Post by matt on Sept 25, 2023 13:53:20 GMT -6
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Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Kimberly Williams is currently babysitting her nephew, Sean Connor Jones. He’s a teenager. It isn’t exactly babysitting. Still, even though he has seemingly turned over a new leaf and has left his rebellious reputation in the past, his mother doesn’t trust him fully just yet. Thus Kimberly is here at her identical twin sister’s home, watching over Sean while Marie is out handling business. What kind of business? Well, Kim isn’t quite sure. Neither is Sean. She can find that out later. Still, she can enjoy herself and enjoy time bonding with her nephew. Kim finds herself sprawled out on the sofa. The Woman Scorned is wearing torn denim jeans and a black “Queens of Chaos” logo t-shirt. Her feet are bare, her flip flops are lying on the floor by the sofa. Sean is sitting in front of the television watching a replay of Rise To Greatness, specifically Kim’s Underground Championship defense.
“This is soooooo cool!” Sean exclaims as he watches the barbaric underground rules match on television. “And you won?!”
“Spoilers, kiddo.” Kim replies. “Can’t tell ya. Watch and find out.”
“But I was there watching live.” Sean points out. “Plus you brought the SCW Underground Title belt here with you.” He points to the title belt that rests on the floor near Kim’s flip flops. “See?”
“Ok, fine, you got me there.” Kim winks. Sean grins from ear to ear.
“You were incredible!” Sean gushes over his aunt Kim. “I thought you were a goner for sure, you had two opponents!”
“Well one and a half really. I mean, Oktoberfest loves me. In fact, looking back, Oktoberfest and I should have just double teamed Davis the whole time. What the hell were we thinking?!”
“All I know is that I want to be just like you when I grow up.”
“Me?” Kim arches her brow out of curiosity. “If you want to be like me when you grow up you have to get a sex change operation, kidnap someone, and spend a few years locked away in a mental ward. So wanting to be me when you grow up might not be the brightest idea, kiddo.”
“No, Aunt Kim.” Sean says with a chuckle. “I mean I want to be a wrestler!”
“Seriously?”
“Absolutely!” Sean exclaims. “What do I have to do to be a wrestler?”
“First you gotta find a place to train and someone willing to train you. And at least on that point you’re not lacking for opportunities. Your mom is a seven time world champion, she could be a great trainer. Your grandmother, Angelica, she is a thirteen time former world champion and has her own private gym.”
“What about you?”
“Me? You want me to train you?”
“Of course!” Sean says. “You are soooo cool!”
“Thanks for that, kiddo. But seriously, I have never won any world championships. I probably never will. I’m just a chaos causing death machine. I have my niche in the Underground and that’s probably where I belong. But you,” she points a finger at Sean “you could have a bright future. You could carry on the Jones family legacy.”
“You can too, Aunt Kim.”
“No, I don’t think I will.” Kim sighs as she shakes her head. “I’ve kinda given up hope on that one. My focus is on being the greatest Underground Champion ever. When people look up ‘death match wrestling’ I want my name to pop up. That’s my goal.”
“Death Match? What’s that?”
“Don’t worry about it.” Kim shakes her head. “You really should give this some serious thought before you jump into this. I mean, it is a tough life. You are away from your family for weeks, months even. Your life is shortened with some of the risks you take, all in the name of keeping some idiot’s shoulders down on the mat for three, all in the name of making the fans happy.”
“Then why do you do it?” Sean asks.
“I love the fans and I love making them happy!” Kim says gleefully. “Besides, its what I was born to do.”
“What do you mean by that?” Sean asks curiously. Kimberly doesn’t want to tell Sean what she really meant by that. The truth is that she never really had a childhood. She was ripped from her mothers arms at birth, kidnapped by a sociopath and raised, corrupted, and twisted to be little more than a psychotic monster, an assassin, a warrior. Kim was raised to be a fighter. Fighting is all she knows because that’s all she’s done her entire life. She doesn’t tell Sean that. He isn’t ready for that. Kim instead just winks at him.
“Just be grateful that your mother loves you, kiddo.”
“I know.” He sighs. “I just…” his voice trails off. Kim can tell that something is bothering him. She swings her legs over off the sofa into a seated position. She stares at him, curiously.
“What is it?”
“I’m just worried about mom.”
“Oh, that…” she sighs deeply and nods her head “...I’m worried about her too, kiddo.”
Kimberly Williams is worried about her identical twin sister Marie Jones because she has been acting strangely lately. Kim has no problem looking after Sean. She loves her nephew and loves spending time with him. But lately she has spent more and more time with him. Ever since SCW Rise To Greatness and then MWE Redline events, Marie’s behavior has changed. She would go out of town for days on end, leaving Kim to watch Sean. Or like tonight, she would go out, without saying where she was going, and she wouldn’t return until much later than she promised. It definitely isn’t like the prudish Marie that Kim knows. Something is different, something has changed, she just cannot pin it down just yet. Suddenly Kimberly’s thoughts are interrupted when she hears the front door unlocking. Few people have a key to this house. The Woman Scorned hopes that this is Marie finally arriving. Kim turns and watches as, sure enough, Marie Jones comes entering the living room. Marie is wearing a black leather mini-skirt, black stockings, black high heeled pumps, a crimson red silk blouse, and her black leather jacket. She sees Kim and Sean and frowns.
“Hi there you two. Aren’t you up a little late, Sean?”
“Sorry, mom.” Sean responds.
“Oh be easy on him, sis.” Kim says grinning with mischief. “I mean, YOU didn’t meet your curfew either.” Kim stands up and puts her hands on her hips. “Where have you been out all night, missy?”
“Ha, ha, real funny.” Marie sighs. “But I suppose you’re right, I am a little late…”
“A little? Marie, you are two hours late.”
“Ok, I’m a lot late.” She shrugs her shoulders. Marie walks over and embraces her son Sean. “Go on to your room, Sean.”
“Sure, mom.” Sean turns and hugs Kim next. “Goodnight, Aunt Kim.”
“Goodnight, kiddo.” Kim says as Sean takes off, running out of the living room and then bolting upstairs. Once Sean is out of sight, Marie turns to Kim and smiles warmly, politely.
“Thanks for watching Sean for me.” Marie says uneasily. “I didn’t expect to be out so late.”
“Where did you go?” Kim asks curiously. Marie shrugs her shoulders.
“Nowhere. Just doing some business, that’s all.”
“Business huh?” Kim asks. Marie nods her head but Kim isn’t buying it. “That’s way too vague for me, sis.”
“Sorry, Kim, but that’s all you’re getting.” Marie sits down on the sofa and kicks off her heels. Kim sits down next to her.
“Oh come on, sis. You can tell me. What kind of business were you doing this late at night? I mean, its not like you do much business anyway.”
“Maybe I was out training?” Marie offers. “I am still an active wrestler.”
“Unlikely because you are part time at best.” Kim points out. “GCW doesn’t book you as much as they used to and you walked out on your SCW contract.”
“I know and I was wrong to do it.” Marie says with a hint of regret. “I got you in trouble, too. I could have come back, I know. They accepted you back with open arms. But I was too proud to go crawling back to Shaun Cruze and beg for my job.”
“I don’t blame you there. I wouldn’t want to beg Shaun Cruiserweight for anything…” Kim shakes her head “...wait a sec, do NOT go changing the subject! You are barely wrestling in GCW and you no longer wrestle for SCW. You are basically a part time wrestler, now. So I doubt you’re out there preparing for any wrestling match.”
“Fine…” Marie shrugs her shoulders “...I do still have a charity I am highly involved with.”
“Yeah, protecting endangered and critically endangered species.” Kim nods her head. “But would anyone really be doing business this time of night?”
“Yes.” Marie nods her head. “Plenty of people do.”
“Ok, I’ll give you that one.” Kim shakes her head. “But I still don’t believe you.”
“You’re being silly. Why would I lie to you about this?”
“I don’t know why you would lie. I just know you are lying. I spent nearly a year being you in Drew Bryant’s UWA. I spent two months being you in IWC. I have taken your place multiple times in SCW. And I have fooled everyone. I pulled it off because I spent a very long time studying you. I know your behaviors and your tells. I use those same tells when I pretend to be you. Its called method acting.” Kim grins from ear to ear. “So yes, I know that you’re lying. I just don’t know why you’re lying.”
“I’m not lying.” Marie insists.
“Then what were you doing tonight?”
“Why do you care?”
“You are still insistent upon being this way, huh?” Kim smirks. “Fair enough. I’ll drop it. But I’m warning you, being this vague and reluctant to disclose information will just make me stubborn and curious. I’m gonna eventually view this as a challenge to see if I can find out for myself.”
“I’ll take the risk.” Marie says. “So tell me about SCW. I heard its coming back from the yearly break in a few days. Are you scheduled?”
“Not this coming Breakdown, no. Possibly the next one. Mom heard talk of Xander Valentine.”
“Oh wow. Right from the frying pan of an Underground Title defense against Konrad and Davis and into the fire of a dangerous human being like The Executioner. Good luck with that one.”
“Oh please.” Kim scoffs. “I can be just as dangerous. Besides, its not even confirmed yet.”
“Still, whoever you end up wrestling in your first match back, know that Sean and I will be cheering for you. I have been so damn proud of how you have taken the SCW Underground division to a whole new level. You have been incredible.”
“Thanks, sis.” Kim says. “Your support means the world to me.”
“I wish I could be more supportive.” Marie sighs. “In fact, part of me misses it.”
“Misses SCW?” Kim asks. Marie nods her head.
“Yeah.”
“Mom could talk to some people. She could get you back in.”
“No she can’t.” Marie shakes her head. “I have walked out on companies before, not just SCW, when I thought that they were wronging me. I have a reputation now and will SCW really take another chance on me? I fear I’ve worn out my welcome. Besides, my whole wrestling career may be over.”
“You’re crazy, sis.”
“Am I?” Marie asks. “You said it yourself, I am contracted only to GCW and I am barely being used there. In fact, Tabitha Silverstone NEVER books me. I only get booked on one show and its the show that OUR MOTHER gets to book. People no longer are interested in Marie Jones anymore.”
“You’re wrong about that, Marie.” Kim wraps an arm around her sister’s shoulder. “You are a former world champion seven times over. That’s seven more than I’ve won. You are a much more successful person than me.”
“Thanks for trying to make me feel better but the truth is that you have surpassed me. People love you. You wrestle for SCW full time, part time in Zion, MWE, and GCW. Everyone wants you. And you may not have a world title your name now but I know that will change soon enough. It’s just a matter of who gives you that opportunity.” Marie laughs. “It’s funny…”
“What’s funny?”
“When you first came into our lives…the Jones family, that is…you were so full of rage and anger, and jealousy. You wanted to be me because you thought I was the favorite and the more successful Jones daughter. But now look at you, you have become the favorite. You have become the most successful. And you did it as Kimberly Williams, not by taking over my life.” Marie stands up and starts to walk away. “You won, Kim. You finally won.”
“Marie, wait…” Kim leaps up and follows Marie. She steps in front of her to stop her. “...you can’t mean that…”
“Sorry, Kim.” Marie wipes a tear from her eyes. “I said that wrong, I’m sorry. I guess I’ve just been a little down on myself lately. But seriously, I am happy for you and your success. You definitely deserve it after the hell you’ve been through.”
Marie steps to the side and walks past Kimberly. The Woman Scorned considers going after her but decides that it isn't worth it. Still, Kim knows that something is wrong with Marie. Is her late nights out, many days spending away from the family, all of this strange behavior, is it connected to this what appears to be a depression that has befallen her identical twin sister? Kim does not know but she is determined to find out.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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It is cloudy overhead this Saturday afternoon in Boston, Massachusetts. We see what isn’t very unusual for a day such as this; it appears to be a mother going for a walk with her son. Only this isn’t any mother and son. In fact, this isn’t even a mother and son. This is The Woman Scorned and reigning SCW Underground Champion Kimberly Williams with her nephew Sean Connor Jones. Another thing that is unusual, at least unusual for Kim that is, is the fact that The Woman Scorned appears to be dressed to the nines in black thigh high sheer stockings, a black knee length pencil skirt, black high heeled pumps, and a red silk blouse. She is wearing a black leather jacket. Her long red hair is nicely styled. Sean is wearing jeans, sneakers, and a black “Queens of Chaos” logo t-shirt. What isn’t unusual about any of this is the time Kim is spending with her nephew. The Woman Scorned has been spending quite a bit of time with Sean lately, more time than usual. Williams isn’t complaining, because she does truly love her nephew and she does enjoy spending time with him. What she finds concerning is the reason why she has been spending so much time with him lately.
The past couple of months Kimberly’s identical twin sister, Sean’s mother Marie Annabelle Jones, has been seemingly forgetting about any and all of her parental responsibilities in favor of going out at night to do who knows what. There’s nothing wrong with spending some time out to enjoy yourself, even if you are a single parent like Marie, but Kim knows that this is unusual behavior for her sister. Marie has always been the super-protective, obsessively protective mother. She has let her own wrestling career suffer in the past few years all so that she could be a better, more attentive mother to her son. Yet these past couple of months Marie has been disappearing for hours, sometimes even days on end, leaving Kimberly to pick up the slack, leaving Kimberly to take care of Sean while she is away. And what’s even more curious is the fact that Marie thus far has refused to tell Kimberly, or anyone else in the family for that matter, where she has been going. When pressed for more information, Marie just simply doges and ducks the question. In her mind, its none of their business where she goes at night.
While Kimberly is all for being wild, chaotic, and enjoying a fun night out, even she disagrees and disapproves of Marie’s behavior regarding her son. Something is not right because this behavior is not like Marie. This is so out of character that Kim is now bound and determined to find out just what is going on with Marie, one way or another. And right now, this weekend, it may be just the perfect opportunity to find out what Marie up to; Kimberly has spoken with Glory Braddock, her and Marie’s cousin and owner of a wrestling promotion, GCW, that Marie works for; Glory has agreed to schedule Marie time to spend in Charlotte, North Carolina, GCW headquarters, for several days. With Marie gone and away from Massachusetts, this will give Kimberly plenty of time to snoop around in her twin sister’s affairs as only she can. She just doesn’t want her nephew Sean caught up in this mess. This is why the demented aunt and her nephew are walking this upscale neighborhood in Massachusetts this afternoon; Kim is going to drop Sean off somewhere that she knows he will be safe while Kim handles her business.
“I don’t know why I can’t just hang out with you, Aunt Kim.” Sean whines.
“We’ve been over this already, kiddo. Your Aunt Kim is going to be very busy planning some funeral arrangements.” Kim says with a vicious smirk on her face. Sean, for his part, is not convinced. He shakes his head.
“I’m not dumb, Aunt Kim. I know whatever you’re up to has to do with mom.”
“Your mom?” Kim furrows her brow out of curiosity. “You have a mom?”
“Real funny, Aunt Kim.” Sean rolls his eyes.
“Look, kiddo, trust me when I say that your mom is fine. What I’m up to tonight has nothing to do with her.”
“Then why are you dressed like mom?”
“Maybe I’m gonna take the point of this stiletto heel and use it to gouge out someone’s eyeballs?”
“Seriously?” Sean asks, for just a moment it appears that he may believe Kim. The Underground Champion nods her head.
“Of course! If I can make a plush toy penguin into a weapon then you can be damn sure I can make shoes into a weapon.”
“But this isn’t an Underground Rules Match.”
“Let me worry about that, kiddo. Right now you need to get ready to spend some time with your favorite aunt!” Kim motions to a home, it is definitely upscale seeing as it is in an upscale neighborhood, but it is perhaps one of the more modest of the upscale homes in this area. Sean sighs with some disappointment as he lays his eyes upon the home of his aunt, Kim’s half-sister Jessica Lasiewicz.
“Aunt Jessie is boring.” Sean complains.
“Oh stop it. She can’t be more of a prudish stick in the mud than your mother.”
“But no one is more fun than you, Aunt Kim.” Sean hugs Kim tightly. “I’d rather stay with you.”
“Oh you make me feel soooo good, kiddo, but trust me, this will be great.” Kim pats him on the back. “Besides, it’ll be fun. Ask her to teach you how to cuss in Polish.”
“But my mom…”
“Your mom doesn’t understand Polish.” Kim winks. Sean grins from ear to ear.
“Ok!” With that promise of a good time, Sean turns and bolts up to the front door with Kim following closely behind. Sean rings the doorbell and Kim stands there next to him, waiting patiently. A few moments later and the door opens; Jessica Lasiewicz emerges, standing in the doorway. Jessica is wearing tight denim jeans, simple black flats, and a floral print blouse. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a ponytail in the back.
“Hi there, Sean.” Jessica ruffles his hair.
“Hi Aunt Jessie!” Sean exclaims happily. “Aunt Kim said you could teach me how to cuss in Polish!”
“She did, did she?” Jessica turns and stares judgingly at Kim, who just smiles sheepishly back at her.
“Yeah! It’s gonna be fun!” Sean rushes into the home. Jessica steps outside with Kim and shuts the doors behind her.
“Cussing in Polish?”
“I had to tell him something to make him excited about spending time with you.” Kim points out. “Seriously, you and Marie are the most boring sisters I’ve ever had.”
“We’re the only sisters you’ve ever had.”
“Doesn’t change the fact that you’re boring.”
“I’m surprised he didn’t want to spend time with you watching tape on Sal Darius on Breakdown. Or your next Battle for the Briefcase match in MWE?” Jessica asks with a knowing grin. “Isn’t that what you’re doing?”
“Hell no.” Kim shakes her head. “I have plenty of time to plan an attack against that scummy sleazebag. I have other business to attend to right now.”
“I figured.” Jessica nods her head. “I just wanted to see if you’d own up to it. You’re spying on Marie, aren’t you?”
“Me, spying? Why would I spy on my sister? You think the worst of me, Jess!”
“For starters, you are dressed to the nines, like a prude as you so rudely put it, in clothes that you would never be caught dead wearing.”
“Maybe I’m trying out a new style?”
“You also have a history of impersonating Marie. You did so for a year in UWA. You did so for a month in IWC. You…”
“Ok, ok, you got me,” Kim nods her head “I am planning to go out tonight, and the next few nights, actually, and stand in as Marie at her favorite spots in town. And yes, I am spying on Marie, but this is no game. I can assure you of that.”
“Care to fill me in on what’s going on?” Jessica asks curiously. “Marie is my sister too and if something is wrong I’d like to help.”
“You’re helping out by watching Sean and keeping him away from this.”
“Is it that dangerous?” Lasiewicz asks. Kim sighs and shrugs her shoulders.
“I honestly don’t know. All I know is that Marie has been acting very strange lately, strange enough that she has me worried.”
“Marie is acting strange, eh?” Jessica chuckles softly. “What else is new?”
“Hey now!” Kim exclaims. “This is serious! Marie never acts strange!”
“You may be her twin sister but you haven’t spent the time with her that I have.” Jessica points out. “It isn’t your fault. You spent your childhood and formative teenage years away from the family, away from society, and you never really got to know her. But I have spent time with her. Trust me, Kim, Marie having bouts of strange behavior from time to time isn’t unusual. Hell, I’m surprised it took this long before she finally snapped and started acting out again.”
“Finally snapped?” Kim scoffs. “You don’t know what you’re talking about, Jess. She’s never snapped. She’s never acted strange or unusual…” she sighs “...at least, not like this.”
“You give her too much credit.” Jessica sighs and shakes her head. “But by all means, humor me; what has she been doing lately that has you so concerned?”
“Well the main thing that has me concerned just ran in through your front door anxiously waiting on you to teach him how to swear in Polish.”
“Sean?” Jessica furrows her brow in confusion. “What’s wrong with Sean?”
“It’s his relationship with his mother that bothers me.” Kim points out. “You know how overprotective Marie can be, you know how obsessed Marie is about being a good mother to that kid. She has taken her responsibility as a mother to Sean to an extreme. Yet here lately she has been completely ignoring her responsibilities as a parent.”
“How do you mean?” Jessica asks curiously.
“She will ask me to come over and watch Sean while she goes out. She tells me she’ll be home by ten or eleven at night, but then she doesn’t come home until two or three in the morning, and you can smell the alcohol all over her. Sometimes she’ll have me watch him for a few days because she’s going out of town on business. She may leave Friday and promise to be back to pick him up on Sunday but she doesn’t return until Tuesday.”
“Ok, I hear you,” Jessica sighs and nods her head “I admit, it does sound suspicious and is out of character for Marie. But you have to admit that all of that is explainable.”
“Yeah, it is explainable, and that’s all I want to hear from her, is a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why it seems like she is ignoring her son. But anytime I ask she dodges the question.” Kim is frustrated by now and shakes her head. “Look, I can’t prove anything, but I know something is wrong. I know something isn’t right. I just need time by myself at Marie’s home to snoop around and look for clues, I need time to stand in as Marie at her favorite spots; hopefully I’ll hear something.”
“You really are worried, aren’t you?”
“Of course I am.” Kim states. Jessica smiles warmly.
“You are a good sister, Kim. I do think that you are worrying yourself over nothing. But if you feel like you must snoop then by all means, snoop away, but be quick about it. Marie won’t be gone for long. She’ll be back. You don’t want her to catch you spying on her like this.”
“Thanks, Jess. I’ll be careful.” Kim turns and starts to walk away.
“Wait, where are you going?”
“Me?” Kim smirks. “I’m going out…”
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Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Dropping her nephew Sean off to be with his aunt Jessica for the rest of the day, perhaps even all weekend, was just part one of Kimberly’s plan. Now that Sean is safely out of the way, and more importantly in no danger, she can focus on the next step of her plan, which is to infiltrate her identical twin sister’s life in hopes of trying to find out what exactly is causing Marie’s strange behavior. Jessica may think that everything is explainable, she may think that this is just innocent, but Kimberly isn’t convinced. She smells a rat and is determined to smoke it out. Once she dropped Sean off with Jessica, Kim went back to Marie’s home and looked for clues. After finding nothing, Kim decided to go out and spend some time at one of her sister’s favorite places, namely a fancy restaurant in Massachusetts. The Woman Scorned finds herself gliding as elegantly as she can into The Capital Grille, one of the finer, nicer places in town, one of Marie’s favorite places to eat. Even though she feels out of place in an upscale restaurant like this, Kim definitely looks that part, wearing some of her twin sister’s nicest of clothes. Ordinarily The Woman Scorned wouldn’t want to be in this place but she is hoping that tonight, by infiltrating her sister’s life, she will learn something about Marie, she hopes to learn some secrets about Marie. Kimberly can feel all eyes upon her as she approaches the front of the room where she is greeted by the hostess, a young woman in a restaurant uniform with long brown hair.
“Good evening, Marie!” The hostess says with a warm, friendly grin.
“Oh, yeah, hello…” Kim quickly reads the woman’s nametag “...Jennifer.”
“Oh come off it, Marie.” Jennifer says, giggling slightly. “Call me Jenny.”
“Right, Jenny, silly me.” Kim laughs. “What can I say? I’ve been dropped on my head a few more times than usual. Piledrivers and all.”
“Of course, I almost forgot that you were a wrestler.” The hostess picks up two menus. “So will it be a table for two?”
“You tell me.” Kim says with a playful grin.
“You’re funny, Marie.” Jenny says giggling. “Seriously though, is your friend coming?”
“Which friend?” Kim decides to play dumb, although it isn’t entirely playing. She really doesn’t know which ‘friend’ this hostess is referring to. Who knows who Marie has been spending her nights out with? “You know I have sooooo many!”
“I think you know which one.” Jenny winks. “The tall blonde.”
“Which tall blonde?” Kim winks playfully. “I swing both ways, y’know?”
“Oh, Marie, I had no idea you had such a sense of humor.” Jenny says, laughing softly.
“I’m a regular laugh riot. I’m thinking of being a stand-up comedian if this whole wrestling thing doesn’t work out.”
“You’ll do great, Marie.” Jenny says. “You are a talented woman. Anyway, I’ll bring two menus anyway just in case Julianne decides to join you.”
“Julianne?” Kim arches a brow. The name Julianne is all too familiar to Kimberly. Jenny nods her head.
“Yeah, silly.” She grins. “Julianne Buchanan, I think that’s your girlfriend’s name.”
“Right…” Kim’s voice trails off as she follows the hostess through the Capital Grille and towards a table, a table for two. She sets the menus down.
“Should I tell your server to bring your regular drink?”
“Yeah…that’ll be fine…”
“Pinot Noir it is.” The hostess then walks away.
Kimberly feels at this point that perhaps a Pinot Noir isn’t strong enough. She might need some vodka. Julianne Buchanan is indeed all too familiar to Kimberly Williams. Marie and Julianne were involved in brief romantic affair when they met at a cult known as The Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat. Marie and Julianne both were taken advantage of there by a con artist, a snake oil salesman by the name of Raul Alfaro. Kimberly thought that she had managed to convinced both Marie and Julianne to leave the cult for good. She had thought that Marie would never see Julianne again. But not only are they getting reacquainted, it seems as if their romantic fling is back on in full force. This raises many red flags for Kimberly, among them th fear of a return of Raul Alfaro’s influence. If Julianne has returned to Marie’s life, then perhaps Raul is back as well?
“Annabelle?”
The name is Marie’s middle name, a name Marie hasn’t used in forever. But the voice is immediately recognizable to Kim. She turns in time to see Julianne Buchanan approaching. She is wearing a tight form fitting pink dress and strappy heels. Kim can tell by the expression on Julianne’s face, the look of sheer love and adoration, that she has fooled Julianne. Julianne thinks that Kim is Marie. So she must keep up the act.
“Oh…hi, Julianne.” Kim watches as Julianne approaches. The tall blonde bends over for a kiss. Kim obliges, kissing her on the lips. Julianne then sits down at the table with Kim.
“I thought you were going to be in Charlotte?”
“Plans changed.” Kim grins. “Aren’t you happy?”
“Anytime I get to be with you I am happy.” Julianne kisses her again. “Have you had any change of heart?”
“About what?” Kim takes a risk by deciding to play dumb again. Julianne laughs softly.
“You know, silly.” She winks. “I am happy that we have rekindled our flame. And the nights we have spent together have been incredible. But I would like to show you…” she grins knowingly “...something else. If you’re ready.”
“Uh, not yet.” Kim answers. Clearly Marie has been refusing up to now, that is good for Kim. It gives her an excuse to leave early tonight.
“That’s fine, I don’t want to rush you.” She smiles warmly. She takes Kim’s hands and clasps them tightly. “Think about it, though. I do enjoy spending time with you, Annabelle.”
“Yeah…” Kim forces a smile onto her face “...me too.”
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Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Its Sunday morning and Kimberly Williams, the reigning SCW Underground Champion, has completed her task of digging into the secret, personal life of her identical twin sister Marie Jones. For quite some time now Marie has secretly been staying out at all hours of the night, or leaving and not coming back for days, seemingly abandoning her family and, worse yet, abandoning her only son Sean Connor Jones. Kimberly has had no problems picking up the slack when it comes to taking care of Sean. In fact, The Woman Scorned loves being an aunt and this extra time spent with her nephew has even given her pause to even consider potentially having a child of her own someday. Still, Kim cannot just ignore the troublesome concerns that have been popping up lately. Marie’s behavior is very unusual and very out of character. Kimberly has been convinced that something was amiss, something was very wrong, and now after spending one night out on the town impersonating her twin sister, Kim has finally learned a secret that Marie has been keeping from the entire family.
Julianne Buchanan, Marie’s former friend and lover from the Inner Peace Enlightenment cult, has come back to town and Marie has been seeing her quite frequently lately. Now it all makes sense. Those late nights were Marie going out with Julianne. Those days and days on end being away from everyone has been spend staying at Julianne’s place. Ordinarily this wouldn’t be a cause for concern but the fact that Julianne Buchanan was once closely aligned with a cult Marie got wrapped up in, combined with the fact that for some reason Marie refuses to tell anyone in the family about something that should be simply as innocent as a date night, is enough to give Kimberly cause for concern. At least now she knows the truth and, when the time is right, she can confront her sister about it. But for now there is only one thing on the mind of The Woman Scorned.
“Jessie!” Kimberly Williams is crouched down outside the back window of her half-sister Jessica Lasiewicz’s home in Boston, Massachusetts. She is trying her best to stay hidden because, well, The Woman Scorned is butt ass naked. Why doesn’t the eccentric ginger have any clothes on? That’s a good question and with Kim, who knows what the answer is? Right now she is trying to stay hidden, out of notice from any of Jessica’s neighbors whilst occasionally peeking her head out of the bush she is hiding in to knock on the window and call out. “Jessie! Hurry up!”
Eventually Kimberly’s efforts pay off. She smiles as she hears someone fiddling with the window. Kim looks up in time to see the window opening and Jessica peeking her head out. “Kim! What on earth are you doing?!” She exclaims. “Don’t you know how to use a door?”
“Yes but doors are boring. This is much more fun.” Kim then leaps out of the bush and climbs in through the window. Jessica steps back to allow her sister into the home, which happens to be in the bathroom, and she steps back further and stares in shock upon seeing that Kimberly is completely nude.
“Where the hell are your clothes?!”
“At home.”
“Obviously.” Jessica rolls her eyes.
“Did you prepare the bath?”
“You tell me.” She motions to the bathtub which is full of water. Kim grins.
“Awesome! Thanks, sis!” Kim steps into the tub and lies down.
“I’m afraid to ask but…why did you come HERE, completely NAKED, to take a bath?”
“Well I have to be naked to take a bath, silly.” Kim winks.
“Don’t you have a bath at your house? Or Marie’s…assuming you’re still looking out for her place while she’s away on business in Charlotte?”
“Well that’s the thing, I only just got done with my investigation and I really need to take a bath. Besides, you’d want to hear about what I learned, so I figured why not kill two birds with one stone?”
“...”
“I can hear your ellipses!”
“Of course you can.” Jessica sighs out of frustration. “You just got finished? Where were you all night?”
“I had to go undercover, Jessie. Deep undercover. Sooooooo deep undercover that…well…I just…”
“You had sex with someone, didn’t you?”
“So what if I did?!” Kim glares at Jessica. “I had to do it to maintain my cover! I couldn’t let her figure out that I wasn’t really Marie!”
“Who?” Jessica asks curiously.
“Julianne.” Kim states. “You remember her, don’t you?”
“Unfortunately, I do.” Lasiewicz nods her head. “She was Marie’s friend when she was a part of that Inner Peace whatever…”
“Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat. Or as I like to call it, Inner Peace Enlightenment Cult. Yes, she’s back and that’s who Marie has been spending all hours of the night with, that’s who Marie has been spending days on end with, all the while ignoring us and poor Sean.” Kim sighs with a sense of righteous indignation. “Where is the kiddo, anyway?”
“He’s still asleep.” Jessica points out. “Hopefully you didn’t wake him.”
“Thanks for watching him for me, Jess. I’ll take him home when I’m done here.”
“It isn’t a problem, Kim but…” she pauses momentarily “...wait, how the hell are you going to take him home when you don’t have any clothes?”
“I figured I’d steal yours.” Kim says. Jessica rolls her eyes.
“Why didn’t you just bring Marie’s clothes with you? I assume you still had them last night.”
“I did but after fucking Julianne I had to burn them. Shit, I almost considered setting myself on fire. My God she is nasty! Wanna know what we did?”
“God no!” Jessica exclaims, shaking her head vehemently. “But Kim, I still think you’re wrong about this. So what if Marie is sleeping with Julianne again? She’s a grown woman. She is still allowed to date and sleep with whoever the hell she likes. Just because she’s a mother doesn’t mean her sex life is over.” Lasiewicz smirks knowingly. “Now you sound like a prude.”
“Really, Jess?”
“Really.”
“Well tell me this, if I am sooooo wrong…do you still feel that this is innocent despite the fact that Marie has kept this seemingly innocent relationship a secret from everyone? Do you still feel this is innocent when the woman she is sleeping with was once deeply entrenched in some crazy ass cult?”
“I suppose you have a point.” Jessica nods her head.
“You have no idea what Marie went through because you weren’t there. But I was. I know how deep they got into her head. She was so convinced by that nonsense that she sold all of her belongings, her entire estate at the time, to me. That fancy ass house she lives in, I own that. If I was still an evil vindictive person I could legally have her removed because she was dumb enough to sell all of her belongings to me.”
“I…I had no idea…”
“Now you see why I’m so worried? What if Julianne is back with that group of religious psychos and she’s trying to get Marie back in with them too? And if Marie does get back in with them, what happens to Sean? She was willing to give EVERYTHING she owned away. What if they want Sean too?”
“Kim…I get why you’re concerned, I really do. But everyone has their limits, everyone has a line that they won’t cross. I’m sure Marie would never do anything to endanger her son. Besides, that’s a lot of ‘WHAT IFs’ you threw out there. There is still no evidence that Julianne is even back with the cult, yet alone trying to get Marie to go back as well, now is there?”
“No…” Kim shakes her head as her voice trails off.
“See? Instead of jumping to conclusions, why don’t you confront Marie with this information? Just ask her yourself.”
“I already tried and she kept dodging and ducking my line of questions. That’s why I had to go undercover. Duh!”
“That was before you knew what she was doing. Now that you have something to pressure her with, she just might crack. Its classic interrogation, Kim.” Lasiewicz winks. “You of all people should know that.”
“Oh yeah!” Kim exclaims. “Why didn’t I think of that?”
“Who knows? Maybe you’ve lost your touch?” Jessica winks. “Maybe being around us prudes has been rubbing off on you?”
“No way!” Kim sticks her tongue out. “I am NOT gonna allow myself to be a prude! But I am gonna interrogate the hell outta Marie when she gets back from Charlotte. I’m gonna find out what really is going on.”
Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Kimberly Williams is currently babysitting her nephew, Sean Connor Jones. He’s a teenager. It isn’t exactly babysitting. Still, even though he has seemingly turned over a new leaf and has left his rebellious reputation in the past, his mother doesn’t trust him fully just yet. Thus Kimberly is here at her identical twin sister’s home, watching over Sean while Marie is out handling business. What kind of business? Well, Kim isn’t quite sure. Neither is Sean. She can find that out later. Still, she can enjoy herself and enjoy time bonding with her nephew. Kim finds herself sprawled out on the sofa. The Woman Scorned is wearing torn denim jeans and a black “Queens of Chaos” logo t-shirt. Her feet are bare, her flip flops are lying on the floor by the sofa. Sean is sitting in front of the television watching a replay of Rise To Greatness, specifically Kim’s Underground Championship defense.
“This is soooooo cool!” Sean exclaims as he watches the barbaric underground rules match on television. “And you won?!”
“Spoilers, kiddo.” Kim replies. “Can’t tell ya. Watch and find out.”
“But I was there watching live.” Sean points out. “Plus you brought the SCW Underground Title belt here with you.” He points to the title belt that rests on the floor near Kim’s flip flops. “See?”
“Ok, fine, you got me there.” Kim winks. Sean grins from ear to ear.
“You were incredible!” Sean gushes over his aunt Kim. “I thought you were a goner for sure, you had two opponents!”
“Well one and a half really. I mean, Oktoberfest loves me. In fact, looking back, Oktoberfest and I should have just double teamed Davis the whole time. What the hell were we thinking?!”
“All I know is that I want to be just like you when I grow up.”
“Me?” Kim arches her brow out of curiosity. “If you want to be like me when you grow up you have to get a sex change operation, kidnap someone, and spend a few years locked away in a mental ward. So wanting to be me when you grow up might not be the brightest idea, kiddo.”
“No, Aunt Kim.” Sean says with a chuckle. “I mean I want to be a wrestler!”
“Seriously?”
“Absolutely!” Sean exclaims. “What do I have to do to be a wrestler?”
“First you gotta find a place to train and someone willing to train you. And at least on that point you’re not lacking for opportunities. Your mom is a seven time world champion, she could be a great trainer. Your grandmother, Angelica, she is a thirteen time former world champion and has her own private gym.”
“What about you?”
“Me? You want me to train you?”
“Of course!” Sean says. “You are soooo cool!”
“Thanks for that, kiddo. But seriously, I have never won any world championships. I probably never will. I’m just a chaos causing death machine. I have my niche in the Underground and that’s probably where I belong. But you,” she points a finger at Sean “you could have a bright future. You could carry on the Jones family legacy.”
“You can too, Aunt Kim.”
“No, I don’t think I will.” Kim sighs as she shakes her head. “I’ve kinda given up hope on that one. My focus is on being the greatest Underground Champion ever. When people look up ‘death match wrestling’ I want my name to pop up. That’s my goal.”
“Death Match? What’s that?”
“Don’t worry about it.” Kim shakes her head. “You really should give this some serious thought before you jump into this. I mean, it is a tough life. You are away from your family for weeks, months even. Your life is shortened with some of the risks you take, all in the name of keeping some idiot’s shoulders down on the mat for three, all in the name of making the fans happy.”
“Then why do you do it?” Sean asks.
“I love the fans and I love making them happy!” Kim says gleefully. “Besides, its what I was born to do.”
“What do you mean by that?” Sean asks curiously. Kimberly doesn’t want to tell Sean what she really meant by that. The truth is that she never really had a childhood. She was ripped from her mothers arms at birth, kidnapped by a sociopath and raised, corrupted, and twisted to be little more than a psychotic monster, an assassin, a warrior. Kim was raised to be a fighter. Fighting is all she knows because that’s all she’s done her entire life. She doesn’t tell Sean that. He isn’t ready for that. Kim instead just winks at him.
“Just be grateful that your mother loves you, kiddo.”
“I know.” He sighs. “I just…” his voice trails off. Kim can tell that something is bothering him. She swings her legs over off the sofa into a seated position. She stares at him, curiously.
“What is it?”
“I’m just worried about mom.”
“Oh, that…” she sighs deeply and nods her head “...I’m worried about her too, kiddo.”
Kimberly Williams is worried about her identical twin sister Marie Jones because she has been acting strangely lately. Kim has no problem looking after Sean. She loves her nephew and loves spending time with him. But lately she has spent more and more time with him. Ever since SCW Rise To Greatness and then MWE Redline events, Marie’s behavior has changed. She would go out of town for days on end, leaving Kim to watch Sean. Or like tonight, she would go out, without saying where she was going, and she wouldn’t return until much later than she promised. It definitely isn’t like the prudish Marie that Kim knows. Something is different, something has changed, she just cannot pin it down just yet. Suddenly Kimberly’s thoughts are interrupted when she hears the front door unlocking. Few people have a key to this house. The Woman Scorned hopes that this is Marie finally arriving. Kim turns and watches as, sure enough, Marie Jones comes entering the living room. Marie is wearing a black leather mini-skirt, black stockings, black high heeled pumps, a crimson red silk blouse, and her black leather jacket. She sees Kim and Sean and frowns.
“Hi there you two. Aren’t you up a little late, Sean?”
“Sorry, mom.” Sean responds.
“Oh be easy on him, sis.” Kim says grinning with mischief. “I mean, YOU didn’t meet your curfew either.” Kim stands up and puts her hands on her hips. “Where have you been out all night, missy?”
“Ha, ha, real funny.” Marie sighs. “But I suppose you’re right, I am a little late…”
“A little? Marie, you are two hours late.”
“Ok, I’m a lot late.” She shrugs her shoulders. Marie walks over and embraces her son Sean. “Go on to your room, Sean.”
“Sure, mom.” Sean turns and hugs Kim next. “Goodnight, Aunt Kim.”
“Goodnight, kiddo.” Kim says as Sean takes off, running out of the living room and then bolting upstairs. Once Sean is out of sight, Marie turns to Kim and smiles warmly, politely.
“Thanks for watching Sean for me.” Marie says uneasily. “I didn’t expect to be out so late.”
“Where did you go?” Kim asks curiously. Marie shrugs her shoulders.
“Nowhere. Just doing some business, that’s all.”
“Business huh?” Kim asks. Marie nods her head but Kim isn’t buying it. “That’s way too vague for me, sis.”
“Sorry, Kim, but that’s all you’re getting.” Marie sits down on the sofa and kicks off her heels. Kim sits down next to her.
“Oh come on, sis. You can tell me. What kind of business were you doing this late at night? I mean, its not like you do much business anyway.”
“Maybe I was out training?” Marie offers. “I am still an active wrestler.”
“Unlikely because you are part time at best.” Kim points out. “GCW doesn’t book you as much as they used to and you walked out on your SCW contract.”
“I know and I was wrong to do it.” Marie says with a hint of regret. “I got you in trouble, too. I could have come back, I know. They accepted you back with open arms. But I was too proud to go crawling back to Shaun Cruze and beg for my job.”
“I don’t blame you there. I wouldn’t want to beg Shaun Cruiserweight for anything…” Kim shakes her head “...wait a sec, do NOT go changing the subject! You are barely wrestling in GCW and you no longer wrestle for SCW. You are basically a part time wrestler, now. So I doubt you’re out there preparing for any wrestling match.”
“Fine…” Marie shrugs her shoulders “...I do still have a charity I am highly involved with.”
“Yeah, protecting endangered and critically endangered species.” Kim nods her head. “But would anyone really be doing business this time of night?”
“Yes.” Marie nods her head. “Plenty of people do.”
“Ok, I’ll give you that one.” Kim shakes her head. “But I still don’t believe you.”
“You’re being silly. Why would I lie to you about this?”
“I don’t know why you would lie. I just know you are lying. I spent nearly a year being you in Drew Bryant’s UWA. I spent two months being you in IWC. I have taken your place multiple times in SCW. And I have fooled everyone. I pulled it off because I spent a very long time studying you. I know your behaviors and your tells. I use those same tells when I pretend to be you. Its called method acting.” Kim grins from ear to ear. “So yes, I know that you’re lying. I just don’t know why you’re lying.”
“I’m not lying.” Marie insists.
“Then what were you doing tonight?”
“Why do you care?”
“You are still insistent upon being this way, huh?” Kim smirks. “Fair enough. I’ll drop it. But I’m warning you, being this vague and reluctant to disclose information will just make me stubborn and curious. I’m gonna eventually view this as a challenge to see if I can find out for myself.”
“I’ll take the risk.” Marie says. “So tell me about SCW. I heard its coming back from the yearly break in a few days. Are you scheduled?”
“Not this coming Breakdown, no. Possibly the next one. Mom heard talk of Xander Valentine.”
“Oh wow. Right from the frying pan of an Underground Title defense against Konrad and Davis and into the fire of a dangerous human being like The Executioner. Good luck with that one.”
“Oh please.” Kim scoffs. “I can be just as dangerous. Besides, its not even confirmed yet.”
“Still, whoever you end up wrestling in your first match back, know that Sean and I will be cheering for you. I have been so damn proud of how you have taken the SCW Underground division to a whole new level. You have been incredible.”
“Thanks, sis.” Kim says. “Your support means the world to me.”
“I wish I could be more supportive.” Marie sighs. “In fact, part of me misses it.”
“Misses SCW?” Kim asks. Marie nods her head.
“Yeah.”
“Mom could talk to some people. She could get you back in.”
“No she can’t.” Marie shakes her head. “I have walked out on companies before, not just SCW, when I thought that they were wronging me. I have a reputation now and will SCW really take another chance on me? I fear I’ve worn out my welcome. Besides, my whole wrestling career may be over.”
“You’re crazy, sis.”
“Am I?” Marie asks. “You said it yourself, I am contracted only to GCW and I am barely being used there. In fact, Tabitha Silverstone NEVER books me. I only get booked on one show and its the show that OUR MOTHER gets to book. People no longer are interested in Marie Jones anymore.”
“You’re wrong about that, Marie.” Kim wraps an arm around her sister’s shoulder. “You are a former world champion seven times over. That’s seven more than I’ve won. You are a much more successful person than me.”
“Thanks for trying to make me feel better but the truth is that you have surpassed me. People love you. You wrestle for SCW full time, part time in Zion, MWE, and GCW. Everyone wants you. And you may not have a world title your name now but I know that will change soon enough. It’s just a matter of who gives you that opportunity.” Marie laughs. “It’s funny…”
“What’s funny?”
“When you first came into our lives…the Jones family, that is…you were so full of rage and anger, and jealousy. You wanted to be me because you thought I was the favorite and the more successful Jones daughter. But now look at you, you have become the favorite. You have become the most successful. And you did it as Kimberly Williams, not by taking over my life.” Marie stands up and starts to walk away. “You won, Kim. You finally won.”
“Marie, wait…” Kim leaps up and follows Marie. She steps in front of her to stop her. “...you can’t mean that…”
“Sorry, Kim.” Marie wipes a tear from her eyes. “I said that wrong, I’m sorry. I guess I’ve just been a little down on myself lately. But seriously, I am happy for you and your success. You definitely deserve it after the hell you’ve been through.”
Marie steps to the side and walks past Kimberly. The Woman Scorned considers going after her but decides that it isn't worth it. Still, Kim knows that something is wrong with Marie. Is her late nights out, many days spending away from the family, all of this strange behavior, is it connected to this what appears to be a depression that has befallen her identical twin sister? Kim does not know but she is determined to find out.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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It is cloudy overhead this Saturday afternoon in Boston, Massachusetts. We see what isn’t very unusual for a day such as this; it appears to be a mother going for a walk with her son. Only this isn’t any mother and son. In fact, this isn’t even a mother and son. This is The Woman Scorned and reigning SCW Underground Champion Kimberly Williams with her nephew Sean Connor Jones. Another thing that is unusual, at least unusual for Kim that is, is the fact that The Woman Scorned appears to be dressed to the nines in black thigh high sheer stockings, a black knee length pencil skirt, black high heeled pumps, and a red silk blouse. She is wearing a black leather jacket. Her long red hair is nicely styled. Sean is wearing jeans, sneakers, and a black “Queens of Chaos” logo t-shirt. What isn’t unusual about any of this is the time Kim is spending with her nephew. The Woman Scorned has been spending quite a bit of time with Sean lately, more time than usual. Williams isn’t complaining, because she does truly love her nephew and she does enjoy spending time with him. What she finds concerning is the reason why she has been spending so much time with him lately.
The past couple of months Kimberly’s identical twin sister, Sean’s mother Marie Annabelle Jones, has been seemingly forgetting about any and all of her parental responsibilities in favor of going out at night to do who knows what. There’s nothing wrong with spending some time out to enjoy yourself, even if you are a single parent like Marie, but Kim knows that this is unusual behavior for her sister. Marie has always been the super-protective, obsessively protective mother. She has let her own wrestling career suffer in the past few years all so that she could be a better, more attentive mother to her son. Yet these past couple of months Marie has been disappearing for hours, sometimes even days on end, leaving Kimberly to pick up the slack, leaving Kimberly to take care of Sean while she is away. And what’s even more curious is the fact that Marie thus far has refused to tell Kimberly, or anyone else in the family for that matter, where she has been going. When pressed for more information, Marie just simply doges and ducks the question. In her mind, its none of their business where she goes at night.
While Kimberly is all for being wild, chaotic, and enjoying a fun night out, even she disagrees and disapproves of Marie’s behavior regarding her son. Something is not right because this behavior is not like Marie. This is so out of character that Kim is now bound and determined to find out just what is going on with Marie, one way or another. And right now, this weekend, it may be just the perfect opportunity to find out what Marie up to; Kimberly has spoken with Glory Braddock, her and Marie’s cousin and owner of a wrestling promotion, GCW, that Marie works for; Glory has agreed to schedule Marie time to spend in Charlotte, North Carolina, GCW headquarters, for several days. With Marie gone and away from Massachusetts, this will give Kimberly plenty of time to snoop around in her twin sister’s affairs as only she can. She just doesn’t want her nephew Sean caught up in this mess. This is why the demented aunt and her nephew are walking this upscale neighborhood in Massachusetts this afternoon; Kim is going to drop Sean off somewhere that she knows he will be safe while Kim handles her business.
“I don’t know why I can’t just hang out with you, Aunt Kim.” Sean whines.
“We’ve been over this already, kiddo. Your Aunt Kim is going to be very busy planning some funeral arrangements.” Kim says with a vicious smirk on her face. Sean, for his part, is not convinced. He shakes his head.
“I’m not dumb, Aunt Kim. I know whatever you’re up to has to do with mom.”
“Your mom?” Kim furrows her brow out of curiosity. “You have a mom?”
“Real funny, Aunt Kim.” Sean rolls his eyes.
“Look, kiddo, trust me when I say that your mom is fine. What I’m up to tonight has nothing to do with her.”
“Then why are you dressed like mom?”
“Maybe I’m gonna take the point of this stiletto heel and use it to gouge out someone’s eyeballs?”
“Seriously?” Sean asks, for just a moment it appears that he may believe Kim. The Underground Champion nods her head.
“Of course! If I can make a plush toy penguin into a weapon then you can be damn sure I can make shoes into a weapon.”
“But this isn’t an Underground Rules Match.”
“Let me worry about that, kiddo. Right now you need to get ready to spend some time with your favorite aunt!” Kim motions to a home, it is definitely upscale seeing as it is in an upscale neighborhood, but it is perhaps one of the more modest of the upscale homes in this area. Sean sighs with some disappointment as he lays his eyes upon the home of his aunt, Kim’s half-sister Jessica Lasiewicz.
“Aunt Jessie is boring.” Sean complains.
“Oh stop it. She can’t be more of a prudish stick in the mud than your mother.”
“But no one is more fun than you, Aunt Kim.” Sean hugs Kim tightly. “I’d rather stay with you.”
“Oh you make me feel soooo good, kiddo, but trust me, this will be great.” Kim pats him on the back. “Besides, it’ll be fun. Ask her to teach you how to cuss in Polish.”
“But my mom…”
“Your mom doesn’t understand Polish.” Kim winks. Sean grins from ear to ear.
“Ok!” With that promise of a good time, Sean turns and bolts up to the front door with Kim following closely behind. Sean rings the doorbell and Kim stands there next to him, waiting patiently. A few moments later and the door opens; Jessica Lasiewicz emerges, standing in the doorway. Jessica is wearing tight denim jeans, simple black flats, and a floral print blouse. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a ponytail in the back.
“Hi there, Sean.” Jessica ruffles his hair.
“Hi Aunt Jessie!” Sean exclaims happily. “Aunt Kim said you could teach me how to cuss in Polish!”
“She did, did she?” Jessica turns and stares judgingly at Kim, who just smiles sheepishly back at her.
“Yeah! It’s gonna be fun!” Sean rushes into the home. Jessica steps outside with Kim and shuts the doors behind her.
“Cussing in Polish?”
“I had to tell him something to make him excited about spending time with you.” Kim points out. “Seriously, you and Marie are the most boring sisters I’ve ever had.”
“We’re the only sisters you’ve ever had.”
“Doesn’t change the fact that you’re boring.”
“I’m surprised he didn’t want to spend time with you watching tape on Sal Darius on Breakdown. Or your next Battle for the Briefcase match in MWE?” Jessica asks with a knowing grin. “Isn’t that what you’re doing?”
“Hell no.” Kim shakes her head. “I have plenty of time to plan an attack against that scummy sleazebag. I have other business to attend to right now.”
“I figured.” Jessica nods her head. “I just wanted to see if you’d own up to it. You’re spying on Marie, aren’t you?”
“Me, spying? Why would I spy on my sister? You think the worst of me, Jess!”
“For starters, you are dressed to the nines, like a prude as you so rudely put it, in clothes that you would never be caught dead wearing.”
“Maybe I’m trying out a new style?”
“You also have a history of impersonating Marie. You did so for a year in UWA. You did so for a month in IWC. You…”
“Ok, ok, you got me,” Kim nods her head “I am planning to go out tonight, and the next few nights, actually, and stand in as Marie at her favorite spots in town. And yes, I am spying on Marie, but this is no game. I can assure you of that.”
“Care to fill me in on what’s going on?” Jessica asks curiously. “Marie is my sister too and if something is wrong I’d like to help.”
“You’re helping out by watching Sean and keeping him away from this.”
“Is it that dangerous?” Lasiewicz asks. Kim sighs and shrugs her shoulders.
“I honestly don’t know. All I know is that Marie has been acting very strange lately, strange enough that she has me worried.”
“Marie is acting strange, eh?” Jessica chuckles softly. “What else is new?”
“Hey now!” Kim exclaims. “This is serious! Marie never acts strange!”
“You may be her twin sister but you haven’t spent the time with her that I have.” Jessica points out. “It isn’t your fault. You spent your childhood and formative teenage years away from the family, away from society, and you never really got to know her. But I have spent time with her. Trust me, Kim, Marie having bouts of strange behavior from time to time isn’t unusual. Hell, I’m surprised it took this long before she finally snapped and started acting out again.”
“Finally snapped?” Kim scoffs. “You don’t know what you’re talking about, Jess. She’s never snapped. She’s never acted strange or unusual…” she sighs “...at least, not like this.”
“You give her too much credit.” Jessica sighs and shakes her head. “But by all means, humor me; what has she been doing lately that has you so concerned?”
“Well the main thing that has me concerned just ran in through your front door anxiously waiting on you to teach him how to swear in Polish.”
“Sean?” Jessica furrows her brow in confusion. “What’s wrong with Sean?”
“It’s his relationship with his mother that bothers me.” Kim points out. “You know how overprotective Marie can be, you know how obsessed Marie is about being a good mother to that kid. She has taken her responsibility as a mother to Sean to an extreme. Yet here lately she has been completely ignoring her responsibilities as a parent.”
“How do you mean?” Jessica asks curiously.
“She will ask me to come over and watch Sean while she goes out. She tells me she’ll be home by ten or eleven at night, but then she doesn’t come home until two or three in the morning, and you can smell the alcohol all over her. Sometimes she’ll have me watch him for a few days because she’s going out of town on business. She may leave Friday and promise to be back to pick him up on Sunday but she doesn’t return until Tuesday.”
“Ok, I hear you,” Jessica sighs and nods her head “I admit, it does sound suspicious and is out of character for Marie. But you have to admit that all of that is explainable.”
“Yeah, it is explainable, and that’s all I want to hear from her, is a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why it seems like she is ignoring her son. But anytime I ask she dodges the question.” Kim is frustrated by now and shakes her head. “Look, I can’t prove anything, but I know something is wrong. I know something isn’t right. I just need time by myself at Marie’s home to snoop around and look for clues, I need time to stand in as Marie at her favorite spots; hopefully I’ll hear something.”
“You really are worried, aren’t you?”
“Of course I am.” Kim states. Jessica smiles warmly.
“You are a good sister, Kim. I do think that you are worrying yourself over nothing. But if you feel like you must snoop then by all means, snoop away, but be quick about it. Marie won’t be gone for long. She’ll be back. You don’t want her to catch you spying on her like this.”
“Thanks, Jess. I’ll be careful.” Kim turns and starts to walk away.
“Wait, where are you going?”
“Me?” Kim smirks. “I’m going out…”
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Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Dropping her nephew Sean off to be with his aunt Jessica for the rest of the day, perhaps even all weekend, was just part one of Kimberly’s plan. Now that Sean is safely out of the way, and more importantly in no danger, she can focus on the next step of her plan, which is to infiltrate her identical twin sister’s life in hopes of trying to find out what exactly is causing Marie’s strange behavior. Jessica may think that everything is explainable, she may think that this is just innocent, but Kimberly isn’t convinced. She smells a rat and is determined to smoke it out. Once she dropped Sean off with Jessica, Kim went back to Marie’s home and looked for clues. After finding nothing, Kim decided to go out and spend some time at one of her sister’s favorite places, namely a fancy restaurant in Massachusetts. The Woman Scorned finds herself gliding as elegantly as she can into The Capital Grille, one of the finer, nicer places in town, one of Marie’s favorite places to eat. Even though she feels out of place in an upscale restaurant like this, Kim definitely looks that part, wearing some of her twin sister’s nicest of clothes. Ordinarily The Woman Scorned wouldn’t want to be in this place but she is hoping that tonight, by infiltrating her sister’s life, she will learn something about Marie, she hopes to learn some secrets about Marie. Kimberly can feel all eyes upon her as she approaches the front of the room where she is greeted by the hostess, a young woman in a restaurant uniform with long brown hair.
“Good evening, Marie!” The hostess says with a warm, friendly grin.
“Oh, yeah, hello…” Kim quickly reads the woman’s nametag “...Jennifer.”
“Oh come off it, Marie.” Jennifer says, giggling slightly. “Call me Jenny.”
“Right, Jenny, silly me.” Kim laughs. “What can I say? I’ve been dropped on my head a few more times than usual. Piledrivers and all.”
“Of course, I almost forgot that you were a wrestler.” The hostess picks up two menus. “So will it be a table for two?”
“You tell me.” Kim says with a playful grin.
“You’re funny, Marie.” Jenny says giggling. “Seriously though, is your friend coming?”
“Which friend?” Kim decides to play dumb, although it isn’t entirely playing. She really doesn’t know which ‘friend’ this hostess is referring to. Who knows who Marie has been spending her nights out with? “You know I have sooooo many!”
“I think you know which one.” Jenny winks. “The tall blonde.”
“Which tall blonde?” Kim winks playfully. “I swing both ways, y’know?”
“Oh, Marie, I had no idea you had such a sense of humor.” Jenny says, laughing softly.
“I’m a regular laugh riot. I’m thinking of being a stand-up comedian if this whole wrestling thing doesn’t work out.”
“You’ll do great, Marie.” Jenny says. “You are a talented woman. Anyway, I’ll bring two menus anyway just in case Julianne decides to join you.”
“Julianne?” Kim arches a brow. The name Julianne is all too familiar to Kimberly. Jenny nods her head.
“Yeah, silly.” She grins. “Julianne Buchanan, I think that’s your girlfriend’s name.”
“Right…” Kim’s voice trails off as she follows the hostess through the Capital Grille and towards a table, a table for two. She sets the menus down.
“Should I tell your server to bring your regular drink?”
“Yeah…that’ll be fine…”
“Pinot Noir it is.” The hostess then walks away.
Kimberly feels at this point that perhaps a Pinot Noir isn’t strong enough. She might need some vodka. Julianne Buchanan is indeed all too familiar to Kimberly Williams. Marie and Julianne were involved in brief romantic affair when they met at a cult known as The Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat. Marie and Julianne both were taken advantage of there by a con artist, a snake oil salesman by the name of Raul Alfaro. Kimberly thought that she had managed to convinced both Marie and Julianne to leave the cult for good. She had thought that Marie would never see Julianne again. But not only are they getting reacquainted, it seems as if their romantic fling is back on in full force. This raises many red flags for Kimberly, among them th fear of a return of Raul Alfaro’s influence. If Julianne has returned to Marie’s life, then perhaps Raul is back as well?
“Annabelle?”
The name is Marie’s middle name, a name Marie hasn’t used in forever. But the voice is immediately recognizable to Kim. She turns in time to see Julianne Buchanan approaching. She is wearing a tight form fitting pink dress and strappy heels. Kim can tell by the expression on Julianne’s face, the look of sheer love and adoration, that she has fooled Julianne. Julianne thinks that Kim is Marie. So she must keep up the act.
“Oh…hi, Julianne.” Kim watches as Julianne approaches. The tall blonde bends over for a kiss. Kim obliges, kissing her on the lips. Julianne then sits down at the table with Kim.
“I thought you were going to be in Charlotte?”
“Plans changed.” Kim grins. “Aren’t you happy?”
“Anytime I get to be with you I am happy.” Julianne kisses her again. “Have you had any change of heart?”
“About what?” Kim takes a risk by deciding to play dumb again. Julianne laughs softly.
“You know, silly.” She winks. “I am happy that we have rekindled our flame. And the nights we have spent together have been incredible. But I would like to show you…” she grins knowingly “...something else. If you’re ready.”
“Uh, not yet.” Kim answers. Clearly Marie has been refusing up to now, that is good for Kim. It gives her an excuse to leave early tonight.
“That’s fine, I don’t want to rush you.” She smiles warmly. She takes Kim’s hands and clasps them tightly. “Think about it, though. I do enjoy spending time with you, Annabelle.”
“Yeah…” Kim forces a smile onto her face “...me too.”
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Boston, Massachusetts
Off Camera
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Its Sunday morning and Kimberly Williams, the reigning SCW Underground Champion, has completed her task of digging into the secret, personal life of her identical twin sister Marie Jones. For quite some time now Marie has secretly been staying out at all hours of the night, or leaving and not coming back for days, seemingly abandoning her family and, worse yet, abandoning her only son Sean Connor Jones. Kimberly has had no problems picking up the slack when it comes to taking care of Sean. In fact, The Woman Scorned loves being an aunt and this extra time spent with her nephew has even given her pause to even consider potentially having a child of her own someday. Still, Kim cannot just ignore the troublesome concerns that have been popping up lately. Marie’s behavior is very unusual and very out of character. Kimberly has been convinced that something was amiss, something was very wrong, and now after spending one night out on the town impersonating her twin sister, Kim has finally learned a secret that Marie has been keeping from the entire family.
Julianne Buchanan, Marie’s former friend and lover from the Inner Peace Enlightenment cult, has come back to town and Marie has been seeing her quite frequently lately. Now it all makes sense. Those late nights were Marie going out with Julianne. Those days and days on end being away from everyone has been spend staying at Julianne’s place. Ordinarily this wouldn’t be a cause for concern but the fact that Julianne Buchanan was once closely aligned with a cult Marie got wrapped up in, combined with the fact that for some reason Marie refuses to tell anyone in the family about something that should be simply as innocent as a date night, is enough to give Kimberly cause for concern. At least now she knows the truth and, when the time is right, she can confront her sister about it. But for now there is only one thing on the mind of The Woman Scorned.
“Jessie!” Kimberly Williams is crouched down outside the back window of her half-sister Jessica Lasiewicz’s home in Boston, Massachusetts. She is trying her best to stay hidden because, well, The Woman Scorned is butt ass naked. Why doesn’t the eccentric ginger have any clothes on? That’s a good question and with Kim, who knows what the answer is? Right now she is trying to stay hidden, out of notice from any of Jessica’s neighbors whilst occasionally peeking her head out of the bush she is hiding in to knock on the window and call out. “Jessie! Hurry up!”
Eventually Kimberly’s efforts pay off. She smiles as she hears someone fiddling with the window. Kim looks up in time to see the window opening and Jessica peeking her head out. “Kim! What on earth are you doing?!” She exclaims. “Don’t you know how to use a door?”
“Yes but doors are boring. This is much more fun.” Kim then leaps out of the bush and climbs in through the window. Jessica steps back to allow her sister into the home, which happens to be in the bathroom, and she steps back further and stares in shock upon seeing that Kimberly is completely nude.
“Where the hell are your clothes?!”
“At home.”
“Obviously.” Jessica rolls her eyes.
“Did you prepare the bath?”
“You tell me.” She motions to the bathtub which is full of water. Kim grins.
“Awesome! Thanks, sis!” Kim steps into the tub and lies down.
“I’m afraid to ask but…why did you come HERE, completely NAKED, to take a bath?”
“Well I have to be naked to take a bath, silly.” Kim winks.
“Don’t you have a bath at your house? Or Marie’s…assuming you’re still looking out for her place while she’s away on business in Charlotte?”
“Well that’s the thing, I only just got done with my investigation and I really need to take a bath. Besides, you’d want to hear about what I learned, so I figured why not kill two birds with one stone?”
“...”
“I can hear your ellipses!”
“Of course you can.” Jessica sighs out of frustration. “You just got finished? Where were you all night?”
“I had to go undercover, Jessie. Deep undercover. Sooooooo deep undercover that…well…I just…”
“You had sex with someone, didn’t you?”
“So what if I did?!” Kim glares at Jessica. “I had to do it to maintain my cover! I couldn’t let her figure out that I wasn’t really Marie!”
“Who?” Jessica asks curiously.
“Julianne.” Kim states. “You remember her, don’t you?”
“Unfortunately, I do.” Lasiewicz nods her head. “She was Marie’s friend when she was a part of that Inner Peace whatever…”
“Inner Peace Enlightenment Retreat. Or as I like to call it, Inner Peace Enlightenment Cult. Yes, she’s back and that’s who Marie has been spending all hours of the night with, that’s who Marie has been spending days on end with, all the while ignoring us and poor Sean.” Kim sighs with a sense of righteous indignation. “Where is the kiddo, anyway?”
“He’s still asleep.” Jessica points out. “Hopefully you didn’t wake him.”
“Thanks for watching him for me, Jess. I’ll take him home when I’m done here.”
“It isn’t a problem, Kim but…” she pauses momentarily “...wait, how the hell are you going to take him home when you don’t have any clothes?”
“I figured I’d steal yours.” Kim says. Jessica rolls her eyes.
“Why didn’t you just bring Marie’s clothes with you? I assume you still had them last night.”
“I did but after fucking Julianne I had to burn them. Shit, I almost considered setting myself on fire. My God she is nasty! Wanna know what we did?”
“God no!” Jessica exclaims, shaking her head vehemently. “But Kim, I still think you’re wrong about this. So what if Marie is sleeping with Julianne again? She’s a grown woman. She is still allowed to date and sleep with whoever the hell she likes. Just because she’s a mother doesn’t mean her sex life is over.” Lasiewicz smirks knowingly. “Now you sound like a prude.”
“Really, Jess?”
“Really.”
“Well tell me this, if I am sooooo wrong…do you still feel that this is innocent despite the fact that Marie has kept this seemingly innocent relationship a secret from everyone? Do you still feel this is innocent when the woman she is sleeping with was once deeply entrenched in some crazy ass cult?”
“I suppose you have a point.” Jessica nods her head.
“You have no idea what Marie went through because you weren’t there. But I was. I know how deep they got into her head. She was so convinced by that nonsense that she sold all of her belongings, her entire estate at the time, to me. That fancy ass house she lives in, I own that. If I was still an evil vindictive person I could legally have her removed because she was dumb enough to sell all of her belongings to me.”
“I…I had no idea…”
“Now you see why I’m so worried? What if Julianne is back with that group of religious psychos and she’s trying to get Marie back in with them too? And if Marie does get back in with them, what happens to Sean? She was willing to give EVERYTHING she owned away. What if they want Sean too?”
“Kim…I get why you’re concerned, I really do. But everyone has their limits, everyone has a line that they won’t cross. I’m sure Marie would never do anything to endanger her son. Besides, that’s a lot of ‘WHAT IFs’ you threw out there. There is still no evidence that Julianne is even back with the cult, yet alone trying to get Marie to go back as well, now is there?”
“No…” Kim shakes her head as her voice trails off.
“See? Instead of jumping to conclusions, why don’t you confront Marie with this information? Just ask her yourself.”
“I already tried and she kept dodging and ducking my line of questions. That’s why I had to go undercover. Duh!”
“That was before you knew what she was doing. Now that you have something to pressure her with, she just might crack. Its classic interrogation, Kim.” Lasiewicz winks. “You of all people should know that.”
“Oh yeah!” Kim exclaims. “Why didn’t I think of that?”
“Who knows? Maybe you’ve lost your touch?” Jessica winks. “Maybe being around us prudes has been rubbing off on you?”
“No way!” Kim sticks her tongue out. “I am NOT gonna allow myself to be a prude! But I am gonna interrogate the hell outta Marie when she gets back from Charlotte. I’m gonna find out what really is going on.”