Mystique Lakes Exalted Phoenix Hotel
Damon walked into the luxurious room. "Make yourself at home Elena."
"Thank you Damon." Elena said softly.
Damon walked to a closet and took out a blanket and pillow. He silently walked back to the door and said. "Good night. Or should I say good morning."
"Damon where are you going?" Elena asked confused.
"To my room Elena. I'm not sharing a room with you." Damon said and closed the door behind him.
Springs was stunned to see Damon with the hotels white blanket and pillow under his arm walking out of the door.
"Close your mouth Springs haven't you swallow enough flies back at school?" Damon asked with a smirk.
Damon walked to the park. Once there he picked out a bench for him. He made himself a bed on the bench. Damon sigh when he lay down. He closed his eyes as tears started to roll down his cheeks. You only got yourself to blame Damy old boy. Like your father always said. You are like me. Born to fuck up. Damon said to himself. Damon turned his head to the side. Everything hurts. Bonnie ... Damon whispered before dozing off into disturbing nightmares of Edward trying to rape Bonnie, with Him stabbing Edward only to see that his stabbing himself. He is the one violating Bonnie.
Stella Wiccombs Mansion
Stella was up early on this Sunday morning. She felt fresh and alive again. Maybe life without Edward won't be so bad after all. Their lawyer is coming over at nine to read Edwards will. Softly she knocked on her daughter's bedroom door and opened it.
"Good morning sunshine." Stella said and kissed her daughter on the cheek.
"Morning Mom. Your up early on a Sunday morning." Estelle said and yawned.
"Its such a lovely day and besides the lawyer is coming over at nine. What do you say me and you go out later and shop till we drop. Or better yet, let's fly to Italy and spend the week there." Stella said and smiled brightly at her daughter.
Estelle looked at her mother. She was concern for her mothers state of mind. "Dads funeral." Estelle said softly.
"Our lawyer is handling it. Well his secretary. I have never planned a funeral and I'm not going to start now." Stella said and smelled Estelle's different bottle of perfumes on her vanity desk. "This one smells nice." Stella said and lightly spray the perfume on the inside of her wrist.
"Mom are you okay? Don't tell me your losing it." Estelle said with a furrowed brow.
"I'm fine. Life goes on and I know this is what your father would have wanted for us to take a trip to Italy." Stella said and smiled.
"Okay you are officially scaring me. Look I'm going to take a long hot bath." Estelle said.
Stella hugged her daughter and said. "We are going to get through this okay honey? Yes it will hurt but in time the pain will go away. I'm here for you. Always."
Estelle nodded her head. Too teary to talk.
Mystique Lake Police Station
Detective Harper found detective West in Sheriff's Mitchell's office.
"Where is Mitchell?" Harper asked.
"Gave him the day off. Its Sunday. Let the man spend some time with his family." West said and smirked.
"Care to explain why you told Stella Wiccomb that she passed the polygraph test. When she clearly failed it." Harper asked and placed West's cup of coffee carefully on the table.
Detective West leans back in the dark leather chair and smirked. "Hilarious wasn't it?" He said.
"You want her to believe that she is off the hook. Just waiting for her to slip up." Detective Harper said.
West nodded his head and show Harper with his hand to continue.
"You knew from the start she was involve in her husband's death." Harper said and smirked.
"Bingo! You deserve a box donuts Detective Harper." West said and spin around in the chair. "This chair is really comfortable no wonder Mitchell can't get up from this chair with his fat behind."
Detective Harper chuckled and said. "Her husband was beat up. Stella can't possibly have done that by herself. She must have had help."
"Keep going." West said and nodded.
"What a good night to kill her husband with a house full of guests. Perfect alibi."
"Exactly." West said and clapped on the table. "Are you starting to get the bigger picture here?"
"We don't have a murder weapon." Harper said and folded his arms.
"Take a look at this." West said and pointed to the picture of Edward in a pic. Parading with his gun. "I took it while you kept Mrs Wiccomb busy with your twenty questions. The deceased had a gun. Where is it? Can it be that he was shot dead with his own gun. Why? Who pulled the trigger? We know that Edward was not murdered on Mount Mystique Lake or what the hell they call it. No, he was dumped there. I have this sneaky suspicion that our murder weapon is long gone, but if we can prove Edward was killed by his own gun. Then we will blow this case wide open."
"The widow will never cooperate." Harper said deep in thought.
"In all my years I have seen how the most evil murderous crack wide open when you show them their gruesome victims dead bodies. Blood, guts the whole gruesome lot displayed in mega pixel for the easy viewing of the suspects. Now I already have Mrs Stella's photo album ready of her. Now its just up to you to get us that search warrant." West said and smirked.
"I'm right onto it." Harper said.
Mystique Lake Garden
Damon woke up when someone pulled his ears hard.
"What the f...
"Now don't you go swearing on the day of the Lord. Look at you." May said with a displeased look.
Damon felt and looked like hell. He looked around him. "I need a glass of water and a painkiller May." Damon said and pulled the blanket over his head.
"What you need is Jesus. Now get up. Don't you have a house? A nice soft warm bed?" May said and pulled the blanket from his face.
"Are you offering May?" Damon asked and smirked.
"Why aren't you home Damon?" My asked with a raised brow.
"Bonnie kicked me out." Damon said softly.
"Hallelujah." May said. "and now your here feeling sorry for yourself? Like that's going to help." May said and scoffed. "This is your own damn fault boy."
"I know. I can only blame myself." Damon said. He got up and stretched his body before sitting down next to May. "What brings you here May? My good looks?" Damon said and wiggled his eyebrows.
May chuckled. "I always come here before church. Here I feel at peace Damon."
"How I longed to feel like that May." Damon said and sigh.
"Stop getting yourself into trouble that's what you need to do and believe me you will find peace and love." May said and hit Damon on the arm.
"Ouch. What was that for?"
"Swapping Bonnie's morning after pills with vitamin pills. You damn fool. She did find it funny at first. Hilarious but then it just got annoying. That's why she went on the injection. Oh she told me."
Damon looked away in shame. "I'm just like him. Bonnie was right."
"You are not like Giuseppe Damon. Yes you have your faults but you are not him. We say many hurtful things when we are in pain. We want to hurt just as much as we get hurt. Its a vicious cycle only one self can stop. Bonnie loves you Damon. With all your faults she loves you. From here on out you need to prove to her that you deserve her love. Earn it back before it's too late." May said and got up tiredly.
"Thank you May." Damon said softly.
May smiled softly at him and said. "Now you better get back to the light before the darkness swallows you whole Damon and you better be in church next Sunday or else? And clean that blanket and pillow and bring it to my home. Lord knows the hotels are making enough money." May said and walked to church humming a gospel song.
Damon smiled. His smile got wider. He threw his head back and laughed out of his belly. "Good old May." Damon said softly and wiped the laughing tears from his eyes. He felt better already.
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