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“What went on between you and Tommy?” I ask, knowing there is more to the story than what she is telling. “The night Tyler was poisoned he left me a message and he said, first Vanessa and now the company. What did he mean by that?”
Vanessa sits silently, shaking violently and trying to hold back her tears. “I was so lonely, Trey. Tyler had been so miserable for so long. I was weak and you know how persuasive Tommy can be when he wants something.”
“You slept with him?” I ask, thinking it has to be the only thing that makes any sense. “And you thought that if Dr. Potaturri could make him forget what he knew about the Firefly Media deal, he might also forget the fact that you are carrying Tommy’s baby.” I speculate, sitting back in silence as she closes her eyes tightly and shakes even more violently.
“I never wanted to hurt him,” she finally whispers. “Tommy promised that Dr. Potaturri wouldn’t do anything to hurt him, but Tyler kept getting more and more angry. If he would’ve just let things go, everything would have worked out just fine.”
Wow! I don’t even know what to say. She allowed her fiancé to be drugged in order to make up for the fact that she slept with an old boyfriend and got pregnant. “I feel sorry for you,” is the first thing that falls from my mouth. “I honestly can’t believe you would do something like that. I don’t even know you anymore.”
“Trey, would you please keep this to yourself,” she pleads, looking at me with bloodshot eyes. “Please, give me a chance to work things out.”
“I don’t think I can do that,” I reply, rising from the chair and stepping back from the bed. “I mean, Tyler was poisoned and nearly died.”
“I had nothing to do with that! You have to believe me, Trey,” she pleads. “I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, but I had nothing to do with it.”
“I want to believe you, but I can’t right now,” I reply, moving toward the door. “I think Tyler would be better off without you for now. He needs some space to work things out and seeing you obviously stirs up deep seated anger.”
“I know, but what am I supposed to do?” she looks up at me looking as if the entire world is crashing around her.
“I honestly don’t have an answer for you,” I reply in disgust. “Does Tommy know you are pregnant with his child?”
“Yeah,” she gasps. “He offered to pay child support, but that’s not the point at all. I wanted my son to have a father in his life, but at this point it looks like I’ll be going it alone.”
“I’m not going to say anything to Mom or Tyler right now, but I’m going to insist that you lay all the cards on the table and let them decide for themselves if they can deal with it,” I tell her giving her an ultimatum. “You also have to answer my first question.”
“What question?” She looks up, gazing at me through all her tears.
“Mandy and I were nearly killed yesterday when we came out of the SEC office,” I inform her. “I need to know why you told Tommy that we were going there.”
She continues staring at me as if she is unable to even comprehend what just came out of my mouth. “He tried to kill you?” she asks, falling over onto her side. “He said it was all Carly. That he had nothing to do with any of it. I’m so fucking stupid.” She begins to shake violently once again and continues to babble incoherently.
“I’m going to be gone for a few days, in the meantime I expect you to have that talk with Tyler and Mom,” I tell her before exiting the room. She is such a basket case right now and I don’t have time to deal with it.
Walking straight over to the other unit, I need to have a quick talk with Mom about Vanessa. “Come here for a minute,” I say, coaxing her out of Tyler’s room.
“If this is about Crusher,” she says defensively. “Its nothing.”
“It’s not about Crusher,” I reply with a chuckle. “But at least you know how to break the tension.” I walk over to the couch and plop down at the end of it.
Mom takes the seat next to me, giving me a concerned look. “What’s going on then?”
“I want you to keep an eye on Vanessa,” I tell her. “She and Tyler need to spend some time apart, so please make sure that happens. But, I think she’s going to need someone to talk to as well. Maybe you can get her to open up about what has been going on.
“I’ll talk to her,” Mom says patting me on the knee. “Also, I’ll have you know that I haven’t had a single glass of wine in the past two days.”
