Episode 21

MY V.I.
(a soap opera)



"COPS!?" Both Cindy and Elan said at the same time.

Charmaine gave the two of them a confused look and answered, "Yes. Apparently someone out there called the police."

Elan began to sweat and wring his hands. "I don't like cops - never have. Guess it's an authority thing with me."

Cindy - acting as if they'd been dating for months - rubbed his back and soothed him with, "Don't worry, honey. I'll speak with them; you just go in the dining room and relax and I'll come get you when they've gone."

Elan flung his arms around her and hugged her with the desperation a drowning man displays when reaching for a life preserver. "Oh, Cindy. You're and angel!"

Cindy lead him out of the office and into the dining room and all this under the watchful and suspicious eye of Charmaine. Something didn't seem quite right and she was determined to get to the bottom of it as she sat down and picked up the phone. She had a hunch and in order to follow it she would need to gain access to the internet.

Before she could dial, Cindy bounded back into the office as giddy as school girl. "Oh my god, Charmaine - I'm in love!"

Charmaine replied, "Cindy, I have a bad feeling about this guy."

"Bad feeling? What bad feeling. He's awesome!"

Charmaine began to dial Trudy Hayes' phone number.

"Who're you calling?" Cindy asked.

"Trudy."

"What for?"

"Oh, I need to go online to check something out real quick and I wanted to ask her for the password; do you think she'll give it to me?"

"Probably. Oh . . . and don't mention the cops are here. She doesn't need to worry about this tonight - I'll handle it."

Charmaine agreed and Cindy went out into the lounge to speak with the police. After getting Trudy's permission and the password to the internet, Charmaine got on line and went to her favorite website - America's Most Wanted.

She clicked on the "Fugitives" link and looked through several photos and biographies of criminals until she came upon the one she was looking for:

WANTED - Billy Ray Jones. Jones is wanted for the murder of his bride while on their honeymoon. The two were on a Mexican cruise and it is believed that Jones may have become infatuated with an exotic dancer that was working on the ship and pushed his new wife overboard.

Charmaine stared at the screen in disbelief. It was him and her dream of finally participating in the capture of one of America's most wanted criminals was about to come true.

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