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Saturday, June 09, 2007

 
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Episode 18

 

As Cole pulled into the cemetery he turned looking at Ann. “You don’t look too good.”

 

Ann tried to smile. “That’s not the kind of thing a girl wants to hear.”

 

“Well at least you have your sense of humor.” He unlocked the car letting her out. She stood looking down in his window. “Are you sure you want to go this alone.”

 

“Ebony was rolling in her grave last night when I brought you to the dinner as a date for Nikki. I don’t need the bad press.”

 

Cole smiled, “Of course not.”

 

“Pick me up later?”

 

“Just give me the call.”

 

Ann smiled appreciatively. Turning she moved along the cemetery and towards the grave.  It was starting to rush her all at once her grandmother and her husband in the same month was too much for her.  She found a bench and clutching her purse started to cry.

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Adrien could tell that Vie had a thing against cops, or was hiding something as he watched the fear and hesitation dance across her features. When she finally settled on a smile, he only relaxed a little. She knew something. “You’ve lived here most of your life, right?”

 

“Yeah since college…I liked the town so I stayed.”

 

“Can you tell me about the Spence family?”

 

Vie tried not to think, letting her words flow effortlessly. “I don’t hang around with that set a lot. They just like my food. Aiden Bartley comes here for lunch, but I think he does it more for Lorene’s company then anything else.” She laughed. “But the Spence’s, no, I can’t say I see them around here too much.”

 

“Well, I’m sure you know the rumors.” Adrien knew he was reach far when he asked for rumors, but in a town like Craven Ridge he figured rumors would run close to fact.

 

“The whole working for the Mob rumor?” Vie asked. “Or the aggressive socialite rumor?”

 

“Both.”

 

“That could take all day; and I have work to get back to.” She said stand up from her chair.

 

“Well then dinner…you could tell me over dinner?”

 

Vie smiled. “Where? When?”

 

“Tomorrow, 7:00?”

 

“Sure.” She walked off before he could get a chance to realize he didn’t have her number or knew where she lived. She walked into her office picking up her phone she dialed a number.

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Jay parked his car outside of Tori’s house jumping out of the car. Despite having his own apartment that was costing him an arm and a leg, He liked the homey look that Tori had given to the place it reminded him of home. He knocked on the door, and entered when Tori opened the door. “Why are you wet?”

 

“Did Ved leave any of his clothes?”

 

“Yeah, what happened?”

 

“This girl…a waitress dumped water on me, because I asked her what her name was.”

 

“Well she’s fired who ever she is. What’d she look like?”

 

“Now wait Tori…I don’t think especially if Ved has been pretending to be me, that you should fire her.”

 

“So, what are you trying to say? That Ved would cheat on me?”

 

Jay pulled off his shirt. “You doubt it?”

 

Tori threw him a shirt. “Who is she?”

 

“I don’t think I should tell you now…not if you’re going to just fire her like…” Jay got a good look at Tori’s face then sighed. “Blonde hair, brown eyes?”

 

“Loraine…that bitch.” Tori muttered walking away.

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Ann walked into the cemetery un sure of where to go when she was approached by Nadege, “It must have been a difficult decision.”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“Choosing your grandmother over your husband.”

 

Ann stared. “What do you mean? John’s funeral isn’t today.”

 

Nadege compressed a smirk. “Oh? You didn’t know?”

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Character Profile


Lorene Hart:Once heir to an internet fortune Lorene, commonly known as Lor, went into the Witness Protection Program after seeing a drug ring go through her father’s business. She opted to go to Craven Ridge to live her life in secrecy as a waitress at the Ridgeway Café.

          Latina Lamer: Lor’s roomie and good friend Tina works as a hit-woman for Cassandra and her Mob, but no one knows this, and her biggest mystery is not her eyes but her where she gets her money to pay the rent.

           Nikki Spence: Soon to be the next “Cassie.” Nikki’s mentor her grandmother, Cassandra, doesn’t think she has what it takes to be the next Don and rule Craven Ridge’s underground scene. Nikki can’t wait for the chance to prove her wrong.

           Vie Kay: Owner of the Ridgeway Café. Vie does very little work to keep it up and leaves most of the work to her part owner Tori. Vie’s real dream is to create a world renown strip club, Smoochies. But she has one obstacle in her way…Cassandra.

           Anroshina Spence-Bartley: Nikki’s younger cousin, Anroshina also known as Ann separated herself from her grandmother’s “activities” when she married into the very rich Bartley family. Though Ann speaks very little to her family, her husband John has many failed business deals that she doesn’t know about. Ann has no idea she’s headed for a dirt poor existence.

           Tori Marsi-Roucka: Tori is a part owner in the Ridgeway Café, and with her husband Ved in jail, she works full time at the café. But she manages to make a little time for her brother-in-law, Ved’s twin, and Police Commissioner, Jay Roucka.  

             Simone "Monie" Caruthers:Head of the Hi-Wit Corporation. Monie is a business women who has finally made it, but with Hi-Wit starting a new headquarters in Craven Ridge and meeting interesting men like the Jacob Bartley, and Garrett Porter, Simone has little time to notice that the previous owners of her company are after her.

             Garrett Porter: A mysterious man on a mission. No one knows what he's up to or where he comes from but one things for sure. The girls swoon when he rides on his motorcycle. 

          The Spence Family: Craven Ridge’s very own mob and underground royalty, they rival the Bartleys in connections, and money. But unlike the Bartley’s no one leaves the family business willingly. Cassandra "Cassie", head of the family business and family Patriarch, took over after the tragic death of her father and two sons. Her great plan was to have her two Granddaughters take over one day, but when Ann married into the Bartleys snubbing the business Cassie had to depend on Nikki to carry things along.

              The Bartley Family: Rich, privileged, and very mischievous as far as running everyone in Craven Ridge. The only rivals of wit are the Spences. Head of the Family, widowed, Ebony Bartley works very hard to keep her family at the head of Craven Ridge society, but with of her three sons, the eldest John who married a Spence of all people, and Aidan who’s been pinning after Lorene Hart a waitress with no past, Jacob, her baby, is the only one she truly believes can carry the family name.

      The Rouka Brothers: Jay and Ved Rouka are interesting twins with separate birthdays and separate lives. Craven Ridge was their childhood home. A place they lived with their mother before her death. After years of living in foster home both boys grew up very different. one's existence even landing him in jail for fraud (Ved). But they care for each other like their mother wanted them to.


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