THE SOUTHSIDE TAPES (RIVERDALE 2)

the ides of march - 03

DuPont is turning out to be worse than any of the villains in his precious Baxter Brothers' series. It's clear he wants us expelled.
"You can't let your name be tarnished by these, these trust fund brats! Hell, it's my name, and Alice's too. It's our family names."
"If we let our reputations be destroyed by baseless accusations my career as a writer and Nicolette's career on Broadway will be over before they even begin."
"There's no way that's happening, Jug." Betty sipped her coffee, "I think I have a plan."
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The Stonewall kids
"Jones, Starlet..." Donna looked our third addition up and down, "And Betty... What do we owe this pleasure?"
"We know that asshole Jonathan is lying about writing on featherless wings and my screenplay."
"And we know that one, or all of you stole our laptops and are conspiring against us so we're here to prove it."
"WIth a lie detector test?" Jonathan chuckled, "Okay, well, I refuse to participate in this charade."
"Fine." Betty said, "Then you all can watch while Jughead and Nicolette take the test."
I chuckled, "We knew you rich bitches would refuse and bitch about this so he so graciously volunteered. Let the truth be told."
"Is your name Forsythe Pendleton Jones the Third?"
"Yes."
"Is your name Nicoletta Daniella Woodhouse-Cooper-Jones-Lodge?"
"Indeed, it is."
"When did you start writing On Featherless Wings?"
"At the end of last summer before I'd even heard of Stonewall Prep."
"When did you start writing your screenplay?"
"The summer I left Riverdale and started filming season 2 of Rumor Mill."
"And did you get rid of your laptops because you knew they contained incriminating evidence?"
"Of course not."
"Obviously not, Elizabeth. They were stolen, cousin. I know a thief when I see one."
Bret scoffed, "And whaty exactly do you think this is proving?"
"Well," Betty smirked, "Jonathan's guilt by process of elimination."
"And him being too much of a pussy to take a lie detector test." I interjected.
"Hate to break it to you and your has-been cousin, sweetie, but this isn't going to prove their innocence."
"You think I don't know that, bitch?" Betty was smug as ever as she approached Donna, "This lie detector test is only the beginning. Once we're done with all of you one-percenters. None of you will be left standing."
"And, Donna, you'll be hearing from my fucking lawyer, Mary Andrews for false slander and Bret aswell for sexual assault and theft." I grabbed her hair, "Nobody fucks with a Lodge, a Cooper, and especially not a Jones without being bit in the ass, bitch. Ugh, I'm bored of this, cousin, and late for lunch with Cheryl. Au revoir. Kisses."
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"Donna and Joan have film studies but they'll be back any moment."
I let them into my dorm room. 
"I'll stand lookout, Jug. Betts, take Donna's side. I'll take Joan's."
Nothing.
The skull and quill was empty as well.
Our last resort was DuPont's office. Luckily, Jug and I had our switchblades on us. 
What we saw made he want to burn the whole office down.
"The boy in the river?" Jug said as he clutched a manuscript, "We submitted this to win the Baxter Brothers' contract."
"About Jason Blossom?"
"Yeah..." I said, "With Cheryl Blossom's blessing."
Jug was livid, "DuPont told us the brotherhood rejected it... but it's been rewritten but this is our book."
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I slammed the manuscript on DuPont's desk.
"I thought the heartless brotherhood didn't want our boy in the river novel?"
"We didn't and we don't."
"Then what the fuck is this?" I screeched, "You really think we wouldn't recognize our own writing? Ever think of the fact that this is my cousin's real life experience? She'll crucify you for-."
"Making a polish on her story." Jug finished
"You should have had a lawyer take a closer look at your contract." DuPont informed, "All submissions are owned by the brotherhood. We kept the parts we liked and had another ghost writer rewrite the rest."
"WHo?"
"All your classmates collaborated on it."
"Those motherfucking assholes." I screeched.