Kate came back after a while. Liv opened the door quickly and locked it again.
"Did you get everything?" Liv asked.
"I think so." Kate said and with shaky hands she handed her big brown handbag to Liv. "You know my husband gave me this handbag last year as a Christmas gift. Its beautiful isn't it?" Kate asked. Her voice trembling.
Liv took Kate's hands and said. "Everything is going to be fine Kate. Look you don't have to stay up here to see this."
"My husband's a doctor nothing shocks me anymore. Were in this together." Kate said and tried to smile.
Liv just nodded her head.
"So how is Stella doing down there?" Bonnie asked. She was busy putting on gloves.
Kate chuckled nervously. "I think she's keeping it up down there with her guests."
"Bon be careful. We must not leave any DNA on the body. Are you ready?" Liv asked Bonnie.
"Let's do this and called it a night." Bonnie said.
For the next hour and a half Bonnie and Liv cleaned up the room. Liv with her photogenic mind put every article back where it originally belongs. Kate had brought four big plastic bags. They rolled Edward's body like a mummy in the plastic bags and dragged him to the bathroom. Liv locked the door and she placed the key in her pocket.
Kate, Bonnie and Liv looked at the room when they were done. "Its as if nothing has happened in here." Kate said softly.
"That's because nothing happened." Liv said. The three women looked at the lock bathroom door and it was Bonnie who asked the question. "What about the body?"
Bonnie's phone ring loudly in her handbag and all three women jumped at the sound.
"Lord have mercy! I almost had a heart attack." Kate said with wide eyes.
Bonnie took out her phone. "Its Damon. Should I answer it? He will not stop calling and the last thing I want is for him to come here."
"Do not answer. Damon's hearing is extremely good. He will have questions why are there no party noise around you. You know how he can imagine the weirdest scenarios. Call him back in two minutes. Tell him you couldn't hear your phone and when you did check your phone and saw his missed calls you decided to call him back but not before you had to find a nice quiet place to hear him better." Liv said and picked up her handbag.
Bonnie put her phone on silence and put it back in her handbag.
Liv walked out last wiping the door handle with her white handkerchief and closed it behind her.
Downstairs Stella was mingling and entertaining her guests like the socialite hostess she's groomed herself to be.
Bonnie, Liv and Kate found Caroline outside sitting by a table.
"Is everything in order?" Caroline asked softly.
Kate nodded her head.
"I should go and call Damon." Bonnie said and got up quickly.
"Do you guys think Stella can keep her mouth shut? I'm on edge here. Just waiting for her to spill it all." Caroline asked and looked at Stella where she is laughing with her guests.
"She knows she's got everything to lose. She's not that dumb." Liv said and took a small sip of her champagne.
"She deserves an Oscar. I mean her paedophile husband is laying dead with a bullet wound in the head in their room and she's down here sharing champagne with the cream of society. She's my new hero." Caroline said and took a big sip of her mango juice.
Kate choked on her champagne.
Bonnie came back and said. "The kids are in bed. Damon are playing with the twins. Just wanted to know how the party is going so far."
"How the party is going? Boy is he in for a surprise." Caroline said and made wide eyes at the group. The women laughed.
Stella came to their table with a new full glass of champagne. "You guys still having a good time ladies?" She asked with a cheery smile.
"Of course we are. Your parties are always the best Stella." Bonnie said and smiled at her.
Stella choked on her champagne and laughed loudly. "You got that right Bonnie. Who are we going to kill next?" She whispered softly to the women and winked at them.
"You need to take it slow with the alcohol Stella." Liv warned her.
"Well I don't want to go to bed knowing who might raise up from the you know what, and choke me until I also end up you know where." Stella whispered softly. It was clearly that Stella was starting to get drunk out of her mind.
"Just hold it out for a few more hours Stella." Bonnie said and squeezed Stella's hand comfortingly.
Mystique Lakes social news reporter came to their table and asked if he can take a picture of the four women with Stella. He will be the first one to get a picture of the famous Olivia Pope without begging for it. He thought gleefully.
"Say cheese for the camera and smile." Stella said as the camera click. Taking a few pics of them. The young reporter repeatedly thanked Olivia and gave her his card if she ever wants to do an article. He was the right man to call.
"I hope they can use that picture for our mug shot. Believe me, ugly police mug shots is a sentence by itself. It can get you twenty to life." Stella said and emptied her glass. "Excuse me ladies." Stella said and strutted away.
Bonnie laughed her ass off.
For the rest of the night Bonnie, Olivia, Kate and Caroline mingled with the guests. There were so many guests that demanded Livs attention.
It was around three in the morning that all the guests started to leave. Now it was only Bonnie, Liv, Kate, Caroline and Stella left in the house.
"No, no, no, I don't want him in this house. Can't you take the body and dumped it somewhere?" Stella asked highly upset.
"Dump him where? At the local park?" Caroline asked with sarcasm.
"Your not the one that has to sleep with a dead body in your home Caroline Forbes. I'm alone in here for God shake. What if his not dead and comes back to ... to ...you know to take me out.
"With a bullet hole in the head? Highly unlikely." Caroline said.
"I can keep the body. I mean we. We have a fridge in our basement. We hardly use it. Nobody goes down there anyway and my husband is not home." Kate said softly.
"Not a murderer for two hours and your already a pro Kate." Stella said and emptied her glass of champagne. "I need something stronger." Stella said but Liv stopped her. "That's enough! We are all in this together. If you slip up just once then it's over. We are calling it a night. Kate? Bonnie and I will help you with the body. You go straight to bed and sleep it off Stella."
Stella swallowed hard and nodded her head. Looking near tears and vulnerable.
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Caroline who came with Kate was dropped of first. They drove to the Henderson's house, Liv and Bonnie following in their cars. Kate parked her car in the garage. The body of Edward was in the trunk of Kate's car. Closing the garage door with the remote behind her. Liv and Bonnie went inside and together they dragged Edwards body to the basement and put it in the fridge.
The women left the basement silently and walked out. They said their goodbyes and Bonnie got in her car and Liv in hers. Glad that their ordeal was over.
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