Something Old, Something New

Part 15

"Yes, what can I do for you Avery?"

"I've read the papers, but I want context to the entire conversation between Kelley and the Network and I think you are the only one who can help me with that."

"Where are you, right now Avery? I'm in my car and can come to you."

"I'm at Kelley's place."

"Okay, I'll be there soon."

"Thanks."

Avery makes some tea as she awaits the arrival of her guest. Soon there is a knock on the door, she gets up and walks over, opening it and revealing Erin.

"Hey, can I come in?"

"Yeah, sorry. Come in, would you like some tea? It's from Kelley's stash."

Erin laughs, "Definitely."

They make their cups and then take a seat on the couch.

"What would you like to know Avery?"

"The messages begin in the second week of the show, I want to know what happened before the show and during the show to change Kelley's mind."

"Shouldn't you be talking to her about all of this?"

"I will be, I just know that if you're anything like Sadie, you won't hold back in highlighting your sisters' downfalls. I'm a Libra and a shrink, it becomes problematic when I need to make sure I have all the facts and balance things out in my head before being able to act or respond to stuff."

"Ok, I understand. Let me start from the beginning then."

Erin proceeds to fill in the blanks for Avery, that initially it was about the money, but her sister began to see the real possibility of a being matched with someone she could spend the rest of her life with. Whatever reluctance she may have had dissipated when she spent time with Avery and she subsequently didn't want it to appear as though it was about the money when it wasn't.

"You've seen the emails, Kelley asked me to divert the money to our parents or a charity, she doesn't want it if it means losing you. Avery, my sister can be incredibly dumb and oblivious at times, but the one thing I know is that she loves hard. She is devastated right now and I'm sure it's affecting her training at the moment, not having talked to you. I know that you guys are supposed to remain straight-faced for the cameras, and not say the L-word, not lesbian I mean, the other L-word. Kelley feels that way about you and if you give her the chance, she would move heaven and earth for you. Kelley doesn't like to hurt anyone, and she avoided talking to you about the money because she knew you would react strongly to it, she felt the best way to prove herself to you was to try and make it go away. Now, I've leaving and by my calculations, I would imagine that my sister is sitting in her hotel room right now awaiting a call or message from you."

Avery stands up and hugs her sister in law, "Thank you for talking with me."

"I'm only a call or message away if you need me. We're family and regardless of what happens in 4 weeks, I hope we will still remain at the very least friends."

"I hope so too." Avery lets Erin out of the apartment, locking it up behind her and collecting her phone before heading into the bedroom and laying on the bed.

Kelley is laying on her bed in the hotel, making like she's watching the show that is playing on the TV, but really she has no clue what's happening aside from it being some sort of home improvement show.

Her phone buzzes beside her and she sees a message pop up

New Message

Doc: Are you able to talk? I'd like to speak with you.