Madison had spent the rest of the weekend playing house with Scott and Holly; but she no longer trusted him. He seemed to believe her when she told him that she had done some shopping before going to see Randi and he had just missed her when he called. And she pretended to believe him when he told her he's been in the office and hadn't seen Marissa all day…
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When Monday came Scott looked very tense. He spent the morning picking his best suit and making sure his shirt was crisply ironed. It was the big important meeting today although he still hadn't really explained what it was all about. Madison smiled sweetly and kissed him as he left for the office, but as soon as he had gone she bundled Holly into her car seat, climbed into the car and followed him. She couldn't trust that he was just going to the office. She couldn't trust that all this effort wasn't for someone else – namely Marissa…
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Madison found a spot in the far corner of the Chandler Office's parking lot with good view of the main entrance. She had arrived just in time to see Scott enter the building.
She spent the next hour watching the coming and goings with suspicion; keeping an eye out for the familiar sight of short red hair. Her patience was rewarded when Marissa did indeed arrive with Caleb and Liza in tow.
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Madison couldn't get beyond the fact that Scott was seeing Marissa again… her jealousy was too strong for her to remember that Scott had already told her that Marissa was there for the meeting. She just had the images in her head of what she imagined they had got up to on the country hotel and reasoned they would be meeting up to cheat on her again. She had the urge confront Marissa and explain exactly what happens to someone who steals her man! She got out of the car but then stopped when something thumped against the driver's door. That was when Madison realised she had grabbed the tire iron from under the passenger seat and was holding it aggressively in her fist. She dropped it in shock, not really remembering how it got in her hand.
She looked around guiltily for witnesses, but could only see Holly in the back seat watching her with wide innocent eyes…
Madison stared at the tire iron, now on the tarmac beside the open car door. This is what Scott and Marissa's infidelity has driven her too. She was clearly too angry to think straight. She needed an ally… and she knew just the person who would understand… Erica should be at home today… she would know what to do!
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