across from him and took a seat. "Are you hungry?"
"No," Greenlee said. I just needed to talk to you. I've been thinking."
"You and me both," David said. "Listen, Greenlee. I shouldn't have..."
"No," Greenlee stopped him. "You don't have anything to be sorry about, David...Well, I guess you do, but that's not what I came to say."
"What then?"
"David, I love Leo. With every breath that I take, with every minute of every day. And what happened last night was a bit...awkward to say the least. But...and this is totally not like me, but I can really appreciate how you're trying to help me out."
David was silent for a moment, taking in Greenlee's words. "Can I say something?" he asked, leaning closer into her. Greenlee sat back. "I know that you love Leo. And I know that there is probably never going to be another person who you care about as much as you care about him. But, Greenlee..." David paused and tool a deep breath. "I'm just asking for a chance to try. Let me try to help you be happy again."
"Is that why you think I came here?" Greenlee asked. "To give you a chance to justify what happened?"
"I didn't say that."
"I know what you said, David." Greenlee stood. "I'm sorry I came here."
"Greenlee," David begged. "Come on." Greenlee, however, didn't stop from leaving the Valley Inn. David sat back in his seat and returned to swirling his drink.
"That didn't seem to go too well." David turned and saw Anna walking towards him.
"What, Anna?" David said. "What? Did you think of something else to come throw me in jail for?"
"If you only knew," Anna thought to herself. She took a seat. "I just thought I would come to let you know, but I guess Greenlee already told you."
"Told me what?"
"Vanessa..." Anna said. "Greenlee didn't tell you?" She paused as David waited for what she had to say. "Greenlee got a letter from Vanessa."
"But, she went over Miller's Falls. She went over with Leo."
"We don't know how she survived, David, but she's been following Greenlee around Pine Valley."
"Has anyone seen her?"
"No. No, not yet, but Jackson and some of my officers are watching her room."
"That's what you're doing? You're waiting? Nobody's out there looking for her?"
"Where would we look, David?"
"Well, I'm not a cop, Anna, but did you ever think of having somebody follow Greenlee?"
"She declined police protection."
"Of course she would. She's not in the right state of mind to make that type of decision."
"And I'm so sure that you took her state of mind into consideration when you got her to spend the night with you at your cabin." David was stunned at Anna's knowledge. "That's right, David. Vanessa jotted down every wonderful detail."
"Not that who I spend my time with is any of your business," David said.
"Were you out of your mind, David? She's your brother's wife."
"Widow. Leo's dead, Anna. Leo's dead and Vanessa should be, but she's not. So don't you think that instead of sitting here telling me who I should keep company with, you should be out there looking for her?"
"I think that we're doing the best we can under the circumstances."
"Circumstances!" David caught himself growing loud, and lowered his voice drastically. Circumstances? What circumstances would those be?"
"Do not tell me how to do my job, David."
"Vanessa isn't going to go back to her room. She's too smart for that."
"Then maybe you'd care to tell me where she might be going."
"I think that's part of your job." David stood. "So why don't you and Jackson Montgomery pull something together on how you're going to find her."
"Where do you think you're going?" Anna turned to David as he started to leave the bar.
"You're my keeper now too, Anna?" David said coldly. Anna was silent as David paused a moment and then turned again leaving her sitting alone.
The doors of the elevator spread open, and Greenlee stepped off. She pushed her hair back behind her ears and fished through her purse for her keys to the Loft.
"Who does he think he is, anyway?" Greenlee said, still digging through her bag. "He wants to try to make me happy. What a perfect time to announce that one."
Greenlee found the key and turned it in the lock, pushing the door open. She had barely stepped inside when she felt and arm reach out and grab her. The door closed quickly. Greenlee's eyes opened wide in fear as a hand came up and covered her mouth. She could feel the cold metal barrel of the handgun against her cheek, and let out a muffled whimper at the voice she heard.
"Did you really think I'd let you get away with it?"
"No?" Greenlee said. "No? Then what's this then? It's not a Christmas Card." Anna picked up the letter and began reading it. "She's alive. She knows where I am at every minute of every day. She knows about Leo's funeral, she's know about..." Greenlee paused awkwardly. "...how...hard it was for me to go back to the Loft. She has it all documented there."
"She certainly does," Anna said glancing down at the letter.
"She's waiting for the perfect moment," Greenlee said. "She's going to wait until nobody else is around, and then she's going to finish off what she started. She's going to kill me."
Anna looked over at Jackson. "We'll send you out with an officer."
"No," Greenlee said. " I don't want a bodyguard! What I want you to do is to catch her. Find Vanessa and give her what she deserves. Firing squad, hanging, I don't care if you burn her at the stake. Find her! That's your job!"
After a short pause, Anna spoke. "We're going to need a warrant to put a set of officers in Vanessa's old room. If she needs anything, she might go back there."
"I don't think that a judge would find anything wrong with that," Jackson said. "I'll go see what I can do. We'll continue this conversation later"
"Of course," Anna said as Jackson exited the office. Greenlee began to nervously pace back and forth. "Greenlee, please," Anna said. "Please sit down, you're going to make yourself crazy."
"That's not likely," Greenlee said, but sat anyway.
"Besides," Anna added. "Vanessa couldn't possible be following you everywhere you go." she paused. "Look here. She says that you went to David's cabin at 11 o'clock last night and that you left at 9 o'clock this morning?" Greenlee was silent. "You were with David all night?" Greenlee was still silent. "Oh, Greenlee. You know David."
"I don't need you to reprimand me, Anna," Greenlee said. "You're not my mother. Not that my mother would care one way or the other."
"I've seen how David uses people," Anna said. "He'll use you until he..."
"I didn't come here for love advice. Believe me, it's been wracking my brain. I came here because of Vanessa."
"Of course. And you don't have to worry, Greenlee, we'll find Vanessa..."
"You do that," Greenlee said standing and heading for the door.
"Greenlee," Anna called. "About David..."
"Don't worry about David, Anna, " Greenlee said. "I'm a big girl, I can handle it."
Anna leaned back in her chair as Greenlee exited the office. She just sat there for a moment in thought, but then she stood, grabbing her jacket and leaving the room.
David sat in the Valley Inn by himself. He rested one of his elbows on the table and supported his head with his hand. His other hand held a drink, which he swirled in the glass. Just the visit to Leo's grave hadn't been enough to clear his mind, and even though David wasn't usually the one to drink away his troubles, at this moment he needed to numb.
David sipped his scotch and placed his glass back down on the table. "Hey," he heard from behind him. David turned around quickly and saw Greenlee standing there. "This seat taken?" she asked him.
"Greenlee," David said shocked. "I didn't think I'd see you again." he paused. "Sit, sit." Greenlee pulled out a chair directly across from him and took a seat. "Are you hungry?"
"No," Greenlee said. I just needed to talk to you. I've been thinking."
"You and me both," David said. "Listen, Greenlee. I shouldn't have..."
"No," Greenlee stopped him. "You don't have anything to be sorry about, David...Well, I guess you do, but that's not what I came to say."
"What then?"
"David, I love Leo. With every breath that I take, with every minute of every day. And what happened last night was a bit...awkward to say the least. But...and this is totally not like me, but I can really appreciate how you're trying to help me out."
David was silent for a moment, taking in Greenlee's words. "Can I say something?" he asked, leaning closer into her. Greenlee sat back. "I know that you love Leo. And I know that there is probably never going to be another person who you care about as much as you care about him. But, Greenlee..." David paused and tool a deep breath. "I'm just asking for a chance to try. Let me try to help you be happy again."
"Is that why you think I came here?" Greenlee asked. "To give you a chance to justify what happened?"
"I didn't say that."
"I know what you said, David." Greenlee stood. "I'm sorry I came here."
"Greenlee," David begged. "Come on." Greenlee, however, didn't stop from leaving the Valley Inn. David sat back in his seat and returned to swirling his drink.
"That didn't seem to go too well." David turned and saw Anna walking towards him.
"What, Anna?" David said. "What? Did you think of something else to come throw me in jail for?"
"If you only knew," Anna thought to herself. She took a seat. "I just thought I would come to let you know, but I guess Greenlee already told you."
"Told me what?"
"Vanessa..." Anna said. "Greenlee didn't tell you?" She paused as David waited for what she had to say. "Greenlee got a letter from Vanessa."
"But, she went over Miller's Falls. She went over with Leo."
"We don't know how she survived, David, but she's been following Greenlee around Pine Valley."
"Has anyone seen her?"
"No. No, not yet, but Jackson and some of my officers are watching her room."
"That's what you're doing? You're waiting? Nobody's out there looking for her?"
"Where would we look, David?"
"Well, I'm not a cop, Anna, but did you ever think of having somebody follow Greenlee?"
"She declined police protection."
"Of course she would. She's not in the right state of mind to make that type of decision."
"And I'm so sure that you took her state of mind into consideration when you got her to spend the night with you at your cabin." David was stunned at Anna's knowledge. "That's right, David. Vanessa jotted down every wonderful detail."
"Not that who I spend my time with is any of your business," David said.
"Were you out of your mind, David? She's your brother's wife."
"Widow. Leo's dead, Anna. Leo's dead and Vanessa should be, but she's not. So don't you think that instead of sitting here telling me who I should keep company with, you should be out there looking for her?"
"I think that we're doing the best we can under the circumstances."
"Circumstances!" David caught himself growing loud, and lowered his voice drastically. Circumstances? What circumstances would those be?"
"Do not tell me how to do my job, David."
"Vanessa isn't going to go back to her room. She's too smart for that."
"Then maybe you'd care to tell me where she might be going."
"I think that's part of your job." David stood. "So why don't you and Jackson Montgomery pull something together on how you're going to find her."
"Where do you think you're going?" Anna turned to David as he started to leave the bar.
"You're my keeper now too, Anna?" David said coldly. Anna was silent as David paused a moment and then turned again leaving her sitting alone.
The doors of the elevator spread open, and Greenlee stepped off. She pushed her hair back behind her ears and fished through her purse for her keys to the Loft.
"Who does he think he is, anyway?" Greenlee said, still digging through her bag. "He wants to try to make me happy. What a perfect time to announce that one."
Greenlee found the key and turned it in the lock, pushing the door open. She had barely stepped inside when she felt and arm reach out and grab her. The door closed quickly. Greenlee's eyes opened wide in fear as a hand came up and covered her mouth. She could feel the cold metal barrel of the handgun against her cheek, and let out a muffled whimper at the voice she heard.
"Did you really think I'd let you get away with it?"