REC:
“There has always been a lot of talk about the tag team division, it’s become a lost art. Ten years ago, when London and I first dipped our toes in wrestling at a very young age, it was a prominent part of this sport. These days and especially in the SCW, it’s makeshift teams that take advantage of situations handed to them by the governing body of this promotion. Katya is corrupt, Mr. D is corrupt, Sasha is corrupt, they do not care about wrestling or the tag team division, all they care about is their own agenda. Is it surprising Katya is not with Dark Fantasy? The so-called “greatest” tag team that ever lived in this company when the fact was the Truelove Twins were not here then? This has become more than just a petty power struggle, it’s a joke and at the center of it are people like every
The tag team belts are held by two former World Champions who were given the advantage over London and I at Under Attack when we eliminated almost the entire field, and do you hear anything about a title match for us? Not only did we go all the way to the end, we started the match. Let’s not even mention that a Truelove Twin was the sole survivor at Bound by Blood?
This is tag team wrestling?
It’s easy for you mon froppies to forget this was an institution established long ago. Getting lost in the allurement of the Beauty Factory thinking it’s all about looks and modeling the latest trends? Is Sienna Swann not only the World Champion but once she defeats whomever is chosen at the End of the Year show, in a few months she becomes the longest reigning champion. The next time we are given title match we EARNED months ago, this whole contingent will have gold so ask yourselves something while in the middle of this war….
Are Farmer’s Daughter’s really a contender?
Are Crystal Pistol and Hannah Banana really the answer?
What about Redemption?
One is a sellout; the other is a coward who enables the sellout.
I know what this is, let’s all try to get one over on the Twins, let’s give these domkopfs a feel-good moment, knock down the Beauty Factory a few pegs, yet tell me something, what have they recently done that we have not?
I’m waiting…..
And waiting…..
And waiting…..
Get my point? Good.
You know Katya, after practically burying us, if you wanted to have that warm and fuzzy feeling of being wanted you could have come to us, London and I would have made you feel better about yourself without having to catch any VD’s from those two stank whores. London and I are not going to allow tag team wrestling to become this afterthought. James Evans and Angelica Jones were given the moment, they can now stand tall, holding up their titles and fight for the SCW, just do me one favor James….
Don’t get the belt too dirty when you snap again, this time on your fat wife.”
/REC
A TWIN TRAIL OF TEARS
PROLOGUE: ABOUT TIME
Bound by Blood, the last time the Twins had a meaningful match besides the End of the Year special, was advertised as nothing short of a war. The Beauty Factory and Network joined forces to become one. Their first order of business was to attack the Street Legacy. Kennedy and Trinity Street after they won their debut match, waiting all their career to finally team up. Donovan Kayl, Chris Cannon and Dylan Howell who was added after Regan Street was denied entry on the team. That angered Regan and had she been on the team, many think it would have turned the tide but that was not the case as both Trinity and Kennedy found themselves standing alone in their corner against Xander Valentine, Dante McCaffrey and the Truelove Twins, give the assist to LEO who was on the outside. Trinity and Kennedy had a mountain to climb but going against five individuals was too much to handle though they came close and Paris pinned Kennedy with the distraction of LEO to finish the match which sent a huge message to the rest of the roster….
The Beauty Network was for real.
Sienna Swann was the World Champion at the time, the Twins should have been considered for the tag team titles and on that night, Paris pinned one of the top stars in SCW, the latest former World Champion who Main Evented Rise to Greatness and won, the Twins took out Dylan Howell a former Adrenaline Champion and they played a key role in winning the match. After coming so close at Under Attack, lasting all the way to the end in the Elimination Chamber after starting it, showed just how in tune and close the Twins were to success. They were starting to prove just how dangerous they were and with a FAIR chance at a tag team championship against Redemption, it was all they needed to prove themselves once again.
An opportunity they never received and here we are, six months later. At least Sienna Swann was the Word Champion again, interim or not.
Breakdown
New Orleans, LA.
4.3.19
Sienna was blasted pretty hard in the face by Kennedy Street, she needed to go to the hospital and get checked out. Ikiro Yoshida was already there thanks to Chris Cannon who attacked the young Japanese star for whatever reason. Sienna was enamored by the display, she was convinced that Chris did it for her love and attention, a notion many felt was false and just too much of a convenience. The Twins were in jeans, open toed heels and black halter tops, their shiny red lips matched their nails, long brown hair hanging down. Sienna was in the hospital visiting with Ikiro. The Twins were outside with LEO waiting…
Paris: “I don’t get her sometimes.”
London: “Oh come on, Paris, she is in love!”
Paris: “In love? Newsflash, Chris Cannon hates out bloody guts! That is the newsflash. I wish she would just quit with her obsession, already. It isn’t cute anymore. I mean, at least it would be alright if he actually loved her back, I mean, she would have to be a homewrecker and all.”
London: “Somehow I don’t think that she would really care, love. What do you think she is doing up there? Talking to Ikiro, what is she saying to him?”
Paris: “She’s totally breaking up with him.”
London: “No! Not our Ikiro, that is not cool. We should hire him for ourselves if she does.”
LEO: “Ahem…”
Both twins turn to LEO who looks over at intentionally reminds them that they have him….
London: “Oh LEO, you don’t have to worry about that. We are just planning ahead is all and honestly love, you are our NUMBER ONE…… GUY.”
Paris: “That was a good Joker voice, London.”
London: “Why thanks Paris. So, seriously, you think she is going to break up with him?”
Paris: “Why wouldn’t she? Sienna is nuts over Chris Cannon, he came out and practically helped her win the belt! Tell you what, let’s make a bet.”
London: “It was an accident. He wanted to hurt Laura. Bet? Fine, Sienna is not that diluted.”
Paris: “Okay, $100 bucks and winner gets LEO alone.”
London: “Fine, deal.”
Paris: “I like Ikiro, to be honest I hope she does dump him.”
London: “Wait…. You like Ikiro?”
Paris: “Fuck yeah, if he wasn’t with Sienna, I would take him home.”
LEO looks over while London stands there with her eyebrow arched…
Paris: “Anyways… Probably, that doesn’t matter. He didn’t hurt Laura, well except her shoes, now they have Kennedy Street blood on it.”
London: “Do you still have the tights from Bound by Blood, the ones that have her blood on them too?”
Paris: “Yeppers.”
LEO lowers his glasses and takes a gander at Paris….
LEO: “Why would you do that? Sounds a bit morbid.”
Paris: “It is a reminder that I beat that bitch and pinned a Former World Champion.”
London: “The good it did us, we have been facing farmer’s Daughters and videogame rejects ever since. I mean, we have been left high and dry. After Katya took over. We should get a title shot no matter what and instead we must face a team we already defeated, and another set of Twins, though we are cuter….”
Paris: “… and smarter.”
London: “And better, period.”
Paris: “Exactly. The focus has been on everyone else BUT the Beauty Factory and much as we love Bree and Andy, bottom line is we should have been in line for those belts a long time ago. It’s frustrating, every single day I rather just not even show up to work. We should just go back to being DJ’s, we had fun, made good money and it wasn’t a bloody waste of our time.”
London: “Are you really going to allow these mon froppies to dictate what we do, Paris? Come on love, you know that we are better than this. We will be the Tag Team Champions; we have earned those titles. All we have to do is win at Tabula Rasa and we get those shots who knows when but at least it will be our chance that we’ve patiently been waiting for. Do you really want to go DJ’ing around the world again? Is it really what we want to do with our lives? Bloody hell, Paris, we are models! We are wrestlers! We are the best tag team…..”
Paris: “….. No one has ever heard of!”
London sighs, shaking her head as LEO massages her shoulders….
London: “Thank you, love. Paris is just being Paris again, Negative Nancy. Never taking the good with the bad, I mean come on. Why do I always have to be the one that believes in the system. Okay, that was a little too far, I don’t believe in ALL the system, but you bloody well know what I mean. This is our chance Paris and at the sake of not sounding selfish, I want Retribution to win, I want to get them back after what they did to us last year in the Elimination Chamber. We had that match; we went all the way to the end. While having problems with mum and JC, we still focused on what was important. Angelica Jones is going to pay the price for what she did to me, I have not forgotten.”
Paris: “London…. I am impressed. You are holding a grudge! Finally, my sister has grown a set of bollocks! LEO, do you know what this means!? London actually wants to hurt someone, I mean…. We need to get this on record, LEO, pull out your phone, babe!”
London: “Stop, LEO do not pull out anything…..”
Paris: “…. Well…..”
London: “OMG, you are such a dirty bitch!”
Paris: “Whatever! Anyway, we can’t screw this opportunity up, if we do, you know that we will NEVER get another shot at the tag titles again.”
London: “I know. This is our last hurrah and if we don not capitalize, we’re basically going to be the bodyguards of Sienna who have a bodyguard in LEO if that makes any sense.”
LEO: “Perfect sense.”
As the twins continue to converse, they see Sienna Swann walking out with Laura Steinbeck. The two seem to be arguing some….
Paris: “Told you.”
London: “No… it can’t be.”
They can hear them as the two get closer….
Sienna: “He loves me Laura, I know he does. You don’t want to believe it, fine, I get it, you have your doubts but that is the only reason why he would even go through the trouble of helping me win! He knew that Ikiro would be there for me, he’s already saved my ass at Retribution, I mean come on, sweetie. I get it but don’t try to rain on my parade, do you know how long I have waited for Chris to come around? Years. The very first time I saw him, I was in love. I couldn’t help it. What more can I say? He is my soulmate; he is the one and….”
She shakes her head and starts walking away….
Laura: “And what, darling? Finish your sentence!?”
Sienna: “… and… I’m going to hell for this, I know it….”
Laura: “What!?”
Sienna: “Maybe he is getting sick and tired of Kelcey having her episodes, he knows that woman won’t be able to hold her baby much less ever make love to him in five years. Look at me, I am the epitome of physical performance and stature.”
Laura: “Jesus, Sienna. Kelcey is a good person, darling.”
Sienna: “I know she is, that’s why I hate her guts!”
Paris lends out her hand toward London as the other Twin reaches into her pocket and slaps a hundred-dollar bill into the palm of her hand….
London: “Does this mean no more karaoke nights?”
Paris: “Maybe with you…. Not me.”
London: “Are you serious right now, bitch?”
Paris: “Deadly.”
The Twins continue to watch as Sienna shakes her head, folding in her arms, still talking with a lisp from the cut on her nose and mouth….
Sienna: “I’m hurting right now, maybe it’s the drugs for the pain, I don’t know but what I am sure of is what I saw tonight. I love Ikiro, he is a good man and I would do anything for him Laura but come on, comparing him to Chris is like comparing a plum to a prune.”
Laura: “TMI…. Are you saying Ikiro works as good as a laxative?”
Sienna: “What? No, ewww. I didn’t mean it like that, I have never seen Chris naked. Look, why are we even talking about this right now? It’s over, we are done. I made my choice, Ikiro can go back to Japan, live a happy life with some cute Geisha gal and I get my Superman.”
Laura: “It’s not the Yamato dynasty, darling. Geisha girls…. Never mind. You are tired, need some rest, let’s get back to the hotel.”
Sienna nods, the two make their way toward the car, LEO opens the door for Laura, Paris and Sienna glare at each other…
Sienna: “What?”
Paris: “That dude would have moved heaven and hell for you.”
Sienna: “What are you saying? I am making a mistake?”
Paris: “No, I’m just saying that he really loved you and would have done anything you asked. I saw what Cannon did, he didn’t do it on purpose, but everyone is going to blame and roast him for it. They will all turn on a hero because he hurt one of their own.”
Sienna: “And?”
Paris: “And… he’s going to need new friends.”
The fiery Twin winks at her and smirks. Sienna takes a second before she too smiles, getting into the car, LEO closes the door. London then turns back to Paris….
London: “You are too much, you know that?”
Paris: “Why? Because I speak the truth? I should take an UBER home.”
London: “Why would you do that?”
Paris: “Ikiro needs a friend right now.”
London: “Too soon, Paris, too bloody soon. Besides, you get LEO tonight.”
Paris: “Just get in the fucking car, you spoil sport.”
London chuckles and gets in, Paris follows. They close the door and drive off from the hospital. Paris had the feeling that was going to happen, London was a bit more shocked. The story of Chris Cannon and Sienna Swann was a total shot in the dark but of Paris was right….
There maybe a dim light of hope at the end of the tunnel.
SISTERS IN ARMS
The Truelove Twins always had one purpose when it came to the World Champion, to always make sure that they did everything for her best interest. Sienna Swann always took top priority, Laura never hid that fact from anyone especially the Twins, she was the Crown Jewel of the Beauty Factory, no one else. Jennifer Helms was the Future, Willow Wilkes the enforcer, the Twins were the muscle and made sure that Sienna was safe and protected at all times, they had learned from 2017 and their wars with Ravyn Taylor. The Twins were ready for anything, that was for sure and after Breakdown and everything that was happening with Sienna, London and Paris had to balance out their duties for Laura AND their chance to be the World Tag Team Champions for the SCW couldn’t deny them anymore.
Things were a little hectic those days, when the Twins were being passed by and booked against local talent with Katya taking over while Mr. D was absent and siding with Dark Fantasy, it was pretty apparent that her focus was on making sure Syren becoming the World Champion at the expense of Sienna Swann. The Truelove’s though had other things in mind, they were not just soldiers for Laura, they were scammers as well. One thing that came out of this, Laura saw the Twins were not above attempted murder, stealing and drugs, they showed that with the whole JC Trejo incident even putting their mother in danger. Now the Twins had LEO with them, it seemed they all took a liking to one another and Laura made sure with Dante that he was on duty for them and Sienna, as a bodyguard, a driver or anything else they needed. He had proven to be the muscle….
What they didn’t know, was about to change the complexion of the Twins and their services to Laura simply because they would do ANYTHING to protect Sienna.
Beauty Factory Studios
Los Angeles, CA.
A Few Days Later
Sienna was so gorgeous as ever, wearing a white summer dress and matching open toed heels, her nails polished a naked coating and long hair hanging straight down, she sat across Laura who was in her blue suit and white pumps. The Twins were with LEO, he had a photoshoot for some prints so that he could make a portfolio. Hannah Budde was going to have a shoot there soon, the Twins wore pleather pants and black halter tops with open toed heels, their nails polished red and long hair hanging down, the Twins looked stunning. LEO was in a white suit, black shirt and no tie. Laura was pacing looking concerned…
London: “What is wrong Ms. Steinbeck?”
Laura: “I have a lot on my mind. I am worried about Owen Cruze, this kid has a lot of momentum. I al also worried about you two girls, three teams could screw you over and the two of you don’t even need to take the fall. I must think of something. We have some photo shoots to do and then I need you both to try on your dresses for the Awards show tomorrow night. Sienna has hers, is Sierra coming, darling?”
Sienna: “Yes she is and why are you worrying about Owen, I have more talent than he will ever have. My conviction alone to face Syren is enough. We will all be wearing gold soon, first Owen, then Syren. Once that is done, I will be THE true World Champion, the rest is simply history.”
London could see Sienna constantly looking at her phone, she finally questioned the Interim World Champion and Heavenly Angel….
London: “Are you expecting a call?”
Paris: “No, she is contemplating calling Chris Cannon.”
Sienna: “Why are you always such a raggedy cunt sometimes?”
Paris: “Wow, I think that’s the first time I have ever heard you use that word. Means you are frustrated, upset ad yet when you look at the Social Media and what people are saying, they have already labeled him the villain and Kennedy Street the victim like I told you they would.”
London: “Paris is right, after Ms. Steinbeck told us to lay off Twitter, we still keep tabs of it, he isn’t responding to the criticism, instead of defending himself and explaining his actions, he’s just taking it in like a champ and waiting for Breakdown. You know Ms. Steinbeck, Paris and Sienna maybe on to something.”
Laura scoffs and laughs it off….
Laura: “Chris Cannon doesn’t want anything to do with us much like Regan and the rest of the Streets. Honestly, I would offer Kennedy a contract if she wasn’t our enemy, the woman is gorgeous, she is talented and would make me a lot of money….”
Sienna: “Really Laura?”
Laura: “Sienna, I am a business woman first and foremost, look what I am doing for Bree and Scott, the doll? Look, I know that people here have their differences, it’s wrestling but the business calls for Beauty and I’m sorry, Kennedy Street exemplifies that. But you see my point, darling? I am talking about something that WILL NEVER happen much like Chris wanting to date you and leaving Kelcey Wallace.”
Sienna: “You can be such a bitch sometimes.”
Laura: “Bitch? Or realistic here? What we should be concentrating on right now is your tag team contenders match my lovely Twins and your World Title match, Sienna. This is important for the future of the SCW and The Beauty Factory…. Especially since I have this…”
Laura shows off the Flash Drive. The Twins smirk, Sienna arches an eyebrow in curiosity….
Sienna: “Sasha’s Flash Drive? Why would you take that?”
Laura: “Don’t worry darling, there is nothing in this that will implicate anyone, it’s what we are going to put in it that will, until then, Sasha will see that we are on her side. Right now, we need to end this charade of Owen Cruze, Twin Magic and the Red Empire. Bree and Andrew look ready to take the Tag Titles, at least we are guaranteed to have a great competitive match.”
Paris: “I agree…. But we want Redemption.”
Laura: “Why?”
London: “Redemption for last year.”
Laura: “I see, a double meaning, how witty. Sierra is here, good, I need to talk to her but first, I want to converse with he Twins, Sienna darling, will you help Sierra try on her dress?”
Sienna’s intentions were that anyway the minute she heard her sister arrived. Nodding, the Angel walks toward the door as Sierra comes around the corner wearing a pink sundress, white sandals, her nails polished a glossy coating and long blonde hair hanging down….
Sierra: “Hi everyone.”
Laura: “Darling, looking fantabulous as ever! Your sister is going to take you to fitting so you can try on the dress, Vera (Wang) personally delivered yours and Sienna’s wear it with pride, if there are any alterations then we need to do it quickly. So chop chop!”
Sierra: “Yes ma’am!”
Sienna: “Come on, I’ll take you there, we will be right back.”
London and Paris wave at Sierra, she pays them little attention and simply nods, they exit the room, Paris looks over at London….
Paris: “Is her memory back?”
London: “I don’t know.”
Laura: “Okay, now that they are gone, what the fuck were you two thinking hurting that girl!?”
Both London and Paris eyes widen, LEO also clears his throat and steps back a little. Laura folds her arms and taps her foot waiting for an answer….
London: “Ms. Steinbeck, I don’t believe that we know what you are talking about?”
Laura: “Don’t patronize me, I have been waiting for months to talk top you two, I was seeing how she was progressing and after the face she just gave you two, I can only imagine that her memory is back. Why Paris!? Why did you push her off the catwalk, darling? I have huge plans for Sierra, she has a distinct look, she will never be Sienna, but her style makes her an asset, there are those that look a Swedish looking girl even if she is South African. You put her in the hospital!”
Paris: “I can explain, Laura. You told us that we are to protect Sienna Swann at all costs, correct? Anything and anyone that gets in our way will suffer the consequences, well that is exactly what we did. She was arguing with Sienna, really flustering her and upsetting our Angel. It was right before a huge title defense with Josh Hudson, well, we were NOT about to just let her be distracted by some bitchy sister. I had no intentions of hurting Sierra, all I wanted to do was scare the mon froppie a little, that’s all.”
London: “I apologize for lying to you Ms. Steinbeck but Paris is right, we were concerned that Sienna would be flustered over her sister, maybe even go into drugs or alcohol again. She is the Iron Angel but also a gentle flower emotionally. We were only trying to help, we wanted to let her know that she needed to leave Sienna alone especially if she was going to be a part of the Factory.”
Laura shakes her head, then looks up right at LEO….
Laura: “And I take it this was your idea to break the heel of her $500 pair of shoes and make it look like an accident?”
LEO: “I was trying to protect the Twins and the Factory as you have asked of me and the deal you procured with Dante. I didn’t mean any harm by it, just doing my job.”
Laura: “Do you three know what this could do if Sienna finds out? I’m assuming she doesn’t since she hasn’t approached any of you yet, correct?”
Paris: “No.”
London: “No, Ms. Steinbeck.”
LEO: “No.”
Laura: “We need to keep it that way. I need to talk to her alone, make sure that she understands the importance of this unity we have here in the Beauty Factory. This was a stupid stunt that could cost us. It’s one thing if Sierra was just some model but she is Sienna’s sister, the key piece to our organization. I am already losing a grip on Jennifer Helms thanks to Regan Street’s hatred of me. Willow is a champion like Jennifer in EMERGE, but she is volatile, at times that woman is a walking arrest warrant. I need this to stay tight and LEO, I don’t pay you to think darling, you react, you protect our assets, you do whatever it takes to make sure that these two beauties, Sienna and myself are protected. Can we agree on that?”
LEO: “Yes Ms. Steinbeck.”
Laura: “Good. I know how impressive you are darling, what you did to Xander Valentine was awesome. You are a valuable asset to us all and I want to keep it that way, do you understand?”
LEO: “Yes Ms. Steinbeck, my apologies.”
Laura: “Good. Now we have to fix this.”
The Twins look at one another, London raises her hand….
London: “Can we try?”
Laura: “Try what?”
London: “Talking to her? I think it would be beneficial for us all Ms. Steinbeck if we apologize to her and make her feel like she is part of the family. Let us explain our actions.”
Laura: “No way, not alone. I will be there to listen.”
Paris: “What if we try and if it doesn’t work, then you are relieved of any guilt? I take it you saw the security footage?”
Laura: “Yes, I watched the CCTV here. I saw exactly what happened. I see your point though darling, maybe you are right, talk to her and if it doesn’t work out, she can come to me and I’ll act like I don’t know.”
London: “It would be worse if she knew that you had this information the whole time. We will hit her up later, try to get a gauge on things.”
Laura: “Fine, do not mess this up. I am not going to allow this little incident to destroy what we are building here and if word gets out that it happened in this building? Everything we built, the key to the city, all of it will come crumbling down and if it does, you two might as well move back to some concrete sugar shack in Juarez, Mexico, you’ll never work in the United States again!”
Laura doesn’t say another word and storms out. It is quiet in the room for a moment, London then turns to LEO….
London: “We should have told someone the minute it happened, I told you guys! I warned you that this would blow up in our faces. We have the most important match of our career since Under Attack and now we must deal with this!? How can I be so stupid to listen to your two!”
Paris: “Calm your tits, London. Everything will work out, stop making it worse by freaking out right now. We talk to her, she will tell us hos she feels and if she doesn’t like it, then what the fuck do you want us to do? LEO, crush!? LEO Smash!? LEO….. I don’t know….”
London: “Shimmy?”
Paris: “… fine, LEO Shimmy! NO, we will handle this, just calm down, let’s see what she says first. Once she is done, we talk to her. If things go south, LEO knock her out and we will think of something else.”
London: “Paris!?”
Paris: “I was joking…. Fuck.”
London: “Not funny, LEO would do it too, right?”
LEO slowly nods….
THIRTY MINUTES LATER
After fitting her dress, Sierra makes her way to the dressing room. Sienna is out front talking to Laura about the PPV and a few other things including their charity work and a huge project coming up in the summer. Sierra hangs up the dress, still barefoot, she turns around where London and Paris are standing there, LEO in the distance. Sierra steps back a little, wide-eyed….
London: “Relax…. We are not going to hurt you. Sierra, did you get your memory back?”
Sierra: “Some…. Enough….”
London: “So you know what happened? “
Sierra: “Yes, I do. This one pushed me off the catwalk. I don’t remember anything else.”
The young beautiful blonde points at Paris….
Paris: “Paris, not this one.”
Sierra: “Whatever. I remember and that is all which counts. You two tries to cover it up with this bloke right here, right?”
London: “We didn’t cover anything up, we just didn’t tell anyone what really happened.”
Sierra: “Really, London.”
London: “Look, we are here to apologize to you about what happened and hope that we can come to some type of agreement where we can let this thing blow over and we can move on from here. See, Sierra, our reasoning behind it was we thought you were trying to threaten Sienna, our job is to protect her at all costs, so you must agree that we were doing our jobs. We would never intentionally hurt you especially since you are Sienna’s sister. We want to extend our hand in friendship and promise you to move forward that we have your back just like your sister”
Sierra turns to Paris and then back to London, tilting her head looking disgusted by the suggestion that they can all move on from there and it’s over, Paris speaks….
Paris: “Sierra, I don’t blame you for being upset, really I don’t. The fact that this went down like it did was our foul up, our mistake and we want to make it up to you. Tell us what you want, and we will make it happen?”
Sierra: “I want to be able to trust the people I am associated with and knowing what you three are capable of, doesn’t reassure me at all. This is not cool at all. So, we just agree to forget this ever happened? That I spent days in the hospital and weeks with memory loss? That might be easy for you two but NOT for me. You took away a big chunk of my time lately and my mother had to care for me like I was some bloody invalid.”
London: “We are sorry for that, matter of fact, we will do anything to make it up to you, just don’t tell Sienna or Laura, please? We can work this out. Anything, seriously, anything.”
Paris: “If there is an internal war between all of us, that could really hurt what we have built over a mistake. A small mistake. Come on, you can forgive and forget, right?”
She shakes her head and starts to walk away…..
Paris: “Where are you going?”
Sierra: “This conversation is over. I am not going to forget; I’m not going to let anything go. What you did top me was wrong and I already told Sienna that I had my memory, fuzzy pieces of it. Now it’s confirmed. So, you two can explain to her why her little sister was found unconscious on the floor and found by security after you two had the audacity to leave me there to bleed out!”
London: “Sierra, please?”
Paris: “LEO…..”
London quickly turns around to face Paris….
London: “Paris, no!”
Sierra continues to walk away, Paris sighs and glares at London….
Paris: “That little bitch is going to ruin it all for us.”
London: “No, we tell Ms. Steinbeck, this time we do it right, trust me here, alright?”
Paris: “Fine…. I trust you.”
The Twins do not know what the outcome of their actions will be and at this point, they really do not care, long as it doesn’t destroy the inner workings of the Beauty Factory. LEO stands there as Laura comes to the back after seeing Sierra walk out and talk to Sienna….
Laura: “Well?”
Paris: “Nope.”
Laura: “Shit…. Plan B.”
London: “What is Plan B, Ms. Steinbeck?”
Laura: “Don’t worry darling, I will handle it from here.”
The Twins glance at one another nervously but know deep inside that Laura Steinbeck has a plan for everything and the last thing she will do is watch what she built….
Be destroyed.
EPILOGUE: ALL THE GIRLS LIKE LANCELOT CRANE
Lancelot Crane, the hotshot and eccentric photographer had been making some waves on the news lately. First with Jennifer Helms, grabbing the young upstart model and making her take racy pics in her first photoshoot that received rave reviews and was featured in Vogue magazine. The second was Bree Lancaster who for some reason did have an altercation with Crane which many believe he probably instigated and with Bree’s state of mind after her marriage with Blake practically fizzled away, she fell into a very dark place and did things normally she wouldn’t. There was also Sienna Swann who was called into do the photo shoot for the Vogue Cover, Lancelot changing it at the first chance he had in his own vision and image, which he was known for, afterwards, he too preyed on Sienna’s fragile state of mind thanks to her unhealthy obsession with Chris Cannon which would have ended miserable for Sienna…
She was just not willing to see it that way.
When she visited Crane, he took advantage, seduced her, Sienna lost all inhibitions, did drugs, slept with Crane and then was thrown out after she discovered his dark room full of pictures. Bree would become stronger after this, Dior ended up dropping her and Sienna went on to win her World Title defense against Josh Hudson….
Everything was good in the world, right?
Wrong.
Since then, he had done a lot worse like grabbing Bree by the neck, trying to drug and seduce Jennifer without her knowing.
Well, it seemed that all the girls liked Lancelot Crane.
Lancelot Crane’s Home
West Hollywood, CA.
4.8.19
A car pulled up to the long driveway of his house which was different to the studio he had in LA. Not very many people went to see Crane outside the Studio. The black Bentley pulled up, it was LEO who then dialed the number at the gate, within seconds he was buzzed in, driving in and parking in the oval driveway. He stepped out of the car and opened the door, London and Paris both stepped out wearing white dinner dresses leaving little to the imagination, matching open toed heels, nails polished red and their hair wavy and hanging down, they looked absolutely ravishing, but the question was…
Why were they there?
After the festivities from the night before and the honor bestowed upon Laura Steinbeck from the Mayor of Los Angeles giving her the keys to the City. Leo walks them to the door and there is where Lancelot Crane in slacks, a pull over shirt and shoes stood, leaning against the doorway while Leo escorted them in….
Crane: “I must admit, I was a bit curious as to why you wanted to meet me on a beautiful night like this. I never picked you two for photo shoots, so is this an attempt for me to get some work in?”
London: “Maybe, Mr. Crane. You know what they say, two are better than one and how many Twins do you really take pictures of? We know of your deal with Vogue and the exclusive photographer of the Magazine, you have the rights to Sienna Swann, Jennifer Helms and Willow Wilkes. We are not signed with Vogue but instead of standing in some crowded room with a bunch of hopefuls and wann-be’s that you crush their dreams on a daily basis, we thought why not come to the source?”
Paris: “Adding to this, we feel like there is a lot more to gain here. We want to be a part of this magical art you make and a piece of the proverbial pie. Think about this Mr. Crane, while you were there taking pictures of Laura and Sienna at the Awards dinner, we were watching you, the movement, how your passion comes to life and if you can make Bree Lancaster a star? Or Jennifer Helms? Willow Wilkes? Sienna was already a star so that is more of a plus, we can all make magic here.”
Crane smirks, the Twins sit down on the couch as he pours them drinks, he looks at LEO who shakes his head….
Crane: “Muscle doesn’t drink?”
London: “Only when we let him. Not tonight.”
Crane: “So this is a very interesting proposition, I must ask though, what makes you think I will agree to any of this? The Twin thing is enticing, I must admit, I haven’t done any photo shoots with identical Twins in a long time, if not ever. So, if we do this, what is in it for me?”
Paris: “What would you like Mr. Crane?”
Crane: “I have money, I could charge you for it but that is no fun. I could sleep with both of you but that is a bit of an indecent proposal as I try to behave as a professional around beautiful women, like yourself. Why didn’t Laura set this up?”
London: “She doesn’t know we are here, and Ms. Steinbeck likes to keep us tied up if you know what I mean…. Grrr….”
London and Paris both smirk, Lancelot sips his Scotch and stands up…..
Crane: “Okay fine, take off your clothes, leave your underwear on, I see they are thongs, I can work with that.”
London: “Really?”
Paris: “Okay.”
The two Twins slip off their dresses, they have on their bra, panties and shoes. Crane grabs his camera and sets it up, the Twins move over to the front where he has a small made up picture corner. LEO looks on, Paris stands there waiting until he finally points to their chest….
Crane: “I want you to take off your bras but cover your breasts.”
London and Paris again look at one another and shrug their shoulders, taking off their bras, covering their breasts as he asked. The gorgeous beauties look at one another and smile, they start to pose as Crane takes some pictures, he looks at them and nods…
Crane: “You are photogenic, that is good. Now kiss each other, nothing too wild, just something gentle and erotic.”
London: “Like this?”
She leans in and kisses Paris on the lips gently, Crane continues to take pics while LEO looks on. Finally, Crane stands back, he likes the pictures and nods again….
Crane: “Okay, now take off your heels and underwear, I want you both to hug and so I can see a side view, this is not Penthouse, I don’t want full frontal unless I ask.”
London: “I think we will stop right there.”
Crane: “Oh? So, I guess you don’t want my services?”
Paris: “Oh, but Mr. Crane, we do. You are under contract with Vogue and members of the Beauty Factory, this much is true, we really didn’t come here for your services though, instead we came here on our own accord to remind you of something you have forgotten.”
Crane: “I don’t understand? What exactly have I forgotten?”
Paris: “Your limits, domkopf.”
As he tries to comprehend what London and Paris are telling him, he is quickly grabbed by LEO and punched right in the gut, Crane buckles over, The Twins start getting dress as LEO then grabs Crane again and punches him one more time in the stomach before throwing him into the makeshift picture studio he has. The Twins grab the drinks and start to sip them as LEO grabs Crane one more time and levels him with a right hook. Bleeding from his mouth, Crane coughs up blood, turning to his back. London and Paris stand over him. Paris places her heel on his chest and grinds it a little as Crane screams in pain….
London: “We wanted to deliver you a message Mr. Crane. We caught wind that you seduced Sienna in some drug filled, sex romp and then threw her out, preying on her unstable emotions. Then you decided to sabotage Bree and Jennifer with pictures taken by you. The fact you did something to Bree’s neck, and we can’t prove it, but Sienna can tell something happened, was enough for us to come and pay you a visit.”
Paris: “Some guys never learn, unfortunately for you that is the case. The Beauty Factory and it’s allies are not your toys to play with, the next time you decide to get out of line with any of its members? We will NOT stop LEO rom doing what he does best. Hurt people. Laura has no idea we came and if you know what is good for you, Mr. Crane, she never will. Are we clear?”
Crane coughs again and nods. Paris steps off him and grabs London, LEO takes the camera, rips out the film and takes it with them as they all three leave Lancelot Crane stirring on the floor trying to catch his breath.
It was a little revenge for what he has done in recent months to the women that came for photos and ended up getting terrorized by this man who thinks he can do what he wants due to his stature and popularity…
What the Twins and LEO do not know is Lancelot Crane is a lot more dangerous then even they can imagine and now given him reason to be.
SCENE FADES
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“I always try to be nice and respectful though those days are becoming fewer and farther in-between. Paris believes in conspiracy theories, I don’t and yet after the last Breakdown and even Bound by Blood, the last PPV we were even on competing, it was pretty evident that the bosses power play’s continue to affect what happens in the ring. There is no longer the stiff competition to see who the best is, they are handed the opportunities and if you are not in a favorable light with Mr. D or one of his daughters, well then….
You’re the Beauty Factory.
Isn’t that sad though? All we want to do is bring a little elegance, artistry and class to the SCW and we are received with such jealousy? Is it because we are gorgeous women? We are not being taken seriously and Bound by Blood when everyone was screaming on how the Street Legacy would stand tall victorious, all I saw was a bleeding Kennedy Street being helped out by her sister, Trinity who was also battered and kicked me in the head trying to permanently injure me and yet was there any concern for London?
The nice Truelove?
No and in all the chaos there was one very important thing all you domkopfs forgot to mention, The Beauty Network DEFEATED the Street Legacy. Sure, it wasn’t two on two, is that our fault their team was terrible and left only Trinity and Kennedy to fight against us? We went by the rules of the match, instead of being rewarded and told that YES, London and Paris after your performance at Bound by Blood you WILL get a World Tag Team title shot at Redemption and allow us to get a little of our own?
No, you reward everyone else but us for being stupid.
Syren is the chosen one? Dark Fantasy was getting all the airtime, Katya using the SCW as a platform for her and forgets what wrestling and WE here at the Beauty Network are, NO ONE wants to see those two scraggly bitches on TV, they want to see US. So, tell me Mr. D? Since your daughter seemed to have taken over and only wants to see Dark Fantasy succeed, Sasha gives everyone that stood against everything the SCW stood for a chance to be champions out of the gate like Kandis? Autumn Valentine? Red Empire? Really? Then what do Paris and I must accomplish next? Beat those two tag teams like we have beaten them all countless amounts of time, your number one contender as I try to say it with a straight face?
They haven’t done a quarter of what we have and being rewarded.
Marie Jones has had how many title shots the past four months? Four? Five? One for each month as a reward for being a cunt? No, I’m not going to do that, I will not complain about this situation and instead I will take control of it with my sister and at Tabula Rasa we will beat a former World Champion AGAIN and the women who will eventually fail. It saddens me, Paris knows that I was punted in the head and no one cared. I wasn’t even given concussion protocol so SCW, we have something special planned for this Wednesday….
We’re not the ones being used for their gain, oh no…
They will be used for ours.
Try denying us after that.”
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MORE TWINS AND EMPIRES
The Scene Opens…..
The Space Needle is an Observation Tower in Seattle, WA. It is a Landmark of the Pacific Northwest and an icon of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the Century 21 Exposition which drew over 2.3 million visitors. Nearly 20,000 people a day used its elevators during the event. Once the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, it is 605 ft high, 138 ft wide, and weighs 9,550 Short Ton. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph and earthquake of up to 9.0 magnitude, as strong as the Cascadia Earthquake. It also has 25 Lightning Rods. The Space Needle has an observation deck at 520 ft and the rotating Sky City at 500 ft. The Downtown Seattle skyline, as well as the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Mountains. Mount Ranier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands can be viewed from the top of the Needle. Visitors can reach the top of the Space Needle by Elevator that travel at 10 mph. The trip takes 41 seconds. On windy days, the elevators slow to 5 mph. On April 19, 1999, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Board designated it a historic landmark.
Here is where we find the beautiful Truelove Twins along with the Interim World Champion, Sienna Swann and Laura Steinbeck, their manager, mentor and Fashion Designer, the brains behind the Beauty Factory. The Truelove Twins along with Xander Valentine, Dante McCaffrey and Ikiro Yoshida scored a massive victory over the Street Legacy, Donovan Kayl, Dylan Howell and Chris Cannon at Bound by Blood last year in a tag team Elimination match that saw Paris pin Kennedy Street to end it after Trinity and her younger sister were left to fight basically the entire team on their own, it was the last time they were on a PPV competing …
For the Twins though it was the biggest win of their career and showed they can beat anyone. Now they are given another chance and though London and Paris both feel this match was made to give two undeserving teams an opportunity that could easily slip through the fingers of London and Paris, but the Twins have other plans.
Both London and Paris are wearing black dinner dresses, peep toe pumps with their hair down and nails polished red. Laura is in a heavy winter jacket, slacks and ankle boots, she has her girls ready for the huge challenge, a win here and they cannot be denied a tag title shot as they become the Number One Contenders….
Laura nods to the camera man….
REC:
Laura takes Center stage while the Twins stand back with the back drop of Seattle behind them. Sienna stands away after filming her words earlier, watching with the World Title over her shoulder. The Fashionista speaks….
“To say that the time has finally come is a bit of an understatement, yes? How long has it been since my Truelove Twins have been on Television wrestling? A PPV last November? A match at the End of the Year Special that while may have lost, they dominated? Since then London and Paris Truelove have faced barnyard animals, Post-Apocalyptic rejects and finally a couple of strippers that can puff out dollar bills out of their vagina’s, darling. This is how one of the premiere tag teams in the SCW and the world have been treated after beating the Street Legacy and all their family members last year? This is how a team that started off in the Elimination Chamber and went through every other team eliminating three of the six and coming a hair shy of winning, treated when the Twins were never even given the luck of the draw, automatically put in as the first team and expected to run the table and they almost did!? Don’t you see, this is a company that pretends to have the honored tradition of respect and yet when there is a group of individuals who do not conform to their rules or will, rather give it all For the People and allow them to decide, we are buried….
Thrown to the back of the line and told that these two ladies right here must earn it?
We know the truth, they already have done more than any other tag team in existence here in the SCW, the insulting fact of this has culminated in watching this company even go as far to make shift teams to pose as threats to the titles all because they were kissing the butt of Katya. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Beauty Factory will always follow the rules set not by crooked promoters or those who abuse power, instead, we will follow those that are just, fair and most of all give the Truelove Twins, Sienna Swann and anyone that belongs to the Factory and its allies the same chances, a level playing field and most importantly…..
Opportunity.
This match was all we needed and though I disagree with Sasha that they have to beat out the Red Empire, a team the Truelove Twins already defeated and Twin Magic, the Jones sisters who seem to get flooded with title matches, we will accept this at face value and come out, do our job and leave the Number One Contenders to the World Tag Team Championships of Supreme Championship Wrestling.
I now present to you, the future champs, London and Paris, the Truelove Twins.”
Laura steps to the side as the Twins step up, Laura goes into the distance with Sienna who is watching the World Title draped over her shoulder. For London and Paris, this is the first time in a long time that they are receiving any type of match that has any form of stipulation or incentives. London and Paris are both ready to compete, to get a chance at the Tag Team Titles finally. London speaks first….
“This has become a running joke and it seems like the Truelove Twins are the bloody punchline. How many times have we been insulted by this company? Held back out of fear, protecting the champions who claim they will defend the titles against anyone and here we are waiting, sitting in the back, occasionally dressing up for a match that will make short work of our opponents? Why? Is it because of the threat the Beauty Factory can be to these so-called great heroes the companies promote while defaming us and the World Champion who has given EVERYTHING she can to the People? It’s a disgrace, it shames me to even be a part of it but as you can see, Paris and I believe in Laura Steinbeck, we entrust in what the Beauty Factory stands for. These people here deserve better Tag Team Champions, they deserve a World Champion who is not on the interim and someone who is seen now as the underdog against a boy…. A boy who the entire locker room wants to see beat Sienna Swann. What is the matter with this picture? Why can we not have nice things anymore for the service we provide for you? Ratings after ratings and still, it has taken SIX months for the Truelove Twins to get a title shot?”
“That’s the problem though London, it’s not that they want to give us anything, now they are forced to. We cannot be denied anymore; they will not just brush us under the rug and pretend we do not exist. We are the premiere tag team in this company, not Redemption, not Red Empire, not Twin Magic, Team Desire 2.0 or any other team you want to band aid up together and pretend they are contenders over us. We have sat in the back patiently, doing our time, insulted week in and out, each time going out there and showing why we are the best and no one cares. Is anyone going to take the Truelove Twins serious anymore? Are the other teams going to think our name at the top of the list when they think of this division? Unfortunately, what is going to happen is simple, they will rest on their laurels. Does the SCW ever want a team to surpass the Next Level? Dark Fantasy? Cashmere Mafia? Perfect Impact? Monarchy? No. Instead they rather have Redemption sit on those titles and never defend them, well London and I are bloody sick of the disrespect and this Tabula Rasa, yeah we know, Sienna said it earlier, “Clean Slate” is our turn to start fresh and anew once again from the bottom and show why we should have been Tag Champions long ago.”
“It’s a troubling trend, to understand they have favorites, Owen Cruze doesn’t deserve a World Title match against Sienna Swann, she should get Syren right off the bat but they will do anything and everything in their power to deny her what she has wanted for the last year. She is a fighting Champion. Now the Red Empire are in the mix, when have they been competing as a tag team? If I recall Ruby Amarant was TV Champion beating that loser, Konrad Raab, before that the biggest under-achiever in professional wrestling, Abigail Lindsay, I’m glad Lohan Country worked out well, they burned faster than the bloody Hindenburg.”
“Ruby was on her little tear; I mean at least until both her and Scarlet Grey ran into Kennedy Street and Peyton Rice. I don’t recall much of their work as a tag team, more like lap dogs to Katya. Are they talented? Sure. Pleasing to look at? If you are into that sort of thing. Seems like Scarlet is more concerned these days with being Kelcey Wallace, it garnered the attention of Rice but not Chris Cannon, sorry girl, he only has eyes for ONE Perfect Ten and she is standing behind us.”
“Was it with these cunts lately? All they try to do is seduce, like none of them ever get any ass except for maybe Kandis.”
“No, she is the ass.’
“This is true. Do you remember the last time we faced Red Empire? We took you both out and suddenly, you two performed the greatest trick of your careers, you disappeared. We took it to you, dominated even, I don’t think we tagged once…..”
“…. Nope we didn’t.”
“Pretty impressive huh? So now we face you again and this time the stakes are even higher. We shared the Elimination Chamber, you two saw how badly we wanted to win, we stood in there and took our punishment for speaking freely which must be a crime in the SCW. Red Empire, you couldn’t stand in our way then and you will NOT now.”
The Twins are direct and very focused on the task at hand. They haven’t received any opportunities since the Elimination Chamber, all they did was go on to win a huge Ten Person Tag, dominate and defeat any and all tag teams that have been put in front of them. Now at Tabula Rasa, two teams stand in their way from finally getting the shot they have been asking for some time. London nods as Paris this time starts up again….
“Did we kiss Katya’s ass to get a chance? Did we bow to her whim? Did we run to her like a bunch of hungry little lemmings looking for hand me downs? We did not, the Red Empire did. Ruby and Scarlet are desperate for not only attention but recognition. They are willing to sell out tot her highest bidder. Scarlet and her turkey neck thinks she is purdy… no bitch, WE are the epitome of beautiful. Beauty doesn’t win matches though, it gets you ratings, what wins matches is talent. Take a good look at us, I mean seriously, stop for one moment and look at who we are and what we bring to the tag team division. We have lost ONE match to the Street Legacy because they cheated. We continue to be the unsung heroes of the Beauty Factory. I pinned Kennedy Street, let me say that one more time, I PINNED Kennedy Street to win at Bound by Blood and kept my blood-stained tights as a souvenir. I pinned a former TWO TIME World Champion who Main Evented RTG TWICE. A THREE TIME Tag Team Champion, let that sink in for a minute, you think that we cannot hold our own Red Empire? We can, you have experienced it first hand mon froppies and now looking at Marie Jones and Kimberly Williams, I can say yet again that here are two women where the silver platter was practically handed to them and have done nothing in our division.”
“It really is a sad state of affairs and for my sister to have single handedly beaten the great Kennedy Street says a lot. We are more than just a pair of Twins who look nice and are photogenic, we are world class wrestlers. Kimberly Williams and Marie Jones once again come from the same group of cattle that rushed when the dinner bell rang by Katya. The minute she took over, Marie was right there with her hand out begging for any type of Championship match, a World Title opportunity at the End of the Year Special, in which of course, Sienna won. But nooo… Marie had another chance a few weeks later and this is why we just roll our eyes and shake our heads. Kimberly, she’s eccentric…”
“I think she is nuts.”
“Really, it’s not an act?”
“I watched EMERGE, it’s not an act, she is unstable. I think her mom birthed Marie and shit Kim out.”
“That would do it then.”
“Exactly and that is why Kim and Marie, we both know just how dangerous you two are. The reason? We don’t have the advantage anymore, you can pull the same trick we can but that is also vice versa, you don’t have the advantage either, how do you think Red Empire feels wrestling two sets of Twins?”
“They must feel like cats in a room full of rocking chairs.”
“Right and Marie, seriously love, talk to me here for a second domkopf, how many times are you going to change your stripes? When the going gest tough, Marie gets going? You sicken me and your stupid sister too, neither one of you should be anywhere near those tag team titles and to think for one second that Sasha in her own little mind is trying so hard to appease everyone she is just throwing all the title matches to the same Sell-outs who turned their backs on the SCW?”
“While we stood our ground. Marie, no one will ever take you at face value, as TV Champion now you want to get a little bit of honor back so you can pull the wool over everyone’s eyes again until things get tough and one of your many tantrums are on display? Kim wants to act like she is playing all sides, throwing it all around like caution to the wind, yearning to be everyone’s friend while playing out role of protector for her sister? No, for just like Red Empire, Twin Magic, we do not care what you have done in the past, your World Titles, the success outside the SCW, the teams you’ve beaten, means nothing for what does is the here and the now.”
“And when we WIN the Number One Contender slot and Sienna Swann walks out as THE World Champion, then for once The Truelove Twins will be taken seriously and be at the top of the division where we should have been this entire time.”
“You know what’s funny, Paris?”
“What is it London?”
“They actually think we are going to lose this match and disappear into the abyss of forgotten teams never to see success again. They may think we have this match to shut the Beauty Factory up. What I find interesting in this? Marie Jones took the TV Title away from Ruby Amarant last week.”
“Hmmm… so let them all kill each other, and we sort out the rest?”
“This Twin thing is working; I think we share a brain.”
“No…. just no.”
The Twins let out a small giggle, their confidence in coming home with a shot at the titles is at an all-time high. Unlike the rest of the tag teams, they have been waiting long enough for this chance. Laura looks on with a sense of pride, Sienna has a good feeling this will be their night where everything comes together, and ALL members of the Beauty Factory will hold gold including the EMERGE brand. London turns to the camera, after watching out into the city of Seattle and speaks….
“We stand here high on top of the City where they will witness an injustice rectified, two undeserving teams will leave empty handed when their ploys and games didn’t work out for them. Red Empire and Twin Magic took full advantage of Katya no matter how it ended, we did not. Instead we stood For The People, we never wavered, and now while others want to think they get a Clean slate? A do-over?”
“We get what is owed. Red Empire and Twin Magic. This is OUR moment, OUR tome to change the landscape of the Division and actually make it….. dare I say it?”
“Am I going to cringe?”
“Probably.”
“Fine, go ahead….”
“Make the SCW Tag Team Division….. Great Again.”
“You had to go there.”
“I did, sorry, I couldn’t resist, I mean you know the moment when….”
“No I don’t.”
“Oh… never mind then.”
“But you’re right, it is time no one sleeps on Tag Team Wrestling again, we will bring it back to prominence after all these other so-called teams have destroyed it. Marie Jones, Kimberly Williams? Your family lineage doesn’t scare us, look what we did to the Streets. Red Empire, your feeble attempts at shock value have fallen on blind eyes and deaf ears and after tomorrow night, you along with the inferior set of Twins?”
“Will feel….. Double the Pleasure.”
“Double the fun….”
“For the Truelove Twins will become Number One Contenders…..”
“With a TWIN KILLING!”
The Truelove Twins step back a little and smirk at one another, Laura nods in approval as Sienna looks on and smiles…..
FADE TO BLACK
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Truelove Twins 