Episode 21 - "Binge Drinks & Heartaches" (Printable Version)

Scene 1-The Spellman Place

Clouds delivered rain and kept the stars from shining in the night sky throughout San Diego, a burgundy 2005 Dodge Durango came to a complete stop at the stop sign then made a left unto Spellman Dr.

"I wanna go back!" the words to this song explained how Sharon was feeling. She sat back in the passenger seat and watched the rain go down the window. The frozen images of Felicia and Demetrius making love being shown on everyone's television screen in California bounce around in her head, she did everything she could to protect her sister's secret but stumbled against a crossroads when her job came on line. Being made to cover Maurice's shooting and calling Anthony a murder made her collogue Eva retaliate by showing the those awful pictures to back at Sharon.

A few tears fell from Sharon's eyes remembering Felicia's desperate plea for Sharon not to say a word about her affair with Demetrius during the night of the fashion show.

Felicia rose quickly and hurried over to Sharon covering her mouth with her hands, "William is not going to find out! Do you understand me?!?" she ordered in desperation. Felicia realized that this whole time she hadn't thought about William finding out.

"I need to be able to trust you." she explained as tears began to fall from her eyes. "I'll lose everything if any one knew what I just told you.

Sharon pushed Felicia's hands away then frowned nodding her head, "Felicia you can trust me."

Sharon jumped a bit feeling Brad's hand against her, he smiled "Everything is going to be ok." he assured her as they stopped inside of the garage.

"I hope you're right honey." Sharon whispered getting out of the car, she walked in the side door which led into the kitchen, Brad flipped the light switch revealing Felicia crying at the kitchen bar.

"I found the key under the mat and let myself in. I hope you didn't mind I don't have anywhere else to go." Felicia muttered through her weeping, "William put me out."

Scene 2-St. Marks Memorial Hospital

"For once the Demetrius R. Sterling is silent?" Gloria asked taunting her father as they stood outside Travis' room.

"Travis is fighting for his life and now we have to go through this embarrassment!" Randy uttered angrily.

Demetrius looked at Gloria, then at Randy and Jasmine and remained quiet sucking his teeth, he was more concerned about who gave KIOU New Stations those pictures of him and Felicia having sex. He shot Jonathan a cold glance, could it have been him? It was no secret Jonathan hated Demetrius. Demetrius approached Jonathan and pushed him.

"How did you get those photos?" he growled grabbing Jonathan's collar. "Tell me! Is this your way of bringing me down?"

Jonathan pushed Demetrius away from him and adjusted his shirt, "I didn't do anything, you porno star. I have better things to do than sit around and schedule photo shoots of you screwing your fashion designer."

"You son of a bitch!" Demetrius exclaim drawing his fist back to strike Jonathan.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! It needs to be quiet around here!" Alex exclaiming stepping out of Travis' room.

"We apologize." Lisa uttered grabbing hold of her angry father, leading him into the waiting room. "Come on, daddy."

Alex narrowed his eyes at Demetrius, "Is everything fine?"

Demetrius nodded, "We're just having some misunderstandings." he responded not taking his eyes of Jonathan.

"Your right about that!" Randy snarled starring coldly at his adultery committing father.

Jasmine walked up to her husband and placed a hand on her shoulders, "Can we use your office for a minute?"

Alex nodded, "Yeah." he handed Jasmine the key to his office. "I need to get back to Travis."

Jasmine nodded letting him go back in, she turn back to father, "Daddy, what is going on?"

Scene 3-The Platinum Haven

William sat at the booth with a glass full of scotch, the bottle it came from and a Budweiser to cope with the after taste...although there really wasn't one since his taste buds were numb from the half a bottle he consumed by himself. He struggled to focus his eyes up at the waiter who sat an apple martini on the table. He order for his cousin Paige, he invited her to meet him because he knew she could use a drink with the day they both had.

Paige walked in and joined William at the table as he poured himself another glass of scotch, she sighed relieved to see a alcohol sitting on table...maybe it would drown out the images of Anthony catching her making love to Maurice and Maurice dead body being carried out of her bedroom of her head.

"How you know I need this?" she asked before taking William's glass and quickly downing his drink.

"Aaaactually, I orderrrred you the apple martini." William slurred sliding his glass back pouring himself another glass. "How are you hooolding up?"

Paige looked at the apple martini then looked up at her cousin and sighed, "I lost my husband and witnessed a man lose his life...and it all my fault. Now ask that question again." she replied laughing to ease the pain she was feeling.

William looked at his cousin and laughed extremely loud, "I guess you're right!" he answered taking back another drink.

Paige grew confused trying to figure why William was drunk...that was something he never did. "Hold on, why are you drinking... ...here?" Paige asked looked around the hotel.

"It's the only place the press wouldn't be!" William replied with an eyeful of tears growing angry at everything that has happened in the last few hours.

"The press?" Paige still wasn't following what William was saying, as he lifted his glass to buck down another shot of scotch Paige grabbed her cousin's arm, "Tell me what's going on?"

"Felicia slept with Demetrius and it's all over the news."

Paige frowned letting his arm go, she quickly swallowed down her apple martini then grabbed William's bottle of scotch and poured some in her glass then raised it up in the air.

"To our fucked up lives?" she toasted.

William laughed, "To are fucked up lives." he snorted before him and Paige quickly drunk their drinks.

Paige exhaled and laughed as the liquor began to kick in. "WAITER BRINGS US ANOTHER BOTTLE OF SCOTCH!"  she yelled.

Scene 4-The Morrowian Bistro

Leona hugged Anthony tightly crying on his shoulders, she was worried that something terrible was going to happen to her son now that police was searching him to arrest him for killing Maurice. Even though he did shoot him, Leona felt her son had a good reason she just wished the police would see it her way as well. She looked back at her husband Paul and Gino, then at Jonas who stood behind Anthony.

"He's the detective? Anthony, is he going to take you into custody?" she whimpered.

Anthony nodded holding his mother tightly, "I'm going to turn myself in."

Leona shuttered hearing those words, she it was the best thing to do but she couldn't bear to see her son behind bars.

Paul frowned placing a hand on Gino's shoulder to comfort him, "I hate it has to come to this Anthony."

"Gino?" Anthony called out approaching his brother.

"Yeah?" Gino answered struggling to fight back his tears, he never saw his brother in such state of depression.

"Look out for mom and dad for me...stay strong from them."

Gino hugged his big brother tightly, "I love you."

"Love you too." Anthony whispered, "Guys please don't worry about me. I'm going to be ok."

Leona nodded, "Take care of him please." she requested of Jonas.

Jonas slightly nodded, "I'm going to do all I can to keep Anthony behind bars."

Paul sighed and smiled weakly, "We're going to need all the help we can get."

Jonas approached Anthony, "We have to go."

Anthony looked at his family and smiled, "I love you guys." then followed Jonas out of the bistro, preparing himself  mentally for jail.

Scene 5-St Marks Memorial Hospital

After letting her siblings and her father in, Jasmine closed the door to Alex's office, then stuffed the key in her pocket. She exhaled attempting to let some of the anger go that was embedded inside her. Her father slept with another woman and now it was being plastered all over the news...not to mention her big brother was fighting for his life. She approached Randy and laid her head on his back, "What are we going to do now?"

Randy laughed softly to himself, shaking his head in amazed by how arrogant his father managed to act during all of this turmoil, noticing how Demetrius made himself comfortable in Alex's chair as if the office was his. He sighed deeply then placed his hands on Jasmine's hand,

"Our main priority is Travis, I'm not going to worry about this until I know Travis is fine."

Jasmine nodded her agreeing with her little brother, "I wish I could say the same for Gloria." she noted, watching Gloria pace back and forth. She was a bomb that was moments away from exploding.

"This all makes since now!" Gloria whispered as tears began to stream down her eyes, "You wanted to make Ruby Lips happy despite of us...your family!"

"I'm getting very tired of your complaining...that is my company and I'll do what I damn well please!" Demetrius fired back at his Gloria.

"Daddy what are you saying?" Jasmine asked approaching the desk.

"It's very obvious, guys. He doesn't give a damn about us!" Randy blurted crossing his arms.

Demetrius hit the desk as hard as he could and stood up, "How can you stand here and I don't care about you...I DID EVERYTHING FOR YOU INGRATES!"

"You gave the woman that I've hated for most of life my position, because you pleased for you penis for us?" Gloria sobbed holding her herself. "How can you live with yourself?"

Demetrius glared at children, for them to talk to him this way angered him in ways he explained, "I'm going to leave this room before I say something I regret!" he warned. He stood up adjusted his jacket, and ran his fingers through his hair as he walked to the door.

"ANSWER US!" Gloria yelled.

"Don't question any of my actions...I do what I want!"

Scene 6-The Spellman Place

Brad walked into the guest room with Felicia's bags and set them on the bed, he turned and looked at her with a faint smile attempting to break the ice. He didn't know what to say to make her feel better, "Need anything else?" he asked sympathetically.

"No, I'm fine." she whispered, sitting on the bed which now the only thing she had to call her own, "Where's Sharon?"

"She's sleeping, she had a very bad day today...she blames herself for those pictures being released." Brad uttered sitting down on the bed beside Felicia.

Felicia coughed, then frowned shaking her head, "This is my mistake...not hers she did what she had to do. I'm a just victim of bad karma."'

"and someone's revenge." Brad added standing up.

Felicia pulled her hair into a small ponytail becoming confused, someone's revenge? She wondered did he know who sent those photos to KIOU. "What are you talking about Bradley?"

"Eva Morrow gave the ok to run those picture. She had them."

Felicia crossed her arms unsure what to think, Felicia never had an issue with Eva. "Why would she do something like that Brad?"

Brad shrugged, "I'm just as lost as you are really, she was mad that Sharon called her brother a killer...but if you look at it he did kill a man."

"She doesn't realize how many lives she's ruined, by sharing this kind of information with the world." Felicia complained burying her head in the pillow.

"Brad, this just gets worse and worse!"

Scene 7-San Diego Police Department

Silence fell through the police station as Jonas escorted Anthony in with handcuff, "I can't believe this is happening." one of the police officers whispered to a fellow officer. Anthony looked down at the floor feeling like one of the many criminals he's arrested, for years his duty was to protect and serve. He found it very embarrassing for many of the officers he train to witness him being booked.

Jonas reached in his pockets and unlocked the handcuff, "There you go." he whispered.

Anthony rubbed his wrist to sooth the slight pain he felt from the handcuff being too tight, he stepped up to the table to give his fingerprints.

"I know the drill." he uttered softly.

Jonas took Anthony's hand and place it on the ink pad and then placed his finger on the paper mashed down reach of his fingers on the sheet.

"I'm sorry Anthony."

Anthony smiled softly, wiping his fingers off with one of the wet wipes, "I'm ok."

"Can I make my one phone call now?"

Jonas nodded, then laughed "I'll even let you lose the one in your office." he joked trying to make Anthony fell better.

"Sorry I can't smile."

Scene 8-The Platinum Haven

With a bloodstream full of alcohol, William slammed down a empty liquor bottle next to the other empty bottles he and Paige demolish. As much at they tried to drink their sorrows away, it only made them feel worse. Paige rested her head on her hands crying hysterically.

"What's wrongggg?" William slurred.

Paige looked up at her cousin, "I've messed up so man people's life. I'm surprised you're not mad at me"

William chuckled a bit, looking at Paige through the empty liquor bottle, "Paige mistakes make we...come with prices high."

William thought about what he said chuckled, "No...Paige I'm trying to say that..."

Paige laughed, waving her hands for William to stop talking, "We are so drunk!" she uttered falling out of the booth.

William pointed at Paige then laughed holding on to the table as he got up to help Paige but fell down beside her.

They hugged each other and continued to laugh.

"We're...We're going to get through this Paige." William whispered.

Paige smiled lifting herself up, "You're right." she pulled William up.

"Now if we can just manage to make over to one of the couches."

Scene 9-St Marks Memorial Hospital

Melanie walked into the waiting room and sat down beside Jonathan, she wanted to apologize for Demetrius' action but didn't know how to. She was struggling with her emotions toward her husband because part her wanted Jonathan to lay Demetrius on his ass for all the pain he has caused her.

"Are you okay?" she asked him.

Jonathan snickered a bit and looked at Melanie placing her hand on her knee, "You've of all people should know Demetrius can't get to me."

Melanie laughed, she was the only person who's witnessed the long rivalry between Jonathan and Demetrius. "I guess you're right."

"Thank you for being here." Melanie added with a weak smiled, it was first she attempted to smiled since finding out Demetrius slept with Felicia.

Jonathan grinned, "Travis is like a son to me and believe it or not Melanie, I care about you too."

Melanie looked at Jonathan surprised by his sincere trait, it was side she never seen before and it left her speechless.

Demetrius stepped out of Travis' room checking his blackberry, he finished his text then looked up and noticed Melanie and Jonathan sharing a warm moment. He narrowed his eyes overcome with jealously, "She can't be serious." he muttered to himself.

"I know you're not getting jealous are you?" Gloria asked approaching her father, she hoped her mother sitting down with the man who Demetrius hated tormented him.

"Why would I be?" Demetrius snapped back crossing his arms not taking his eyes off Melanie and Jonathan.

Gloria shook her head at her father's arrogance, "If anyone can bring you to your knees...it mother!"

...Forever Never Seems That Long...

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