Before And After. 19b
A STARBUCKS CAFE.
Zoe walked into the Starbucks and looked around and her eye's landed on Serena.
She wandered over to the Brazilian woman and sat down next to her.
"Hey beautiful. Where's Emily?" Zoe asked.
"I don't know." Serena replied and looked back down at the magazine she was reading as she always felt awkward around the blonde woman.
"Mhm, you don't know? Right. Maybe you just don't want to tell me?" Zoe asked as she continued to stare at Serena.
"What do you want with her?" Serena asked looking back up at her.
Zoe pulled out Andy's phone from her pocket and handed it to Serena. "Why don't you give her this?" She asked.
"What for? Who's phone is it?" Serena asked confused as she stared down at the device.
Zoe grinned at her. "That's for me to know and for you to find out. Catch ya later." Zoe replied before she stood and wandered over to the entrance of the building and before she stepped outside she looked back over her shoulder at Serena and grinned at her before she left.
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"I'm sure there’s a really simple explanation." Courtney said as she caught up with Cassidy when she saw her friend enter their class room.
"Yeah, that Andy's finally lost it big time?" Cassidy replied as she continued walking towards their table at the back of the class room.
"Okay, maybe that's true but I seriously don't think that going around to see her is a great idea." Courtney replied. "Escpially not when you're this mad."
Cassidy laughed. "I'm going, end of story." She replied.
"Alright then, I'll come with you." Courtney replied as they sat down.
"You don't have to do that." Cassidy replied looking at her friend.
"I'm coming, end of story." Courtney replied and smirked at her friend. "I'm simply just tagging along in case Zoe's there but if it's just you and Andy, I'll stay out of it." she added.
"That's really sweet of you." Cassidy replied and smiled.
"Well, I'm a great chick." Courtney replied and smirked again before they both cracked up laughing and began pulling out there books when their teacher worked into the room.
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RUNWAY OFFICES.
Serena walked into the outer offices on the Runway Building and walked up to her ex.
Emily looked up from her computer and was surprised to see the Brazilian woman. "Hey." Emily said.
"Hey. Zoe was looking for you earlier." Serena simply replied.
Emily groaned. "What did she want?" she asked.
"She came up to me when I was in Starbucks and told me to give you this. Who's is it?" Serena asked curiously as she handed the phone to Emily.
Emily took it and looked down at the smashed screen and her heart began to race as she saw who's phone it was. "It's Andy's." Emily replied.
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PRIESTLY TOWNHOUSE.
Cassidy slipped her key in the lock and opened up the front door before wandering inside.
She looked in the lounge and didn't see Andy so she walked up the hall way and saw no signs on Andy in the sitting room or kitchen.
"Great, she's not even here!" Cassidy said as she looked around the kitchen.
"Maybe she's gone into work?" Courtney asked.
"I doubt it." Cassidy replied as she walked over and looked out the window.
"I'm sure everything’s fine. If you can't talk to her tonight you can always talk to her tomorrow." Courtney replied.
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NYC Police Department.
Emily went up to the front desk. "Is Stella Dagostino in?" Emily asked the man behind the desk.
"I'm sorry but she's out on a call at the moment. Can I help?" He asked.
"Yeah, can you contact her please? It's about an investigation. I'm Emily Charlton." Emily replied.
The police man nodded his head. "Take and seat. I'll call her on the radio and let her know you're here." he replied.
Emily nodded her head and muttered a thank you. She hoped that Andy wasn't in danger and if she was that she'd get the cops there on time.
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Emily had been sitting down in the waiting area for over 15 minutes now and she looked up from her phone and stood when she saw Stella walking up to her.
"Hey, I was told that you needed to speak to me urgently. What's going on?" Stella asked.
"It's Andy. She didn't want me talking to you but she's in way over her head." Emily replied. She knew she was doing the right thing by telling Stella about the situation.
Stella nodded her head. "Come through." she said as she began walking towards her office and Emily followed.
~*~
Emily told Stella everything Andy had told her.
"So you're saying that she was somehow forced into doing these robbery’s? How?" Stella asked.
Emily sighed. "Look, I don't fully understand it myself but Zoe has a powerful hold over Andy." Emily replied.
"Well, why wouldn't Andy come straight to me for help?" Stella asked. "This just doesn't make any sense." she added.
"Zoe threatened to hurt Miranda and Cassidy." Emily replied and looked Stella right in the eyes. "She also said that Zoe would come after Liv, Serena and myself if I said anything."
"Do you know where Andy is right now?" Stella asked.
Emily shook her head.
"Okay." Stella nodded. "We'll find her. In the mean time we'll arrange protection for the Priestly's and Liv, yourself and Serena." Stella replied as she walked over to her phone and picked it up.
Emily shook her head. "Don't tell Cassidy. She's still at Uni and doesn't know anything yet. I think she needs to hear this from me." Emily replied.
Stella nodded. "Alright, I'll get a patrol car to take you to Harvard to pick her up." Stella replied.
"Stella, I'm so sorry that I didn't say anything sooner." Emily replied when she walked over to the door of Stella's office.
Stella nodded. "You did the right thing."
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HUDSON WHARF. 2:45PM.
Andy woke up and blinked her eyes open a couple of times. She groaned when she felt that her head was pounding and her hand shot up to hold the back of her head. "Ow, shit." Andy said and groaned again as she looked around to see where she was.
Her eye's landed on Zoe who was sitting there just watching her.
Andy sat up. "Did you hit me?" She asked.
Zoe laughed as she nodded her head. "Yeah. We're in this together." Zoe replied.
Andy stared at her as the blonde continued to speak. "So why do you continue to stuff things up?" Zoe asked.
Andy slowly moved her hand away from her head as Zoe leaned closer to her and continued. "Did you really think that I wouldn't work out what you were up to? Hmm? With the beep beep beeping of your phone as you texted a message to English?" Zoe asked.
Andy sat up straighter. "So what are we doing here then?" she asked.
"We're here to finish the job we started last night but this time it's just you and me." Zoe replied.
"What?" Andy couldn't believe this. "In bright broad daylight?" Andy asked as she pointed outside the van.
"Correct in one go." Zoe replied as she looked up at the brunette.
"Are you crazy?" Andy spat. "The place is going to be crawling with workers and even more security. Someone’s going to get hurt or killed." Andy replied.
"Yup, you may be right. I may be crazy but you're going to do exactly what I tell you to do." Zoe said as she stared at Andy. "Or the last one of these lovely bullets is for Miranda Priestly." Zoe said as she tapped the rifle she was holding in her hand and grinned and held out the gun to Andy.
Andy stared at it for a moment before snatching it from Zoe and the blonde began laughing.
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TBC..