Chapter 13
MAISON BLANCHE
GINA: So, Hope, I see you are back to the old habit of impersonating me.
HOPE: You're one to talk, Gina. Nice police badge, it looks remarkably similar to my own!
Stefano, who was still tied up, and sitting in one corner of the room, spoke up.
STEFANO: Calm yourself, Gina.
GINA: Stefano, you're still alive, my old friend.
STEFANO: Still, old friend. You've managed to kill Rolf and a bunch of my other servants but, like a poor marksman, you keep missing your target.
GINA: Oh, this was meant to be. My impersonator and my imprisoner, both at my mercy. We are gathered together for the end.
STEFANO: Hope impersonated you, yes. But this time, she did it of her own free will. I had nothing to do with it.
GINA: You're the one that started this in the first place.
Whilst Gina and Stefano were arguing, Hope quietly went around and uncuffed Bo. However, Koslov saw what she was doing. Hope hied the cuffs in her dress, pulled out a gun, and fired. Koslov fell to the ground.
GINA: What are you doing?
HOPE: It's set at stun. He won't be waking up for a long time. Brady, help me with the body.
Bo and Hope picked up Koslov's unconscious body and walked out of Maison Blanche. Just as they got to the door, they noticed Gina following them. Hope went into her dress and pulled out a match.
GINA: You will never defeat me, Hope.
HOPE: Yeah? We'll see. By the way, don't slip on the oil.
GINA: Oil?
Hope lit the match, threw it at the house, and then she and Bo quickly ran with Koslov's body. Gina looked down and noticed that the whole floor of the mansion was covered in oil, just as the lit match it the ground.
SALEM INN
Stephanie was pacing around her hotel room. She went into her purse, took out a handful of pills and swallowed them. There was a knock at the door. Stephanie opened the door and Philip burst in.
PHILIP: Why did you do that?
STEPHANIE: Why did I do what?
PHILIP: Why did you call a male stripper and tell him that I ordered him?
STEPHANIE: You really wanna know why?
PHILIP: Yeah, I really do.
STEPHANIE: Because I love you. I did it because I hoped Melanie would answer the door, fall in love with the stripper on sight, and leave you free to be with me. I'm the woman you really deserve, Philip. I want you. I need you.
PHILIP: Steph, I'm sorry. What we had was nice. But, I'm with Melanie now. It's time to move on.
STEPHANIE: Oh, I understand. But just know, if I can't have you...
Stephanie grabbed a nearby lamp and hit Philip over the head with it, knocking him out.
STEPHANIE: Then neither should she.
Maybe she will convince Philip that Malenaie sent the stripper? Still do not know how that makes him run to her.
