Crowds of people were seated in TV set seats. All of them had bought tickets for the same reason, to see the Toni Post Show in person.
A woman with dark red curly hair stood in the isleway in the crowd, holding flashcards and a microphone.
"Welcome to the Toni Post Show! I'm your host Toni Post. Do you love life? I love life. I love life! I love my job. You know why I love my job? I get to wake up each morning and spend it with you."
The croud applauds and cheers.
Toni Post continues, "That's right, that's right I mean that. We're going to talk about real things, real people. We're going to get down and dirty. And that's what makes a difference! All right, let's start with our first guest."
The lights get bright as the crowd sees a young woman, about in her 30s, sitting on a tan couch in the middle of the stage. She had blonde hair, with poor makeup. Her outfit consisted of a dark brownish green blouse with a short tan miniskirt. She had bright red lipstick on her pursed lips, and one leg was folded over the other, to reveal high heels on her feet.
"Connie Phillips from Chicago." Toni Post announced.
"Hi." Connie nodded.
"Now we want to ask you how you feel about this friend we've heard so much about." Toni Post said, shrugging her shoulders with beady eyes as she held her microphone.
Connie answered, "I'd walk through fire for her. She's not just a friend, she's my best friend, you know?"
"Best friend." Toni Post repeated, "Now tell me, how long have you been having an affair with her husband?"
Connie sighed and looked down, almost annoyed. She looked very guilty, yet happy with herself, "A little over a year now." she said.
Some people in the audience cheered, murmured, and were shocked.
Connie scoffed, "Well, he doesn't love her! He loves me."
Toni Post asked, "And does she know why she's appearing on our show today?"
Connie fidgeted her shoulders and head nervously, "She thinks she's here for a makeover." A small smile crept across Connie's face after she finally admitted it to thousands of people watching her on TV. The audience burst into laughter.
Toni Post looked back into the laughing and cheering crowd and inhaled, "Ouch! That's got to hurt."
"Well you know what, I'm sure we're all wondering here why you chose to reveal this to her, your friend, on national television." Toni Post continued.
"Because I…I want her to hear my point of view." Connie said, "I really want her to hear me, you know?"
"Fair enough, let's bring her out. Let's bring out your friend Leah. Come on out Leah! Give Leah a hand.
A young woman, blindfolded, in a beautiful white dress with embroidered flowers, stood behind a door anxiously waiting her makeover. One of the show's crew members opened the door and started to lead her out onto the stage.
Everyone applauded, even Connie, as she sighed and looked down.
"Leah, hi Leah." Toni Post said.
Leah sat down on the couch next to Connie, smiling. Her gorgeous dark auburn hair pulled back with a black headband. She was beaming.
"So tell us, how do you feel?" Toni Post asked.
Leah sat down, getting situated as best she could with a blindfold, and said with a smile, "Oh! I'm delightful, thank you."
"Okay. Leah, do you recognize the voice of the person sitting next to you?" Toni Post asked.
Leah slightly moved her hand in the air toward Connie.
Connie sighed shortly and said, "Hi, Leah."
"Connie? My--my best friend Connie?" Leah guessed.
"Absolutely correct. Go ahead and take off your blindfold." Toni Post said.
Leah took off her blindfold and exclaimed, at the sight of Connie, "Oh, my god! Hi!"
"Leah. Connie is your best friend?" Toni Post asked.
"Yes she's my best friend." Leah said with a small chuckle, her smile never leaving her face. Leah put her hand on Connie's.
"She's told us that she loves you very much." Toni Post said confidently.
Leah smiled and nodded, "Yes. I love you, too."
"And the last thing she wants to do is hurt you in any way." Toni Post said to the microphone, shaking her head a little. Leah nodded a little unsurely, but her smile was ever present.
Toni Post, Leah, and even Connie nodded to each other, with smiles.
"Connie?" Toni Post said, nodding the microphone to Connie to let her know she can start on her story.
"Leah…" Connie said uncomfortably. She sighed, looked down a bit, then continued, "Dale and I are having an affair. He doesn't love you anymore. He wants to marry me."
Leah looked up to the cheering and applauding crowd. She gave a little chuckle, her smile almost leaving her face, and she put a strand of her hair behind her ears. She looked around nervously.
"What? I.." Leah stammered.
"Connie wants you to know that your friendship is very, very important to her," Toni Post piped up, "She loves you very much Leah."
Leah started breathing heavier as she nervously put her hair behind her ears once more. She looked up at Connie, "Uh H-h-ave you been sleeping with him?" Her voice was almost a whisper.
Connie looked at Leah like she was nuts, and scoffed, "Well, yeah." She shook her head.
"Actually, Connie told us earlier that she slept with your husband Dale in your home on her living room floor." Toni Post said, too casually, and almost proudly that she got the scoop. She held out her hands innocently.
The audience cheered.
Leah blinked in shock as she looked down anxiously.
Next to her, Connie eyed her as she put her hair behind her ears, almost grinning.
"I want to know what Dale has to say," Toni Post announced, "How about you, you want to hear it from Dale?"
The crowd cheered once again.
"All right, let's bring Dale in. Come on Dale, join us won't you? That's right." The same crew member that had helped Leah onto the stage, opened another door to reveal a grinning blindfolded Dale.
Leah closed her eyes in shock and looked around like this whole thing was crazy. And she was no incorrect.
Toni Post looked around the cheering audience with her hands in the air again, "Come on, come on, come on, come on." she said to the audience, trying to make them settle down.
The crew member led Dale to the couch, sitting between Leah and Connie.
"Dale, thank you for appearing on The Toni Post Show." Toni Post said proudly.
"Thank you, ma'am." Dale said in his low awkard voice. He folded his hands on his lap and nodded, still smiling. Leah looked straight ahead, wishing he'd wipe that grin off his face.
"Okay, take off your blindfold!" Toni Post said, brushing her hand in front of her.
Dale took of his blindfold and looked at both of the women next to him, nodding. He smiled at both of them, but his grin was wider once he looked at Leah.
"Dale, are you having an affair with your wife's best friend?" Toni Post asked. The lights on the stage dimmed for suspense, as a spotlight appeared on Dale. Leah looked at him sadly with tears in her eyes, almost like a plea. She looked down hopeless.
Dale nodded, "Yes ma'am." The audience cheered as Leah looked away. She felt like the most humiliated woman on earth.
Toni Post put her arms up, her flashbards in hand, as she shook her head, "All right! That's it. We've got to take a break. I'm sorry, we're going to be back with some more sizzle on the Toni Post Show."
Leah winced and looked around with tears. She looked over in the audience where her daughters were sitting. Her 7 year old was in an adorable pink and white dress, tears streaming down her face. She was sobbing as she sat there with her back straight and her arms folded on her lap. She looked like someone just tore her heart out as she looked at her mother with teary eyes showing through her glasses. Her oldest daughter of 15 sat there with tears. She looked at Dale who was grinning in heaven as he looked at Connie. She looked so angry with him. She sat there trying to comfort her sister.
Leah sighed and looked at her daughters, forcing them a smile. As she sat there looking at her gleaming husband, her devastated daughters, and the cheering crowd, she made a decision. She's leaving.
A woman with dark red curly hair stood in the isleway in the crowd, holding flashcards and a microphone.
"Welcome to the Toni Post Show! I'm your host Toni Post. Do you love life? I love life. I love life! I love my job. You know why I love my job? I get to wake up each morning and spend it with you."
The croud applauds and cheers.
Toni Post continues, "That's right, that's right I mean that. We're going to talk about real things, real people. We're going to get down and dirty. And that's what makes a difference! All right, let's start with our first guest."
The lights get bright as the crowd sees a young woman, about in her 30s, sitting on a tan couch in the middle of the stage. She had blonde hair, with poor makeup. Her outfit consisted of a dark brownish green blouse with a short tan miniskirt. She had bright red lipstick on her pursed lips, and one leg was folded over the other, to reveal high heels on her feet.
"Connie Phillips from Chicago." Toni Post announced.
"Hi." Connie nodded.
"Now we want to ask you how you feel about this friend we've heard so much about." Toni Post said, shrugging her shoulders with beady eyes as she held her microphone.
Connie answered, "I'd walk through fire for her. She's not just a friend, she's my best friend, you know?"
"Best friend." Toni Post repeated, "Now tell me, how long have you been having an affair with her husband?"
Connie sighed and looked down, almost annoyed. She looked very guilty, yet happy with herself, "A little over a year now." she said.
Some people in the audience cheered, murmured, and were shocked.
Connie scoffed, "Well, he doesn't love her! He loves me."
Toni Post asked, "And does she know why she's appearing on our show today?"
Connie fidgeted her shoulders and head nervously, "She thinks she's here for a makeover." A small smile crept across Connie's face after she finally admitted it to thousands of people watching her on TV. The audience burst into laughter.
Toni Post looked back into the laughing and cheering crowd and inhaled, "Ouch! That's got to hurt."
"Well you know what, I'm sure we're all wondering here why you chose to reveal this to her, your friend, on national television." Toni Post continued.
"Because I…I want her to hear my point of view." Connie said, "I really want her to hear me, you know?"
"Fair enough, let's bring her out. Let's bring out your friend Leah. Come on out Leah! Give Leah a hand.
A young woman, blindfolded, in a beautiful white dress with embroidered flowers, stood behind a door anxiously waiting her makeover. One of the show's crew members opened the door and started to lead her out onto the stage.
Everyone applauded, even Connie, as she sighed and looked down.
"Leah, hi Leah." Toni Post said.
Leah sat down on the couch next to Connie, smiling. Her gorgeous dark auburn hair pulled back with a black headband. She was beaming.
"So tell us, how do you feel?" Toni Post asked.
Leah sat down, getting situated as best she could with a blindfold, and said with a smile, "Oh! I'm delightful, thank you."
"Okay. Leah, do you recognize the voice of the person sitting next to you?" Toni Post asked.
Leah slightly moved her hand in the air toward Connie.
Connie sighed shortly and said, "Hi, Leah."
"Connie? My--my best friend Connie?" Leah guessed.
"Absolutely correct. Go ahead and take off your blindfold." Toni Post said.
Leah took off her blindfold and exclaimed, at the sight of Connie, "Oh, my god! Hi!"
"Leah. Connie is your best friend?" Toni Post asked.
"Yes she's my best friend." Leah said with a small chuckle, her smile never leaving her face. Leah put her hand on Connie's.
"She's told us that she loves you very much." Toni Post said confidently.
Leah smiled and nodded, "Yes. I love you, too."
"And the last thing she wants to do is hurt you in any way." Toni Post said to the microphone, shaking her head a little. Leah nodded a little unsurely, but her smile was ever present.
Toni Post, Leah, and even Connie nodded to each other, with smiles.
"Connie?" Toni Post said, nodding the microphone to Connie to let her know she can start on her story.
"Leah…" Connie said uncomfortably. She sighed, looked down a bit, then continued, "Dale and I are having an affair. He doesn't love you anymore. He wants to marry me."
Leah looked up to the cheering and applauding crowd. She gave a little chuckle, her smile almost leaving her face, and she put a strand of her hair behind her ears. She looked around nervously.
"What? I.." Leah stammered.
"Connie wants you to know that your friendship is very, very important to her," Toni Post piped up, "She loves you very much Leah."
Leah started breathing heavier as she nervously put her hair behind her ears once more. She looked up at Connie, "Uh H-h-ave you been sleeping with him?" Her voice was almost a whisper.
Connie looked at Leah like she was nuts, and scoffed, "Well, yeah." She shook her head.
"Actually, Connie told us earlier that she slept with your husband Dale in your home on her living room floor." Toni Post said, too casually, and almost proudly that she got the scoop. She held out her hands innocently.
The audience cheered.
Leah blinked in shock as she looked down anxiously.
Next to her, Connie eyed her as she put her hair behind her ears, almost grinning.
"I want to know what Dale has to say," Toni Post announced, "How about you, you want to hear it from Dale?"
The crowd cheered once again.
"All right, let's bring Dale in. Come on Dale, join us won't you? That's right." The same crew member that had helped Leah onto the stage, opened another door to reveal a grinning blindfolded Dale.
Leah closed her eyes in shock and looked around like this whole thing was crazy. And she was no incorrect.
Toni Post looked around the cheering audience with her hands in the air again, "Come on, come on, come on, come on." she said to the audience, trying to make them settle down.
The crew member led Dale to the couch, sitting between Leah and Connie.
"Dale, thank you for appearing on The Toni Post Show." Toni Post said proudly.
"Thank you, ma'am." Dale said in his low awkard voice. He folded his hands on his lap and nodded, still smiling. Leah looked straight ahead, wishing he'd wipe that grin off his face.
"Okay, take off your blindfold!" Toni Post said, brushing her hand in front of her.
Dale took of his blindfold and looked at both of the women next to him, nodding. He smiled at both of them, but his grin was wider once he looked at Leah.
"Dale, are you having an affair with your wife's best friend?" Toni Post asked. The lights on the stage dimmed for suspense, as a spotlight appeared on Dale. Leah looked at him sadly with tears in her eyes, almost like a plea. She looked down hopeless.
Dale nodded, "Yes ma'am." The audience cheered as Leah looked away. She felt like the most humiliated woman on earth.
Toni Post put her arms up, her flashbards in hand, as she shook her head, "All right! That's it. We've got to take a break. I'm sorry, we're going to be back with some more sizzle on the Toni Post Show."
Leah winced and looked around with tears. She looked over in the audience where her daughters were sitting. Her 7 year old was in an adorable pink and white dress, tears streaming down her face. She was sobbing as she sat there with her back straight and her arms folded on her lap. She looked like someone just tore her heart out as she looked at her mother with teary eyes showing through her glasses. Her oldest daughter of 15 sat there with tears. She looked at Dale who was grinning in heaven as he looked at Connie. She looked so angry with him. She sat there trying to comfort her sister.
Leah sighed and looked at her daughters, forcing them a smile. As she sat there looking at her gleaming husband, her devastated daughters, and the cheering crowd, she made a decision. She's leaving.