Dani Davis

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She sat at the coffee shop, quietly staring at the wall next to her. She was on edge, and the caffeine probably wasn't helping. She was trying to pay attention to the person talking in front of her, but was having a difficult time doing so. Something didn't feel right, and she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched.

Coffee had been Dani's suggestion, and she had to admit she was relieved to get away from the staring eyes of Matt and Pablo, if only for a little while. It seemed as if Dani knew she was spacing, or wasn't fully there because a hand was gently waved in front of her eyes a few seconds later. Shaking her head slowly, she turned her attention back to Dani and what she was saying.

"Kris, were you listening to a word of what I was just saying?" she asked, and she didn't look amused.

Kris could feel her head slowly shaking no, and she felt guilty. She hadn't told anyone where she had gone and yet no one had asked her. It wasn't like she hadn't wanted them to know, it was just that a huge weight felt like it had been lifted off her shoulders and she wanted to savor the feeling for awhile.

She could see Dani looking at her again, and she realized she must have asked her a question. Not really knowing how to respond Kris looked down at her drink and then replied "I'm sorry, what did you ask." Dani seemed to frown before replying "Kris, I asked you what all Matt had told you. Are you feeling ok, you don't really seem like you are here." She questioned.

Kris really wasn't sure how to precisely describe what she was feeling and going through at that moment. It wasn't that she didn't trust Dani; they had become friends quite awhile ago, but more an unwillingness to talk about it.

"I-I honestly don't know Dani. If it's not one thing it's another."

Dani seemed to smile before responding, "You have a babysitter for Jason, and you were planning on staying at Raintree anyways. Let's go out dancing, it's been forever since we went to the club."

She could feel herself smiling, maybe a night out would be good for her. After agreeing to go out that night, she realized that she still hadn't asked Dani any of the questions that she needed answers to.

"Dani, can I ask you something?"

"Sure" she replied hesitantly.

"Dani, do you know anything about who was actually blackmailing Junior?"

Dani seemed to look around before answering. "Kris, I wasn't even supposed to know what was going on. I overheard Junior on the phone one day, while he was in the stables. I questioned him about it. I couldn't get much, if anything out of him."

"But Dani," Kris questioned "Then how did you know it was about me?"

"Because of what I overheard." She replied.

There was a loud bang, as a door was slammed. She could hear muffled voices and she could tell that Junior was frustrated about something.

"You have got to be kidding me." He yelled and she could hear a loud crash. Peeking through the crack in the door she saw the contents of the desk strewn across the floor. He sat with his head in his hand and the other holding the phone up to his ear. His eyes were clenched tight, and a frown was strewn across the bottom of his face.

She saw his face flash with anger before she heard him reply to the person on the phone "I swear to god, if you touch her it will be the last thing you ever do." He sat and listened to the person on the phone, and seemed to be contemplating something.

"Fine, where do we meet?" he asked. She watched as he jotted a few notes on a slip of paper before he slipped it into his pocket. Hanging up his phone he let out a huge sigh before chucking the phone against the wall.

Taken by surprise Dani couldn't help the gasp that escaped her lips. As he walked over and slowly pushed the door open she came into his view. He definitely did not look happy to see her.

"Dani, what all did you hear?"

"I heard enough, Junior. You want to tell me what is going on?"

He looked at her and frowned. He seemed to be contemplating something but she wasn't sure what.

"Junior, are you being blackmailed?" she asked.

He took a moment and looked at her and she could see sadness in his eyes that wasn't there before.

"Dani you have to promise me, you won't tell anyone."

"Junior, are you sure you know what you are doing?"

"Dani, promise me."

"I promise Junior, just be careful."

Kris sat and listened to Dani explain the events of that day. She had been married to Junior and she had never seen him that mad. She wondered who the other person on the phone was and why he tried to keep it such a big secret. She looked questioningly at Dani, silently wondering if she wasn't really telling her the whole story.

"Kris, I promise you, if I thought that anything was going to come out of it I would have said something to someone. It wasn't the first time our family had been blackmailed; I thought he had it under control."

Kris continued to watch Dani as she looked down at her coffee and stirred it with the spoon. Something was bugging her about the way Dani was acting and it made her question her story.

What was Dani not telling her?