~12~
Cat and Erin were just finishing up sending out the email to the Paisley Park staff about their new findings regarding Prince's false nuptials with Tori when the phone in Erin's apartment blared a loud ring from her bedroom.
"Wait here Kitty. I'll be right back." Erin joked patting Cat on the head.
"Girl....you're trying me. I told you about that Kitty shit." Cat snapped as she dodged Erin's hand.
"Stop being such a bitch chica! Laugh a little!" Erin shouted back from her bedroom.
Erin answered the phone with a smile on her face.
"Hello? Erin's fun house!" She greeted.
"Ya know I really need you to answer your phone like a normal person. What are you so gritty about over there? Are you sleeping with the guy three apartments down again? You know he has a whole wife." Carlyn joked on the other end.
"What is with everybody today? All this negative vibing is not good for anyone around here!" Erin replied.
"Who's being negative? Last time I heard you were trying to....what was it you said? Bang him on his coffee table?"
"First of all it was have him bang me in his shower and secondly I'm over him. I found out he's a total creep. His so called wife is actually his call girl."
"So he's a pimp?" Carlyn questioned confused.
"Duh! But anyway let's not worry about the creeper in apartment 309. How's my little god baby? Any news as to when she can come home?"
"Nothing yet. Daddy tried to come up to the NICU to see her but he never stepped off the elevator. It took me a twenty minutes just to talk him into the hospital alone."
"Poor P. I know this is hard for him. It's gonna be even harder when he finds out that Tori has been lying about her identity."
The phone suddenly went silent. Erin pulled the phone away from her ear and then put it back to listen.
"Carly? Ya there?" She said.
"Ye-yeah.....yeah I'm here. What did you say?" Carlyn asked to make sure she heard her best friend right.
"Don't worry about what I said. I have it handled. For now just....worry about Princess Regan. Forget I mentioned it." Erin said trying to cover her tracks.
"Erin no. You said something about Tori and lying about her identity. So who is this fraud bitch anyway. Don't lie to me Nali." Carlyn scolded.
"Carly really don't worry about it. It's handled I swear. Do I have to send Cat in here to cuss you out?" Erin joked.
"Then do it Erin! This is my father we're talking about! I need to know the truth about who he married!"
Erin let out a sigh because the guilt of not telling Carlyn what she found was eating her alive.
"Erin!?!?!?" Carlyn called slightly raising her voice.
"Alright! Alright.....Carly.....Tori....isn't her real name. It's really McKenzie......and their not really married. The whole thing was a fake." Erin said timidly.
Once again the line went silent. Erin could only hear the sound of her heart pounding hard in what felt like her throat. She wanted to say something but no sound would leave her lips. Suddenly Carlyn spoke four words.
"I'll call you back."
Then the line went dead.
"Carly! Carly wait-" Erin finally replied but it was too late.
All she was getting in return was the dial tone. Erin let out a sigh and hung up her phone unaware that Cat was standing behind her.
"Everything cool in here? You sounded worried about something." Cat asked.
"Well......I just talked to Carly and she's uhhh.....she knows about Tori."
Cat's face was shocked.
"Erin why would you tell her now? You know she's out for blood when it comes to that.....thing Prince married...or....didn't marry."
"Cat she basically dragged it out of me!"
"You sure you didn't just straight up tell her?"
"Weellll......"
Cat huffed the face palmed herself harder than she wanted to.
"Girl! You really didn't think this shit through did you?!?!? You shouldn't have told her! So what did she say?"
Erin dropped her head in shame.
"She didn't say much of anything. She just told me she'd call me back and hung up."
"Oh god." Cat said worried.
Turning on her heels Cat sprinted back out into the living room and trapped her car keys. Erin wasn't too far behind when Cat made it to the front door.
"Now where are you going?!?!?" Erin asked.
"Stay here and lock the door! I'm gonna go find Carly. Call Tremaine and tell him what's going on!"
Before Erin could respond the door slammed closed behind Cat and Erin was left standing in the middle of her living room teary eyed and afraid. After a few moments of getting herself together she called Tremaine from her cell phone but didn't get an answer. At this particular moment Erin was wishing that she could slam her cell phone down to hang it up like she could in her room but considering the circumstances she knew she had to not worry about what type of phone she was using and keep calling Carlyn's husband. By the fifth or sixth call Erin gave up completely and grabbed her keys from her coffee table and darted out the front door behind Cat. Once out in the parking lot she saw Cat sped away down the street and made a sharp left around the corner. Erin ran over to her car and followed Cat's trail as best as she could. Cat was already en route to Paisley Park with the thought of Carlyn heading there first from the hospital. Cat was determined to find her friends daughter as fast as she could. Cat was able to get to Paisley Park in enough time to find that Carlyn wasn't there but Regan's car was.
"Oh good! She's not here yet. I gotta find Regan." She said to herself snatching the key from the ignition.
Cat pushed the door open to the car and stepped out quickly. Before she could close the door a figure dressed in all black rushed up to her and stepped her twice in the abdominal area then took off just as fast as it had come. Cat was taken by surprise by the pain and grabbed her stomach to stop the bleeding. She could see that the door was just a twenty foot distance from where she was. Her vision began to blur and she stammered her way to the door. Her all white outfit was nearly drenched in her own blood. Once she got to the door she was found by Tony as he was coming out to walk the grounds.
"Help.....please!" She said weakly as she fell into Tony.
"Cat!!!! What happened?!?!?" He asked.
She never answered.
"Save your energy. Let's get you inside and get you some help." He said as he carried Cat inside and called for help.
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