Loma Vista: Episode 19. The Return

  It's been almost two months since we've checked in on the people of Loma Vista, and although some things have changed, other things.....well now we check in, two months later in Loma Vista.

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    Two Months Later,
 
    At Thomas Holdings, Lorenzo sits inside his office, as he hangs up the phone, as Nikki walks inside, and tells her Husband "I heard from our Son, and he's settling in nicely in Sugar Creek." Lorenzo looks at some files, and responds in despondence "Good." Nikki asks Lorenzo "So have you changed your mind?" Lorenzo looks up at his Wife, as he sighs "Yes. He's moved away, so we can have a life for ourselves again." Nikki tells him "You hurt me Lorenzo. Sleeping with Dina, and paying the judge to dismiss Tyrone's charges for beating our Son." Lorenzo yells "I did what was right!" Nikki fumes, and snaps back "I don't know what's wrong with you, but something's clearly off." Lorenzo yells back "There ain't a damn thing wrong Nikki! So if you want to remind me of what happened, then there's the damn door, and leave!" Nikki walks out, as Lorenzo picks back up the phone, as he tells someone on the other line "Keep me posted on the situation." Outside Lorenzo's office, Nikki stands silently, with tears in her eyes, as she has a thought, and has a flashback (At Loma Vista International Airport, Nikki hugs Lorenzo Jr, and Nate, as they prepare to leave town, as Nikki asks her Son "Are you going to be alright being in Sugar Creek?" Nate assures Nikki, as Lorenzo Jr boards the plane after a hug from his Mother "He'll be ok." Nikki cries, as she watches the plane leave.) Nikki's phone rings, as it's Lena, as she sits inside her office at Sullivan's River Casino, and hears the pain in her Daughter's voice, and Lena tells Nikki "Come see me. I have learned something that has changed everything." Nikki heads to meet with her Mother, as Lena sits inside her office at the Casino, and looks at Sayyid's picture, as he's left town after the death of his Son, Keith Ross, and sighs "Oh I miss you so much Sayyid."
    At Thomas Auto, William sits inside his office, as he hangs up the phone, as Matt, J.R., and Jenny walks inside, and Matt asks his Uncle "You have been acting strange lately Uncle William. What's going on? Having a fling?" William responds "No, just cleaning up Jack Miller's mess. I was hoping Ann would help me out, but she seems to be enjoying..." J.R. and Jenny both respond to their Uncle "She's finally happy since divorcing our Father. She feels better than she's ever felt." William responds "Well that's great. About time she had some happiness." J.R. meanwhile asks his Uncle "So what mess did Daddy leave us in?" William tells him "Nothing I can't fix. I have to go." William rushes out, as Matt looks at his cousins, as J.R. looks at his Sister, and Jenny walks over to her Uncle's desk, and looks at the books, and goes "Everything is normal." Matt sighs "My Mama's been noticing some strange things lately with Uncle William." J.R. and Jenny responds "So has our Mama." Meanwhile at Ann's new Mansion, built on Lake Pittman, Barbara sits inside the living room, as Ann walks out of the kitchen, with a bottle of wine, as Barbara asks her Sister "So what all do you know about William's secret?" Ann quips "He always said I was the squealer." Barbara shakes her head, and goes "That was Scarlet." Ann changes subjects, and asks her Oldest Sister "And how are you bonding with the jailbird?" Barbara gets up, and sighs "My cue to leave. Ann, I was young when I had her, and now that it's in the open, and I made my peace, I am moving on." Ann snarks "You should find a man for a change. I love having Luke Mason on call.." Barbara leaves, shaking her head, as Ann walks over to the window, as she looks over at Randi's Place, and notices a car arrive, and someone walking out, as Ann gasps "Holy shit that's..." Ann gets her phone, as she calls her Nephew, and Lorenzo's phone goes to voicemail, and Ann sighs with disgust "Well Jackie, looks like things are about to get worse for you now you son of a bitch."
    At Randi's Mansion, Randi sits in the living room, as Tilly walks inside, and Felicia follows her Sister, as Randi asks her Daughters "So he's out of Lexington?" Felicia sighs with dread "Yes Mom." Tilly warns her family "I am certain Ann knows, she watches the bar from her living room window." Randi screams "Shit! If Zach went there first, then we're screwed. Lorenzo made it certain when he paid that loan off that he wasn't to return there." Tilly sighs "And Uncle William lives close by as well Mom. What if..." Randi goes "William is too preoccupied with Thomas Auto, and Jack's legacy." Felicia sighs "Ann really cleaned Daddy's well as she likes to say." Meanwhile Blake and Sarah, now married arrives, as Tilly greets her Daughter with a hug, and Randi hugs her Step-Son, as Blake asks his Wife "So do you want to deliver the news? Or shall I?" Randi, Tilly, and Felicia grows nervous, as Tilly asks "Sarah, are you expecting?" Sarah nods, and pulls out a photo of her ultrasound, and cries "It's a girl. We're naming her Elizabeth." Randi cries, as she goes "My Sister would be so honored!" Tilly smiles, and goes "Excellent name. Wish Kate was here, but she left town after Scarlet's trial." Sarah goes "At least she's happy, and out of Scarlet's web." Blake rolls his eyes, as he sighs with disgust "I hate my Mother." Randi tells Blake "We all do." Blake looks at Sarah, and asks "So ready to tell Barbara the news?" Randi asks "Why don't you call her Grandma since she's your Grandmother?" Blake responds "I just don't feel comfortable yet." Sarah reminds her Husband "We're staying with her and Haley, and she's deserved the title." Blake looks at Sarah, and kisses his Wife, and responds "You are right." Blake asks Sarah "So ready to tell Grandma she's about to be a Great-Grandmother?" Sarah nods, as they leave, and Randi looks at Tilly and Felicia, and warns her Daughters "
    Meanwhile in Jack's Apartment in Downtown Loma Vista, Jack walks inside, as Zach follows his Father, and Jack turns to his Son, and tells him sternly "I am renting this place from Barbara, as she owns this building, and was just nice enough to let me stay here, so don't mess everything up for me." Zach, released from Lexington State Prison, tells his Father "I will behave. I see Mom's renovated the bar?" Jack warns his Son "That's the only time you'll see it! I hope to God that my Ex-Wife wasn't home." Zach asks "Ann lives near Mom, Tilly, and I's bar?" Jack nods, and goes "Across the road." Zach asks "So where's Haley?" Jack responds "At Barbara's Home. Best stay away from her if you're wise. Barbara's her Grandma." Zach looks at his Father, and reminds him "And I'm her Husband." Jack yells "Ex-Husband!" Zach yells back "My damn Cousin had a gun to my head signing those divorce papers!" Jack shakes his head in fury, as he snaps "Look, I have been stripped of everything, and I can't help you, Miranda can't help you, and you should relocate." Zach defiantly responds "I am going nowhere Dad. Time to put my cousin Lorenzo in his place, a morgue."
   At Lorenzo and Nikki's Mansion, Lorenzo returns from Thomas Holdings, and sits in the living room and lights a blunt, as he makes a phone call to his Brother In Law, as Tyrone answers the phone, from a hotel room in Blue Ridge, and Lorenzo asks "Get the money?" Tyrone responds "I did." Lorenzo tells Tyrone "Return to town, and stay out of sight, and finish off Zach, and anyone that stands in the way." Tyrone accepts, and hangs up, as Dina walks inside, and walks over to Lorenzo, as he points to a suitcase, as Dina asks him "What did I do wrong?" Lorenzo looks at Dina, and tells her "I want my Wife. And our affair's over. I have some money to help you settle elsewhere." Dina picks up the suitcase, and in tears, tells Lorenzo "I love you. You gave me everything I wanted, and I gave you what you needed, and you're throwing me out?" Lorenzo walks over to Dina, and responds with sadness "I only love one woman, Nicole Houston Thomas, and she's the only woman I'll ever love." Dina walks out, with tears flowing from her eyes, as Lorenzo, blunt in hand, heads upstairs to his office, as he sits at his desk, and looks at a photo of his Mother, and sighs "I miss you Mama." At the gates to the mansion, the gates open, as a car pulls into the driveway, and the back door opens.
    Meanwhile at the Hotel at Sullivan's River Casino, William walks inside Elizabeth's Private Suite, as he yells for his Wife, as he sees her suitcases on the bed, and looks around the room, and finds a note on the nightstand, and reads it, as he shakes his head, and makes a phone call to her, which goes to voicemail. William walks out of Elizabeth's Private Suite, as he pushes the button for the elevator, and the door opens, as Felicia stands inside the elevator, and she asks her Uncle "Why are you here?" William asks his Niece "And are you here checking up on Jack?" As the elevator goes to the lobby, Felicia tells William "He's been staying here since I threw him out of the manor." William responds "Good. Elizabeth would turn in her grave if she knew he was in her parents home." Felicia reminds him "Grandma and Grandpa liked him." William responds "Elizabeth hated him. I hate him and the hurt he's caused my Sister over the years." Felicia sighs "You got his company, and you should be content with that." The door opens, as William warns Felicia "Send your Daddy a message, he should leave town while he's breathing before I kill him personally, or someone else." As William leaves, Felicia says to herself "Something's clearly off with him." Felicia has a flashback (Two Months earlier, Felicia arrives at William's Home on Lake Pittman, as she asks "Why are the locks changed at my home?" William responds "What?" Felicia tells her Uncle "Yeah. Did you do it? You have it out for him, and Aunt Elizabeth left me my Grandparents home. You're not the type to do such a thing unless you're on the bottle." William assures Felicia "I'm not drinking, and don't worry about your home.") Felicia heads home, as she grows suspicious, as William sits at a red light, and has a thought, and goes "I think I know where you are Elizabeth."
    At Randi's Place, Randi and Tilly arrives, as Randi tells the staff "Tonight we're throwing a baby shower for my Granddaughter." Ann walks inside, as she asks Randi and Tilly "I see Zach was here? And if Lorenzo was to know, the two of you would be in the same boat as poor Jackie, broke and worthless." Randi sighs with disgust, as Tilly retains her calm "Did you move across the road to spy on us?" Ann laughs "I protect my Nephew, and my family. Zach needs to be dead. If I see him, he will be dead." Tilly asks Ann "What about the truce?" Ann sighs with mischief "Tilly, that was a one time thing, but Zach has apparently been set free, which I'll be finding out about shortly, and when I do, it's jail, or drowning off the back deck." Randi yells "He deserves a second chance! He's changed after all that's happened. I just wish I knew who shot him!" Ann quips "It wasn't me, and I disagree. He doesn't deserve a second chance. He married my Nephew's Daughter, and beat her and abused her, so that's a no no in the Thomas book of rules. Lorenzo will know, and soon." Ann tells the bartender "I make a better drink than you." Ann walks out, as Randi looks over at Tilly, and sighs "Once again, Tilly Miller wins the bet." Tilly warns her Mother "I sense another war brewing." Randi tells her Daughter "Zach will cost me my bar, and this is our legacy Tilly. Ann would love to see us lose it." Tilly shakes her head, and reminds her Mother "Let's plan Sarah's party, and not worry about it right now." Tilly walks into the office, as Randi pours a drink, and the bartender hands her a envelope, and Randi opens it, as her eyes widen. Tilly walks out of the office, as she asks her Mother "What's wrong?" Randi is silent, as she hands the letter to Tilly, as she sighs "Oh shit. Round two." Randi snaps "Ann is gunning for us again." Tilly responds with fear "And she won't be the only one."
    At Barbara's Home, Haley returns from The Gallery, as she walks inside and Blake and Sarah are inside the living room, as Haley asks her Cousin "Where's Grandma?" Blake responds "She isn't here. I think she went down to see Uncle William." Haley shakes her head, as Sarah notices trouble, and asks Haley "What's bothering you?" Haley, in a tone of horror responds "Zach's been released." Haley runs upstairs, as Sarah looks at her Husband, and Blake tells his Wife "I expect a phone call soon from someone in my family." Sarah warns Blake "Zach's my Uncle, so don't get involved!" Blake is quiet, as he's conflicted. At Thomas Auto, Barbara sits inside Matt's office, as she asks her Son "So where is my Brother, and J.R. and Jenny?" Matt responds "They left earlier to check on Aunt Ann's Estate. Jenny's handling the sale. I want to talk about Uncle William. He's hiding something." Barbara responds "I know he's hiding something. I think he's still mourning Elizabeth. He goes to Sullivan's Casino regularly." Matt changes subjects, and asks "Did you hear about Zach being released?" Barbara's eyes widen, as she puts her hand in her purse, and asks "How did that happen?" Matt answers "I called Phillip, and he said good behavior." Barbara gets up, as she warns Matt "Remember one thing Son, I have no trouble killing a piece of shit like Zach. Haley's been through enough hell with him, and then Jack, he comes around my house, I'll put a bullet in him." Barbara begins to leave, and Matt stops his Mother, and warns her "Mama, I'll handle him. We don't need to rush to conclusions." Barbara leaves, as Matt calls his Daughter, and Haley's phone goes to voicemail.
    At Lena's office at Sullivan's River Casino, Nikki is silent, as Lena asks her Daughter, as they watch security footage "So am I losing it Nicole, or is that who I think?" Nikki tells her Mother "The last thing I know's that you're not losing your mind, except keeping in touch with my Brother who tried to kill my Son." Lena sighs "He's my Son, and I don't like what he did, but Little L's safe, and far away from Tyrone." Nikki asks "And where is the bastard Mama? You have kept it a secret?" Lena changes subjects, and asks Nikki "I think with what you've just seen, you got some answers. I did." Nikki gets up, and Lena hugs her Daughter, and tells her "Go see your Husband. Stability's about to return." Nikki asks "Are you sure?" Lena goes "You watched that security footage. You tell me." Nikki walks out, as Lena returns to her desk, and lights a blunt, and sighs "I know what I seen wasn't a ghost. That shit's real!" At The President's Room, Jack sits at the bar, and drinks, as J.R. and Jenny walks towards their Father, and Jack asks his Children "So are the two of you going to give me back my home?" J.R. responds "Only under one condition. You disown Zach." At Jack's apartment, Zach calls his Ex-Wife, as Haley's phone is turned off, and Zach screams in anger, as there's a knock at the door, and answers it, as it's Felicia, as she warns her Brother "Don't come around my Mom, or our family." Zach defiantly tells his Sister "I am getting back what's mine!" Felicia warns him "If anyone is killed Zach Miller, I'll kill you myself!" Felicia storms out, as Zach sighs "Screw them. Zach pulls out a bag of cocaine, and pours it on the coffee-table, and picks up a razor. At Lorenzo and Nikki's Mansion, Lorenzo sits in his study, as he tells his Aunt over the phone "Thank you for keeping your eyes open for the bastard." Ann, sitting in her living room, as Luke's arrived, quips "The Thomas family stays together my sweet Nephew, and now I have a visitor." Ann hangs up, as Lorenzo hears a noise downstairs, and walks out of his study, with his hand in his pocket holding a pistol. Meanwhile, William drives down the street, and looks at his Son's Mansion, and makes a phone call to Elizabeth, once again going to voicemail. Back inside, Lorenzo walks down the stairway, and looks into the living room, as he goes "Who are you?" A scarf falls from the their head, as the person turns away, and Lorenzo freezes, as he slowly goes "Mama? Is it really you?" Elizabeth turns to her Son, and opens her arms, and goes "Baby, Mama's home." Lorenzo runs into his Mother's arms as they have a tearful reunion, as Elizabeth holds her Son tightly in her arms.