Happy Valley-Tad’s Trials and Tribulations –Part 10

Trick Or Treat
Halloween Night
Pine Valley is in bed sleeping
Tad is tossing and turning beside Dottie as he dreams
Flash to Dottie’s restaurant office Tad is just outside the door when he hears
“I’ll have your licence do you think I can’t? I own this town. Call off your husband or your restaurant will have a visitor who will conveniently find rat droppings.”Mayor Blanco says to Dottie
“You can’t do that.”Dottie says outraged
“Can’t I? I am the Mayor I own this town. And don’t think I can’t condemn a few of Tad Martin’s buildings.”Iris says
“Condemn you would condemn buildings people live in?”demands Dottie
“Why it’s nothing to me.”Iris says
Tad grows angry outside the door as Iris continues
“And those children you two are so proud of? A whisper here, a word there and T.J. loses his job and Kathy gets kicked out of that experimental program she’s in to help hearts repair easier.”Iris says
“How dare you threaten my kids?” Dottie says ”You could have an accident you are God.”
“Aren’t I ?Tsk, tsk, from where I’m seating I can do whatever I want and you will bend to my will.”Iris says “because if you don’t you will face the consequences. And you won’t like what I do to you and your family. So call off Tad Martin.”
“Please don’t do this.”Dottie begs
“I’m not doing anything. You make your decision it’s all up to you.”Iris says viciously
Tad thinks at that moment outside the door that he could kill Iris

Flash to Tad the knife in his hand Mayor Blanco dead on the floor as the police come in.
Tad awakens shaken then we see Iris hovering beside his bed saying
“It’s your fault I’m dead Tad Martin find my killer or I’ll make your life miserable.”
Tad then awakens again for real this time heaves a sigh of relief that Iris was a dream as Dottie says
“Bad dream?’”
“Yes.”Tad replies as Dottie takes him in her arms and they go back to sleep.
Flash to Natalia in the cells. She too is dreaming
“How could you Natalia Fowler you are a police officer. You are protecting a murderer.” Iris says to Natalia
“I had to. What you did to Randi was horrible. She was a child and you condemned her to a life of horror in foster home after foster home. She was assaulted in one did you know that?Even if you had known you wouldn’t care. Now Randi had a stroke and she found out that you who had caused her so much pain you was ruining other lives of course she felt she had to stop you. I won’t let her suffer anymore. I won’t let you harm her. And dad and Angie you harmed them. You deserved to die.”Natalia says
“How can someone who upholds the law say that someone deserves to die? And what if Randi wasn’t the one to kill me did you ask her? If she didn’t kill me you’re protecting a murderer.” Iris says
“I made my bed I will lie in it.”Natalia says
“Lie being the key word.”Iris demands “Find my murderer Natalia .no one deserves to die the way I did.”
Natalia jars awake and shivers
Natalia thinks “What if I’m wrong and Randi didn’t kill Mayor Blanco?”
Flash to Yvonne (Randi’s mother).Yvonne is sleeping
Yvonne is younger and she has a scarf covering her head since she lost it to breast cancer treatment. She looks over at a young Randi playing. A knock is heard at the door. Yvonne answers to Randi’s dad
“I’ve come to take Randi for few days. So you can have some rest. I’ll bring her back in a few days. ”he says as he takes Randi’s hand and takes her out the door
Yvonne’s dream flashes to a couple of days later when she’s trying to find Randi’s father and can’t .
She’s crying and trying to find her daughter. Then she finds him .
“Please tell me where Randi is.” She begs to no avail she takes out a gun and threatened him and he grabs it and it goes off.
Yvonne then flashes to a few days ago when she went to see Iris
“You bitch. You’ve been making my life hell for years .You harmed my daughter sent her away from her home and her mother.”Yvonne yells before Iris interrupts
“Like mother like daughter. The mother is a whore and so is the daughter.” Iris says
“How dare you what has Randi ever done to you?”Yvonne asks
“She was born.”Iris says ”I should have had his child not you but year after year went by and he said he didn’t want a child and then I find out you have his daughter.”
“You were jealous?”Asks Yvonne incredulously
“Jealous of you? No!’Iris says laughing
“Why? Why did he let you give her away?”Yvonne asks
“Stupid woman for the same reason he dropped you. I demanded it. I had all the money not him. His father cut him off. Besides he didn’t know until after the fact and by then I was pregnant. You killed him you bitch and I lost the baby. Grief killed my baby. You killed my baby. Did you think that I wouldn’t make you suffer, you and your spawn?”Iris says ”I made sure she was placed in that home. I knew what that boy was like.”
“You stay away from Randi. I killed someone I loved do you think it would be hard to kill a bitch like you?”Yvonne counters
“You don’t have the guts.”Iris says
“Don’t I? I could gut you like a fish and you’d bleed out quickly.”Yvonne states
“You don’t have the guts.”Iris repeats
“Don’t push me further or you’ll find out.”Yvonne states angrily
“Don’t you threaten me I can snap my fingers and you’ll find yourself back in jail so fast your head will spin .Then who will protect Randi?”Iris sneers
“I’m warning you for the last time Iris back off or you’ll take a dirt nap.”Yvonne says ”Goodbye Iris.”
Yvonne wakes up with a start and thinks happily that Iris is dead and can’t hurt Randi anymore
Flash to Andrew’s mansion. Andrew is dreaming

“Andrew what are you doing here did we have an appointment?”Iris asks
“The anniversary of my son’s death is coming up.”Andrew states sadly
“Is it true that Randi is staying with you?”Asks Iris
“Yes so what is it to you?”Andrew asks
“How could you?” asks Iris “Her mother killed him.”
“Randi is my flesh and blood.”Andrew says quietly
“I had you’re flesh and blood. She killed his father and he died.”Iris says
“You have to quit blaming Randi. This was partly your fault you took that child from her mother.”Andrew states
“Yvonne deserved more than that.”Iris says
“But what did it get you Iris? It got my boy killed.”Andrew says quietly
“Yvonne killed him.” Iris says angrily
“Stop coming after my granddaughter.”Andrew states
“Randi will pay and then Yvonne will suffer.”Iris says
“You have hurt my granddaughter enough .You will leave her alone.”Andrew demands angrily
“Or you’ll do what old man? I can do what I want. They will pay for what they did.”Iris states
“What did Randi do?” asks Andrew
“She was born and she took him away from me.”Iris states
“You’re sick you should get some help Iris.”Andrew says turning away
Iris grabs the letter opener off her desk and comes at Andrew as if to stab him. Andrew tries to pull it out of her hand .She fights back and Andrew says
“You’ll never stop.” then he calmly stabs her in the back as he grabs in a hug like motion
“Why?”she asks
“You can’t be allowed to hurt anyone anymore Iris.”Andrew states as he walk away leaving her to die
Andrew wakes with a start.
“No one knows what I’ve done.” He thinks but then he looks beside and sees Iris
“Why are you here?”Andrew asks
“I have to make up for what I did in life. You can’t let Randi suffer.”Iris says
“Why would she you’re dead you can’t hurt her anymore.”Andrew asks
“Natalia thinks Randi killed me. She’s taken the blame. My evil continues.”Iris states
“No I won’t let that happen.”Andrew says coming fully awake .
Andrew dresses and goes down to the police station entering the station he says
“Trick or treat?” to Brot who’s on duty
“Huh?”asks Brot puzzled
“Okay trick.” Andrew performs a card trick “Now for your treat I’m your man I killed Iris Blanco Natalia Fowler is innocent.” Andrew states
Fadeout