Yay! Finally! I've been busy with school and the like so I haven't updated
in a while. And like I said before, having no mouse sucks when you're using
a laptop. So that's another reason. But I'm back now! Yay!! I miss writing
these awful soap operas. Haha. Don't you just love Pleasentview characters?
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Chapter 2 - Last Night with the Belle II

Don Lothario continues his recollection of the night:




“We got to talking and she told me that she was
having problems with Mortimer, her husband.”





“Bella was crying. She said he was always occupied with his studies…
something about communication with the dead. She said he was never
home,” Don continues, “In my own way, I understood her, you know.
I can imagine feeling lonely, especially in this town.”





“I consoled her. I told her everything was going to work out.
At that moment, when I hugged her.. All I could think about was
how much fragile she was. I felt like she needed me."





After she calmed down a little, we had a couple of drinks and
she wanted to take a look through my telescope," Back to his own
element, Don winked at the officer, who in turn rolled his eyes.





"Ahhha. Really though, we went up to the rooftop," Don collected himself.





"So I stayed up there with her. We were looking at the sky at first but
Bella wanted to mess around and peek at the neighbors,” Don grins as
he tells the story.





“We saw Daniel Pleasant. He was doing it with some brunette
girl who must have been half his age,” Don chuckled. “It certainly
wasn’t his wife, that’s for sure.”





“We laughed, our eyes locked, and the next thing you know it happened."


"I couldn't control it. She was beautiful. And she deserved better than
that crazy scientist. Everyone knows she only stayed with him for the kids."


"You do remember that one of her kids is your fiance, Mr. Lothario?" The officer reminded him.

Don sat still on his faux leather couch for a while, looking down at his feet.





"I loved Bella," He finally said. "I love her. I've been secretly in love with
her ever since I met her. Now she'll never get to know how I feel about her
because she's gone. She's gone."

Was that a tear in a corner of Don's eyes we see?
Looks like we found the kryptonite of this infamous lothario.Too bad
the scandal-magnet socialite isn't here to enjoy this moment.
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There is a Part III for Chapter 2. Stay tune!