Chapter 181
SLICER
The majority of the cast of The Crucible, and their friends, had gathered at the Horton Town Square's pizza place, the Slicer, after the play to celebrate. Joey, Claire, Ciara, Theo, Chase, Johnny, Allie, Sydney, T.K., Henri and Alex had pushed a few tables together and were sitting with each other.
CIARA: Well, that was awesome!
CHASE: Glad you liked it.
HENRI: I hated having to pretend to be Parris. That dude is an utter creep.
ALEX: Well, thankfully, you're nothing like him.
Henri and Alex took each other's hand.
ALLIE: Well, thankfully, things aren't like they were back then.
JOEY: Not entirely, at least. There are still some crazy people out there who come up with bizarre witch hunts.
THEO: But, witches don't exist. Even in the play, they didn't exist.
JOEY: I meant figuratively.
THEO: Oh, gotcha.
Unnoticed to any of them, Noelle walked in.
CLAIRE: Gotta say, my favorite part was your big speech at the end.
CHASE: Thanks. I kinda liked the end of act three.
SYDNEY: The whole thing was awesome.
Noelle pulled up a chair.
NOELLE: You know what my favorite part was? “I am but God's finger, John. If He would condemn Elizabeth, she would be condemned”.
CIARA: Noelle, what are you doing here?
NOELLE: Heard there was a cast party. I was part of the cast. A main character, in fact. There's no reason I shouldn't be here. You weren't even part of the cast, Ciara. What are you doing here?
CIARA: I'm friends with over half the cast, and they invited me.
NOELLE: Okay, great, so we've established why we're all here. Yippee.
Noelle scooted her chair closer to Chase. Claire put an arm around Chase.
NOELLE: So, you guys get pizzas yet?
SCOTTY'S HOUSE
Scotty walked down the hallway of the hosue that he and Billie owned. He was on the phone.
SCOTTY: No, as much as I'd love to see you again, it's really not necessary. I've got it all under control. And when I'm not here, there's a whole town of people that can be.
He walked into the living room, where David was sitting.
SCOTTY: Okay. I love you, too. Bye.
Scotty hung up.
DAVID: I assume that was Trish?
SCOTTY: Yeah, it was. She says hi.
DAVID: That's nice.
SALEM COUNTY JAIL
Deimos sat in his cell. It had been a few days since Erebus' body had been taken away, and Deimos was now content with not having a room mate. A guard walked up to the cell.
GUARD: You have a visitor.
DEIMOS: Lucky me.
Deimos stood as the guard entered. The guard handcuffed him and walked him out to the visitor's area. It was empty, except for Victor.
DEIMOS: Uncle Vic, always a pleasure.
Victor looked at the guard.
VICTOR: Leave us.
GUARD: I'm really not...
Victor looked the guard straight in the eye.
GUARD: You've got five minutes while I run to the restroom, then I'll be back.
The guard left the room.
DEIMOS: So, to what do I owe this visit?
VICTOR: I assume everything went according to plan?
DEIMOS: It did, indeed. As far as they know, Orpheus' son died in his sleep. Nicely done getting your man on the inside to slip me that cyanide capsule. But what about the girl?
VICTOR: I'm attending to it.
