by: TRVMB

Girl moves quickly to put some distance between herself and Stranger, and manages a smile for Consolation Husband, ignoring his question.  "Say goodnight to Daddy, Junior," she stammers.

"Goodnight, Sport.  Hopefully you'll stay in bed this time," chuckles Consolation Husband, as Girl whisks him up the stairs to the nursery, careful to avoid eye contact with Stranger.

"Whatever did he mean with that question?" Girl ponders as she tucks Junior beneath his soft, quilted blankets.  As she quietly hums Brahms' Lullaby, the unease of the evening begins its descent upon her being.  I know my husband very well.  Just who does this man think he is, marching into Smalltown out of nowhere, attempting to plant seeds of doubt into my mind?  How could he have asked such an odd, pointed question to someone he has just met? Girls asks herself.

But, if she had just met him, why did his standing so closely to her in the living room just those few minutes ago seem so familiar?  Why did she not move away when he got too close?  And how did he know she hadn't been thinking about her mother? 

I'm overanalyzing this, she convinces herself. He probably meant nothing by it.

Once Girl is certain that Junior is once more fast asleep, she quietly eases out of the nursery, gently closing the door behind her.  She tiptoes down the hallway and into hers and Consolation Husband's bedroom to turn on the baby monitor, then begins her descent back down the stairs to the living room to again rejoin the men.  The hushed words she hears coming out of Consolation Husband's clenched mouth, however, make her stop mid-flight.

"All I know is this--if you don't learn to keep that big trap of yours shut, she's going to become suspicious.  If you want this plan to work, you're going to have to control yourself until the time is right."

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...to be continued...

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Disclaimer: This fiction is intended as parody only; the characters, plot, etc., are the intellectual property of its authors. This story is not in any way affiliated with the Lifetime Channel, Lifetime Television, or the Lifetime Original Movie franchise.


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