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When Jade got home, Tyler was up and about the house on his cane. He was healing very quickly and was refusing to follow Doctor's orders. He wasn't supposed to be on his feet as much as he was, but he wouldn't listen to anybody.

"What's the matter with you?" he asked, taking a seat on the sofa in front of the TV. "And why was the show cancelled?"
"Well the answer to both questions is that Davey had his baby tonight," Jade said, sitting across from him.
"Isn't it early?"
"Only by a week."
"So, how is the little rugrat?" he asked. "Fat like his mother?"
"Why do you always call Litzy fat? She's not fat."
"I call her fat to keep from calling her ugly."
"She isn't ugly, either."
"Matter of opinion," he shrugged.
"Well, no, the baby looks more like Davey than Litzy."
"Oh. What'd they name it?"
"Julian."
"That's an arrogant name."
"Well, he has an arrogant father."
Tyler gasped.
"What? YOU saying a bad word about Davey? What has happened?"
"What has happened is that ever since he discovered pussy he's become one."
Tyler died laughing. He laughed so hard he could barely catch his breath.
"I didn't mean that," Jade said, sighing and putting his head in his hands. "But he's changed. It used to be...It used to be...."
"It used to be 'Davey and Jade' and now it's 'Davey and Litzy.'"
"Exactly. Only worse now. It was 'Davey and Litzy.' Now it's "Davey and Litzy and Julian.' There's no room for me in his life anymore. He's completely consumed by her."
"He is. It's unnatural and it's sick."
"I quit the band tonight."
"WHAT?!"
Jade shrugged and sat there for a moment in silence. "I can't take it anymore," he said, a tear running down his cheek. "I can't watch him make a life with her."
"Oh Jade, don't be a fool like me. Let Davey go."
"I'm trying. Because it's only going to get worse. When she comes on tour in February it won't be as our friend, it'll be as his wife. And they'll have their baby with them. Nothing will be like it used to be. Nothing."
"What about the music?"
"It always came from our connection and the way we would play off of each other and share what we we're feeling. But now he's sharing his feelings with her. He's telling my secrets to her. There is no connection between us anymore."
Tyler listened sympathetically and shook his head.
"Jade, if you could snap your fingers and make things like they were...like they used to be...would you do it?"
He thought about it for a moment.
"Yeah. Absolutely."
"I've been working on a plan to remove Litzy from the equation, so to speak."
"Wait a minute -"
"Not to harm her in any way, of course. But...to send her back to Chicago and get her out of Davey's life."
"No, I dont want any part of this. He loves her."
"So you'd rather lose the band?"
"No, that's not what I want, but regardless of how I feel about him being with Litzy, she is who he chose."
"But does he even know who she is? I've been looking into her past and I found some things that if he knew them..."
"What? You've been digging into her past? Why? That's crazy!"
"That's not crazy! I just wanted to make sure I knew who the competition really was. So I hired a private investigator from Chicago to find out what she really is."

Jade was too curious not to ask.

"And what is she?"

"An ex drug addict and a whore."

Jade sat back in his seat trying to process this. Innocent little Litzy, a whore? He wasn't buying it.

"How do you think Davey's going to feel about her when he finds out that the sweet mother of his child is really a streetwalker from the corner of North and Ashland?"
"It's not true. Litzy would never do that," Jade said, shaking his head. "Why would she? She's smart. She's got a degree. She can take care of herself."
"You're just as deluded by her as he is, but it's all going to end. I'm going to expose her. I'm going to have my revenge."
"What are you talking about?"
"She's the reason I spent the last 6 months in casts! I will never get that time back! Oh I'll admit it - at first I wanted to kill her. I did. Then I thought I might hire someone to repay her for what she did to me. But no, that won't last. When I expose her to Davey and to the public, her shame will be total. She will cut and run back to Chicago, I guarantee it. And if she does stay to face the things she's done, Davey is sure to be repulsed by her. Either way, everything will return to normal for the rest of us. And he'll see that women are manipulators. The only thing she can give him is a baby, and now that he's got that, there's no reason for her to stick around. He shouldn't have any problem getting custody when the mother is a lowlife."
"No. You are not going to Davey with this. Do you even have any proof?"
"Oh I have plenty of proof."
"This is wrong."
"Don't you think he deserves to know? Do you think - do you honestly think - that she's told him? Or that she's ever going to?"
"It's wrong. He loves her. This will break his heart. Regardless of everything, I can't hurt him like this. I can't."
"Well I can. It's for his own good."
"I don't agree. And if you can't let it go, I can't have you in my house."
They both stared at each other in silence.
"Then I'll be gone by morning," he said.
He stood up, bracing himself on his cane and headed up the stairs, leaving Jade alone on the sofa.
"What the fuck do I do?" he asked himself.
Having no answer, he curled up on the sofa and went to sleep.