The Melaswen Paradox (Read 319,249 times)

[André DiMera]

Thanks for reading and commenting, everyone!

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Next week…

E.J.’s confrontation with Vivian has taken a turn.
VIVIAN: You’re not really going to shoot me.

But is it the turn he expected?
IVAN: Madame!

Meanwhile, word of what happened on Halloween spreads around campus.
PEYTON: This is so crazy!

And later this week, Hope and her cousins start on their trip.
HOPE: I’ll see you in a few days.

All this and more next week on THE MELASWEN PARADOX!

[heroicmuse]

Omg I hope that EJ doesn't actually shoot Vivian.

I wonder what Peyton finds crazy.

I can't wait for the trip to Baltimore.

Thanks for the previews André DiMera

[tghca]

EJ is he seriously going to shoot Vivian? How does he expect to get out of the Alamain Mansion because it is like a fortress filled with guards and groundskeepers on the property plus there's Ivan and there's Nicholas also in the house and Trix is also there too...really how does EJ plan on getting out of there without being caught?

Peyton I bet finds out about the magnitude of this case



Cousins going to Baltimore for Thanksgiving but I wonder if Nathan is still a doctor at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore? I wonder if Melissa has managed to find love?

Or if Nathan has managed to find love himself?

[André DiMera]

Monday - 11/15

ALAMAIN MANSION
Ivan stepped forward.
IVAN: Madame-
Vivian put up her hand.
VIVIAN: Relax, Ivan.
She turned her attention back to E.J.
VIVIAN: That’s quite a nice little toy you’ve got there.
E.J.: Oh, I can assure you that it is very real.
VIVIAN: I’ve no doubt that it is. But let’s be real for a moment, shall we, Elvis? You’re not really going to shoot me.
E.J.: I should certainly like to.
VIVIAN: I know you would. However, I also know that you won’t. Now, put the gun down, you’re liable to hurt yourself.
E.J. hesitated.
IVAN: I believe you should listen to Madame.
Ivan walked over and took the gun out of E.J.’s hand.
E.J.: This will not stand! I will have answers! I will find out what you’re up to and put a stop to it.
VIVIAN: You’re welcome to try, but I’m afraid you’re going to be sorely disappointed. Now, you’ve interrupted my tea long enough. Unless you’d like to join me, Ivan will show you to the door.
E.J.: I’ll find my own way out, thank you.
VIVIAN: Do so. Promptly.
E.J. went to leave but turned back.
E.J.: This isn’t over! It’s just the beginning!
He stormed out of the room. Ivan closed the door after E.J. left.
VIVIAN: Oh, how right you are.
IVAN: Madame, up until now, I have not questioned you.
VIVIAN: Good. I see no reason for you to start now.
IVAN: You know that you have my undying devotion, but I really do think we’ve gone too far this time.
VIVIAN: Nonsense, Ivan. I’ve got the DiMeras right where I want them.
IVAN: How can you say that when E.J. is onto our plan?
VIVIAN: Dear Ivan, do you not think that I wanted E.J. to know about your plans thus far? If I didn’t want him to, he wouldn’t. Besides, he only suspects that we had something to do with Gemma and Bria’s resurrection. He doesn’t know that we’re trying to tear his family apart from the inside, trying to turn them all against each other. And by the time he knows for certain, it will be far too late.
IVAN: I hope you’re right about this.
VIVIAN: I am. Without knowing it, the ISA have made our job significantly easier. With André out of action, they’ll be tearing each other apart in no time.

HORTON CENTER
Johnny sat in the waiting room, looking at his phone. He looked over when the door opened and Meadow walked into the room. She spoke to the receptionist for a moment. Johnny stood up and she walked over to him.
MEADOW: Hi.
JOHNNY: Hey. How’d it go?
MEADOW: Good. It was kinda hard, but good. I think I’m gonna be coming here more often.
JOHNNY: Sounds good. I’m glad it was helpful for you.
MEADOW: Me too. So...you hungry?
JOHNNY: I could eat. Come on, let’s get some lunch.
Johnny put his arm around Meadow and the two walked out.

[tghca]

Johnny's Uncle Eric, Sami's twin brother he too works at the Horton Center so if Meadow wants to talk to anyone, she can go talk to Eric and besides it gives Johnny even more reason to be there for his girlfriend especially if his uncle still works there.

EJ was all talk. I knew he wouldn't shoot Vivian because if he did, he would end up dead too. Or he would risk going to prison too and he would lose his kids Johnny and Sydney too. But also he would lose his position at DiMera Enterprises.

[heroicmuse]

Ooh Vivian is so diabolical. I love how she handled EJ. I hope he wasn't listening outside the door.

I'm glad Meadow talked to someone.

Great chapter André DiMera

[Kpatch]

Elvis does not seem happy. I'm glad Vivian has the upper hand, at least for now.

Poor Meadow. I'm glad she's trying to help herself. Johnny's a good boyfriend!

[mae00]

I sure hope Vivian has the upper hand like she thinks she does.

I'm so glad Meadow had her first session. And I'm glad that she's going to continue.

[André DiMera]

Tuesday - 11/16

KIRIAKIS MANSION
Theresa had just gotten back from dropping off Tate at school. She had gone back upstairs to her room and looked at a picture which sat on her bedside table. It was of her, Carter (though she hated when anybody called him that and still thought of him as Brady) and Tate. She smiled at it, somewhat sadly. She sighed, then picked up her phone and dialed a number. She waited as the phone rang.
CARTER (V.O.): Hey, it’s Brady Black. Leave a message and I’ll get back to you.
Theresa hung up as the answering machine beeped.
THERESA (quietly): Except you won’t be getting back to me.
She looked at her saved numbers and dialed a different one.
THERESA: Hi, it’s me. Do you have a minute? We should talk.

LOFT
CLAIRE: It’ll be weird not having Grandma around on Thanksgiving.
Ciara had come over and the two were having brunch.
CIARA: Yeah. But, I’m glad that she and her cousins are getting together.
CLAIRE: Me too! It sounds like it’ll be so much fun! Speaking of fun, have you sent your RSVP yet?
Ciara rolled her eyes.
CIARA: No, and for the millionth time, I’m not going to.
CLAIRE: You’re really not gonna go on this once-in-a-lifetime trip?
CIARA: Nope. I’m not interested. A fact of which I thought I’d made clear before.
CLAIRE: Sure, but I thought you might change your mind after having some time to think about it.
CIARA: While I admire your persistence, it’s not gonna happen. I have no interest in watching our creepy lookalikes get crowned.
CLAIRE: They’re not actually creepy.
Claire sighed.
CLAIRE: Look, I’m sorry I keep bugging you about this, I’m just really excited.
CIARA: I get it. And I’m glad for you.
CLAIRE: Sorry for being a pest.
CIARA: You’re not being a pest, stop talking about my best friend like that. I love how excited you are for this, I just don’t feel the same.
CLAIRE: I get it. I’ll cool it with bringing it up.
CIARA: Thank you.
CLAIRE: Moving on to a happier topic…
CIARA: Yes, please!
CLAIRE: Do you and Trix have any plans for the day after Thanksgiving?

SALEM UNIVERSITY
Peyton was putting on her jacket when Meadow walked in.
PEYTON: Hey! You’re back!
MEADOW: I am back, yeah. I know we only have a couple days before Thanksgiving break, so I could have stayed away until after the holiday, but I figured I’m gonna need to do this eventually.
PEYTON: Yeah, that makes sense. I’m glad you’re back!
MEADOW: Thanks.
PEYTON: How are you doing?
Meadow shrugged.
MEADOW: I’ve started going to therapy, which is helping. The funeral helped, too.
PEYTON: That’s good.
MEADOW: What about you?
PEYTON: I’m good, thanks. The teaching classes I’m taking are really interesting!
MEADOW: Awesome.
PEYTON: Yeah! So, I’ve got some time before my next class. Wanna grab a bite?
MEADOW: Sure.
The girls walked from the dorm to the main building.
MEADOW: What’s with all the posters?
PEYTON: Oh...you don’t know.
MEADOW: Don’t know what?
ALLIE: They’re missing persons posters. Sorry, I didn't mean to overhear. Hi, Meadow. Good to see you back.
MEADOW: Thanks. And what do you mean missing persons posters?
ALLIE: A couple days after Halloween, one of the girls went missing. The last time anyone saw her was at Harrison’s one night.
PEYTON: And a guy went missing last week, too. It’s so crazy!
MEADOW: It sounds like it! Does anyone know what’s going on?
ALLIE: Not to my knowledge. Campus security’s gotten a bit tighter since the two disappearances and...you know, what happened on Halloween.
Meadow nodded.
ALLIE: But, my grandpa, aunt and a couple of my cousins are all on the police force, and they’re looking into it.
MEADOW: Yeah, it was your aunt that talked to me on Halloween.
PEYTON: Hopefully they’ll get it figured out soon.
Allie nodded.
ALLIE: I should go. I’ve got a kitty who’s probably getting hungry. Glad you’re back, Meadow. Nice to see you, Peyton.
PEYTON: See ya.
MEADOW: Bye.
Allie walked away.
MEADOW: Has it really been as crazy as all that?
PEYTON: Unfortunately, yeah. I think it’s weird that they don’t have any idea of who’s doing this.
MEADOW: Totally. This isn’t exactly how I envisioned my return to Salem U.
PEYTON: I can imagine.
They continued walking and were soon joined by Johnny.
JOHNNY: How’s the first day back after everything?
MEADOW: From the first half hour, kinda crazy. Peyton and Allie updated me on the two kidnappings that happened here recently.
JOHNNY: Yeah, it’s been a weird time.
Just then, Johnny and Meadow heard a voice that they had hoped they would never hear again.
SHAW: What the hell?!
All three stopped walking and turned to see Meadow Shaw walk towards them.
SHAW: What the actual freaking hell?!

[heroicmuse]

Shaw why are you here?

This case gets weirder and weirder. I wonder what happened to the missing students.

I hope Ciara changes her mind.

I wonder who Theresa called.

Great chapter André DiMera

[tghca]

I thought Shaw was out of Salem...I thought she was going to college in another state unless she ended up transferring schools because she isn't even supposed to be here

Ciara these days has been cranky about a lot of things

Theresa needs to get used to the fact that Carter was not Brady, his name is Carter. The real Brady Black is across town.

[mae00]

I have a feeling that Theresa will be calling Brady's phone quite a bit just to hear his voice. I wonder who she called to talk to.

I was hoping that Ciara had changed her mind. There's still time so maybe.

Ugh! Why has Shaw come back? At least Johnny is with Meadow for this.

[Kpatch]

Sad for Theresa. I wonder who she's calling.

What is Shaw's problem?

[André DiMera]

Wednesday - 11/17

LOFT
CIARA: Are we not doing the same thing we’ve done the last few years?
CLAIRE: We are, at least that was my plan. I just wanted to make sure you still wanted to go.
CIARA: Of course I do! Black Friday shopping is a tradition for us all! We even managed to get Theo to come last year, by some miracle.
CLAIRE: Who knows, maybe this year Kennedy will come, too. I was also thinking we could invite Allie and her friend Manny.
CIARA: Yeah, they’re in college, too, and we’re spending more time with them than we used to, so why not? Sounds good to me.
CLAIRE: Cool.
CIARA: We wouldn’t have to invite Johnny as well, would we?
CLAIRE: I mean, we should at least extend the invitation.
CIARA: Great…
CLAIRE: Come on, Ciara. He hasn’t been that bad lately. I don’t know if it’s that Meadow’s a good influence on him, or if he’s just finally growing up.
CIARA: Good point. I guess it’s only fair that we invite him and Meadow, too.
CLAIRE: Peyton, as well.
CIARA: This is gonna be a huge shopping trip.
CLAIRE: The biggest one we’ve had yet. But, you know, we always split up into smaller groups and meet up later in the day. It’ll be fun.

SALEM UNIVERSITY
Meadow and Peyton crossed their arms. Johnny put a hand on Meadow’s shoulder. Shaw drew closer.
SHAW: No, seriously, what the actual hell?
JOHNNY (under his breath): Oh, goodie.
PEYTON: I’m sorry, who’s this?
SHAW: Who the hell are you?
PEYTON: Peyton Hawk, and I asked you first.
SHAW: Well buzz off, Peyton Hawk. This is between Meadow, Johnny and I.
JOHNNY: Do not speak to my cousin like that.
SHAW: Your cousin?
Shaw turned to Peyton.
SHAW: I pity you, sweetheart.
She turned back to Meadow and Johnny.
MEADOW: What do you want, Meadow?
SHAW: Oh, you know very well what I want, Meadow! I wanna know where the hell you two get off telling the cops that I killed Meadow!
JOHNNY: Um...we didn’t.
SHAW: Yeah, right. I’m not stupid, you know. If you didn’t tell them that, then why did a police officer come to my house looking for me the exact day that I got back to town for Thanksgiving break?
MEADOW: Look, the most we told the cops was that you and Meadow had a fight and that you likely considered her the enemy.
SHAW: Well, I didn’t! I loved Meadow!
JOHNNY: You have a funny way of showing it.
SHAW: You stay out of this, DiMera! This is between Meadow and me.
JOHNNY: Well, it’s between me, too. Meadow and I are together, so if you’re gonna be mad, you’ll have to be mad at both of us.
SHAW: Oh, this goes beyond mad! I admit, Meadow and I didn’t part on the best of terms. Personally, I think she made the biggest mistake of her life dumping me. And yes, I was upset with her, but not enough to kill her! I would never do that to her, or anyone!
MEADOW: We never said you did. The police asked if Meadow had any enemies, I told them no, but that you might consider yourself one. If the police asked you questions, that’s why.
SHAW: Well, I certainly know who I consider the enemy now. You have both made a huge mistake trying to involve me in this, bigger than the one you made to push me out of my own clique. And you will find that it’s a very small world when I’m angry with you.
PEYTON: Is that a threat?

[heroicmuse]

Shaw isn't very smart, is she? If the police suspect she killed Cole, then threatening people who she thinks told on her doesn't make a lot of sense.

This shopping trip is going to be great, though I have a feeling there will be more drama than Claire thinks.

Great chapter André DiMera.