The Narwhal Arms 7:52pm
Bella, being the good friend that she is, decided to take Athena out for a girls’ night to take her mind off the investigation.
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Bethany eventually stopped crying.
(Can you tell she dressed herself in the top right?)
Weeks went by and Athena waited for the call from the police telling her they had somehow found the body.
She tried to distract herself from the anxiety of it all by distracting Bethany from her tears.
Matais was about to leave when he turned around
M: Athena, we’ll find him. If it’s the last thing I do, I’ll find him.
It took a second for Athena to remember why Matais was there. Luckily, he thought it was her just getting lost in memories of her missing husband.
A: Thank you, Matais. I know you’ll find him. And I’ll see you at parent group.
*phone buzzes*
M: Damn, when did it get so late?
A: What do you mean?
M: That’s a text from the nanny, she’s wondering why I’m so late.
A: Oh, you should get home then.
M: Yeah…hey, Athena? I’m part of a parent group here in Willow Creek, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to join?
A: Sure.
They spent a long time talking about nothing in particular, Matais had forgotten why he was there. He just enjoyed talking to Athena, he enjoyed it in a way he hadn’t felt since Luz died.
It had been a few hours when he got a text from Parker’s afterschool nanny asking where he was, and he realized just how late it was.
A: Oh, it was fine. She told me about how her daddy was the new detective in town. I kind of wanted to meet you…I just wish it was under better circumstances.
M: Look, Athena, I know what’s it’s like to lose the person you love. My wife died a few years back and I fell into a really dark place for awhile. When I came out of it, I decided to move Parker and I out here.
A: She mentioned that. [small smile]
M: I really need to teach that girl about oversharing with strangers.
A: [laughs] I thought she was sweet.
A: You have a daughter too? How old is she?
M: She’s seven and quite the rambunctious scamp.
A: [laughs] Wait, did you say her name is Parker? The little cutie with the cherry blossom shirt?
M: How…do you know my daughter?
A: She was walking by one day and knocked on my door.
M: [long exhale]No matter how many times…I swear I’m a better father than that and she knows she’s not allowed to wander around the neighborhood knocking on random people’s doors.
[lying through her teeth]
A: I thought if he was willing to see a counselor, then maybe we could work it out. I agreed all for Bethany, and now her father’s missing. How am I going to raise her without him?
M: You have a daughter?
A: Yes, she’s one and a half. This is going to destroy her. She already asked where Daddy is. What do I tell her?
M: You tell her you don’t know and that you have someone looking for him. That’s what I would tell my daughter Parker.
M: Tell me about the affair.
Athena told Detective Carrera about Zoe, how Gavin started seeing her after a fight that resulted in Athena staying at a “friend’s.” He asked about the fight, she told him she didn’t remember, that it had been something trivial, maybe who had taken out he garbage or done the dishes last. It was all a lie.
She told him about the confrontation at the bar, how she had followed Gavin to Oasis Springs and caught them together. She said that would have been the end of it, that she was about to leave him. She didn’t mention Paolo, and told Matais that it had been Gavin who scheduled the therapist in a desperate attempt to save their marriage. She said she had agreed for Bethany’s sake.
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