6 - Maria and Annie
It was a few days later. Maria was walking along a street in Sunset Beach thinking to herself. She looked at the small bandage which was now on her arm and thought of Eric.
"Hmm.. " she said smiling to herself.
Suddenly a police car drove up stopped in front of her.
"Eric!" she exclaimed.
"Hi Maria" he grinned. "Long time, no see."
"What's been going on with you?" she asked. "Maria, you won't believe what's happened." "No tell," said Maria as Eric parked the car. She got into the other front seat.
"Gregory Richards is alive," he Eric.
Maria thought of Gregory and Ben, but only briefly.
"What!"
"Yup. Annie found Olivia and Tobias in her bed. Tobias wasn't wearing his fake nose."
"His fake nose?" Maria asked quizzically.
"Yeah, get this. It turns out that Gregory was disguised as Tobias all along -and he told Olivia about it."
"Then Olivia and Gregory still love each other," she said.
"They do," he agreed. "Ruiz and I arrested Gregory for murder and Olivia for aiding and abetting a fugitive."
"What does Annie think of all this?"
"She couldn't be happier. She hated Gregory in the end."
"I know," said Maria reflectively. "I have to go see her."
"You're a great friend to her, Maria."
"She's the best friend I have," she said.
"I feel the same way about your brother," he said.
They smiled at each other.
"Do you want me to drop you off at the Richards' Mansion?" he asked after a while.
"Yes," she said realizing that they had been looking at each other for quite some times..
They drove to the mansion, but before Maria got out, Eric asked her a question. "Maria, would you like to get some dinner with me tonight? I thought we could, discuss Ricardo, -among other things."
"All right Eric, that would be .nice" said Maria a little cautiously.
"I'll pick you up from Carmen's at seven."
"Okay."
After he left, Maria rang the doorbell. Rose answered and called Annie down for her.
"Maria!" said Annie hugging her careful not to hurt the arm. "Come upstairs."
Upstairs in Annie's room the best friends talked.
"I had Rose boil the sheets after I found Olivia and Gregory in them," Annie explained as they sat down on the bed.
"Yeah, Eric told me everything," said Maria.
"Eric?"
"Officer Spencer," Maria explained.
"Oh," said Annie giving Maria a sly look.
"*What*?" said Maria.
"Nothing, oh nothing," said Annie pretending to dismiss it. "You know it's a great day Maria. Gregory and Olivia are in jail. AJ has gone to find Cole in Europe. That means that Trey can be raised by Cole and Caitlin."
"It's unusual for you to be so happy about the Richards family, Annie."
"Well I'm in great form Maria. Now that Gregory is behind bars, there's nothing he can do to me. You now I let that man get me down! Annie *Douglas* will never let that happen again!" She turned on the radio with the remote control. "Let's celebrate!" But instead of the dancing music she was expecting, a news flash was on instead.
"This just in to KSUN. Gregory and Olivia Richards have escaped from the Orange County Penitentiary."
Maria and Annie fell back on the bed in shock.
It was a few days later. Maria was walking along a street in Sunset Beach thinking to herself. She looked at the small bandage which was now on her arm and thought of Eric.
"Hmm.. " she said smiling to herself.
Suddenly a police car drove up stopped in front of her.
"Eric!" she exclaimed.
"Hi Maria" he grinned. "Long time, no see."
"What's been going on with you?" she asked. "Maria, you won't believe what's happened." "No tell," said Maria as Eric parked the car. She got into the other front seat.
"Gregory Richards is alive," he Eric.
Maria thought of Gregory and Ben, but only briefly.
"What!"
"Yup. Annie found Olivia and Tobias in her bed. Tobias wasn't wearing his fake nose."
"His fake nose?" Maria asked quizzically.
"Yeah, get this. It turns out that Gregory was disguised as Tobias all along -and he told Olivia about it."
"Then Olivia and Gregory still love each other," she said.
"They do," he agreed. "Ruiz and I arrested Gregory for murder and Olivia for aiding and abetting a fugitive."
"What does Annie think of all this?"
"She couldn't be happier. She hated Gregory in the end."
"I know," said Maria reflectively. "I have to go see her."
"You're a great friend to her, Maria."
"She's the best friend I have," she said.
"I feel the same way about your brother," he said.
They smiled at each other.
"Do you want me to drop you off at the Richards' Mansion?" he asked after a while.
"Yes," she said realizing that they had been looking at each other for quite some times..
They drove to the mansion, but before Maria got out, Eric asked her a question. "Maria, would you like to get some dinner with me tonight? I thought we could, discuss Ricardo, -among other things."
"All right Eric, that would be .nice" said Maria a little cautiously.
"I'll pick you up from Carmen's at seven."
"Okay."
After he left, Maria rang the doorbell. Rose answered and called Annie down for her.
"Maria!" said Annie hugging her careful not to hurt the arm. "Come upstairs."
Upstairs in Annie's room the best friends talked.
"I had Rose boil the sheets after I found Olivia and Gregory in them," Annie explained as they sat down on the bed.
"Yeah, Eric told me everything," said Maria.
"Eric?"
"Officer Spencer," Maria explained.
"Oh," said Annie giving Maria a sly look.
"*What*?" said Maria.
"Nothing, oh nothing," said Annie pretending to dismiss it. "You know it's a great day Maria. Gregory and Olivia are in jail. AJ has gone to find Cole in Europe. That means that Trey can be raised by Cole and Caitlin."
"It's unusual for you to be so happy about the Richards family, Annie."
"Well I'm in great form Maria. Now that Gregory is behind bars, there's nothing he can do to me. You now I let that man get me down! Annie *Douglas* will never let that happen again!" She turned on the radio with the remote control. "Let's celebrate!" But instead of the dancing music she was expecting, a news flash was on instead.
"This just in to KSUN. Gregory and Olivia Richards have escaped from the Orange County Penitentiary."
Maria and Annie fell back on the bed in shock.