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Kristen walked in John’s cell bringing in a big tray of food. “Hope you’re hungry.” Kristen told John in a pleasant tone.
John didn’t respond, instead he toke the tray and dug into the food vigorously. “If you need to shave I can let you and you can shower too, just ask me.” Kristen told him sitting down beside him. “I do need a shower.” John said wiping his face with his sleeve. John was right about that, he did need a shower, is beard was untamed and the odor of his sweat was starting to stink up the cell. “Okay, I’ll come back when you’re done.” Kristen said.
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Unlike John, Marlena refused to eat much. She barely slept either and was getting weak from her lack of nutrition. She was lying on her bed when there was a knock on the door, Stefano of course. “Marlena I really wish you would start eating; I don’t want you to become faint.” Stefano said walking in Marlena’s room and towards her. “I don’t want anything from you.” Marlena said exhaustingly. “I’ll tell you what, if you eat I will let you out of this room and you can go outside.” Stefano said walking over to Marlena and sitting on her bed.
Marlena thought it through in her head, she did need to get out of the room, being cooped up there wasn’t doing her much good. “Okay.” Marlena said sitting up. “But only if you promise I won’t have to be watched every minute.” “Well, you will have security of course, but nothing to invasive, I promise.” Stefano replied. “Okay then.” Marlena replied
Stefano got up and left Marlena’s room. “I have no choice do I, he’s never going to let me go.” Marlena said sadly to herself.
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John is now taking a hot shower, cleansing his body of dirt and odor. “Doc.” John said looking into the steam of the shower. “I’m right here John.” Marlena said walking over to him and beginning to rub his chest with soap bar. “Oh Doc I love you so much.” John said to her looking down at her. “I love you so much too John.” Marlena replied moving in for a kiss.
John then snapped himself out of his fantasy and turned off the shower. He got out and wrapped a towel around his waist. He picked up a shaving cream bottled and lathered the cream over his face. Then he picked up a razor and began to shave his beard off. He heard a knock on the door and cut himself in the neck with his razor. “Ahhh.” John moaned as the shaving cream got into his cut. “Mr. Black, your time is up.” The guard told him. “What is this, a concentration camp?” John said to himself. “Yeah, yeah just a minute.” John said wiping his face off and putting new clothes on. John was walked back to his cell to see Kristen waiting on his bed. “You have a good shower?” Kristen asked. “Kristen don’t you think I am going to act friendly to you because I am not, so will you just let me out of here so I can save Marlena.” John told her sternly. “I am sorry you feel that way John.” Kristen said as one of her guards came up from behind John and injected him with a drug.
John collapsed to the floor as Kristen walked over to him. “I am sorry John I had to do this but you have to understand how much I love you.” Kristen told him as she bent down and kissed his forehead.
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Marlena stared at her plate of food and slowly began to eat. It toke her almost 15 minutes to finish a slice of chicken. When she finished her meal her stomach felt overturned. “Ohhhhh.” Marlena groaned out loud.
Her stomach wasn’t use to food since she hadn’t been eating and she grabbed her stomach in pain. “Maybe a walk will help.” Marlena said to herself getting up and walking out of the room.
It felt weird having even the small freedom of being able to walk around the mansion by herself. She walked downstairs and into a giant foyer. The room was filled with the light of the sun setting. She walked out to big French doors and into a beautiful garden. She walked around, touching the flowers with the tip of her hands and breathing in the beautiful scent of them. She walked over to a bridge that over looked the city, though she still wasn’t sure where she was, it looked like some place in Europe. She leaned against the railing and watched the sunset. “Ah, Marlena it’s good to see you up and about.” Stefano said grinning from behind her.
Marlena needn’t to reply, she just kept staring at the sunset. “It’s a magnificent city isn’t it?” Stefano asked her. “What’s that?” Marlena asked curiously. “It’s London darling.” Stefano replied. “Really?” Marlena said in surprise, she thought it would have been Paris or a major city in Italy. “Why yes, it is a very mysterious city but has a powerful glow to it.” Stefano told her. “mmm” Marlena sighed quietly. “Well, I know you would probably like to be alone and I have some business to intend to so I will leave you be.” Stefano told her and walked back into the mansion.
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John laid out cold on a large bed in a dark room. He awoke with a huge throbbing pain in his head. “Where am I?” John said clutching his forehead.
He walked over to a light switched and flicked the lights on. “Hey John you’re up.” Kristen said walking into the room. “Kristen, what happened?” John asked. “Oh you just hit your head but you look better now.” Kristen told him walking over and touching his forehead. “Where are we though?” John asked. “We’re at our home John.” Kristen said. “What?” John blurted out. “Oh John you must of lost some of your memory when you hit your head.” Kristen said. “Oh.” John said. “It’s working, he doesn’t remember.” Kristen said to herself, grinning evilly. “John, do you not remember us getting married and moving here?” Kristen asked. “No, I’m sorry sweetie.” John said. “It’s okay, I understand.” Kristen replied.
Kristen turned around and walked away from him with a sarcastic sigh. “Oh, sweetie come here.” John said grabbing her and turning her around for a kiss. “Oh, John.” Kristen said enjoying every minute of John kissing her neck.
John then stopped having head pains. “John what’s wrong?” Kristen asked. “Well, what about our baby Kristen? And my children?” John asked.
Kristen suddenly got a very uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. “John we don’t have a baby silly, you must have hit your head really hard.” Kristen told him thinking fast on her feet. “Oh, well, then what about Brady and Belle, surely I would have not wanted to leave them.” John asked her suspiciously. “Well, you didn’t want them to come live with us; you thought it would be best if Marlena just toke care of them.” Kristen replied thinking to herself how John would ever believe her. “Are you sure, that just doesn’t sound like me?” John asked. “John of course do you think I would lie to you about that?” Kristen asked. “Well, no I don’t think you would, sorry I doubted you.” John said grabbing Kristen and holding her in his arms with a dumbfounded look on his face.
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Marlena walked back into the mansion after the sunset and walked around the mansion for a bit, exploring the different rooms. It was a gorgeous mansion with three floors and many unoccupied rooms. Marlena walked up the gigantic ballroom stairs back up the second floor. She made her way into a colossal library. There were thousands of old books that she had never heard of. She picked up an old book and began to read the back of it. “I see you’ve found your way around.” Stefano said from behind her. “Ahh.” Marlena blurted out, dropping the book. “You okay?” Stefano said laughing. She went and picked up the book as Stefano watched her. “Yah, you just startled me, that’s all.” Marlena replied, putting the book back on the shelf. “Sorry about that, I just saw the door open.” Stefano told her. “Yah, its fine.” Marlena said.
Marlena felt awkward not knowing what to say now, she wanted to run right out of the room away from Stefano but he was in the way. Stefano stared at Marlena as she tried to ignore his eye contact. “What do you want?” Marlena asked, aggravated. “Well, I actually wanted to know if you would like to join me for dinner down stairs.” Stefano asked. “No thank you, I’m still full from lunch.” Marlena told him. “Fine with me, dinner will be ready in an hour though if you change your mind.” Stefano replied.
Stefano left the room and Marlena continued going about exploring the mansion. She went up to the third floor which pretty much fully creped her out, it was completely covered with dust as if no one has been up there in ages. There was a lot of stuff from what looked like the 1800s but something caught her eye, it was an old telegraph machine. She went over and picked it up as she examined it. “Maybe this thing still works.” Marlena said fiddling around with it.
She tried switching wires and pressing buttons but it didn’t work. “Damn it.” Marlena said throwing it back into the pile of junk.
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It was now about 2 in the morning where John and Kristen were and they were enjoying being in each other’s arms after making love. “So Kristen tell me more about what happened in the past months.” John asked her. “Well, besides the part that we are happily married, nothing really.” Kristen said. “What about Doc, how is she?” John asked. “Damn it, can’t he just forget about her!” Kristen said to herself, hesitating to answer John. “So?” John asked. “Well, she found some one else who’s with now and she’s not in Salem now, she’s far away from there.” Kristen told him. “There? Are we not in Salem either?” John asked her. “Well, yah, you wanted to move as soon as we got married.” Kristen told him. “So where are?” John asked. “Well we’re in a small town in Alabama, that’s where you wanted to move.” She told him. “And Marlena is?” John asked very curiously. “She, ah, moved with her boyfriend somewhere. You know John I don’t really want to talk about it, let’s just enjoy each other right now.” Kristen said, kissing John’s bare chest as he gave into her.