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Scenario Andrea met Tom at a Halloween Party. She was very impressed at his competitive nature and business know-how. Tom was happy to find someone who didn't shriek at the thought of talking about business at a party. They fell in love quickly, and have been married now for several years. They are both very ambitious and successful business people, but is their marriage the same? Tom isn't sure how to cope with the fact that Andrea is advancing faster in the business world than he is. Also, now that a baby's on the way, he's thinking she should stay home with the baby. Andrea has different ideas. She thinks a nanny would be fine, and she has her sights set on being a mega-business mogul. However, she sees the way Tom looks at their neighbor and coworker, Nina. "Is advancing my career worth risking my family?" Andrea ask herself. "Is giving up everything I've worked for just to stroke Tom's ego what it comes down to? Will I lose Tom to Nina if I keep working?" What will Andrea do? |
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As this chapter of the Richardson family's saga opens, the trashcan has been turned over--by someone unknown, who obviously has a problem with Nina. This should tell us something about Nina's modus operandi, and set the tone for what is to come Unfortunately, Tom doesn't seem to be aware of Nina Richardson's negative personality traits. After all, she IS a distant cousin, and he's known her all his life. Little does he know what's in store for him. |
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| While the neighborhood vandal leaves the scene, we see Tom and Andrea playing a game of pool upstairs in their lovely home, before the work day begins. Andrea is still feeling pretty athletic, since she hasn't begun to show yet, and for a while it looks as though she will win the game. Tom rallies, however, and it begins to look as if he will claim the win, instead. | |
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Suddenly Nina comes running up the stairs still in her nightgown, to tell them what happened with the trashcan. Andrea acknowledges her, but keeps watching as Tom decides what his next move will be. For a while it looks as if his next move will be simply to greet Nina, but he finally clears the table, and then turns to...Nina, to celebrate, as Andrea looks on with an air of resignation. |
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| Tom and Nina head downstairs ostensibly to see about the overturned trashcan, while Andrea takes a peek at the nursery she's already prepared, as the organized person she is. She then sits down at the chess table for a while, trying to decide just what she should do. Things really are in a muddle. If only Nina didn't live right next door! | |
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| Downstairs, the trashcan is forgotten, as Nina begins to flatter Tom about his business skills. He really enjoys being flattered like that, since it always seems to him that Andrea is outdoing him at everything. It seems like their life has become nothing more than one big competition. Pretty soon he forgets all about the fact that Andrea is still upstairs, and begins to flirt with Nina, caressing her cheek. Nina touches him back, and that's all it takes. The two are soon engaged in some tender kissing, and then they realize that it's really each other they love (or at last that's the way it seems to Tom, who is so frustrated with Andrea's stubborn ways). | |
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Meanwhile,
Andrea has gone into the upstairs bathroom to wash her hands, and
has discovered that the sink is doing something very strange! It's
filled with soapy water that is just going around and around, and
not draining as it should. Shaking her head, she unclogs the sink,
then runs some fresh water, washes her hands, and watches the water
drain as it should, before heading downstairs to fix breakfast.
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| Hearing her approach the stairway, Tom suddenly realizes where he is, reaches into the refrigerator, and snatches the makings for a breakfast meal. Then he and Nina run out of the house and over to HER house to have breakfast together, leaving Nina alone to her own breakfast. As she reaches the first floor, suddenly the realization of her pregnancy hits her, and she decides not to go to work. All the while, she's wondering just how long it takes to pick up one trashcan! | |
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So...nothing has been decided, but it would seem there's a definite trend in the wrong direction. We still don't know what will become of Andrea and her baby, but it looks very much as if Tom and Nina will decide to be together. Oh, yeah, and will summer ever get over at the Richardson house? We'll have to find out the next time we take a look into their household. |
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