Dated June 27, 2010:
After Cole asks Jack to have a look at one of the songs for the musical, Jack and Maureen have a go at it, and Maureen gets kind of swept up in the sentiment.

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There had been a time when Jack's Friday night would have included experiencing seven or more simultaneous pleasures in the Lotus galaxy, or maybe drinking hypervodka martinis while chatting up the local girls on Borak 4. Or maybe he'd have been busy at a real bacchanal. Those were always fun. And you couldn't have more fun than getting arrested in ( Read more... )

Despite some of the memories it brought up - a scarf left at her house that she still had and wore, a twisted ankle in the snow, and (perhaps most of all) those long-ago ice skating lessons - Saffron didn't much mind the month of snow they had on the island every December. Sure, it was cold, but it wasn't all that hard to get warm, and this year ( Read more... )

One month. It had been a month since everything had gone to hell for Maureen. Since her boyfriend had decided to beat the shit out of her and then blow up a bunch of people ( Read more... )

Warning: All threads contain references to domestic violence.

Dated August 30, 2010:
After Maureen runs from Patrick she goes home and finds Freddie, who is not happy to see her condition.

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Dated August 30, 2010:
Maureen goes to the clinic and Dr. Chase sees to her injuries and gets her story.

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Dated September 30th, 2010: After his arrest for the explosion at the scrapyard, Patrick talks to Maureen through the bars of the holding cell.
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Maureen had been relieved yesterday when she'd woken up in the morning and the bruise on her face barely showed at all. But apparently they had some gestation time, because when she climbed out of her bed this morning and looked in the mirror, she looked... well, like she'd gotten hit in the face ( Read more... )

Dated August 5, 2010:
Patrick's true colors are starting to show. When Maureen makes a confession he does not react well.

Warning: Triggery for domestic violence.

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Patrick opened the meeting with a warm greeting and a smile. He had notes but he didn't need them. He'd given this speech a thousand times before. He gave an overview of the natural cycle, of how the earth is a living organism and the ecosystems need to be in balance. He talked about progress and how man was the only creature that changed the ( Read more... )

The thing about Maureen was that she really liked being someone's everything. As far as she was concerned, the world was a better place when it revolved around her, and it was a good enough start to just be the center of one person's life. It had been that way with Joanne once upon a time, and with Mark, and with a half dozen other boyfriends ( Read more... )