David ran as fast as he could towards the door of the Loft
apartment. He banged frantically on the door.
"Greenlee!" he called. "Greenlee, I know you're in there, let me in. Please." There was no answer. "Greenlee?" David knocked harder. He then stepped back. Thinking quickly, he reached into his back pocket and took a credit card out of his wallet. David looked around, and then wedged the card into the door, jiggling it until he heard the lock click. He slowly pushed his way inside. He saw Greenlee tied up in a chair by the mantle. She tried to tell him something through his gag, but he couldn't understand her.
There was no use. It was too late. He didn't even have enough time to turn before he was hit from behind. David fell first to his knees and then to the floor. He managed to get onto his back, and as his vision began to blur, right before he blacked out, he saw the one face that he had hoped he would never see again...Vanessa Cortlandt.
"He just left here a little while ago," Anna said over her cell phone to Jackson. "Any sign of Vanessa?"
"She's not going to show up here," Jackson said.
"She's too smart for that," Anna added, recalling what David had said.
"Do you have any ideas?"
"No," There was silence on both ends as Jackson and Anna thought of where to look for Vanessa. "yes," Anna said, startling Jackson. "Of course, of course. I've got it."
"Where, Anna?"
"I'll get back to you, Jack."
"Anna," Jackson said into the dead line. "Anna? Hello?" Nothing. Jackson wasn't sure where Anna was headed, but was pretty sure he knew where she would end up. He grabbed his jacket and ran out of the room.
Anna rode the elevator up to Greenlee's Loft apartment. She knew that Greenlee had refused police protection, but she also knew that the Loft would be the best place to wait for Vanessa. She only hoped that Greenlee would agree.
As she stepped off of the elevator, Anna saw that the door to the Loft was slightly ajar. Anna cautiously approached, reaching her hand for her gun, in case there was trouble.
"Greenlee?" Anna said as she slowly pushed the door open. "Are you...David!" Anna was shocked. David was lying on the floor, a gash on the back of his head. She rushed to his side. "David?" she said, trying not to move him. "David? Can you hear me? David?" David groaned. "Thank God," Anna said. "David? What happened? Tell me who did this to you."
David slowly put his hand to the back of his head and pulled it away to reveal the blood. He went to get up, but Anna put her hands on his shoulders trying to hold him down.
"I think you should sit, David."
"Thanks for the opinion, do," David said sarcastically. "But I'm fine."
"You need a doctor."
"I am a doctor and I said I'm fine. Where's Greenlee?" David said putting his hand back up to his head again looking around. "Vanessa. Vanessa has her."
"Vanessa?" Anna said. "Vanessa did this?"
"I have to find Greenlee."
"You're in no condition to go anywhere."
"I'm fine, Anna. I made a promise to Leo that I intend to keep." He stood slowly, despite Anna's efforts to keep him there and started to leave the Loft.
"Well, at least tell me where you're going," she said following him to the elevator.
The doors of the elevator began to close. "Back to where all of this started."
Miller's Falls. The 100 foot plunge into the rapids below would have killed anyone. But not Vanessa Cortlandt. Maybe she just had too much evil in her bones to die. Or maybe she was just too set on her vendetta against Greenlee. Either way, Vanessa was still alive, and was now off to finish what she had started.
Vanessa dragged Greenlee upto the overlook. Greenlee couldn't even think about where she was. She didn't even want to think of what might happen to her. There was nobody to help her now. Leo was dead, and for all she knew, so was David, smashed in the head with a statuette.
Vanessa pushed Greenlee forward a little. "I said you'd never take my baby boy from me," Vanessa said. Just hearing the word baby made Greenlee think of her and Leo's unborn child. A tear streamed down her cheek. "I swore he'd never leave me, that we'd be together forever. But you...You had to take him from me. Didn't you?" Greenlee could still feel the gun pressed up against her. Vanessa untied the gag from Greenlee's mouth.
"You're psycho," Greenlee said.
"No," Vanessa moved her closer to the edge. "I want what's mine. Why don't you understand that? You couldn't stay away. You had to take what was already mine. No more." Vanessa prepared to push Greenlee, who balanced precariously on the ledge.
"Vanessa!" Vanessa and Greenlee turned their heads. About 2o feet from them, David stood.
"David," Greenlee said, surprised to see him alive.
" Are you OK?" he called to her.
"Don't try to stop this," Vanessa said to him. She took the gun off of Greenlee and pointed it at her son. "Stay where you are!" she threatened him.
"Just let her go," David pleaded, the gun still pointed in his direction. "You don't want to shoot me. I'm your son. You can't shoot your own son."
Greenlee saw it coming. Just as she had seen Leo fall. She heard Vanessa's finger begin to pull the trigger and cringed as the weapon fired, sending David to the ground.
"David!" Greenlee screamed. "David! You shot him," she said to Vanessa. "How many of your sons are you going to kill?"
Vanessa didn't answer her, but again pointed the gun at Greenlee. Greenlee knew that this was the end. She knew that all of her bad feelings about staying in Pine Valley were about to become reality. Vanessa had won. As much as Greenlee tried to escape her, she won.
Greenlee glanced quickly at David, lying on the ground before them and tried not to think about what was going to happen. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, attempting to clear her mind, just before the final sound of an exploding weapon echoed over Miller's Falls.
"Greenlee!" he called. "Greenlee, I know you're in there, let me in. Please." There was no answer. "Greenlee?" David knocked harder. He then stepped back. Thinking quickly, he reached into his back pocket and took a credit card out of his wallet. David looked around, and then wedged the card into the door, jiggling it until he heard the lock click. He slowly pushed his way inside. He saw Greenlee tied up in a chair by the mantle. She tried to tell him something through his gag, but he couldn't understand her.
There was no use. It was too late. He didn't even have enough time to turn before he was hit from behind. David fell first to his knees and then to the floor. He managed to get onto his back, and as his vision began to blur, right before he blacked out, he saw the one face that he had hoped he would never see again...Vanessa Cortlandt.
"He just left here a little while ago," Anna said over her cell phone to Jackson. "Any sign of Vanessa?"
"She's not going to show up here," Jackson said.
"She's too smart for that," Anna added, recalling what David had said.
"Do you have any ideas?"
"No," There was silence on both ends as Jackson and Anna thought of where to look for Vanessa. "yes," Anna said, startling Jackson. "Of course, of course. I've got it."
"Where, Anna?"
"I'll get back to you, Jack."
"Anna," Jackson said into the dead line. "Anna? Hello?" Nothing. Jackson wasn't sure where Anna was headed, but was pretty sure he knew where she would end up. He grabbed his jacket and ran out of the room.
Anna rode the elevator up to Greenlee's Loft apartment. She knew that Greenlee had refused police protection, but she also knew that the Loft would be the best place to wait for Vanessa. She only hoped that Greenlee would agree.
As she stepped off of the elevator, Anna saw that the door to the Loft was slightly ajar. Anna cautiously approached, reaching her hand for her gun, in case there was trouble.
"Greenlee?" Anna said as she slowly pushed the door open. "Are you...David!" Anna was shocked. David was lying on the floor, a gash on the back of his head. She rushed to his side. "David?" she said, trying not to move him. "David? Can you hear me? David?" David groaned. "Thank God," Anna said. "David? What happened? Tell me who did this to you."
David slowly put his hand to the back of his head and pulled it away to reveal the blood. He went to get up, but Anna put her hands on his shoulders trying to hold him down.
"I think you should sit, David."
"Thanks for the opinion, do," David said sarcastically. "But I'm fine."
"You need a doctor."
"I am a doctor and I said I'm fine. Where's Greenlee?" David said putting his hand back up to his head again looking around. "Vanessa. Vanessa has her."
"Vanessa?" Anna said. "Vanessa did this?"
"I have to find Greenlee."
"You're in no condition to go anywhere."
"I'm fine, Anna. I made a promise to Leo that I intend to keep." He stood slowly, despite Anna's efforts to keep him there and started to leave the Loft.
"Well, at least tell me where you're going," she said following him to the elevator.
The doors of the elevator began to close. "Back to where all of this started."
Miller's Falls. The 100 foot plunge into the rapids below would have killed anyone. But not Vanessa Cortlandt. Maybe she just had too much evil in her bones to die. Or maybe she was just too set on her vendetta against Greenlee. Either way, Vanessa was still alive, and was now off to finish what she had started.
Vanessa dragged Greenlee upto the overlook. Greenlee couldn't even think about where she was. She didn't even want to think of what might happen to her. There was nobody to help her now. Leo was dead, and for all she knew, so was David, smashed in the head with a statuette.
Vanessa pushed Greenlee forward a little. "I said you'd never take my baby boy from me," Vanessa said. Just hearing the word baby made Greenlee think of her and Leo's unborn child. A tear streamed down her cheek. "I swore he'd never leave me, that we'd be together forever. But you...You had to take him from me. Didn't you?" Greenlee could still feel the gun pressed up against her. Vanessa untied the gag from Greenlee's mouth.
"You're psycho," Greenlee said.
"No," Vanessa moved her closer to the edge. "I want what's mine. Why don't you understand that? You couldn't stay away. You had to take what was already mine. No more." Vanessa prepared to push Greenlee, who balanced precariously on the ledge.
"Vanessa!" Vanessa and Greenlee turned their heads. About 2o feet from them, David stood.
"David," Greenlee said, surprised to see him alive.
" Are you OK?" he called to her.
"Don't try to stop this," Vanessa said to him. She took the gun off of Greenlee and pointed it at her son. "Stay where you are!" she threatened him.
"Just let her go," David pleaded, the gun still pointed in his direction. "You don't want to shoot me. I'm your son. You can't shoot your own son."
Greenlee saw it coming. Just as she had seen Leo fall. She heard Vanessa's finger begin to pull the trigger and cringed as the weapon fired, sending David to the ground.
"David!" Greenlee screamed. "David! You shot him," she said to Vanessa. "How many of your sons are you going to kill?"
Vanessa didn't answer her, but again pointed the gun at Greenlee. Greenlee knew that this was the end. She knew that all of her bad feelings about staying in Pine Valley were about to become reality. Vanessa had won. As much as Greenlee tried to escape her, she won.
Greenlee glanced quickly at David, lying on the ground before them and tried not to think about what was going to happen. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, attempting to clear her mind, just before the final sound of an exploding weapon echoed over Miller's Falls.