A/N: Ok, I've got this typed up—I think it's decent. I hope it is. : )
Anyways, everyone enjoy. Until next time—PCGirl.
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PC: 2020
Lucy was sitting on the park bench enjoying the spring day—it had finally sprung, and she wanted to get out of the stuffiness of the Lighthouse. She looked up to see Ian standing there smiling at her, "Hi—I heard you were in town," she smiled.
"Yeah—Danny's an intern," he grinned—still proud of the fact, but he knew he'd never not be proud of it. "I was hoping to find you today—who knew it would be here."
"Somebody up there did—we always have found our way to each other when we needed it. So tell me what you've been up to."
"Well, I've got a wife and daughter also—Maeve and Claire—they are waiting for me back in Ireland, it just feels weird leaving my boy here on his own—having to let him learn from his own mistakes."
Lucy laughed, "I had to do that with both Christina and Serena now, and it's not easy. Serena—she's a marine biologist down in Florida—and Christina, she's an artist with a little studio apartment in New York. They seem so far away, though I know they are just a phone call away if I need to hear their voices. You get used to it more as time goes on."
"I know I will, and I know Claire will have my attention with her football games, and dance recitals soon enough—it's just that Danny, well I'm glad he came here—back to his home. I know I won't have to worry about who he's around, and if he's caring for himself, because I'm sure all of you will do that—not just for me, but for Eve also," he smiled.
"We will, don't ever worry about him—concentrate on the rest of your family, Ian—he's going to be just fine."
"I know. So tell me about JT and how he affected you, and anything else—is the business still running—KayCee's?"
Lucy laughed, "Well, let's get JT done first."
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PC: 2010
Lucy walked into Kevin's office and laid down on the couch.
"Something the matter, Lucy?" he asked with a slight chuckle.
"Well, I have good news and the confusing news. Which would you like first?"
"Good—let's start with that."
"Well, Ricky and Reese showed up like we expected them to last night—mumbling and delirious as the rest of them have been."
"Any idea what they were saying?"
"You know—I really didn't ask Rafe—I just saw him earlier and he passed the word on to me."
"Ok, considering that them being delirious would usually fall under confusing news—what is the real confusing news?"
"Oh," she said jumping up to look at him. "The accountant for KayCee's called—was looking over the numbers and such—guess what."
"Ya'll are making a bigger profit than you thought?"
"Yeah, I wish—no, he says that over the past six months a total of $60,000 has gone missing. Poof—just like everyone else—but it hasn't come up anywhere else."
"Well, have you asked around?"
"I was on my way to go over there, but thought I'd stop here first and tell you the news about Ricky and Reese."
"Well, I've got a potential patient coming in a few minutes, go find out what you need—this shouldn't take more than an hour—then I'll be heading home."
"Ok, but be safe—please Kevin? This guy—whoever he is—he's looking for something and I'm worried it's going to be you or Rafe or Alison next."
"You still feel that it's Joshua?"
"Yeah, I do—it's the only thing that's making sense," said Lucy as she closed the door. She was lost in thought when the elevator door opened and she walked in, running into the man that was trying to get off also. They danced around each other and he laughed, saying 'Excuse me', in a British accent—Lucy tried to stop the doors from closing, but by the time she did he had seemed to disappear around a corner.
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PC: 2020
"The British-accented man was JT?"
Lucy smiled, "You know what—this is why we needed you here then, because you seemed to get to the bottom of a mystery faster than any of us," she said as she patted his leg. "So yes, that was JT—and you can guess that Kevin never made it home that night either."
"Was JT his new patient?"
Lucy bit her lip and nodded before continuing the story.
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PC: 2010
"How is he Chris?" asked Lucy as she ran into the ER where Chris was working on papers.
"He's delirious, just like the rest of them. You know, whatever this crazy man has planned—well he's doing a good job of catching these people off guard."
"I was the last person to see Kevin, besides that possible new patient of his."
"Really? Did Kevin give a name or anything?"
"No. Patient confidentiality," she said hitting Chris on the side of the head. "So what is he saying?"
"Something about being drugged, Livvie—oh and he occasionally says something about painting a picture with Alison and—but he never finishes the sentence. Kind of like how Frank never finished the Karen comment before."
"The only picture I can think he's done of Alison is--."
"The one of me and Joshua," finished Alison as her and Rafe walked up. "This guy—he's got a connection to Joshua, a big one, and I'm in the middle of it whether I want to be or not."
"Hey, we found Kevin's keys on him," said Chris as he handed them to Lucy.
"Well, let's go see if this guy left anything there," said Rafe as he led the way.
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"Nothing more than the usual. It's like he left immediately after I did," said Lucy as she looked around. But that wasn't right because he had a new patient—the man in the elevator, his voice and smile—had that been the new patient?
"What's this?" asked Rafe as he picked up a journal of some type—with drawings and notes—with dates from 2003 on them. "Oh crap," he said as he stopped on a page and held it up for both girls to see it—it was the symbol that replaced the 'X' in Elixir. "I'm going to take a huge guess, but this is Joshua's."
Alison took the book from Rafe though he tried to not let her have it, "No Rafe—I've got to read it. You've been in his head before—literally—now it my turn."
She sat on the couch and read—she noted there were pages bent down—but they were newly made, definitely not folded down for seven years. First came a discussion of him turning Frank, then Victor—why hadn't this man taken Victor? Because of Victor's age? No, probably because if she looked later on Victor was rarely mentioned. Frank—he'd been Joshua's lackey from the beginning. She continued to flip pages—seeing everyone's name come into play as it went on, except Rafe and Caleb—even herself and Livvie were mentioned multiple times. "Why hasn't he tried to abduct us four?" she said looking up to Rafe.
"I'm not sure—but nobody has mentioned us in their delirium, so maybe he hasn't realized how much of a factor we really were in his demise?"
"Who is next?" she said as she turned to the last folded down page. This person had highlighted something recently, "Livvie—the moron—she ruined my wonderful plans I had for my bride Alison," she said as she stopped and shivered. "And then to make matters worse, I allowed Franklin to go out and feed—the stupid imbecile has changed Jamal Woods into one of us, hopefully I can find some good use for the man or else I will have to get rid of him," she stopped as she looked up at Rafe. "Jamal."
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PC: 2020
Lucy was sitting on the park bench enjoying the spring day—it had finally sprung, and she wanted to get out of the stuffiness of the Lighthouse. She looked up to see Ian standing there smiling at her, "Hi—I heard you were in town," she smiled.
"Yeah—Danny's an intern," he grinned—still proud of the fact, but he knew he'd never not be proud of it. "I was hoping to find you today—who knew it would be here."
"Somebody up there did—we always have found our way to each other when we needed it. So tell me what you've been up to."
"Well, I've got a wife and daughter also—Maeve and Claire—they are waiting for me back in Ireland, it just feels weird leaving my boy here on his own—having to let him learn from his own mistakes."
Lucy laughed, "I had to do that with both Christina and Serena now, and it's not easy. Serena—she's a marine biologist down in Florida—and Christina, she's an artist with a little studio apartment in New York. They seem so far away, though I know they are just a phone call away if I need to hear their voices. You get used to it more as time goes on."
"I know I will, and I know Claire will have my attention with her football games, and dance recitals soon enough—it's just that Danny, well I'm glad he came here—back to his home. I know I won't have to worry about who he's around, and if he's caring for himself, because I'm sure all of you will do that—not just for me, but for Eve also," he smiled.
"We will, don't ever worry about him—concentrate on the rest of your family, Ian—he's going to be just fine."
"I know. So tell me about JT and how he affected you, and anything else—is the business still running—KayCee's?"
Lucy laughed, "Well, let's get JT done first."
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PC: 2010
Lucy walked into Kevin's office and laid down on the couch.
"Something the matter, Lucy?" he asked with a slight chuckle.
"Well, I have good news and the confusing news. Which would you like first?"
"Good—let's start with that."
"Well, Ricky and Reese showed up like we expected them to last night—mumbling and delirious as the rest of them have been."
"Any idea what they were saying?"
"You know—I really didn't ask Rafe—I just saw him earlier and he passed the word on to me."
"Ok, considering that them being delirious would usually fall under confusing news—what is the real confusing news?"
"Oh," she said jumping up to look at him. "The accountant for KayCee's called—was looking over the numbers and such—guess what."
"Ya'll are making a bigger profit than you thought?"
"Yeah, I wish—no, he says that over the past six months a total of $60,000 has gone missing. Poof—just like everyone else—but it hasn't come up anywhere else."
"Well, have you asked around?"
"I was on my way to go over there, but thought I'd stop here first and tell you the news about Ricky and Reese."
"Well, I've got a potential patient coming in a few minutes, go find out what you need—this shouldn't take more than an hour—then I'll be heading home."
"Ok, but be safe—please Kevin? This guy—whoever he is—he's looking for something and I'm worried it's going to be you or Rafe or Alison next."
"You still feel that it's Joshua?"
"Yeah, I do—it's the only thing that's making sense," said Lucy as she closed the door. She was lost in thought when the elevator door opened and she walked in, running into the man that was trying to get off also. They danced around each other and he laughed, saying 'Excuse me', in a British accent—Lucy tried to stop the doors from closing, but by the time she did he had seemed to disappear around a corner.
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PC: 2020
"The British-accented man was JT?"
Lucy smiled, "You know what—this is why we needed you here then, because you seemed to get to the bottom of a mystery faster than any of us," she said as she patted his leg. "So yes, that was JT—and you can guess that Kevin never made it home that night either."
"Was JT his new patient?"
Lucy bit her lip and nodded before continuing the story.
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PC: 2010
"How is he Chris?" asked Lucy as she ran into the ER where Chris was working on papers.
"He's delirious, just like the rest of them. You know, whatever this crazy man has planned—well he's doing a good job of catching these people off guard."
"I was the last person to see Kevin, besides that possible new patient of his."
"Really? Did Kevin give a name or anything?"
"No. Patient confidentiality," she said hitting Chris on the side of the head. "So what is he saying?"
"Something about being drugged, Livvie—oh and he occasionally says something about painting a picture with Alison and—but he never finishes the sentence. Kind of like how Frank never finished the Karen comment before."
"The only picture I can think he's done of Alison is--."
"The one of me and Joshua," finished Alison as her and Rafe walked up. "This guy—he's got a connection to Joshua, a big one, and I'm in the middle of it whether I want to be or not."
"Hey, we found Kevin's keys on him," said Chris as he handed them to Lucy.
"Well, let's go see if this guy left anything there," said Rafe as he led the way.
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"Nothing more than the usual. It's like he left immediately after I did," said Lucy as she looked around. But that wasn't right because he had a new patient—the man in the elevator, his voice and smile—had that been the new patient?
"What's this?" asked Rafe as he picked up a journal of some type—with drawings and notes—with dates from 2003 on them. "Oh crap," he said as he stopped on a page and held it up for both girls to see it—it was the symbol that replaced the 'X' in Elixir. "I'm going to take a huge guess, but this is Joshua's."
Alison took the book from Rafe though he tried to not let her have it, "No Rafe—I've got to read it. You've been in his head before—literally—now it my turn."
She sat on the couch and read—she noted there were pages bent down—but they were newly made, definitely not folded down for seven years. First came a discussion of him turning Frank, then Victor—why hadn't this man taken Victor? Because of Victor's age? No, probably because if she looked later on Victor was rarely mentioned. Frank—he'd been Joshua's lackey from the beginning. She continued to flip pages—seeing everyone's name come into play as it went on, except Rafe and Caleb—even herself and Livvie were mentioned multiple times. "Why hasn't he tried to abduct us four?" she said looking up to Rafe.
"I'm not sure—but nobody has mentioned us in their delirium, so maybe he hasn't realized how much of a factor we really were in his demise?"
"Who is next?" she said as she turned to the last folded down page. This person had highlighted something recently, "Livvie—the moron—she ruined my wonderful plans I had for my bride Alison," she said as she stopped and shivered. "And then to make matters worse, I allowed Franklin to go out and feed—the stupid imbecile has changed Jamal Woods into one of us, hopefully I can find some good use for the man or else I will have to get rid of him," she stopped as she looked up at Rafe. "Jamal."