Episode 7, "Un-Glorified!" (Printable Version)

Scene 1- The Sterling Mansion

"Hold on, I'm coming!" shouted Alex rushing down the stairs. "Man I wonder who this is?" he said to himself a rapid knock grew louder at the door.

Surprised recognizing the two figures through the mosaic door, "Oh wow!" beamed Alex as he quickly opened the door.

"Where is he, Alex?" Ashley asked angrily as she stormed in, searching around the living room for her son. "I know you're hiding him here, brother."

James, Alex's father walked in with a smiled, "Hi son, sorry to barge in like this." he stated calmly.

Alex grinned yet still confused by what his sister said, hugged his father, "What's going on? And what are you talking about, Ash?"

Disappointed, Ashley entered back in the living room after checking in the kitchen, "I'm looking for my son!" she replied overcome with worry and grief "where is Nathan?"

"what do you mean?"

"He hasn't been home since last week."

Alex crossed his arm growing concerned, " Dad is that true?" he asked in disbelief, "This isn't like Nathan to act like this."

"No it isn't" James agreed taking a seat on the black leather couch, rubbing his left knee that had been giving him trouble, "I talked to him about two weeks ago and he told me everything was ok. But that was the last I heard from him though."

Alex frowned rubbing his bald head, "Ashley have you called Folarin?"

Ashley rolled her eyes enraged by his brother's question, "Not even, Alex. His father doesn't care about him." She wrapped her hair into ponytail as she paced around the living room trying to think of ideas. "We need to find him!"

"Alex isn't one of your friends a police officer." she asked eagerly.

"Yeah, Anthony!" he replied.

Ashley nodded her head, coming up with an idea, "Okay good, call him and see what he can do please. I have to find my son."

Alex hurried over to the phone and dial Anthony's cell phone.

Ashley bit her bottom lip struggling to hold back her tears, "Daddy if something happens to that boy I will never forgive myself."

James shook his head, he hated when his children dwelled on the worst case scenarios, "Ashley, darling everything will be alright."

Ashley nodded wiping away the tears.

Scene 2- The Sterling Building

Tiffany stood by the window watching the bird fly into the day sky, a smile came across her face. "I bet they don't have a worry in the world." she whispered to herself. "Damn you Demetrius."

Tiffany frowned as the harsh words her brother uttered  during their argument last night replayed in her head. Demetrius frown, "Listen, Tiffany! Gloria and Felicia are going to have to learn to get along with each other. Both of these women have worked very hard and those two are just going to have to get along!

"Something on your mind?" Jeffery asked with a smile interrupting Tiffany's thoughts.

Tiffany smiled, "Oh no Jeffery, I was just watching the birds fly around." she lied clasping her hands together as she walked over to the desk.

"How long were you standing there?" she asked, hoping he hadn't heard her last statement.

Jeffery laughed a bit, "Long enough to hear you cuss your brother? Care to explain."

Tiffany popped her lips, placing her hands on the desk, "Trust me, you're going to find out soon enough." she assured growing anxious for this day to be over.

"What are we going to find out?" Felicia asked waltzing into the boardroom with a bright grin. Someone seemed to be having a good day.

An icy chill came over Tiffany as she battle with her tongue to keep her thoughts to herself. She wanted so badly to tell Felicia what she really thought of her especially now that she was going to be promoted to Vice President.

She walked over to Felicia, "I hope you can sleep at night!" she uttered coldly.

Felicia placed her hands on her hip, confused, "Excuse me Tiffany what are you talking about?"

Tiffany narrowed her eyes at Felicia, before she could speak, Randy, Gloria, Regina and Demetrius walked in.

"Hello everyone, I hope you all are having a good morning." Demetrius stated with a bright sunshine smile. "We're going to get this meeting started as soon as Travis arrives."

Demetrius grinned at his sister, "Top of the morning to you, Tiffany."

Tiffany who still had her cold glare on her face, remained silent.

Scene 3- Downtown San Diego

Lisa, her sister Candace and best friend Jessica trotted joyfully out of the Macy's with a handful of shopping bags, Travis' Lisa's husband sponsored a "Girls Day" for the trio.

Candace adjusted her movie star sunglasses as the walked the downtown strip. "Lisa, remind me to thank Travis, I plan on finally catching a worthy man with the outfit I just bought." she stated jokingly, making eye contact with Jessica.

Jessica is currently dating Candace's ex-fiancé, Randy Sterling since then the two barely get along.

"Lucky for me, I already found someone who's worthy." she quickly replied with a wink and a slight smile.

Lisa frowned hoping the two wouldn't get into an argument, "I have a serious craving for spaghetti from the bistro."

Candace placed her hands on her hip concerned about Lisa's eating habits, "Honey, you've been eating a lot lately, you're not pregnant are you?"

Lisa rolled her eyes at her sister, "No...Candace I am not pregnant!"

Candace smirked a bit, "Well maybe you're becoming greedy like daddy."

Annoyed by her sister's remarked, Lisa stormed off towards the bistro.

Shaking her head, Jessica walked up to Candace, "Don't be such a bitch!." she advised before walking up after Lisa.

Scene 4- The Morrow Condo

Leona stood in front of the kitchen sink washing dishes, she looked up and noticed the intense basketball game took place in the backyard between Maurice, Scott, Anthony, and Gino.

A smile made it's way on Leona's face, it was nice to see her son Anthony and his friends back together again. It had been a while since they've all hung out together.

"It's nice to see all them back together again." Paige grinned, entering into the kitchen.

Leona's joy faded away, "Yeah only if Travis and Randy were here it would all be perfect." she responded dryly. Leona was still very upset with Paige after learning from her husband, Paul that Paige was in the midst of a passionate kiss with another man who wasn't her son.

Paige stood beside her and began to help dry the wet dishes, "Is Eva coming?"

"No Eva and Paul went to visit her husband in jail." Leona stated, throwing down the dish rag, "Paige to be honest with you, I don't feel comfortable around you, right now"

"I really don't understand how you can act like you've done nothing wrong."

Paige dried her hands quickly, then folded her arms concerned, "Excuse me, Leona? What are you talking about?"

Leona placed her hands on her hip bothered by Paige's innocent act, "Paige, Paul saw you kissing Maurice. How could you do that to my son!"

Speechless, Paige crossed her arms, how was she going to get herself out of this situation.

Gino ran up to the black mark on the driveway which was the symbol for the three point line and shot a basket. The basketball bounced off the rim and over the fence into the neighbors backyard.

A shirtless, sweaty Scott placed his hands on hips struggling to catch his breath, bent over, "Ummm so who's going over to No Man's Land to get the ball."

"Not me, I always did it, when we were younger." Maurice complained. "Let's get the youngster go do it!"

"Man I'm not going over there." exclaimed Gino.

Anthony laughed a his younger brother, "Well you did, shoot it Gino." he pointed out, patting his little brother on the back.

Gino sighed this was an argument he wasn't going to win. Reluctantly, he jogged over to the fence and attempted to climb over the fence.

Maurice laughed wiping the sweat from his forehead with his black tank top, "So, Captain how are things going now that you've gotten that big promotion? Congrats by the way."

Anthony laughed a bit, "Things have been somewhat interesting. It seems like my life has turned upside down."

Intrigued Scott sat down on the pavement, "Do tell, guy! What's going on?" he asked with a school boy smile.

Anthony frowned a bit embarrassed to reveal the problems between Paige and himself.

Scene 5- The Sterling Building

Growing impatient with her brother's tardiness, Gloria sighed out of frustration, "Daddy can't we just get started, then let "wonder boy" catch up. He does this every meeting" she complained.

Demetrius exhaled, "Well I guess we can then."

"Hold on here I am!" Travis exclaimed, "Sorry for being late, my daughter's car broke down and I had to help her out."

"So what's been discussed?" he inquired, sitting down.

"Why you're so late!" Gloria fiercely snapped back.

Travis narrowed his eyes at his big sister, he decided not to reply, the look on her face after their father revealed Felicia's promotion would be satisfying enough for him.

Demetrius stacked his paper on the table, "Alright, so to get things started, I'd like to welcome Regina Belle our new Head of Cosmetic."

Regina smiled at her acknowledgment and at everyone as Demetrius continued to speak.

"Alright everyone listen carefully. They're going to be two big changes made in the administration."

"Before the fashion show, I offered Jeffery Spellman a seat on the board and he gladly accepted." Demetrius stated calmly.

A low rumble of applauses erupted in the board room, Gloria leant over and kissed Jeffery on the cheek, "Congratulations, honey." she whispered softly.

Knowing what her brother's next announcement was Tiffany became deeply sadden, she didn't want to witness this betrayal. She looked over at Randy who seemed to be clueless on the whole situation, then to Travis who's devilish smirk made her skin crawl.

Demetrius stood up and walked over to the window, "Now this next announcement is bittersweet, and it has caused a lot of problems between my sister and I. But it is something I feel that has to be done. "

Demetrius looked at his daughter Gloria, "Gloria, your role will be divided."

"I beg you pardon?" Gloria demanded quickly, "You're doing what?"

"They're going to be two Vice Presidents of Sterling Clothing."

"I don't understand any of this, why are you doing this?" Gloria quietly asked.

Travis smiled, "Gloria, dad and I think you're overwhelmed with your responsibilities, maybe if..."

"...That's bull Travis and you know it." Gloria shouted back before Travis could finish his statement. "Tiffany were you in on this too?"

Tiffany shook her head, "No...Gloria I did all I could to stop your father from doing this, but it was two against one. I'm so sorry."

Gloria glared at her father crossing her arms, "Who is going to be my partner?"

"Felicia." Demetrius calmly announced.

Filled with confusion and anger, Gloria fired an icy look at Felicia. "Sneaky bitch!"

Scene 6- The Sterling Mansion

"Yeah he's about 5'9, light skin, brown eyes." explained Alex, who was still on the phone with Anthony.

Melanie, Alex's mother in law came out of the back and approached Ashley, "Have you found out anything yet?" she asked softly placing her hand on Ashley's forearm.

Ashley shook her head slowly, "No Mrs. Sterling, and I have these thoughts about something awful happening to him. What if he's laying dead in the streets somewhere?"

Melanie hugged Ashley, "Ashley honey don't think like that. Honey, your son is okay I know it."

Ashley smiled weakly feeling comfort in Melanie's words, "Thank you for being so nice."

Melanie smiled warmly, "Don't mention it. Now come on let me show you some of my paintings, I've recently done." she suggested reaching her hand out for Ashley to take.

Ashley grasped Melanie's hand softly and two heading upstairs to Melanie's studio.

"Alright thanks man...Talk to you later." Alex stated quietly hanging up the phone.

James slowly roses to his feet, careful not to put any pressure on his bad knee, "What did Anthony say, son?"

Alex frowned, "Nothing too much, I mean he's going to call down to the station and file a missing person's report but other than that we can only sit and wait."

Sensing his son growing upset, James place a hand on Alex's shoulder, "Alex, everything is going to be okay, Nathan is a strong boy and he can take care of himself."

"I keep telling myself that, but let's be serious. Anything could've happened to him." Alex stated.

Scene 7- The Morrow Condo

Scott walked over and sat down at the picnic table, "What the hell is keeping Gino?" he asked Maurice, scanning the backyard for Gino.

"Maybe that'll old pitbull got a hold of him." he suggested with a mischievous grin.

Closing his cell phone, Anthony frowned thinking about Alex's missing nephew. He decided to keep Alex's nephew a secret until they knew something, so he fixed a smile on his face. "How bout another round of two on two?"

Scott laughed, "Aye mate, we're not going to let you off the hook that easy."

Anthony became confused, "What are you talking about Scott?"

Maurice rubbed his hands together smirking, "you were telling us about you and Paige?"

Anthony sighed not wanting to discuss his failing relationship with Paige, "We're fine!" he lied running his fingers through his hair.

Scott stood up and crossed his arms unconvinced, "Really guy?"

"Alright...alright. I think I'm losing her." he admitted reluctantly.

Maurice looked up, hopefully Anthony would say something that he could use to win Paige over. "What's going on? At the fashion show, Paige told me everything was great with you guys."

Anthony shook in his head, laughing to himself, "This is going to sound crazy but I feel like something else or someone has a hold on her and I'm losing to whatever it is." he said making eye contact with Maurice.

Maurice looked away feeling a bit guilty and alarmed by Anthony's last statement, he'd hoped his wasn't catching on to Paige's affair to him.

Scott narrowed his eyes confused, "yeah, you're right that sounds crazy," he replied standing up

"If I we're you I'd go get her and remind her why she married you, bud."

Anthony scratched his head, deciding what he should do as Gino ran up with the ball.

"Alright I got it. Let's finish the game."

Anthony shook his head, "you guys go ahead, I have some business to take care of." he stated, running toward the back door of the Morrow Condo.

"What was that all about?" Gino asked.

"Let's just say your brother finally taking matters into his own hands.!", Scott chuckled.

Scene 8- The Morrowian Bistro

Lisa sat back in her sit full from two plates of spaghetti, "My god that was good, I haven't ate that much since? Now that I think about it, I've never consumed this much."

Jessica and Candace shared concern glances with one another, as the waiter refilled they're drinks.

"Would you like anything else?" the waiter asked politely.

Jessica smiled, "Oh no thank you."

"As a matter of fact, we need a check!" Candace rudely interrupted, "Lisa, you need to get out of here before Paul doesn't have any food to cook."

Growing tired of Candace's rude remarks, Jessica rolled her eyes, "Do you ever think before you speak?"

Batting her eyelashes, Candace crossed her arms and sat back in her seat, "Meaning?"

"Meaning that some of things you say could hurt people's feelings. From now on you should watch what you say!" Jessica demanded sternly.

Candace laughed amused with Jessica so-called righteous attitude, "Listen Tinkerbell, if I have anything to say to my sister I'm going to say it..."

"...Not while I'm around you won't!" Jessica growled.

Becoming upset with Jessica and Candace's constant bickering, Lisa stood up abruptly, 'You know what I'm not listening to anymore of this." she exclaimed, storming away.

"Oh my god, now you've chased her off!" Jessica shouted, following after Lisa.

Candace smirked, "Silly bitch." she whispered to herself writing a check for their lunch.

"OH MY GOD, CANDACE COME QUICK." Jessica called frantically.

Candace took her time getting up, as waiters ran to the entrance of the bistro, becoming alarmed Candace quickly followed.

"What in the world is going on?" Candace asked becoming scared. She covered her mouth gasping as approached her sister laying unconscious on the floor as Jessica gently tapped her face trying to wake her up.

"Oh No, Lisa?!?"

Scene 9- The Morrow Condo

Nervous Paige stormed past Leona who quickly grabbed her arm to stop her, "Where do you think you're going?" she asked promptly.

"I am not going to let to you accuse me of cheating on my husband!" Paige shouted back. "Leona, you and your family never liked me, so it wouldn't surprise me if you and Paul have cooked up some scheme to break us up!"

Leona crossed her arms, glaring sharply at Paige, "Paige, don't even try. I see right through you."

"Maurice is Anthony's best friend! Do you realize how much this is going to hurt him?"

"It won't hurt him because it didn't happen!" Paige exclaimed, "Now I'm warning you, Do not...I repeat...DO NOT plant any lies into Anthony's head. This marriage is going to work whether you like it or not!"

Leona tilted her head to side entertained by Paige's desperation to save her marriage, "Paige, you are a sad...sad woman, and one day it's all going to come crashing down. You made a big mistake hurting my son and I promise you..."
 

Leona silenced herself as Anthony hurried in the backdoor, "What are you two talking about?" he asked with a smile on his face.

Paige's glare quickly turned to a smile, "Nothing too much, you're mother and I were talking about going somewhere this summer."

Anthony beamed with excitement, he knew his mother and Paige had problems but was happy the two were finally starting to get along, "Is that so Mom, where'd you plan on going?"

Leona held her glare, "Who knows...maybe to hell!"

"If you'll excuse me I have to go!" Leona softly stated before storming out of the kitchen.

Anthony walked over to Paige and wrapped his arms around her, "Wonder what that was about?"

Paige shrugged, rubbing her hands against his forearms, "Let's go home."

Anthony smiled, "Exactly what I was thinking."

Scene 10- The Sterling Building

"Who did you just say was going to be my partner?" Gloria asked displeased. "Did you just say Felicia?"

Demetrius nodded his head, "Yes, Gloria."

Jeffery stood up and walked over to his wife Gloria, "Let's go." he said calmly.

Gloria ignored her husband request to leave, "I can't believe this." she said holding her stomach, "this makes me sick to my stomach.

"My father, my brother and the dress designer!"

Felicia sat back in her seat with a sneaky grin, "That's the Vice President!"

Gloria stormed over to Felicia, "Listen you bit.."

"...Hold on Gloria!" Randy exclaimed quickly jumping in front of his enraged sister.

"Come on let's go now!" he insisted.

Tears began to slowly stream down Gloria's face, "I'll never understand this."

Travis and Demetrius stood emotionless.

Gloria stormed out quickly, followed by Jeffery, Randy and Regina.

"Maybe we shouldn't have done this." Travis whispered.

"You're damn right!" Tiffany exclaimed standing up.

Demetrius crossed his arms, "Goodness grace, Tiffany it's been done already, Just drop it!" he shouted bitterly.

"I will not stand by and watch you two run this company into the ground. You've started something and I'm going to finish this!" Tiffany snapped back.

Felicia stood up, "Who do you think you're talking too?"

Tiffany laughed a bit, "Felicia you're in way over your head!"

"You don't scare me!" Felicia snarled.

"This isn't over!" stated Tiffany glared at Travis, Demetrius and Felicia, then walked out.

Felicia walked over to Travis and Demetrius, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Demetrius nodded, "I know what I'm doing. This is MY company and no one is going to do anything to stop that."

...Forever Never Seems That Long...

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