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ADI GALLIA1 : Arr, I need a new best friend as well lol – you can't have enough best friends lol. Anyways thanks for the support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
MEADOW567 : You'll have to wait and see whether she confesses or not won't you lol. Anyways thanks for the support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
A : That was rather confusing – you don't want it to end, yet you're dying for it to finish lol. Trust me, it will end lol. Anyways thanks for the support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
xXxSARAHxXx : Oh I think it would get far too confusing if I brought Tommy into it lol. Anyways thanks for the support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
BLONDE-BRAIN : If I told you that, I'd have to kill you. And anyways who say's Tammy is going to confess lol. Anyways thanks for the support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
AGEL15 : Yeah, I can just see Guy and Charlie taking over Sherlock Holmes and Watson can't you lol – now that would be funny lol. Anyways thanks for your support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
EMMY : She's only dim because she loves him that much – have some sympathy lol. I kinda thought banging your head on a wall would hurt – but you know what hurts even more – crashing head first into a lamppost at great speed lol. Glad you like it lol. Anyways thanks for the support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
KATIE : 2nd is great, I mean you must have been great to get 2nd and so what, you didn't get 1st you have to climb the ladder lol. I suppose I should be glad that you want to kill Tammy, though I have no idea why lol. I'll see what I can do, but again no promises, but I have a surprise in store for you - not this story, not my next one, but the one after lol. Anyways thanks for your support and review. CHEERS MI DEARS!!!!
Chapter 12
CHARLIE'S P.O.V
By the time me and Guy surfaced, the ducks sat around the living room, Connie no where to be seen, though I suspected that she was no longer in bed but had gone around to see the ever loving Brian. One look at Adam's nodding head, told me what I needed to know. I sat down heavily, still a little drowsy and the way things had gone earlier had left me feeling lethargic. I motioned toward the kitchen with my head, to Adam, who slowly stood up and headed that way, with me.
"So how'd things go"? Adam whispered.
"Not good, not good at all". I answered.
"What now"? He asked.
"I don't know. I suppose we have to tell Julie first. We have to sort something today, but with Connie not being around, there's no way we can get rid of Julie while we sort something". I told him, seeing him nod before we headed back to the living room.
I sat almost opposite Julie, who was messing around with Averman and Portman, or to put it more correct, they were messing around, and she was blocked in between them. I couldn't help but think we had literally 24 hours to plan something that would drop Brian in it, showing Connie just exactly what a sleaze ball he truly was. I rubbed my eyes, then slowly ran my hands through my hair. I didn't know how to start, but it was obvious that none of the others were going to do it.
"Julie, there's something we have to tell you". I began, avoiding eye contact with her.
"Ok". She answered, suspiciously.
"It's about Brian". I glanced up at her, seeing the confusion in her face. "He's been cheating on Connie".
"Oh that's a good one Charlie". She started laughing, but stopped when she realized none of us were joining in. "Please God tell me you're joking". She glanced at each of us.
"We're not sweetie. Me and Charlie borrowed Connie's keys yesterday and let ourselves into his apartment, after Guy rang the hotel he's staying at and checked up on him". Adam squeezed her shoulder.
"Just, rewind a minute will you. You check up on him, then you just let yourself into his apartment. What were you thinking? God I knew none of you particularly liked him, but Jesus, why didn't you just hire a private investigator".
"Look, I know we probably didn't do things the right way, but we all felt there was something weird going on with him, we had to, Julie. We rang the hotel and they told us that the room was booked under a Mr. Litterall and a Miss Moreau. I don't know about you, but I can't particularly remember Connie going out there with him. Then Guy rang the room, and she answered. So me and Adam went around to his apartment and found his and her briefcase. That and the fact that they were supposed to be on a business trip, pretty much solved everything for us. Then when we went to the airport, we saw them together, but he's playing smart and 'explained' they were just colleagues". I explained.
"Why haven't you told Connie yet. Has it slipped your minds or something with all the excitement or something"? I could tell she wasn't particularly mad at us for doing what we had, she was more upset that both herself and Connie had been left out of the loop.
"No, but we couldn't tell her anything until we had proof". Adam tried calming her.
"You better tell her as soon as she comes home then".
"We can't. She wouldn't believe us". Portman offered.
"She would, I mean you said yourself she saw them together this morning".
"Arr, that's another slight problem". I told her. Oh God this whole thing was one big mess.
"The, err, the 'mistress' , is well an old friend". Guy supplied.
"What do you mean 'an old friend'"?
"I don't know whether you ever met her though Connie, but she was on the team before you joined, Tammy"... I began.
"Duncan". Both Julie and myself said together.
"Now you know why we can't say anything until we have proof. Even if she didn't believe Brian, she'd believe Tammy". Adam explained.
"So what do we do now"? Julie asked.
"Come up with a plan". Ken offered.
We spent the remainder of the afternoon, trying to think up different ways, the only thing we could come up with, was tracking Tammy down, and persuading her to come clean to Connie. Though tracking Tammy down was another slight problem. Though we had her home address and phone number, she hadn't picked up when we called.
"Brian said she was a colleague, didn't he. Ring his work". Julie suggested.
So we tried that, and though we were told a Tammy Duncan did work there, she wasn't apparently accepting any phone calls at the moment. Eventually, I decided to go down there, in hope of seeing her, with Julie in tow. We got as far as Tammy's floor, where the receptionist stopped us, asking us who we wanted to see. When we told her, she replied simply that Tammy had appointments all day, and would be unable to see us. After much begging, the receptionist offered us the option of booking an appointment with her the following day and leaving the building, or we could be escorted from the building by security. Seeing that our only chance to see Tammy was through an appointment, we booked one for first thing in the morning, under the false name of Connor and Julie Banks, knowing that Tammy couldn't possibly figure it out that it was us. After that we left straight away, not wanting to bring anymore attention to ourselves that we had already.
"Charlie, we don't have a choice, we have to tell her tonight". Julie told me in the cab.
"And say what Julie? She wouldn't believe us, she thinks he truly, madly, deeply loves her". I protested.
"But Charlie, her wedding is tomorrow, we can't break the news to her then, it'd kill her. She thinks tomorrow is going to be the best day of her life".
"Well what do you suggest we do, tell her tonight, have her not believe us and ban her from the wedding and her life all together. I'm telling you, unless we can show her some proof, she wouldn't believe us. She's too much in love with this jerk to think he'd do such a thing to her".
"Yeah, and if we keep this a secret from us, she'll hate us for it". She argued.
"Well it's your call Jule's, it really is. If you think you can tell her, then tell her, otherwise, I'm keeping my mouth shut, until after I've talked with Tammy tomorrow".
With that the subject seemed to drop, until we got back to the apartment, and filled the guys in. Neither me or Julie said anything about saying anything to Connie about it. Mainly I knew if Julie was going to attempt at telling her, he didn't need the pressure the guys would put on her.
An hour or so later, Connie returned home, might I add alone, as usual. Apparently, a few of Brian's mates, were wanting to take him out for his last drink as a single man, though we all knew otherwise. Connie had decided she wanted to spend the night with us, though I couldn't decide exactly why she hadn't wanted to go out with a few of her other friends. After a while, Connie excused herself, saying she wanted to get everything ready for tomorrow. Apparently, her and Julie were booked in at the hairdressers in the morning after they'd had facials, then they were coming back here, to get changed and everything until we all headed to the ceremony.
"Charlie, you've got your tux right"? Connie shouted, just before she closed her door after Julie had followed.
"Yeah, I got it day before yesterday, it's hung up in my room". I shouted back, feeling sick to my stomach.
When had life turned out so complicated. You know I used to think that everything was so simple – boy meets girl, boy marries girl, boy and girl live happily ever after. Never had any of that included, picking the wrong girl or guy. I leant back into the sofa, closing my eyes, and rubbing them. Before I could stop them, pictures of Connie's face once the truth was revealed, popped into my head. I could almost reach out and touch the tears that rolled down her cheeks. It was enough to force my eyes back open, to try and rid myself of the image. It was then that I decided, that Brian would pay for everything, in one way or another. I was going to make him pay, make him pay for hurting Connie, my Connie.
I looked around the room, and almost instanteously, could tell they were thinking similar thoughts to myself. I smiled slightly, thinking how much poor old Brian was going to regret his existence by the end of tomorrow, by the time the ducks had finished with him. In a way, it made everything that little bit more worth while.
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