Episode 28

MY V.I.
(a soap opera)

"Oh my god!" Cindy screamed as she ran from behind the bar.

Trudy was just getting off the phone as Cindy bounded into the office and shoved her cellphone into Trudy's face.

"What's this?" Trudy asked.

"Read it," Cindy replied. "You're not going to believe it!"

Trudy took the cellphone and read the text message that Cindy was referring to:

"Cindy. . sorry 4 freakn out. Found out hickies were from corona bob!!!! Call u later - michelle"

"Oh, that's disgusting!" Trudy yelled.

"No wonder she was going crazy and had to leave," Cindy added.

"Yeah and no wonder Corona Bob was laying in the street!"

"I know; poor Bob. I kinda feel sorry for him," Cindy sighed.

"Poor Bob?! What about poor Michelle?" Trudy shot back.

"You're right," Cindy agreed.

Cindy took her phone back and was about to leave the office when Trudy said, "Oh, Cindy. I just got the weirdest phone call from Mary."

"Mary? Mary, Mary?" Cindy asked.

"Yes. Mary Haley."

"What's so weird about that?" Cindy asked.

"Well. Didn't you say that Ken was having money problems?"

"Well, I thought Ken might be having financial problems because Ryan said he saw him working on 17th St. in one of those cellphone costumes - you know - waving to people driving by. Why?"

"Well. Mary said that Ken didn't feel like working his shift Wednesday night and she was going to cover it for him. That's just not like him."

"That is kinda strange. He never just doesn't work his shifts and if he's having money trouble it really doesn't make any sense."

Meanwhile - across town and high above the city; Mayhem sat behind an enormous desk in his sumptuous office. With a panaramic view through the window behind him, he was on the phone and engaged in a passionate conversation.

"Don't you worry about a thing. I've got a plan that will bring about the revenge you've so desparately sought for so many years."

Mayhem swiveled around in his chair and looked out the huge glass wall of his office through which he could see the swimming pool and a stunning view of the city below. He stared at the beautiful young woman sunning herself on a lounge chair; her perfect, bronzed body glistening in the afternoon sun.

"Yes, I've found the perfect person," he continued, "and she's now my love zombie."

As he turned his chair back to the desk - he laughed, thunderously.

"Oh, it was easy. A couple of ruffies, a strict macrobiotic diet along with a rigorous, daily regimen of erotic pilates and I had her eating out of my hand. Not to mention the fact that she totally digs me."

His diabolical laughter reverberated throughout the house but went unnoticed by Mary Haley as she lay by the pool - his unwitting love zombie!

TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF MY V.I.!