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"Greta, what are you doing here?" Georgie asked, surprised.
Everyone perked in alarm, Ale almost choked when she heard Greta's name. Edward, Dorsey, Betty, Henry, Patty, and Avery were confused, as they hadn't heard of that name before. Avery leaned into Betty's ear.
"Who's Greta?" Avery asked, whispering.
"I don't know." Betty whispered back.
They didn't know who Greta was, but everyone else did. Mia was wondering what Greta was doing here and hoped she was here to apologize. Greta smiled.
"Your daughter invited me to your Thanksgiving dinner and I was feeling lonely." She explained.
Georgie was confused.
"What about her dad?" he thought.
Annie-Marie was overjoyed to see Greta.
"Thank you for coming! Come in, come in." she said, jumping for joy.
Greta came in, before Georgie could say anything, and looked to see everyone at the dinner table. Everyone except Mia, looked either confused or kept a straight face. Greta looked at Beverly with a smile, which made Beverly tense and uneasy. It was taking everything within Mia not to lash out at Greta and was avoiding eye contact, but it wasn't easy. Annie-Marie rushed into the dining room, went to the empty chair at the dining room table, and pulled it.
"Here. Here's your empty seat." She said.
Greta walked over to the seat and placed the drinks on the table.
"I hope you don't mind, but I brought some drinks for the dinner." She said.
"Oh, thank you, but I'm pregnant." Audrey declined, politely.
"Oh, don't worry, they're non-alcoholic." Greta replied.
Everyone was either confused or alarmed. Henry, Betty, Avery, Edward, Patty, Annie-Marie, and Dorsey didn't know Greta like Ben, Beverly, Mike, Eddie, Richie, Bill, Mia, Georgie, Audrey, and Ale. That "niceness", that smile…something was wrong, but no one could figure it out. Greta sat down, causing Ale to glare at her and Mike to feel uncomfortable. Both scooted their seats to avoid being close to her. Annie-Marie went to her seat, Mia got up from hers and approached Georgie. She leaned into his ear.
"Georgie, what is she doing here?" Mia whispered, unhappy.
"I don't know, I didn't invite her." Georgie whispered back.
Mia and Georgie looked at Greta, than at Annie-Marie
"You don't think…" Mia whispered.
"That Annie-Marie overheard about our old tradition and decided to invite Greta in hopes of reconciling the past? Yes, I think so too." Georgie agreed.
"What do we do?" Mia asked.
"Here, follow my lead." Georgie spoke.
Mia went back to her seat and sat down. There was an uncomfortable silence at the table and there was tension in the air. Greta wouldn't stop staring at Beverly and she was getting uneasy. That smile, something was wrong and no one could figure it out or why they were getting such an uneasy feeling. Annie-Marie was troubled by this and needed to keep the peace.
"So Greta, why do you hate uncle Richie, uncle Eddie, and aunt Beverly so much?" she asked.
Greta snapped out of it and looked at Annie-Marie.
"Your uncles weren't the popular kids back then, your uncle Richie made up jokes that weren't funny and your uncle Eddie was a germophobic freak. But it was your aunt Beverly I hated the most, she was always prettier than me." She explained.
Everyone but Annie-Marie, glared at Greta. Obviously, Richie, Eddie, and Beverly weren't happy about those comments and they knew there were other reasons she hated them so much.
"But now, I come here with an offer to apologize and let bygones be bygones. A toast to new beginnings and for a new era of friendship and peace!" Greta exclaimed.
She grabbed one of the glasses and raised it in the air, hoping that everyone else would do the same, but no one did. Something was wrong, of all the times Greta could've said she was sorry, she picked Thanksgiving to be that day. Plus, why didn't she just go on social media to apologize to Beverly? Maybe she didn't have social media, but either way, she could've at least tried to contact Beverly. Why was it that Greta choose a day like today to apologize to Beverly? Beverly looked at the glass drinks, wondering what they were and if they were alcoholic. She didn't think that Greta knew she was pregnant, but she wouldn't take that chance, especially since she posted her pregnancy announcement on Instagram and her other social media, a few days ago; It's possible that Greta may have saw it. Beverly grabbed one of the glasses, smelled it, than took a few sips. It wasn't so bad, it had a nice green apple-like taste and it wasn't alcoholic. Beverly to another sip, than put it down. Greta smiled and sipped her drink.
"Well, why don't we start eating, shall we?" Georgie spoke.
Everyone looked at Georgie and reluctantly agreed. Ale grabbed the turkey, started cutting it, and then started placing the sliced meat on the other plates, Everyone else soon started to grab on the food they wanted to eat and placing it on their plates. Everyone started eating and soon, people were starting to talk again. Everyone enjoyed the delicious food Mia, Georgie, Mike, and Ben made, even Greta managed to take a few bites and was impressed. Soon, the atmosphere became lively again, and the tension started to die down. Annie-Marie liked this and was glad to see everyone getting along. However, Beverly started to feel dizzy and a little bit sick; Ben noticed this and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, Beverly, are you okay?" he asked.
Everyone else started to notice Beverly feeling sick and stopped eating and talking.
"Beverly, is everything okay?" Audrey asked, concerned.
"Yeah, yeah, everything is…" Beverly spoke, weak.
Suddenly, she collapsed on the ground and started seizing.
"BEVERLY!" Annie-Marie screamed.
Ben got up and held Beverly in his arms, trying to help. Everyone got up their chairs alarmed and Richie, Eddie, and Mia rushed to Beverly's aid. Mike started to call 911, while Betty, Henry, Avery, Edward, Stanley, Patty, Annie-Marie, and Dorsey moved to give them room and they looked at Greta, she was the only one that didn't flinch. Ale picked up Beverly's glass and sniffed it. There was a hint of poison approaching her nose, Ale smashed the glass onto the floor and stood up.
"That bitch! That son of a bitch spiked the drinks!" she shouted.
Bill and everyone else were enraged. It suddenly made sense; Greta spiked the drinks with poison and she had no attention of ever making amends with anyone.
"Damnit Greta, what the hell did you do?!" Bill yelled.
He charged over to Greta, but Greta got up, took out her gun, and pointed it at Bill.
"Stay back, Bill!" Greta warned.
Bill stopped in his tracks and everyone was alarmed by the gun. Nobody dared moved a muscle and Betty wrapped her arms protectively around Annie-Marie and baby David started to cry from all the chaos that surrounded him. Mia was trying her best to get him, but the risk of Greta seeing her and shooting her made her hesitate. Georgie got up from his chair.
"Greta, what the hell, why are you doing this?!" he asked, enraged.
Greta smiled, she turned around, and pointed the gun at him.
"You…You, along with everyone else, are the reason my best friends are dead. Don't think I don't know what Beverly did to Peter Gordon, Belch, and Victor, I know what she did!" Greta shouted.
Annie-Marie was confused, but everyone else was shocked and surprised. How Greta found out about Beverly killing Peter Gordon, Belch, and Victor, no one knows, but one thing's for certain, their revenge theory was true and Greta wasn't done yet. Annie-Marie couldn't believe what was happening, everything was going so well, she never expected anything like this to happen; especially on Thanksgiving.
"So what, you were going to let Beverly die like this?!" Ben asked, enraged.
"Exactly, you all are going to watch as Beverly dies, right here in Ben's arms. You'll know exactly how it feels to loose everything you love, especially her!" Greta spoke, wickedly.
Mike was the first to rush towards Greta and struggle for the gun, Mia managed to get baby David from the baby seat and everyone ducked in case of the gun went off. After an accidental shot fired, Mike managed to get the gun out of Greta's hand and threw it over the counter. Realizing that her plan was ruined, Greta pushed past Avery and ran out of the house. Mike chased after her.
"Go, take Beverly to the hospital, now!" he ordered.
After Mike ran out of the door, Ben picked up Beverly and started to leave the house. Richie and Eddie helped by opening the door and getting Beverly into the car.
"I'm heading to the hospital!" Ben shouted.
"We'll follow you!" Mia shouted.
After she managed to calm down baby David, she placed him into the baby carrier and Georgie got the car keys. Everyone got their stuff together and started to head to their cars. Annie-Marie, baby David, Mia, and Georgie got into their car and immediately drove to the hospital. Annie-Marie couldn't believe what had happened, everything was going so well and people were getting along, but then Greta betrayed her trust and poisoned Beverly. Now, Annie-Marie couldn't help but feel responsible for everything that has happened.