#danielrader

Elias knew it was coming.  He could tell by the smug look on his face that daniel was going to let him have it.  And good reason too.  He knew what he was doing was wrong, but he had no choice.  Daniel would never understand that.  Hopefully Alana would.

DANIEL- “I knew you would do something like this to her, Eli….do you realize that you are all she has, besides her father? No siblings, no friends here, no one. She was counting on you to help her with this. And what do you do?  Once again you disappoint her because of your own selfish needs.  It’s always about you.  It is never about anyone else, is it? Who was there for you last year when you had whatever it was you had when Henry left your ass???  It was Alana. She was there for you, and what about all the other times over the course of your life??  She has always been there for you Eli, but whenever she needs you, well forget it……”

Alana has came back and looks at Eli and smiles…

ALANA- “Daniel,  stop. Listen Eli, I understand, I do, but this time I can’t accept it.  I’m sorry, but Daniel is right.  I really need you in this.  But I understand.  I don’t like it but it is what it is.  Go, do what you have to do. I will be fine. Come on Daniel, we need to go if we are going to make that car show….”

ELIAS- “Alana, please try and understand  It’s not that I want to go now, but if I don’t---

ALANA- “Please, Eli, don’t try and convince me. I get it. It’s important. So is a wedding and the birth of a baby...your god child.  But go ahead, you do what you have to.  I will see you whenever you get back.”

With that Alana turns and heads towards the door.  Of course Daniel has to rub in the guilt before he exits….

ELIAS- “Well, something has come up, something big, Alana. “ (he purposely direct his conversation towards her, as he knew that Daniel was not going to be happy about being pulled away from his car show for him to disappoint Alana….and Daniel thought all this witch and magic stuff was fairytales and nonsense.)  He continued…

ELIAS- “I met my half-brother and his mom last night...and things were a little weird.”

ALANA- “Sure, I bet it was.  So how is he? Your brother?”

ELIAS- “Not sure. I mean he seemed fine. He is pretty smart, and he knows everything about our family, even things I didn’t know about.”

ALANA- “You can be forthright about everything, Elias.  I explained everything to Daniel, about how it all came down.”

DANIEL- “Pretty fucked up if you ask me.  If someone was carrying my baby and ran off, and came back thirty years later and told me about a kid I didn’t even know about, you think for a minute I would invite them over for dinner??  Oh hell no. I think they want your money Boedell.”

ELIAS- “I wish that was all it was about, but Dante is probably more well off than we are.  Anyway, Dad starting acting really strange and he and Maggie went into the library and when they came back out, Dad informed me that the two of them were going on a long weekend trip, alone to Granite falls to get to know one another again…”

ALANA- “Oh, dear, what about them possibly being----

DANIEL- “Dark witches?? Yeah, they are just after your money, I’m telling you.”

ELIAS- “(Elias ignored Daniel and looked at Alana) “I think Maggie may have cast a spell on him. I mean even today he is acting really weird.  So after they left I went over to the Goth’s and explained to Philip what transpired, and that is when I found out that, yes, Maggie is a witch, and not only did she cast a spell on my dad, but cast some kind of banishing spell on someone.”

DANIEL- “Okay, I think I need to go to the bathroom, this is getting all too “otherworldly” for me!”

When Elias got to the cafe, he noticed that Daniel Rader was there with Alana...he and Daniel tolerated one another for the sake of Alana, but they were definitely not the best of friends. Daniel sat there as Elias greeted them both.

ELIAS- “Hey guys, glad you could make it. “  Daniel never looked up from his cup of coffee…

ELIAS- “Hi Daniel, you okay this morning?”

ALANA- “He is fine, he was hoping to go to the car show over in Oasis Springs today.

DANIEL- “I’m fine, Alana, and I can speak for myself, dear.  Hello Eli, yes, I am fine, and I wanted to go over to the car show over in Oasis Springs this morning, but alas, I am here.  So how is your new boyfriend.  You sure know how to pick them, don’t you.  You are really into strange dudes, Eli.”

ELIAS- “Alex isn’t my boyfriend, or at least I don’t think so, but we are friends, and he is not anymore strange than you or I, Daniel.”

DANIEL- “Well you are pretty strange too, but whatever.  Why did you interrupt our plans today to meet you here anyway.”

ALANA- “EGYPT!!??  That is like clear across the other side of the world, how long are you going to be gone, Eli!?”

ELIAS- “Not sure, but quite a while. I’m not going to be here for----

ALANA- “The wedding….you aren’t going to be here for the wedding are you?”

Unfortunately, Daniel came back to the bathroom, a little too soon….

ELIAS- “I’m afraid not. I may not even be back by the time the baby gets here….”

Alana is visibly upset, and she excuse herself, this time, she needs to go to the bathroom.