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Curly's was more than happy to hire Asa and he started right away. Jessica could be seen walking around with new jewelry and nice coats. Her face was glowing and she actually looked happy. Any time Manfred or Asa passed each other on the streets, the glared at each other. Once, Asa actually pulled out his knife.

One unusually foggy morning Manfred walked in and ordered. Asa spit on his food. The other cooks sniggered. Rich boys didn't belong in this part of town, especially not to take the town sweetheart.

On his smoking break, Asa watched as a very busty and very pregnant woman began to approach him. She wore a tight green dress and flats. Her blonde hair was wavy and it cascaded past her shoulders. She was very pretty and on her hand she wore a giant diamond wedding ring.

"Are you Asa Pike?" She asked. Asa nodded. She squealed and wrapped her arms around him. "You look great!" She cried.

"You too….Dorcas." Asa said awkwardly as she let go and stepped back. She looked fondly down at her pregnant stomach.

"I didn't think you would recognize me!" She beamed. "Can you belive that I actually got married to Manfred Bloor?" She held up the wedding ring hand. "And It was you I used to have a crush on!"

"You and Manfred are married?" Asa went wide eyed. "You don't say."

Dorcas nodded and walked into the diner. Something fishy was going on and Asa wanted to get to the bottom of it. Asa put out is cigarette and walked back into the kitchen. He sniggered when Manfred hid behind the newspaper he was holding. When Dorcas had her back turned, he snuck out.

"Miss Jessie and her new boyfriend left town." A little girl told Asa the next morning. "They went to Paris. Can you believe it?" "How romantic!" Another girl swooned.

Asa shrugged them off and walked into Curly's. A lone woman sitting in a booth stared him down. She had elegant curly black hair, large dark eyes, and a nose that looked almost too perfect to be natural.

"Asa!" She called. Asa gave her a strange look but walked over anyway.

"Um, yeah?"

"It's me. Zelda Dobinski. We went to high school together."

"Oh my god, are you serious? Your nose, it doesn't dominate your face anymore!"

"Yeah yeah yeah." Zelda rolled her eyes and showed him an engagement ring on her finger. "Manfred proposed."

"Really?" Asa gave a fake smile. What a sick sick man. "Soooo, what brings you out here?" "I heard Manfred was here."

"Zelda…." Asa sat down across from her and gently took her hand. "You're stuck in a very sick scam." Zelda gave him a strange look. Asa explained. "Manfred has a wife and another fiancée. He took his Fiancée Jessica to Paris and he married Dorcas."

Zelda slammed her head down on the table. "How could I be so foolish! I suspected something was going on…." She jumped up. "We're going to Red City."

"Why?" Asa frowned. "I told you they were in Paris. Plus I have a job here." "Well. You probably live with your mom and you could use an adventure. Let's go!"