CASSIE'S COFFEE HOUSE
Andy
settles onto the vintage, brown
sofa, holding his coffee mug steady as he sits. "Still no word?"
"Nope," Claire says, putting her
cell phone down on the coffee table in front of them without removing her
eyes from it. "Brent said it could be a while, though."
"So try to relax."
"I can't. Not knowing that I sent
Tim out to that pier and that the only reason he might be -- he might be
in whatever trouble he's in is because of me." She raises her mug to her
lips and takes a weak sip.
"You look absolutely exhausted,"
Andy says. When Claire's only response is a pair of raised eyebrows, he
asks, "What did you end up doing last night?"
"Nothing." She stares into her coffee
to fill a pause. "I went to the Morianis' to make sure there hadn't been
a change of plans, but Ryan saw me and he tried to lock me in the cellar."
"Oh my gosh."
"Yeah ... Only it didn't work out
the way he planned, because he wound up getting locked in with me."
"So how'd you get out?"
"That was actually courtesy of Nick,"
she explains. "He came by the house to pick up some things before he and
your mother left on their honeymoon ..." She sees a pall settle over Andy.
"I'm sorry we couldn't stop the wedding,"
she says.
"We tried our best," he sighs. "I
can't thank you enough for everything you've done to help me. Only ...
I wish we knew why the meeting at the pier didn't work out."
"Nick really didn't show, huh?"
"No ..." He looks up at her, his
confusion apparent. "What do you mean, 'really didn't show'?"
"Ryan told me that he had figured
out what we were up to, so he warned Nick not to go to the meeting. I wasn't
sure whether I should believe him, but ... I guess he was telling the truth."
The moment the words are out, they hit her on a completely different level.
She tries to combat the sudden nausea with another sip of coffee, but it
does little for her.
"So did you ever get to the wedding?"
she finally asks.
"Not soon enough, but yes, I did
get there. It's actually a wild story -- I'm still trying to make myself
believe that it really did happen."
"What happened?"
"Well, I left the pier because nothing
had happened and I thought I should at least try to talk my mother out
of marrying Nick. But of course I was driving too fast and too carelessly,
and I wound up slamming into another car."
"Oh my--are you okay?"
"I'm fine. But the woman whose car
I hit -- her name was Maggie -- ended up giving me a ride to the wedding
because my car wouldn't start."
"Wow ..."
"My thoughts exactly," Andy muses.
He considers the night quietly and then opens his mouth to add more, but
Claire's phone interrupts him.
Claire's hand darts out and the call
is answered before the second ring begins. "Hello?"
Andy watches her listening and sees
the color drain from her face. Her mouth widens and her breathing seems
to become more and more ragged.
"Oh my God," she mutters, her voice
quivering.
END OF EPISODE #192
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