There Will Be Blood

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(Quinn's outfit)

I was running out of time

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I was running out of time. And maybe, so was Riverdale. Hiram Lodge had been making moves. Big moves. But with no proof of criminal behavior, all I could do was speculate. What was Hiram's master plan for Riverdale? And why did it feel so close to fruition?
•••
"If you remember correctly, the only house in Riverdale with a pool was Thornhill--" daddy says as we all sit at the table for dinner with Archie and Fred.

"There we were two drunk, dumb teenagers looking to cool off--" Fred says before Archie cuts him off.

"Why didn't you just go to the quarry? Or Sweetwater River?" Archie asks.

"Oh, what I remember is someone borrowed the school van for a joy ride, you and Mary..." Fred says as he looks at mom.

"No, that was Alice, not us." mom tells him.

"Mom!" I exclaim as I laugh.

"Oh my god, this sounds like an episode of Saved by the Bell." Veronica says and we all laugh.

"Hey, Fred, before you head off, why don't you join Hermonie and me in the study? I have this 30-year-old run, I think you'll love it." daddy tells Fred.

"Well, I can't say no to that." Fred says.

"Quinn, stay with Archie?" mom asks me.

"Sure thing." I tell her and then all the adults walk into the study.
•••
"What are they talking about in there, do you reckon?" Archie asks as him, me and Veronica sit in my bedroom.

"I don't know." I tell him.

"So, between us, they deputy mayor who took over for Josie's mom is on the verge of stepping down. There's going to be a special election and our parents think your dad would make an ideal candidate." Veronica tells Archie.

"They want my dad to run for mayor?" Archie asks her.

"It's business and politics, Archie. They go hand in hand." Veronica tells him.
•••
"I put the odds of Fred saying yes at about 50-50." daddy says as we gather at the table for breakfast.

"As always mija, anything you can whisper in Archie's ear?" mom asks me.

"And as always mom, he's my boyfriend I won't be doing such things to him." I tell her.

"Ah, you influence Archie and Archie influences Fred, and we need Fred right now." Daddy tells me.

"When we announce our bigger plans--" mom says before daddy cuts her off.

"It'd sound better coming out of hid well-respected, well-liked mouth." daddy tells me.

"The answer is still the same." I tell daddy.

"I'll do it." Veronica tells our parents.
•••
"Mom, I decided something. I'm happy with being in the known as Veronica does the bidding, but Archie is off the table." I tell her as we sit at the table.

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