Conspiracy part 3
Lindsey couldn’t get over the sight of seeing Bo standing
there in the middle of the living room. Her shock was quickly
replaced by the feeling of horror and confusion as she glanced
down and saw the newspaper in his hand. He glared at her.
Bo: You tell me now. What the hell have you done to me? My life?
Lindsey: You have to believe me Bo. I had no idea…
She walks slowly towards him with her arms outreached
Bo: Stay the hell away from me.
He raises his hand as if to hit her
Lindsey: Bo, honey, listen to me…
Bo: I am warning you…
Lindsey lunges at him, knocking him to the ground. He yells out in pain as he struggles to push her off.
Lindsey: You have to trust me Bo…this is for everyone’s good, especially yours…
She reaches for her purse and grabs a syringe from the compartment
Lindsey: You saw it…you’re already in Llanview…(struggle sounds)
She sits on his chest trying to inject him. Bo struggles to keep the syringe away and get Lindsey off of him
Bo: Why?….(struggling) why are you doing this?
Lindsey: Everyone gets what they want….(huffing) I get you…Melanie, my sister, gets you, so to speak, and her lying ex husband gets your precious Nora…
Bo: What about Nora?
Lindsey: Will you just get over her??? She has a new man in her life, she (balancing herself, she drops the syringe) got over you (reaches for the syringe) but if she doesn’t stay away from you, Melanie’s version of you…she’s gonna end up dead…
As she is reaching for the syringe, Bo musters all his strength and forces Lindsey off. He has her pinned to the floor.
Bo: No one threatens my wife!!!!
He has his hands on her throat.
Lindsey: She’s…(choke) not…your…wife
(choke)
Bo: All the more reason to make you pay…
He chokes her until she loses consciousness
and leaves her for dead. He picks up his clothes, Lindsey’s
keys and limps out of the apartment.
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The next afternoon at the gallery, Colin is alone, waiting for Lindsey.
Colin: C’mon baby, where are you?
Melanie walks in.
Melanie: Colin! Where is Lindsey?
Colin: Don’t know.
Melanie Why are you here then?
Colin: I…um…I was going to buy Nora a present.
Melanie: From Lindsey’s gallery.
Colin: Yeah…Nora likes art.
Melanie: Really? So you two are really quite an item?
Colin: Exclusively.
Melanie: Then why are you spending so much time with my sister?
Colin: Lanie-c’mon babe! Don’t
tell me the wonder cop attitude is rubbing off on you?
You really feel compelled to interrogate my personal life?
Melanie: No. It’s just…
Colin’s cell phone rings.
Colin: Yeah.
Lindsey: (very rasp-y) Colin…it’s Lindsey…
Colin: Where are you? Are you OK? You sound terrible…
Lindsey: Colin…he got away…Bo escaped…
Colin: What?!!!…How?!!!…When?!!
He looks at Melanie.
Colin: This is private…I’ll tell Lindsey you stopped by…
Melanie: What’s going on Colin?
Colin: Bye Lanie.
He shoves her out the door.
Colin: Man! Damage control…I gotta get to Nora’s house. He’ll probably go there first.
Lindsey: What about me?
Colin: You had the strength to call me…call an ambulance.
He hangs up on her and calls Nora’s house. Rachel answers.
Rachel: Hello?
Colin: Is your mother home?
Rachel: No. Colin?
Colin: Sorry. Yeah it’s me. Where is she?
Rachel: She took Matthew to the store and for some lunch and to see Sam.
Colin: Damn it!
Rachel: Is something wrong?
Colin: No…did anyone call her today?
Rachel: Colin! That is kinda personal...People call her all the time.
Colin: Right. Just let her know I’m looking for her.
He hangs up and slams his hand on
the desk and leaves the gallery.
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Matt and Nora are having a nice lunch at the diner.
Charlotta: Well! Matthew! You are getting so big!
Matthew: I know! Mom had to get me more new shoes today! See?
He holds up his foot
Charlotta: Wow! Very grown up!
Nora smiles approvingly.
Nora: I might as well set up house
keeping in the department store! He is growing like a weed!
Charlotta: I remember when Antonio was this age…I could not
keep up, shoes and jeans every week. At least with Christian I
had the advantage of hand-me-downs.
She walks back to the counter as Nora and Matt finish their meal.
Matthew: Hey! Here comes Aunt Vicki!
Vicki: Hey Matt! How’s my favorite nephew?
Nora: Growing, growing and more growing!
Vicki: He’s such a good boy! How are you Nora? I know there’s a lot of a things changing…
Nora: I’m ok. Look at this.
She pulls an envelope out of her purse. Takes a document out and hands it to Vicki.
Vicki: My goodness! (she extends her hand to Nora) Nice to meet you Ms. Hanen!
Nora: Thank you. I just felt if he was making it so permanent, I would too. We were going to the park, would you like to walk with us?
Vicki: I would love it.
Matthew has been staring out the diner window through the whole conversation.
Matthew: Mommy! That man had funny hair. It was all messy!
Nora: What man honey? (looking out the window)
Matthew: He was out there, across the street by aunt Vicki’s car. Maybe he walked away.
Nora: Are you done with your lunch?
Matthew: Yes. Let’s go.
Nora gathers up her packages and she,
Matthew and Vicki walk to the park.
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At the park, Nora and Vicki take a bench near the slide area. They talk as Matthew plays.
Nora: He is such a happy little boy.
Vicki: That is because he has so much love. You know Asa loves him as if he was his own grandchild. And Sam has been so good since you two ended your relationship…
Nora: Vicki, I hate lying to you.
Even though Bo and I are no longer together, I still always considered
you my family. I have to tell you something about Matthew…(pause)
You know last summer, when the DNA test was done on Matthew, to
determine whether Bo or Sam was his father.
Vicki: Yes.
Nora: Well, Bo is Matthew’s father.
Vicki: Oh my God! Does…
Nora: Yes, Bo knows. We decided…well, he decided that Sam should continue as Matthew’s father. He felt as if he tore him away, it might damage Matthew.
Vicki: I can’t believe Bo wouldn’t want his son! Especially after Drew…
As Nora explains the story to Vick, a disheveled man listens from behind a nearby tree.
To be continued...
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