Just about everyone had left the building, but Kenny was still in his office working. The sound of music coming from one of the many auditoriums pulled him out of his computer screen. He knew that song anywhere.
Getting up, he left his office and walked down the hall. Opening the door he walked in. Taking the mini staircase onto the stage he spoke up.
"Hey, I thought you were headed back to the house."
"I needed to talk to you." Toni said not breaking her concentration as she kept playing.
"You know where my office is." He said. He smiled, "You miss it?"
"Everyday." She said coming towards the end of the song, "You remember this?"
He chuckled, "Yeah."
Ending it, she turned to face him, "You made me practice it until my fingers cramped up. I never understood why until now." She said. He frowned in confusion as she looked away, "Sidney played it perfectly."
"I haven't heard that name in ages. What does she have to do with this?"
She sent him a glare, "Do you just find the most talented girl in your classes, sleep with them, and when you get tired, they just disappear?"
"Excuse me?"
"Sidney disappears and you get Jennifer, then she ends up dead and now here I am. How many more girls were there?!" She asked loudly.
"Toni-"
"All this talk about how special I am. Am I just a replacement?"
"No!" He said as she got up.
"Oh my God. That's why all this is happening. Once I'm out of the picture then you're going to move on to poor Olivia."
"What are you talking about?"
"Everything that's been happening! You know what's going on!"
Feeling frustrated, "Damn it Jennifer why are you so fucking paranoid?! No one is trying to hurt you, especially not me!" He yelled.
There was silence between them for a few seconds. Suddenly a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Did you just call me Jennifer?" She asked him.
He frowned, "No."
"You did."
Finally remembering, he sighed. "I didn't mean-"
"I'm leaving." She said taking the stairs into the audience and walking to the door.
"Toni!" He yelled going after her. By the time he caught up with her, she was already outside getting into her car. "Wait, I'm sorry." He said as she closed the door and started it.
She sped off as he cursed himself. He went back inside deciding to call it a night. Grabbing what he needed out of his office, he left and drove home. His goal was to meet her there and catch her before she went inside.
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Toni drove down the street with tears running down her face. She wasn't sure what her plans were but she didn't want to see him or be near him ever again.
Her phone was going off like crazy. Wiping her face, she looked down at it for a split second and back at the road. Suddenly a car came out of nowhere and hit her sending her car into a spinning frenzy.
"AAH!" She screamed before a large bang brought it to a stop.
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Brenda sat on the couch in a daze. How could she not see it? She felt stupid, but more importantly she felt guilty. She may not have love for much but her son and grandchild held a special place in her heart. Knowing that Toni was carrying another grandchild of hers messed up her whole mindset.
Sabrina walked into the house,"Hey."
She stood up, "So?"
"I got her." She said making Brenda feel a little sick.
"Are you sure?"
"The car slammed into a tree, no way she survived that."
Playing along, Brenda nodded, "Good."
"What's that?" Sabrina asked pointing to the pill bottle in Brenda's hand.
Her eyes nearly bucked, she didn't even notice she still had it.
"Just some new medicine I have to take for my glaucoma." She simply lied putting it in her pocket.
"I have some edibles that can clear that up for you." Sabrina joked.
Brenda smirked, "No thanks."
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Toni picked her head up from the steering wheel and winced from the throbbing headache. She unbuckled herself attempting to get out, "Ouch!" She cried realizing her ankle was stuck.
Hearing a car pull up, her eyes widened. Who could that be? Was the person who hit her coming to finish the job? She panicked hearing the car door close. She kept trying to move her leg but it hurt too bad.
"Toni?" She heard.
She looked up, "Professor Gordon?"
"Are you alright?"
"My leg...it's stuck."
"Just hold on." He said pulling out his phone to call the police.
Within an hour Toni was at the hospital being examined by a doctor.
"AAH! Fuck!" She screamed as the doctor tried to move her swollen ankle.
"It's definitely fractured, but a little time in a cast can help heal it." He said.
"Can we check on my baby?" She asked lowly.
"Sure I'll be right back with the equipment." He said before leaving out.
She relaxed as the pain killers started to work. Her ankle still hurt but it wasn't throbbing anymore. The door opened bringing her stress back up.
"I came as soon as Sam called me. How are you?" Kenny asked.
"In pain." She said dryly as he grabbed a chair and pulled it up to her bed.
He sat down, "Tone, I'm sorry. You just sounded so much like Jennifer. Always talking about someone following her, it even made me paranoid."
"So you just let her die?" She asked shaking her head.
"She started doing drugs and I stop taking her claims serious. I figured she was just high."
"And Sidney?"
"I never slept with her. She was like a daughter to me. I'll admit I was upset when she disappeared and I did get Jen to replace her. The more I fought with Sabrina, the more time I spent with Jen and then..." He trailed off letting her finish the rest.
She scoffed, "Wow."
"There were no other women. Just you 3." He said. She ignored him and he sighed taking her hand into his, "What you and I have is different. I'm in love with you. You have to believe me."
"I want to. I just don't know who I can trust right now." She said as the doctor came back.
"Okay let's check on your little angel..." He said. After getting the gel on her stomach and everything else set up, he turned the machine on and the baby's heartbeat filled the room. He smiled, "The baby is fine."
She nodded, "Thank God."
