How the West Was Won
Brimi
Chap. 1
The sun was shining, the air was cool, and everyone in Salem was at the Kiriakis mansion. It was the annual 4th of July party. Caterer's made their way through the groups of people and buffet tables were overflowing. Everyone was having a great time. Brady and Phillip stood off to the side surveying everyone.
"So, you didn't bring a date today? What's a matter couldn't bribe anybody?"
Brady slapped Phillip on the back and laughed, "Well Uncle Phil, all the good ones were taken. Guess I'm just gonna have to go solo for a while."
"Well while you bask in your singleton I'm going to find my woman."
Phillip walked over to the pool were Belle, Chloe, and Mimi all stood around talking. Phil acted like he was just giving Chloe a hug, but then pulled her into the pool with him. Chloe shriek pierced the air, but she surfaced laughing. She gave Phil a playful slap and then kissed him.
Belle and Mimi stepped away from the pool, not wanting something similar to happen. Shawn wasn't there yet, but Belle didn't put it past Brady to do something. Speaking of, where was he. Belle scanned the crowd til she found him at the edge of the party alone. "Oh, poor Brady. He's all by himself."
"What did you say Belle I wasn't listening," Mimi had been eyeing the guys.
Belle turned her in Brady's direction, "He's all alone."
Mimi snorted, "Yeah, everyone wised up and realized your brother hates the world."
Belle frowned, "He's just had a hard time that's all. He needs a girlfriend to help him heal."
Mimi heard what Belle said but she wasn't really listening she was watching Jason Welles and Jan Spears together. Mimi had heard that they had broken up, but it looked like they were back together. She had thought that maybe she might have had a chance. Who was she kidding? Mimi went into the house to use the bathroom, but got distracted on the way there.
Brady decided he had enough of watching all the happy couples out there. Phil and Chloe, Belle and Shawn who had just gotten there, Bo and Hope, his dad and Marlena, Victor and Nicole, and Jan and Jason. Everyone had someone but him.
Brady walked through the house to Victor's study. He knew that there was a well stocked bar in there. He opened the door and found Mimi Lockhart sitting on Victor's desk reading a big old book.
Mimi's head shot up when she heard the door open. She knew she wasn't supposed to be in there, but she had been looking for the bathroom and seeing as how she had only been there once before, she opened the wrong door. That's when she had seen the book on the desk. Brady closed the door and walked over to her, "What are you doing in here?"
Mimi sneered, "Oh is this room only for upper class people. Is my presence lowering the value of the room?"
Brady was put off by her tone, "No, I was just wondering why you weren't outside with everyone else."
"Well I was looking for the bathroom and I opened the wrong door. Then I found this check it out."
Brady hopped up on the desk beside her, "It looks like an old spell book. I wonder why Victor has this in his study for?"
Mimi shrugged, "Your asking me?"
Brady rolled his eyes, "That was a rhetorical question Meems."
"Oh come on. You don't believe in magic do you, Brady?"
"I don't know. Anything's possible. Look this book is at least 100 years old."
"Look at this spell. There's a picture of a cowboy on a horse. It says: 'Take me back to an older time, a time when we were wild and free. Fields as far as the eye can see, and a sky that stretches forever.' Wow that's neat."
Brady snorted, "Oh come on. It doesn't even rhyme. Let's get out of here before someone sends out a search party." They both hopped down and headed for the door. When Brady opened the door there was a blinding light and then he saw something he thought he's never see.