3-31-2024.
1:11 pm. Actors in place.
The curtain rises.
6:25 p.m., time posed.
'Lights, camera, action, ' Donatel announced.
Tonya placed her fingers on the phone, running through her page list of contacts.
She found it, Constance Gibson's number.
She quickly dials the number given.
'Hello,' the woman answers.
Tonya muttered, 'Connie, this is Tonya. I wanted to ask how you are doing.
Connie begins crying, 'Some changes have occurred. I am baking a cake. Black Forest cake with green icing. It's Troy's fifth birthday. Happy Anniversary to you and Peter.'
Tonya says, 'Thanks, I am currently Cupid's cupcake. Peter is the best. Let me tell you, he is a bucket of fire. Burning my heart, making our vows strong and lasting. I wish we lived closer to you. I feel my heart sinking. I have to applaud you. You're the go-between. The new bed, the car, and let's not forget the undressed skeleton bones hanging in the closet.
She sniffed.
Connie says, 'There was a car accident, Jack is gone. Yes, I have my moments to sing, the wind-man song.'
Tonya took a breath. This was going to hurt Peter.
Tonya takes a deep breath, 'Sorry to hear, I will let Peter know everything.'
Tonya hums, 'Gone With The Wind' to herself, listening to Connie crying.
Tonya says, 'You're Judas crying. Dark lonely nights. I am lucky to have Peter. We do well together, Peter got me a Jill Fontaine Ring. A few extra dollars were spent, but who wouldn't love a blue-faceted floating ring? No regrets.
Connie says, 'Really? Have you read the Tribune yet?'
Tonya thinks, ' Death, Peter will be upset over Jack's passing. If she were Connie, her heart would be breaking too.
Tonya picks up the Tribune Papers -
She reads, The Heiress Killing', five years ago, in the freezing rain, a rail accident, claimed lives, vaguely one that many knew. Jill Fountain. Some will remember her, others, not so much. It was fatal to all passengers, but now it has come to the attention that she died. She was murdered, skeptics believed. It has leaked out that someone knew differently.
'Connie, you still there? It was a powerful train wreck. No survivors,' Tonya said.
All Tonya hears is the click of the phone.
'That's a wrap,' Donatel announced.
The curtain falls.
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