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Endgame: 'The Avengers' put their plan into motion.
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"Gods & Monsters", written by Lana Del Rey. Performed by Lana Del Rey, 2012.
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Sunday Morning, May 25th -- DAY 10
"Really? They're going to do it tonight?" Alex asked nervously.
Maggie nodded, patting her hand on his thigh. She knew he was scared. As much as he wanted his ordeal over with, and more importantly Christina's, he was suddenly afraid of the outcome if things went awry. "That's what Billy told me. He and Gerard met up with Kalinda and Ashley last night at the strip club."
"And tell me how
was that
not a colossal risk, again!?"
"Because Christina and Brandi were occupied at The Palazzo. Billy and Gerard staked it out and confirmed they were there before they left. I told you that part last night."
"But I thought Billy was going to stay away from the strip club."
"That's because he can't be seen by Chris and Brandi. It doesn't matter if Kal and Ash see them... or fuck them like they did. Nobody at the club knows who they are besides them. Hell, they didn't know Gerard at all. He could have gone there on his own and they never would have known it was him."
"I'm still not sure I'm happy about him being a part of the rescue plan," he griped.
"I understand. But Billy thinks it's a good idea, and I trust him. You need to too. Plus, I know Kalinda. She would have had to have signed off on his participation too. She's running this. She's the point. Billy knows that. She's not going to do anything that would put the success of this mission at risk. I can promise you that. She has to believe it's the right thing to do or it wouldn't be happening."
"Okay. But I don't have to like it."
"No. You absolutely don't. But I really think you should consider it."
"Why? How can you possibly defend him!?"
"I'm not. But let's be fair and objective if we're going to assign blame. We know he didn't know who Brandi really is. And while he probably should have known some of the things she's proven she's capable of, we also know he loves her. Guess what? You love Chris. And Chris loves you. And yet both of you have made horrendous mistakes that have played a part in this. Love sometimes clouds good judgement. Instead of all of us pointing fingers, how about we focus on what needs to happen tonight and each play our part in this rescue. I fully believe Gerard is going to do just that; not to make amends to you and Chris, but because he knows he has to."
"He doesn't have to."
"Oh really? Is that so. Then why did he specifically mention Tommy and Sarah to Billy."
"He did?"
"By name. He told Billy that despite how he feels about Brandi, he can't let that interfere with doing what's right for the kids. He said they come first, and he's going to do whatever he has to do to put your family back together again. Billy says he knows it means sacrificing his love for her, but he's moving on. He told him he can't be with her because of all the lies and deceit."
"I'm not saying it's going to be... I don't know what I'm saying. I just want this over with."
"I agree. And Kalinda and Billy think the best way to do that is to include Gerard. Let's accept that and move on."
"Okay. Did Billy say anything else?"
"Yes. He's pretty sure the guy Christina fucked all over the hotel in the latest videos they put on Pornhub plays for the Raiders," she winked.
"Bullshit."
"No. He saw four of them in the hotel yesterday. He gave me a compelling hypothesis as to why he believes it. I'm not going to be able to remember it all, but his logic actually checks out. The kicker... well, none of them are the kicker. He said they play on the defense. Anyway, the key is the guy's huge bicep. He said something about him carrying the ball during a pick-six and how it looked compared to how the guy in the video holds her leg in the elevator. He's convinced it's him. And if that's true, she likely fucked all four of the guys. We know she and Brandi work together for the escort service. It makes sense."
"Wow. I don't know whether to be proud, or mortified."
"You're hard as steel, sweetie. You're proud of her. You want this over with. We all do. But you want her to keep being a hotwife for you when she comes back. You want her fucking big black cocks, because it excites you. You're turned on by the idea that she has a page on Pornhub. Don't you dare tell me you're not. The only thing you really want to change is being a cuckold. You want to be a stag, and I support that. I'm going to help you make that change permanent. But I need you to be open-minded."
"I'd like to think
I am
open-minded."
"Okay. Well, I want you to accept that if Christina is still going to be an active hotwife for you, then we all should accept the mistakes we've made and start from there."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Billy had some ideas. I'm not going to get into them with you because we're not at a point where it matters yet. Chris is still in this middle of this. We need to get her home, get her well, and then have a long talk about all of this."
"I don't understand. What do you mean by getting her well?"
"Sweetie,
we know
she's doing cocaine, because Kal and Ash have to do it to work at the club. Christina is actually doing a lot of it. And they've seen the track marks on her arm. She's taking heroin a couple times a day. That or it could be something even worse, if there is such a thing. The bottom line is she's not coming out of this clean. She's going to need to go to rehab. If she doesn't it'll make a relapse much more likely. We need to consider the fact that she's currently a drug user, and probably already an addict. If the latter is true, she always will be from now on. Our job is to make sure she moves to the
recovering
addict category."
"So she's coming home, but she's not."
"She can for a while, until you find a place to send her. We can work on that once we have her. But that wasn't my point."
"Okay. What was?"
"I'm saying that I need you to be open to the idea that Chris is still going to have Gerard as her bull."
"What!? Are you crazy? No way. No way in fucking hell am I letting that happen!"