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Liz Sanbourne
Liz walked into the Harmony Police Department and made her way to the front desk. "I'm here to see T.C. Russell," she said to the officer there.
"Is he expecting you?" the man asked.
"Well, no, but I really do need to speak with him, I was hoping you might not mind, please officer," Liz said putting on her sweetest smile.
The policeman paused for a moment. "I can give you ten minutes with him, but that's all I can do, and you should be thankful for getting that."
"Oh, I am, officer, thank you very much." He led Liz down some hallways and eventually they reached T.C.'s cell.
"Mr. Russell, you have a visitor," the officer said.
T.C. was sitting on the cot inside his cell staring into space. At the sound of their officer's voice, T.C. did nothing. He remained silent, back to his guest, not moving in anyway.
"Well, good luck with him. I'll be back in ten minutes," the officer said to Liz, letting her enter the cell."
"Thank you, again." Liz watched as the officer retraced his steps to the front desk. She turned her eyes to T.C. "Hello, T.C." There was no response. "T.C., please, don't ignore me. I've come to see you."
"Why are you here, Liz? What do you want?" T.C. asked turning towards her. His eyes were so cold and hollow, no emotion in them, staring right at Liz. She felt like he was looking into her, deep into her soul, seeing her for what she really was. She looked away, breaking their eye contact. She couldn't bear that feeling, of him gazing into her deepest thoughts and feelings.
"I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am, for everything that has happened. Finding out about Eve, I know it wasn't easy for. You didn't deserve any of this," Liz started looking down at his feet and slowly working her way back up to his face.
"Oh please, Liz," T.C. responded blinking and interrupting his cold glare. "Don't pretend like you actually care. You don't have a heart; you proved that when I realized that you were plotting against Eve."
"T.C., don't say that. Yes, I wanted revenge on my sister, and yes, I wanted to see her suffer, but I did care about you, I still do, and I always will."
"How can you say you cared about me? You destroyed my family."
"You deserved to know the truth about your wife. She didn't deserve to be happy. But you do, T.C. And you can be happy, with me."
T.C. looked at her in shock. "You mean you want to be with me?"
"Yes, T.C., I love you. In a few short months you will be out of here. Then you and I can start fresh. We could leave Harmony. We could go to St. Lisa's, you would love it there."
"And you think," T.C. interrupted, "that I actually want to be with you?"
"What?" Liz asked, taken aback.
"Don't you get it, Liz? I want nothing to do with you. You destroyed my life, my family. And the whole time I let you into my house and treated you like family. Then I find out that all you ever wanted was to destroy my wife."
"I wasn't without my reasons. Have you forgotten all of the horrible things my sister did to me? I needed to get revenge. She was a whore and a drug addict, Julian's whore to be exact. She was living a lie. The only way for me to heal from what she did to me was to destroy her."
"I know all of that, Liz. And I know that the truth coming out was a good thing. It made me open my eyes about Eve. And I want nothing to do with that slut. Oh, you've gotten your revenge, isn't that enough? You destroyed Eve, and perhaps she even deserved it, but do you realize how many innocent people were hurt by all of it."
"But that's not my fault, T.C. I wasn't the one who let the cat out of the bag. I could've told you for over a year, and I didn't. I wanted to protect you."
"Protect me? Look around you. Look at where you are. You're in a jail cell, my jail cell. I'm in prison. Yeah, you did a really good job protecting me."
Liz looked down at his sarcastic tone. She couldn't look at him. He hated her, and all she wanted was to end up with him. "Ok," Liz tried a different approach," but I wasn't there when the truth came out. So I couldn't help you to calm down. But I'm here now. I want you to know I'm here for you."
"Well that means nothing to me. I've lost everything, and you can't make up for that."
"But you could start a new life with me. A life based on truth. You know everything about me right from the start, no surprises."
"Don't flatter yourself, Liz, thinking you're some damn consolation prize. I want nothing to do with Eve because she's Julian's whore. But you are no better. You are a heartless bitch. You care more about revenge than anything else. I could never love you, you make me sick."
"But T.C., I love you. All I wanted was to do to my sister what she did to me. But it's over now, I'm done. I can finally love again, and allow myself to be loved. I finally have closure."
"Well you won't be loved by me."
"Please, T.C. You're just upset right now, I know we could work."
"No we couldn't. I wouldn't even want to try it. So you know what? Go back to St. Lisa's Go back to wherever the hell you came from and stay there. You are evil and conniving. I never want to see you again."
"T.C. you don't mean that," Liz said, tears coming to her eyes.
"But I do mean it, Liz. I hate you. I hate Eve. I hate Julian. I don't want anything to do with any of you. As soon as I get out of this place, I'm leaving Harmony. I can't stay here any longer."
"Please reconsider. We could be so happy."
"I would be miserable. I will never love you," T.C. said staring into Liz's eyes. They said it all, cold and emotionless, he meant what he said. His face was expressionless. He had been hardened into a man who no longer had a heart. He would never love again.
"Ten minutes are up," the officer interrupted, opening the door to the cell. Liz looked up, wiping the tears from her eyes. She hadn't even heard him returning. "Miss, I'm sorry, but it's time to go."
"Yes," Liz managed to get out, "I'll leave now." As she walked out of the cell she turned back to take one last look at T.C. His back was toward her as it was when she first arrived. He was looking out the barred window. He had shut her out completely. She already felt like he was a million miles away. "Goodbye, T.C.," she whispered to no one.
She couldn't believe how things were ending between her and T.C. She lost everyone she loved. It seemed a pattern in her life, always losing people, they always left her, abandoned her, or told her to go away. It was so unfair. Why couldn't she ever find happiness? Why was she destined to be alone? All she wanted was a loving husband, and children who loved her. All she wanted was a family, something she had never had before. But obviously, T.C. was not going to be a part of it. She didn't know what else to say to him to try to convince him. There was nothing left to say. He made his feelings quite clear, Liz would leave him alone now. She had finally got her revenge, yet she still had so much pain in her life. Maybe revenge was not the answer she thought to herself. The truth needed to come out, but maybe I should not have had the idea of destroying her life. I should have forgiven her, and tried to help her through this. But it was too late now. Even if she could forgive Eve, which she couldn't despite it being the right thing to do, Eve would never accept her apology. Why should she? Liz put her hand to her head; her thoughts were racing so fast.
"Are you alright, miss?" the officer brought her back to reality.
"Yes," Liz said breaking her thoughts. "Thank you again for letting me visit."
With that Liz left the station. She began to walk down the street not knowing where to go. A little bit further down she saw Whitney walking hand in hand with her new boyfriend, Fox. She watched as Whitney took one look at her, then crossed the street and ducked into a shop in order to avoid her. She really was alone. She had always thought that out of Eve's destruction she would gain a family. T.C. would be hers, and Whitney and Simone would be like daughters to her. But things don't always work out as planned…
Liz continued to walk, not knowing where to turn. She came to the Book Café and went inside. She saw Simone sitting at a table with Miguel and Charity in the corner. Her heart felt so heavy, watching Simone. She looked…happy. She was smiling, something that didn't happen very often anymore. Liz crossed over to a table and sat down. Simone noticed her and suddenly her smile disappeared. She apologized to Miguel and Charity for having to leave them so abruptly and quickly left the Café walking as far away from Liz's table as was possible. Those were her last meetings with T.C., Whitney, and Simone.
She continued to sit there and watch Miguel and Charity. They were so happy together. That could have been her and T.C. They could have been just like that. The couple stood up, leaving some money on the table. Charity whispered something to Miguel, and he wrapped his arms around her. They walked out of the café, saying goodbye to Beth on the way out. It was then, after seeing the happiest couple in Harmony, when she realized that there was only one thing she could do. She had to return to St. Lisa's. There she had plenty of people who loved her, who would know nothing of what she had done in Harmony.
A few days later, Liz was sitting on a plan, waiting to take off for the island. When the plane took off she had one final view of Harmony. A single tear rolled down her cheek. She thought about the time she had spent there, the people whose lives she had turned upside-down there. Sure, she had come, saw and conquered; but ironically she seemed to leave a more broken person than she had come. For the rest of her life, Liz lived on St. Lisa's. A few years after getting back from Harmony, she met and married a man. The marriage was not a happy one. He was an alcoholic, and he abused her. In turn, Liz soon turned to alcohol to escape from the beatings. She landed herself in rehab and after getting out, she divorced him. She moved away from St. Lisa's, everyone there was disgusted with her. She remarried a wonderful man, a new priest in the local church. He had never had a sip of alcohol, nor would he ever hurt a fly. He knew nothing about her childhood, about how her father raped her. He also didn't know about the lives she had set out to and achieved in destroying in Harmony. He also didn't know about her first marriage, or her time spent in rehab. She lived out her life with this man, and he never discovered the truth about her past. It was funny how she felt no shame in building a relationship on lies. Perhaps it was just lucky for her that Eve, who had learned of Liz's doings since leaving Harmony, didn't care enough to destroy Liz's life like her life had been destroyed.