Chapter
27
Lee’s POV:
Love is more of a challenge then I ever realized. And now I totally understand why things tend
to get so intense between Bianca and Maggie when they fight. When I thought I was in love with Maggie, I
was so wrong, because the minute I met
Lena explained what had really freaked her out, more then
anything, and that was learning that Maggie and Bianca where here in
As for
The fact that the company did not want to fire her, over the lurid rag article, improved her mood dramatically and opened the door for us to meet and talk about what had happened. She wasn’t thrilled how everything had started out, especially being kept in the dark about the love birds. But I assured her I had every intention of telling her about Mags and B, but Maggie’s drunken night with the press beat me to it. Thank God that is all in the past now.
Anyway, all is good with
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We entered the hotel and who was in the Lobby but “Brigit” and her crew.
“Lena,
“I’ll give her a few words and the back of my hand,”
“Who’s the girl,
“I’m her body guard, so step off, bitch,” I yelled out,
grabbing
“Aren’t you a little short to be a body guard?” Brigit asked.
“Come any closer and you’ll find out how strong I am,” I sneered back.
That made her back off, while her boys shot lots of photos, until we disappeared into the elevator.
“That was fun, NOT,”
“Sorry baby, I should have known they would be here, but it’s too late now,” I said, stroking her arm, to try and calm her down.
“No matter, they can’t get to us upstairs. And I know a back way out of here for when we leave.” She said with a smirk.
“Really?”
“Yes, in my former business dealings I stayed in all the
finest hotels in
“Cool, that I’m sure will come in handy,” I said, with a wink.
“I just wish I had thought of it before coming in the main entrance. But then, my associates want more press, so maybe we will play it up even more on the way out.” She said, wiggling her eyebrows. On man I love her evil side.
The elevator bell rang, denoting our floor had arrived, the doors opened and we headed for the Penthouse suite. A maid was exiting the suite, just as we arrived.
“Are you Mademoiselles Lee and
“Oui,” we both replied
She smiled and held the door open for us, and then left.
“Lee,
Bianca hugged me and then both she and
“Is it ok for us to hug?” Bianca asked
“I’m so sorry,
“Thank you, Bianca that means a lot.”
“It’s been awhile since I was in this suite last. Lots of
memories,”
She and Maggie hadn’t greeted each other yet. I wondered who would break the ice first. I hoped it would be Maggie.
Maggie sat across from us in a high back chair, with Bianca standing behind her, massaging her shoulders in an effort to keep her calm, I was sure,
“
“Really,” she answered, not to be confrontational, just a question.
“Yes, and we are both glad that you are giving us a
chance…giving me a chance to apologize for what happened. And I’m hoping we can
work things out so we can all get past old wounds and move on.” I could tell
Maggie was not happy about
“We ran into you little “bar buddy” on the way up,”
“Damn,” Maggie muttered.
“Look, Maggie, can I say something before you continue?”
“Certainly,
“I just wanted to say I didn’t come here to rake you over
the coals, Maggie, or to open old wounds.
Lee has already told me what happened and how sorry you are, and – well,
I accept your apology. I dare say if
situations had been reversed I might have done something equally stupid if I
had learned my ex and her lover were in town, just before my wedding.”
“Maggie, you have nothing to worry about with me. You are and have been Bianca’s heart from day
one. And though I loved Bianca with everything I was, I knew deep down I was
never going to be the one she chose to spend her life. It was hard at first, hell it was brutal
losing you Bianca, but I have survived and moved on. And I’ve been blessed with
another chance at real love, with this wonderful young woman. Something I truly never thought would happen,
and certainly not this soon. But I’d
like to think my late Mother had something to do with this, because her last
words to me were “
“My point is, Maggie, I’m here to wish you both happiness
and to assure everyone in this room, I am not a threat now and nor will I ever
be to your relationship. So…do you have
something stronger then tea, because I could really use a drink?”
We saw Bianca squeeze Maggie’s shoulders, then lean down and kiss her cheek. Maggie then rose from her seat and took Bianca’s hand, as they both walked toward us.
“What’s your poison,
“We also have tea, fruit and other treats if you’re hungry,” Bianca said, motioning us over towards the dining table.
“Scotch, Maggie, your drink of choice I believe,”
“Not any more, I’m off all booze,” Maggie joked, as my girl
and she headed for the bar. Maggie
poured a double for
“I really appreciate what you said,
“I know, Maggie, here’s to better days and times,”
“Yes, better times,” Maggie answered, smiling at
Bianca and I stood there watching our amazing women and beamed with pride, as a giant step had been made by both towards all of our futures.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
Chapter 28 Our
sweet Love ( Rated R and NC-17 for language and sexual content)
WARNING: This chapter is
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further.
This chapter contains graphic sexual content between two women and strong adult language. If this would offend you, please skip this chapter and move onto the next.
Rating: NC-17, R and anything
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Maggie’s POV:
There is nothing like a slow, hot bath to clean the cob webs
from your brain. And right now I need a
lot of help in that area.
Mmmm, this new lavender bath salts Bianca bought smells so good and really takes the aches and pains away. It smells even better on Bianca, but then what doesn’t. And the little pulsating jets surrounding the tub don’t hurt either. In fact there is one in particular I think I am having an intimate relationship with as we speak. Oh yeah, that is the spot….oh sorry, I was just working out one of those kinks. I mean after all my “girly parts” have been getting quite the work out and need a little special attention and relief. Bianca is convinced my body knows no limits, but just between us girls, there is such a thing as too much sex, though I would never tell her that for fear she would shut me off for too long and then my hormones would make my head explode. I’d much rather get too much lovin’ then too little. I can tell you making love alone just doesn’t cut it any more. Once you’ve had the real thing with Bianca, believe me there is no going back to petting the kitty alone.
Bianca and I usually take a bath or shower together, so it’s
starting to feel kinda lonely in here without her. She’s like a drug I can’t seem to get enough
of, and sometimes I think that just can’t be healthy. We should be able to be apart a lot more then
we are, but it’s just too painful sometimes, at least for me. Besides when I’m alone like this, my mind
tends to go to places it shouldn’t. Such
as that “endless” hug that Bianca gave
Oh man that was a big yawn; I’m starting to feel like I will fall asleep in here, so I better get out soon. I’m not worried about pruning as much as I am drowning. This tub is huge and my petite body could get lost in here with little of no trouble. And I really don’t want to surprise B with me floating face up or down in this water, stone cold dead. So not the romantic look I was going for earlier. Though I could fake it as she comes in and have her give me mouth-to-mouth. Nope, I better not, she would kill me if she knew I was faking and I scared her like that. I will just have to think of another way to get her into a lip lock.
I’m all snuggled up in the big, warm hotel bath robe Bianca has been wearing, so I can continue to enjoy her scent until she returns, and lounge on this luscious leather sofa. I don’t know how long I will be able to stay awake, with all this comfort, but at least I am clean and relaxed for her return.
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“Baby, wake up,” Bianca whispered in my ear, and then began to kiss her way over to my lips and finish with a toe curling kiss.
“Mmmmm, now that is the only way to wake up from a nap,” I said, throwing my arms around her neck and planted my own hot kisses on her lips.
“Welcome home, baby,”
“Good to be home, my little stud muffin. You smell wonderful sweetie. I take it you took a bath before your nap?”
“Yep, had a few kinks to work out,”
“Really, anything I can help with, or did you get that all done on your own?”
“I think there are still a few your loving hands could help out, if you have the time,”
“I think that can be addressed, but first we have dinner. I ordered it while you were sleeping.”
“I thought I smelled something delicious, but I thought it was you,”
“You little charmer,” Bianca takes hold of both of my hands and pulls me up from the couch, turns me around and smacks my butt.
“Hey, careful with the goods, B, I’m just starting to get feeling back there from our last bit of fun,”
“Sorry, Mags, I forgot,”
“That’s ok, you can kiss it later and make it feel all better,” I say with my best Stone smirk.
“You will do anything to get me to kiss you sweet little ass, won’t you stud?”
“Who me?” making my best puppy dog eyes as my only defense.
“Right Stone, just park it before it gets cold.”
I do as told and park my sexy ass on the chair and try to dig in, but the sleeves are too damn long on Bianca’s robe.
“B, I have to change, I can’t eat with these things, it will take me all night and I will mess up your robe,”
“OK, sweetie, but hurry back. Just throw on a pair of slacks and a top.”
I wiggle my tush as I head for the bedroom to change. “Commando it is, my love,” I say and wink at my girl.
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We haven’t talked very much while we ate. We’ve been too busy feeding each other and making goo-goo eyes all night. Clearly we are are pathetic, but neither of us cares. It just feels so good to be loved like this and we both know it.
“Did you miss me, baby?”
“Always B, you know I’m never as happy as I am with you. Did you miss me too?”
“Of course, Maggie,” she says, stroking my cheek with her finger tips. “I did enjoy the fresh air though and I wished you had been with me. Maybe we can take a quick walk tonight. I love the city at night,”
“Me to, I love all the lights, and the streets and walks are less busy. But I think we need to digest this meal some. I couldn’t move now if I wanted to.”
“I know I’m stuffed too,”
Bianca stands up and reaches for me. I give her my hand and we walk back to the leather sofa. She sits with her back to the end of the couch, pulling me down into her arms as we snuggle into each other with her legs and arms surrounding mine. It’s pure heaven as I lean my head back on to her chest and sigh.
“It doesn’t get any better then this does it Bianca?”
“No sweetie, it sure doesn’t,”
We lay like that for some time, our hearts and breathing in total sync. This is what I had missed, the romantic, quiet heart felt moments with my girl, when there seems to be nothing else in the world but we two. I could stay like this forever.
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Well it seems we both were so relaxed we fell asleep for about an hour. I’m the first to wake up and hear Bianca’s soft little snoring sounds in my ear. She never believes me when I tell her she snores, but she does, though I find it adorable and could listen to her for hours. I figure turn about is fair play, so I slowly reposition myself facing Bianca and begin to pepper her sweet face and lips with kisses, until I hear her moan and see her open her eyes.
“Hi sexy,”
“Hi yourself, Stone,” Bianca says, offering up one of her heart stopping smiles for me.
“Still up for a short walk?”
“If you are, baby? I just want to be with you Maggie. You decide,”
“Sure, I think a short walk in romantic
“No sweetie, that’s fine.”
I lean in and kiss Bianca one more time, then head off to the bathroom.
We snuck out of the hotel, avoiding the Press. Holding hands and breathing in the clear cool night air. It was a perfect evening. The city lights glowed like small jewels, the stars and Moon seemed even brighter then either of us could ever remember seeing them before.
“Thank you Maggie,”
“For what, sweetie?”
“For making all my dreams come true, for loving me…for making me happier then I ever could have dreamed possible.”
I stopped and faced my beloved Bianca, holding both of her hands in mine as I looked into her bewitching deep brown eyes.
“Loving you, Bianca, was the only smart thing I have ever done in my life, my love. And I will love – no worship you till death and beyond if possible. Because a life without you wouldn’t be worth living.”
“Oh Maggie, you make me want to cry. I’ve never been as happy as I am with you.”
Bianca smiled, leaned down and pressed her warm lips to mine
and began the most wondrous of kisses my heart and body could remember. With my
eyes closed, I felt as if we were flying.
Our bodies high above the
We finally broke apart, our bodies desperate for air. As we both struggled to get enough oxygen, we looked at each other, smiled but spoke only with our eyes and hearts. Words were neither needed nor sufficient for such a moment. Bianca draped her arm around my shoulders, kissed my forehead and led us back to the hotel in blissful silence.
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Once back in the room, Bianca led us to the bedroom, disrobing both herself and me. I was mesmerized by her every move. We seemed to both know this was going to be one of our more memorable evenings together, as it had been so far. There was magic and romance engulfing us, setting the tone and pace for our love making to follow. We both felt goose bumps and chills run up and down our now naked bodies, making us both laugh. One would have thought it was the first time we were ever to make love, but in certain ways that was how it felt. Nervous, naked, exposed and an over whelming thrill for what was to come. That was when I took Bianca’s hand and gently pulled her towards the bed. I crawled up first, never letting go, inching my way across the King bed, never taking my eyes off of my beloved’s. She joined me on our bed mirroring my every move and feeling; anxious to see what would come next.
“Lay on your back, sweetie. I want to worship every inch of you my love,”
Bianca didn’t make her usual sarcastic remarks about me going first. We both knew this was special and we didn’t want to spoil it with banter or teasing. She gave me a quick kiss then honored my request, positioning herself in the middle of our bed on her back.
“May I touch you too Maggie,”
“Yes, B, but for now I’m in charge, so just relax and enjoy,” I whispered in her ear, brushing my cheek against hers. As I inhaled the scent of the lingering cold night air and all that was Bianca from her soft brown hair, I moved my left hand to her breast and began to caress it. She moaned in my ear sending small waves of pleasure through my body. We then looked into each others eyes with mutual longing and began to kiss with a passion of dueling tongues. My thigh pressed against her center and hers against mine. A longing grew as our bodies found a familiar rhythm, her fingers now running through my hair and holding me closer to increase our kiss.
Our bodies were riding the hot, pulsing wave of need from each of our cores. It was both agony and pleasure, longing and need. But we knew our first mutual climax was only moments away.
Breathing through our noses, we never stopped the heated kiss that seemed to fuel our bodies’ passions on even more. Then Bianca arched her back forcing her center crashing against my thigh and bringing her over, her moans of release joining her tongue in my mouth. Her juices running down her legs and mine, my body then arching against hers and sending me over with her release, our sweet, wet offerings now mixing as we road out our climaxes together. The endless kiss now broken, my head resting on her shoulder as we both repeated the words I love you, over and over. Bianca stroking my damp hair with her loving hand.
We rested for a little and then made love for hours. Caressing, loving, and kissing every inch of each other until we had no more energy and drifted off to sleep in our lover’s arms. Content in the fact we both had found that magical love one only finds in books, great art and music. It was a feeling I know neither of us would ever forget.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
FB, oh yes please. I need to be fed often.
Chapter 29 Can it
be? Part 1 of 2 (Rated R for language)
Maggie’s POV:
What a night, I can still feel Bianca’s tongue on every square inch of my body. I have tingles on top of tingles and the grin I can feel on my lips, as I wake and stretch, is going to be there all day. Before I open my eyes I reach for Bianca, but I’m coming up empty in the big bed as my hand sweeps across the sheets. I open my eyes, prop myself up on my elbows and look around the room for my love.
“Bianca!” I shout out, but nothing. Damn, where is she? She knows after a night like last night I want to wake up in her arms and snuggle for at least an hour or more.
“Bianca, stop teasing, get your sexy ass back here in bed. That’s an order Missy!”
Shit, still nothing, I can’t believe she would leave me here alone after last night. She must be in the shower and just can’t hear me. I stretch once more and haul my ass out of bed. The bathroom is on the other side of the suite, so it is possible she can’t hear me calling. I reach the bathroom door and open it, but nothing. No Bianca, just a few towels she must have used when she did shower. I pick them up off the floor and hang them up on the racks. Their damp, but not very, she must have left over and hour ago or more.
I attend to my bladder and then look all over the suite for
a note or something from B, telling me when she left and where she went. I’m
trying not to get upset, after all I don’t own her, she can go and do shit
without me if she wants, but she usually tells me where’s she’s going. And then
a little light goes off in my stupid head.
My girl is out getting me a surprise. That’s it, after last night and
all the romance and love’n, she went to get me
flowers or somethin’ I’m sure. And that gives me an
idea. I’m going to go and get her
something, while she’s gone, but I’ll leave a note so we don’t end up spending
the day chasing each other up and down the streets of
I finished with my own shower, got dressed and called for maid service while we are gone. The suite really needs it after last night. I smile once more remembering all we did last night. I feel kinda sorry for the staff. They always have to deal with the aftermath of our marathon sessions. But Bianca always tips them very well, and I still have some of the cash she gave me, so I leave a nice tip for today and still have enough to get her flowers or a sweet treat she would enjoy.
I check my watch and see it is close to
The concierge says good day to me as I walk through the lobby, I smile and wave at him. I love this Hotel and the staff, they treat Bianca and I like royalty, even after that tabloid fiasco.
It’s a gorgeous day, sunny and not too cold. I still have my
post love making grin on my face and I know all the people smiling back at me
know I had the kind of night they all dream of.
A few of the men and women even winked at me when I smile back and nod
my head good morning to them. God it is great to be in love and in the City of
I turn the corner that leads to the café and see someone I
wasn’t expecting to see…
I can’t move from this spot, my mind is shouting, but nothing is coming out of my mouth. This has to be some bad dream, I’m really back in bed and this is just some nightmare, it has to be. I feel tears begin to run down my cheeks and the pain in my chest is increasing the longer I look at the two of them from afar. Then I hear my head yell at me to run, run away, so I do. I run as fast as my legs will carry me and I don’t stop until I am back at the hotel. I’m in front of the elevator and I keep pushing the call button, but it’s taking forever to come. After what feels like an eternity, I make it back to our suite door, unlock it, open it and see the maids still cleaning the room.
“GET OUT! PLEASE! GET OUT NOW!” I shout, praying they won’t argue why with me. They look at each other and hurry past me and out of the suite. I close the door behind them, fall slowly to the floor and begin to sob like a baby. My heart is both racing and breaking at the same time. I just want to die.
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I don’t know how or when, but I must have crawled my way over to the couch at some point. My eyes are plastered shut from my tears crusting over after I passed out. As I try to open them I feel a hand on my shoulder. I cringe from the touch, knowing it has to be Bianca.
“Get the Fuck away from me!” I shout at her, turning on my side and curling into a fetal pose, keeping my eyes firmly shut, not wanting to look at her now, maybe never again.
“Now is that anyway to speak to your Mother-in-law to be, Mary Margaret?”
“What the Hell!” I turn, open my eyes and there before me is Erica Kane. Could this day get any worse?
“Erica? Why?” I asked, but then I don’t really care. I push her away from me and storm over to the bedroom. I need to start packing my stuff and get away from her and her fucking traitorous, cheating daughter.
“Get out Erica; I don’t want you here,”
“Yes, well, true as that may be, Mary Margaret, I think you and I need to talk,”
“Erica, just get the hell out, And PLEASE stop calling me that,”
“OK, Maggie, just stop running away and give me five minutes and then I will leave.”
“Fine, five minutes, the clocks ticking Erica,”
We both sit on the edge off the King bed and stare at each other.
“I’m here to offer you a great deal of money, Maggie, more then you could ever image, all if you promise to leave Bianca and never see her again.”
“Really?” I smile, how timely could this be? I can stick it to Mommy Dearest and Bianca, all with Erica’s help. Maybe life isn’t as unfair as I thought. “How much are we talking, Erica? I can image quite a bit actually.”
“I knew it; you are after her just for the money. Just like your whoring sister,”
“Erica, if you want to keep that face of yours as is, I suggest you keep your fucking mouth shut about Frankie,”
“Fine, no matter, let’s get down to business. I’m offering you $10 Million tax free dollars
in a Swiss Bank account, But! This offer is only good until
I take the paper with her number and stick it into my breast pocket.
“We’re done here, Erica, now take your sorry self out of here.” I stand and motion her to the door.
“Remember Maggie, once you agree to taking the cash, you Never see, speak or come anywhere near Bianca for as long as you live,”
“I get it, Erica, I’m not stupid. Now get out.”
She rose from the bed, smiled and tried to shake my hand, I laughed and shoved her towards the door. Then she turned one last time before she left to make one last point.
“Maggie, remember, she’s a Kane and as much as she wants to believe she loves you now and forever. The Kane women aren’t capable of being monogamous, just look and Kendal and my track record. Bianca is no different, she just doesn’t know it yet, she’s too young to realize Death-do-us-part is only in story books or for people too poor to move on and find someone better. She is going to be surrounded by beautiful women her entire professional life, Maggie, do you really think she is going to give them all up for you? I think not, little one. But this money will buy you many Bianca replacements and a very good life. Make the right decision little girl. Prove to me you aren’t “stupid.” And with that the bitch left.
Man, if she only knew what her precious little girl had done to me. I was leaving anyway, but this was icing on the cake. Taking Erica’s money would really hurt Bianca and I wanted to hurt her so much right now.
I sat on the couch studying Erica’s cell number, my mind racing with all that had happened in such a short period of time. But I wouldn’t call her for a few days. I would want to make the bitch sweat before I took her cash. Then reality struck and I knew I had to still get packed and get out of this room before Bianca returned. I couldn’t handle whatever she had to tell me. Not yet.
And then the door opened and there stood my “Beloved”, my cheating wife to be.
“Maggie, you’re finally up. I thought you might sleep the day away, you were so dead to the world when I left,” she said, smiling that smile and heading my way, her arms set for a hug. But I brushed her away, leaving her to wonder what was wrong as I headed for our bedroom to pack.
“Maggie, what’s wrong, sweetie?”
She followed me to our room. I couldn’t speak; the bile was churning up from my stomach and into my throat. How could she come here and pretend she still loved me. Was she like Kendal and Erica? Was she capable of being with two lovers and not feeling any guilt for it? It wasn’t the Bianca I had fallen in love with; that was for damn sure. But nothing made any sense to me. I just knew I had to get away from her before I did something we both would regret.
“Maggie?” she said so softly I almost didn’t hear it, and then she tried to touch my shoulder.
“Don’t Bianca…just don’t. If you touch me again I won’t be responsible for what I will do to you,”
“Do to me…Maggie what’s happened? Everything was perfect last night…”
“Perfect!” I yelled, turning to face my betrayer, my eyes betraying me as well, filling with tears. I so didn’t want to cry in front of her. I wanted – needed to be strong. Leave with some pride.
“Perfect – yeah it was all perfect last night. But you killed all that this morning. You and your whore,” I choked out through gritted teeth, returning to my packing.
“My what? Maggie?”
I couldn’t look at her again, so I just aimlessly folded and packed as I cleared up her confusion.
“
“Oh…”
“OH!! OH!! That’s all you have to say to me OH!!?” I finally lost it, slapping her to the ground with my last Oh. She wiped the blood from her lips and looked back at me with eyes full of questions, pain and the last thing I expected – love. How dare she look at me with love, it made me want to smack her again? But I stood there glaring down at her, my hands fisted by my sides.
“Don’t you dare look at me like that, Bianca; you have no right to look at me like that ever again. You betrayed me – you betrayed us.” I shouted beating my right fist against my chest.
“I loved you more then life, I…” I couldn’t say anymore, my heart was shattering with every word. I fell to my knees and wept. Praying the ground would swallow me and make it all go away. Or at least make Her go away.
TBC either later tonight or tomorrow.
Stephanie aka the Diva
FB please, just don’t hurt me.
Chapter 29 Can it
be? Part 2 of 2 (Rated R for language)
Rating: R for
suggestive language
Bianca’s POV:
I didn’t know what to do first. Everything was a mess, but
Maggie especially. I wanted to hold her
and tell her how wrong she was, but I knew she would never believe me. She was
too raw and it was all my fault. She had
seen
I rose from the floor and sat on the edge of our bed, taking one of Maggie’s blouses from her suitcase and held it to my chest. My poor baby was still weeping, her small hands covering her face, her body rocking like a small child will when they think their world has come to an end. My heart broke for her, but I couldn’t touch her, console her no matter how much I wanted to.
“Ba…Maggie, will you please let me clear this misunderstanding up? I swear on our love, it’s not what you think.” I held her blouse even tighter now and began to rock as well, waiting for her answer.
I didn’t press her; I waited for an answer for what seemed like an eternity. But I had to, I knew she had heard me and I had to give her time to calm down and hopefully let me explain.
She finally stopped crying, brushed her tear stained cheeks with the palms of her hands, slowly stood, never looking at me or saying a word, walked out of our room and headed for the bathroom. While I waited for her return, I got a bottle of water for her, in the hopes I could offer it to her as a peace offering, knowing how dehydrated she had to be after all that crying. She finally exited the bathroom, her hair now brushed and her face washed. She walk towards me with cold, empty eyes, as I stayed perched against the back of the couch, holding the bottle of water out for her. She took it, mumbled a thank you I think, of course it could have been a curse, but that didn’t matter. She continued walking and sat on the sofa, her legs pulled up to her chest, as she drank the much needed water.
I approached the other end of the couch from the left, so she wouldn’t feel threatened, sat and faced her waiting to see if there was going to be any type of conversation, or was she leaving once she finished her drink?
“Don’t even think of lying to me, Bianca. I won’t stand for it. Just tell me why you left our bed and went to
“I’ve never lied to you, Maggie, and I won’t start now,”
“Fine,”
“You promise to hear me out?”
“I said FINE Bianca,”
“Ok baby,”
“DON’T! Don’t do that,” she said raising her left hand at me.
“Sorry, it’s just hard…fine I’ll just get to it then.” But before I could continue I saw Maggie take a quick glance my way and I swear I saw her shudder.
“B, get some…”
“What Maggie?”
She moved her finger tips to her lips while trying not to look directly into my eyes. “You need some ice, for your lips,” she said, and then went back to drinking her water.
With all that had happened I had forgotten about her hitting me, I touched my lips and she was right, they were swelling up. I got up and retrieved some ice from our stocked bar, put it in a glass and grabbed a cloth napkin as well to wrap it in.
My lower lip seemed to be swollen the worse so I held the ice there as I tried to gather my thoughts. Though it wasn’t that hard, all I had to do was tell Maggie the truth. I had nothing to hide and I had to prove that to her.
“Ok, I guess the best place to start is the beginning. I woke up from our amazing night and watched you sleep for a little while. I did try to wake you, Maggie, but you were dead to the world. I decided to take a shower and see if you were awake after that. I had hoped you would wake and join me, but…anyway, when I was done you were still out, so I decided to get dressed and go to the café we love and get you your favorite breakfast. That’s why I didn’t leave you a note. I wanted to surprise you.”
“Oh you surprised me alright; just get to the part on how
I took a deep breath, trying not to lose my temper, I was getting tired of being on the defensive, but I had to keep reminding myself how this had to look from Maggie’s point of view. And it was clear she wasn’t “buying” my explanation so far, which hurt more then her slap. I’ve never lied to Maggie and here she was still convinced I was mired in nothing but lies. I took a deep breath and continued.
“I was waiting for our food and espressos, at a table
outside the café, when
“Quick chat, huh, and what time was this? I saw you both
around
“It was around
“45 minutes does not constitute a quick chat, girlfriend,” Maggie spat out.
“No, you’re right it doesn’t Maggie, but if you let me finish you’ll understand,”
“I understand plenty,” I heard her mumble, but I continued anyway. After all our future depended on her really understanding.
“We chatted about Lee and you and then something happened
and
I saw Maggie shake her head, sigh and roll her eyes. I knew
what she was thinking and now I wanted to smack her. She had no idea what
“Don’t be like that Maggie, you don’t get it.
Maggie shot up from her seat and began to rant. “God Bianca, she’s using you, can’t see? She playing on your sympathy and pulling you back into her life. She’s a con-artist, Bianca, and she always will be.”
“No Maggie, you’re wrong, her Mother meant everything to
her. She spent all her life protecting her and hiding her from Michael and
more. Not everyone has a drunk and bitch for a Mother, like you Maggie, some of
us love our Mothers.” And I knew I had gone too far, but I couldn’t take the
words back, no matter how much I wanted to.
I’m only human too and it pissed me off to hear her say those things
about
Maggie’s eyes were black now with even more anger then I had seen before; she started to approach me in a menacing fashion that frightened me. I was sure she was going to hit me again.
“Don’t make me laugh, B, like you and Mommy have such a perfect relationship. My Mother was a drunk and a bitch, but your so called Mother is a snake of the lowest kind. Hell she’s lower then a snake.”
She was hovering over me now and I waited for the worst.
“As for poor
“All that doesn’t matter, Maggie, all that matters is us. I didn’t cheat on you, Maggie; everything I told you is true,”
“I don’t care, Bianca, it’s all bull. True, not true,
Maggie’s POV:
I stormed back to the bedroom; I had to get away from
Bianca. I wasn’t going to let her see me
cry again. That shot about my Mom really
hurt, I knew she didn’t mean to say it, but she did. And after the meeting with Erica, I wasn’t
going to let her lecture me about Motherly love. She’s just lucky I don’t tell
her what her Mommy did today. And as for
I started to throw my clothes into my suit case, fighting back the tears all the while.
“Maggie, please, don’t leave me. I want you baby, only you. Why won’t you believe me?” she was begging and I hate it when she begs. She put her hands on my shoulders and I shook her off. If I let her touch me I was going to lose it again and I couldn’t stand the thought of her watching me weep like a baby again.
“Baby Please!!!”
I was about to toss some underwear into my case, when I turned to beg her to stop. My hand was raised and I saw the fear in her eyes. She thought I was going to hit her again, but I wasn’t.
“Maggie no, pleased don’t hurt me,” she begged, covering her face as she cowered from me.
I had flashes of my Mother and Father yelling at me, standing over me and getting ready to beat me down as I watched my girl try to protect herself from me. I reached out for her and gently covered her hands with mine, pulling us both down to the floor and I listened to her cry.
“No baby, Bianca, I won’t hit you. Please stop crying baby; I’ll never hit you again. I promise. I swear,” I then took her into my arms and held her, hoping she would believe me.
“You promise Maggie?” she whimpered as I held her.
“Yes baby, I swear on our love. Never, never to hit you ever again. Please forgive me baby,”
She pulled back a little and looked into my eyes with those heartbreaker eyes or hers and said, “I do Maggie,”
And I knew she meant it. I kissed her over and over and kept repeating how sorry I was. What was I thinking, leaving her? I could never leave her, unless I killed myself. I couldn’t breathe without her let alone face any kind of life without her.
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It’s been 30 minutes since we stopped fighting, and I have been holding the ice on Bianca’s lips while we
sat on the couch, but we haven’t been talking too much. I really messed up and I think Bianca is over the initial shock of it all and I can feel a coldness coming off of her now. Not that I blame her. I mean shit, I hit her, and I still can’t believe I did that. I swore I would never hit anyone the way my parents did Frankie and I. Plus I just assumed the worse with her and Lena and never even let her explain before I lost it on her. But my mind and heart went from ecstatic and joyful to betrayed in 1.2 seconds. How was I supposed to act? And then Erica comes in and drives the spike further into my chest, telling me Bianca can never stay true to us, no matter what I think. But that still doesn’t make up for hitting her. I don’t know what to do to take that back.
Bianca lifts her head and pulls back from my makeshift icepack, “Maggie,”
“Yeah, B?”
“I’m going to go to bed,”
“OK sweetie, I’ll get washed up first and then join you,”
“No,” she said, grabbing my forearm. “I need sometime alone,”
“Bianca?”
“Please Maggie,”
“But…”
“No Maggie, you hit me and though I know your sorry, really sorry and I do forgive you…you went to far this time Maggie and it’s going to take more then a hug and kiss to make it go away. I think you need sometime to think about what you did, as much as I need time to deal with it.”
“OK,” I said hanging my head in shame. She was right and truth be told I deserved a lot worse then time on the couch.
“Maggie, I need to know this will never happen again, no matter what we fight about. I can’t live my life with you wondering what will set you off again and I won’t live in fear. I can tell you if you ever lay a hand on me again, it will be the end. That’s not a threat, baby, it’s just a fact and you need to know that.”
“I understand, Bianca. And I swear it will never happen again.”
“Call and get some food Maggie, I don’t think you have eaten all day. I’m going to shower and then go to bed.” She said, standing as she spoke. I stood as well and followed her to the bathroom. When she reached the door she turned towards me, cupped my face with her hands, brushing her thumbs against my cheeks. I closed my eyes and took the time to enjoy her touch.
“Goodnight, Maggie, I do love you baby,” she whispered, before she kissed my forehead and went into the bathroom and closed the door.
That was the last time she touched or kissed me for two days. We ate our meals together, read and watched TV together, but didn’t talk much about what happened and she slept in our bed and I slept on the couch. On day three, we did much of the same, but when it came time for bed, she went to our room, changed and then came back to me and sat on the couch, taking my hands in hers. I thought my heart would stop at the feel of her touch after so much time. But I kept silent. Where this was going was up to Bianca.
“Maggie, I don’t want to spend another night without you baby, but I need to know I can trust you again. I need you to be honest with me.”
“OK,”
“Maggie I need to know, have you ever hit anyone else when you got that angry?”
“Never, Bianca,”
“Then why me, why would hurt me? I know you were really hurt by what you saw,
Maggie, but you didn’t even wait to give me a chance to explain. We’ve have
fights before about
“Bianca, I didn’t…”
“Didn’t what, baby?”
“I didn’t want to tell you about Erica – it was Erica who pushed me over the edge,”
“Erica? I don’t understand,”
“I know you don’t. She was here that day, baby. She broke in again and came to see me,”
“She what? Why?”
“Do you really want to hear this B?”
“Yes,”
“OK, well the she devil came and offered me $10 Million to never see, speak or come near you for the rest of my life and she told me that you will never be able to be true to me any more then she or Kendal can be, because you are a Kane. And that you will be surrounded by beautiful women everyday in your work and I would be crazy to think you would choose me over those models as the years go on.” I saw such a myriad of emotions cross Bianca’s face as I told her everything Erica said and did and I new she was going to explode.
“Un Fucking Believable!!!!! She has really gone to far this
time. Maggie, baby, no wonder you lost
it. And this happened right after you
saw
“Pretty much,”
“I’m going to kill her, I swear,”
“She’s not worth it, Bianca,”
“You’re right Maggie she isn’t, but if she thinks she is ever going to see me again it will be a cold day in hell. Oh, Maggie, you poor baby, now I understand everything. No wonder you were out of your mind,”
“Bianca, please, while I appreciate the fact you understand why I did what I did, it still wasn’t right and you need to know, even if I have to get professional help, I will do anything to make sure I never get that angry again and never, ever hurt you no matter what,”
She threw her arms around me and hugged me so tight I wasn’t sure I was going to continue breathing, but I didn’t care. My baby loved me again and better then that I knew she believed and trusted me again. And I would never do anything to make her regret that.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
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Chapter 30 Where
to begin Rating: R for language
Bianca’s POV:
It’s been almost a week since the “fight” when Maggie and I
left
I for one was happy
So we packed our bags, rented a car and headed out of
About an hour later Maggie’s cell phone rang, she asked me to grab it from her coat pocket and see who it could be. We were both puzzled, because the only one here who knew the number was Lee, and unless something horrible had happened, we couldn’t see her calling us so soon. I grabbed the phone, while copping a quick feel of my girl, which caused her to moan and wiggle her eyebrows at me, while driving. Then I looked at the caller ID and almost gagged. It was my Mother calling, or rather text messaging Maggie, “Times ticking,” was all it said. Maggie saw the dramatic change in my face to pain and anger and knew, “Erica,” she cursed under her breath. “Yes,” was all I said, canceling the message, before putting the phone back in Maggie’s pocket. Much to our dismay Maggie would receive that message everyday the rest of the week, the same time everyday. Erica was persistent in her relentless pursuit to separate me from my fiancé. But she wouldn’t succeed. Maggie and I were as relentless in pursuing our future together and not even my obsessed Mother could stop us. At one point I asked Maggie why she didn’t toss the phone away, so we wouldn’t be reminded of my Mother and her obscene offer. She held my hands and looked me in the eyes and said, “I want to drive her crazy with the silence, Bianca. And on the last day, I will be the one text messaging her with my answer.” Her answer, that made me worried and she saw that, she smiled and squeezed my hands, “not going to say yes, B. Not even close, more along the lines of say “bite me,” she said, we both burst into laughter. That’s my girl, always the clever smartass comeback kid. How can you not love her?
On our second day out, we had stopped for lunch in a quaint little village and went for a walk down the main street, window shopping as we held hands and enjoyed the clear weather day. Towards the end of the main street Maggie saw a woman working in her garden, while I noticed the professional sign at the edge of her property. The sign said she was a family psychiatrist. I whispered into Maggie’s ear what the woman was and Maggie smiled, pulling my hand and rushing towards the lady.
“Excuse me,” Maggie said, both of us standing behind the kneeling woman now. The woman stopped her gardening, turned and looked at Maggie. “Oui,” she answered, her eyebrows knit with a questioning look.
“Bianca, ask her if she is the Doctor?”
But before I could translate, the woman answered Maggie’s question in English.
“Yes, I am the Doctor, how might I help you ladies?” she asked as she rose from the ground, attempting to dust the dirt off her slacks and her gloved hands. She then removed her gloves.
“Do you see – no help gay couples?” Maggie asked.
“I did when I practiced in the States, but I haven’t seen any since I moved here. By the way I am Dr. Loren Walker and you are?” she asked reaching out to shake our hands.
“I’m Maggie Stone and this is my fiancé Bianca Montgomery,” my excited girl answered vigorously shaking the Dr.’s hand. She finally let the poor woman’s hand go, so that she and I might shake hands.
“Nice to meet you Maggie, Bianca,”
“So wow, you’re an American; that is so cool. I get exhausted letting Bianca translate everything for me,”
“I’m sure,” Loren said, smiling at my crazy girl friend. “So what brings you two to my doorstep, or should I say my garden?”
“We have been talking about seeing a Doctor to help us with some things that have come up in our relationship. And I figured any shrink that works on her own garden with her bare hands is my kind of shrink,” Maggie said, reaching for my hand again.
Dr. Loren and I couldn’t help but laugh at Maggie’s interesting thought process on choosing “shrinks”, much to Maggie’s dismay.
“Hey, don’t laugh at me. I think it makes perfect sense,” she said with her classic Stone pout.
“Baby, we’re not laughing at you. We just love your unique thought process of choosing a doctor, that’s all,”
“Yes, Miss Stone, I’m sorry that was most unprofessional of me, but you are the first person to ever choose my services because of my green thumb. It just took me by surprise. I apologize,” the tall, blued eyed blonde answered with a smile.
“No, that’s cool, I guess that did sound a little wacky,” Maggie said, as she blushed.
I put my arm around her and hugged her, “Maggie I love your mind just as is. So Doc, do you have time in your busy schedule to meet with two wacky Americans and help us to be a healthy couple?”
“I think I can fit you both in between the tilling and watering of my garden. After all these thankless flowers refuse to carry their weight and bring any income in, so I best rely on that medical degree for something.”
“Great!” Maggie shouted, then blushed again and stared at her feet.
“Well, if you two young women could come back in say 30 minutes, I would be pleased to meet with you professionally. I should like to clean up first, change and at least try to look like a Doctor for your appointment,”
“It’s a date, Doc, 30 minutes it is, hell make it 45,” Maggie said, vigorously shaking Dr. Walker’s hand. I tried to speak as well, but my little speed demon grabbed my hand once again and dragged me off to a shop she had seen something she wanted to buy. So I looked back, waved and smiled at the Doctor, hoping she could help Maggie and me with the problems we needed to address.
And then there was Erica, it had been 5 days since she made Maggie the offer and we had less then 3 days before the deadline. I wondered what Mother would do once she received Maggie’s refusal. I knew deep down that would not be the end of it and Maggie and I really needed to talk about that as well and soon.
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“Where the hell are they?” Erica screamed at her team of spies, who it seemed had let the love birds get away without any idea as to where they had gone.
“How could you be so incompetent? I have paid each of you large sums of money to do nothing but watch them and keep me posted 24/7. And now you tell me they have left the hotel and you have no idea where they have gone. How is that possible?”
“Miss Kane, we will find them, we just need more time. No one expected them to leave the city, let alone the Hotel they were staying in. But we will find them through your daughter’s cards just as we have in the past.”
“Do it soon; or I will fire each of you and sue you for breach of contract. I want the little tramp away from my daughter, and if she decides to refuse my generous offer, we will proceed with phase II, but we can’t do that if you fools have lost her and Bianca. I will do anything to keep that money grubbing whore away from my precious Bianca. Is that understood?”
“Yes Miss Kane, trust us we will find Maggie Stone and I give you my word we won’t lose them again, once we do find them,”
“Fine, get out of my sight and call me the second you find them,”
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Maggie’s POV:
It’s been an interesting day to say the least. Bianca and I found this amazing shrink in
this small
We had a good session or so Bianca tells me, I was a mess during much of it, but they both told me that is pretty normal when digging into personal issues like this. I really never thought I would sit in a room with a shrink spewing my darkest secrets and digging into B’s and my relationship. But I have to say, after the initial shock and all; I really do feel better, especially about the incident with me hitting Bianca. Dr. Loren said being it was an isolated incident and that I had never hit anyone before this, she felt it was highly unlikely I would ever lash out like that again, especially with Bianca. But that I needed to work my anger issues, because lashing out like that could lead to more aggressive behavior considering my family history. And she would want to delve into that more with me perhaps in a one-on-one sitting. She then asked us what we felt we each could have done differently too keep the situation from escalating the way it did? But at that point it had already been two hours of soul searching and we were both emotionally drained, so she asked us to think about it and she wants to see us again tomorrow to continue the discussion. Damn, I never knew you got homework from shrinks, but Bianca and I both agreed it was something we needed to deal with so it is worth it. I never want to lose it like that again with B, or God forbid a kid of ours someday. I never want to become my Dad or my Mom, but lately I have been doing a really good imitation of both of them and it scares the hell out of me, first with the drinking and now the hitting. I’m just glad we found Dr. L so I can get a handle on this shit. As for Bianca, hell she’s perfect. I think she is just doing this with me so I don’t feel alone. I really don’t want one-on-one therapy unless Dr. L says I really have to. That’s just too scary for me, at least for now.
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Bianca’s POV:
Maggie thinks I’m napping, but my head is rushing with
thoughts from the session we just had with Dr. Loren. This is going to be really hard on Maggie,
but she did seem better once we got checked into this
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Maggie’s POV:
We have been sitting in silence for almost 15 minutes, holding hands across the table, in this restaurant, waiting for our meals to arrive. Bianca has been really quiet since her nap and I am starting to get worried. I’m wondering if going to this shrink was such a good idea after all, because it’s clear something is really bothering her. Maybe it’s finally sinking in what a fucked up life I’ve had and she’s better off with someone with a lot less emotional baggage. Dr. L got me to go into so much more about my loser parents then I had told Bianca before, and what a head trip they had done on me and Frankie. Now I wish I had just kept my stupid mouth shut. Frankie always said it would never pay to let anyone know what had happened and we should keep it buried. And I did for years, but I can’t lie to B and I had to try and explain why I do and say the things I do, when I get scared or feel threatened. I don’t want to be a nut case – someone who can’t have love or be loved. These months with Bianca have shown me real love for the first time and I don’t want a life without that or her. And hell keeping it all in didn’t do Frankie any favors, she died alone, never having the chance to tell Bianca how much she loved her. So I don’t think listening to my late messed up sister is going to help either. I know what I have to do; I have to show Bianca I can change.
“I can, you know,” I tentatively say.
“What?”
“I can change Bianca, I can be better. I will be better for you baby. I’ll see all the shrinks you want me to see. Anything, just so you know you’re not hooking up with some white-trash nut job. I can be worthy of your love Bianca, just give me another chance, please.”
“Maggie what are you talking about?”
“You’re worried; I can see it in your eyes. You’re upset with what I said about my past and you’re having second thoughts about us,”
“No Maggie – well yes I am, but not for the reasons you think,”
My heart almost stopped when she said she was indeed having second thoughts about us, but I’m not going to freak, I need to let her tell me what’s wrong. I can’t overreact like I always do. Dr. L would be proud; seems I learned one smart thing today.
“It’s ok, baby, just tell me what has you so worried. We’ll work it out, I promise.”
“What are our long range plans Maggie?”
“What…what do you mean?”
“Plans, what are they? Are you going back to school to become a Doctor? And what am I going to do now? I can’t go back to Fusion and Enchantment, and I won’t be a trust fund baby. And what about kids, Maggie? Do you want kids, I know I do, but I don’t know what you want. Why have we never talked about our long range future? And we can’t keep running, Maggie, when we don’t even know what we’re running to. And we can’t just have sex 24/7, we have to start acting like adults,” she stopped and tried to pull her hands away, but I held on tight.
My head was spinning with all these questions, but I needed to deal. Breathe, Maggie, breathe and take this one thing at a time.
“Bianca you’ve got to give me a minute here, you’re hitting me with a lot all at once, but if you want or need answers I’ll do my best to give them to you. OK?”
“OK,” she said, smiling for the first time since we sat down.
“Ok. So long range plans, huh, well as for my goals I can assure you I am going back to school, because I really do want to be a Doctor. And as soon as we decide together, where we want to live, then I will start up again. I never meant for you to think I wouldn’t pursue my career, Bianca, things have just been so crazy.”
“I’m glad, Maggie, you’ll make a great Doctor. Now I just have to figure out what I’m going to do with my life,”
“What do you feel really passionate about, baby, besides me of course,” I said with a smirk.
“Vixen, well I have always enjoyed writing, and I used to think about becoming a writer, before I was sucked into the family business. Maybe I could get a degree in writing,”
“Sounds plausible to me, why not? You know I would support any decision you make, sweetie. So, that covers our career futures.”
“And what about kids, Maggie?”
“Well, I have to admit I haven’t really thought about that, except when I was younger I was pretty much against ever having them, considering my past. But now that I have found you and learned what love is, well if you want kiddos, B, then I would want them too. Because they would be wonderful mini-B and how could I not love them?”
“Hey, who said I was going to have the kids? You could have one or two too you know, stud,”
“No way B, I am so not doing the whole labor pain thing,”
“Oh really?” she said, her eyebrow arched in a not so happy way. “So I’m to be the broodmare. What century are you living in Stone??”
“Clearly I need to rethink my position on this, baby,” I said, patting her hands.
“Let’s just say this is not the last conversation we will have on this matter,”
“Alright, Bianca, I can live with that. Besides we’re young we have lots of time before we are going to be ready for babies. Hell, we have to get through college first. I have years of school ahead of me. But once I become a Doctor, I could see taking time to have a wee one, for my lady,”
“You think?”
“Yeah, I do, B, the more I think about it the more I like it. Besides if they were all your kids, they wouldn’t have those wacky Stone genes, and think how dull that would be,”
“For sure, my little stud. We are going to need at least one little Stone to torment my brood,”
“Your brood, don’t you mean ours?”
“Yes, ours, my love,” she said, leaning across the table to plant a sweet chased kiss on my lips.
“Excuse me,” the waiter said, waiting for us to sit back so he could put our plates on the table. “Enjoy your dinners, ladies,”
We nodded our thanks to him, as we both blushed and he left winking at me.
“I saw that, Maggie,”
“What?” I said in my most innocent voice.
“He winked at you,”
“Well, B, I can’t help if I’m irresistible to the French,”
She smacked my hand, and then winked at me as well.
“So Bianca, about the 24/7 sex, you aren’t serious about putting a crimp in our playtime are you baby? I mean we are only this young once, I hate to see us waste all these lovely, raging hormones while we try to become more responsible adults,” I said wiggling my eyebrows.
“Well, I suppose we don’t have to go cold turkey, but all kidding aside, Maggie, I do think we need to spend more time making plans for our future and a little less time in the sack,”
“Or shower, or couch,”
“Yes, any of those places, baby,”
“OK, so a little less fun time and more serious couples planning time. I can deal with that,”
“Thanks, sweetie, I just want us to start acting more like a real couple and less like love sick teenagers,”
“Does this mean we can’t be silly and spontaneous any more?” I pouted.
“No baby, I never want you to lose that child in you, but I need your adult half too, at least some of the time,”
“Ok, Bianca, I will try my best to be more mature and responsible.”
And with that we began to eat our dinners, while we played footsi under the table, and smiled evil smiles at one another. Knowing what was going to happen once we made it back to the room. Hell, I for one think that making love is a very important “adult” relationship activity and it must be pursed often. OK, so maybe I wasn’t going to become a mature adult in one night, but I would work on it. I heard all Bianca had to say, and I knew she was right. We weren’t kids and we needed to think about our future. We just didn’t need to start tonight. After all my Bianca’s stud muffin needed her lovin’.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
Feed me please, if you will!!!
Chapter 31 The gesture
(PG-13 some language)
Kevin Burke was fast becoming a tormented and tortured man. He was leading the group of PI’s hired to tail Maggie Stone and Bianca Montgomery for that crazy broad, Erica Kane. What he had thought was going to be a walk-in-the-park job was fast becoming something more then he or his men were willing to deal with. But the Kane woman was proving to also be more then she seemed when he took this job. He had thought he was dealing with an over wrought Mother, trying to keep her daughter safe from some gold digger and figured a few choice shots of this Maggie Stone, in compromising situations, would get the job done in a few weeks at best, from the Intel Ms Kane had given him about the young woman. But he now knew he had grossly underestimated this situation and should have never taken the job. Instead he had to hope Maggie Stone would take the millions offered to her, but as each day passed by, even he knew the chances were slim to none that was going to happen.
He and his men had been watching the young women for several weeks now and it was clear the girls were madly in love. Only the night at the gay bar and the tabloid horror that came after it, had even come close to proving Maggie wasn’t what she appeared to be, but alas even then it turned out all that fuss was over some “ex” and the dust had already settled on that front.
The truth was Kevin and his men knew exactly where Maggie and Bianca where, but had decided to tell the Kane woman they were lost for now, in the hopes she would give up this ridiculous attempt to break the girls up. But Erica Kane didn’t want any part of their plan and Kevin had since done enough research on her to know she wasn’t someone you didn’t come through for, not unless you wanted to lose everything you had. He had come to the realization that he and his team were screwed, unless Maggie saw the light and took the money. And if not, Ms. Stone was going to be in for a world of hurt. And Kevin Burke was going to find himself at a crossroads he never thought he would have to face.
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Maggie’s POV:
I just had my first two hour private session with Dr. Loren. Bianca and I had our second major couples session yesterday and after that Dr. L. said she and I really needed some one-on-one time before she felt the couples sessions would prove to be truly beneficial. I have to tell you, that didn’t give me a warm feeling, but I knew why she said it and making things right for Bianca and I means everything to me, so I sucked it up and got my personal fears under control enough to do this.
Things are actually pretty good between Binks and I, with the exception of the Erica situation hanging over us. Tomorrow is the deadline and Bianca has been trying to get me to talk about it, but I have been shutting her down at every turn. And that is what Dr. L. and I talked about for almost the entire two hours today. She didn’t know why Bianca’s Mom was always coming up in our sessions, because each of us would start to say something and then shut down. I knew B was too embarrassed to let the Doc know what her Mom was doing to us and I didn’t want to press her. But all of it is out there now for the Doc. Erica’s shame in Bianca being Gay, her continued refusal to deal with it and her latest madness, her offer to me to leave Bianca for an obscene amount of cash. To my surprise, the Doc wasn’t the least bit shocked or surprised. She said it was common, especially for the very rich, to try and exert control over their children and get them to conform so they wouldn’t embarrass or shame them. And the offer to buy me off to get me out of Bianca’s life was also classic behavior for someone like Erica, the Doc said. I told her Erica had done this several times before with other girlfriends of B’s, but nothing this large. The Doc said that only proved Erica’s subconscious acknowledgement of how much I meant to Bianca and Erica’s desperation to remove me.
Doc let me vent about Erica, to get it out of my system I think, and then she asked me if I would be willing to listen to her take on how to best deal with Erica and the situation we found ourselves in. After a few choice sarcastic responses to her question, I finally agreed to listen. Loren said she understood the desire to respond to Erica’s threat with sarcasm and hate, when it came time to let her know I wouldn’t take her money, but she cautioned me, as she put it, to consider another approach. One that might lead to a better and more positive outcome if not now, perhaps in the near future. But instead of mulling this over again in my own head, Bianca is here to pick me up; so I suppose I should have this conversation with her.
“Hey sweetie, how did it go?” she asked, kissing me on the cheek.
“Good, B, better then I expected. I think you and I need to talk about it though, so why don’t we head back to our room?”
I took her hand and we returned to the
“OK, I guess I will go first. Bianca, Doc and I talked about something really important to both of us baby, and she helped me realize what I need to do about…about Erica,”
“Erica? You mean…”
“Yes, baby, this bullshit with the money and well everything,”
“You told our Doctor about my Mother, when you wouldn’t even talk to me about it?”
“That’s just it, Bianca, she could see something pretty major was going on with us and your Mom, but that it had more to do with me then you. So she asked me what was going on with your Mom and me,”
“She could tell that?”
“Well sweetie this is her gig, you know, reading people and especially the words behind the words we don’t say,”
“That’s true, so what happened?”
I took a deep breath and decided to just jump into the deep end. It was way past time beating around the Erica Kane Bush any longer. Damn, that just took me to a very scary visual place I so don’t need to go. I shook my head trying to clear that thought for good.
“What’s wrong Maggie?”
“Nothing B, just had a nasty visual for a second, but it’s past. Anyway, so here’s the thing. Doc feels deep down your Mom still really loves you and all this crap she is putting me and you through is done out of fear of you being hurt, and her fear of what you are and how that effects her personally and professionally, but most of all her fear of losing you. She said all of Erica’s actions are cries for help and her desperate need to control everything around her. But Doc still thinks if I don’t continue to overact to Erica and this messed up offer to buy me out of your life, there could be a chance of reconciliation between you and your Mom, and hopefully her acceptance of us as a couple, maybe not now but in the future.”
“So what does she want us – you to do tomorrow with the deadline?”
“She says I should message Erica tomorrow and tell her how much I love you and that nothing, not even money would keep me from you. And – I should say it was out of anger and hurt that I initially said I would consider the offer, that I never meant it and I only kept her waiting this long to hurt her. But that I’m sorry for that now, because I don’t want to come between her and you, baby. I want us all to be a family.”
“Mother is never going to believe any of that, Maggie. You do know that, right?”
“Yeah, B, of course I do, but Doc says this has to be the first peace offering. That if I continue to push your Mom’s buttons with sarcasm or whatever every time we see each other, there can never be any hope for us as a couple or for you alone with your Mom. And in time all the hate and anger could cause the very destruction of our relationship Erica is hoping for.”
“Wow!”
“Yeah, you can say that again. Kinda blew me away too, until the Doc and I spent more time talking. I had to finally admit, me or you always taking your Mother on when she threatens us has never gotten us anywhere, except even deeper into the Erica shit hole. So maybe not reacting to her threats and killing her with kindness might, in time, help her to see I’m not a threat or the whore she wants to believe I am. So what do you think, Bianca?”
“I’m not sure, Maggie. It all “sounds” good, but I’ve known Erica all my life and she marches to her own drummer. I don’t know if any of this would have that effect on her, but I guess it wouldn’t hurt to try. After all, continually fighting with her hasn’t gotten us anywhere.”
“Not anywhere good, that is for damn sure,”
“True, well I’m willing to give it a try if you are baby, just don’t be too surprised when she comes back swinging at you.”
“Oh I won’t, Doc said she expects Erica will, after all it is like a reflex at this point. She said Erica isn’t going trust or believe at first. But if we continue to deal with her like this, from now on, she should in time see she is the only one still fighting and then she will need to ask herself why and rethink what she is doing and why,”
“Well, we can only hope Dr. Loren knows what she is talking about and I hope she’s right, because living like this is exhausting,”
“I know, baby, for me too. One more thing, Doc thinks we
need to go back to
“What? But if we do that, then we can’t continue our sessions with Loren,”
“Don’t’ worry sweetie, she’s already thought of that, and
she said she wouldn’t leave us hanging like that. Since she doesn’t have any
other patience’s here yet and she has a good friend in Paris, who will put her
up for as long as she needs, she will follow us back to
“Really?”
“Of course, I told you I trusted her, Bianca, she’s a good person as well as a good Doctor. She’s going to see us trough this until we are ready to handle Erica and whatever else life throws at us,”
“That’s wonderful, Maggie,” she said, hugging me. I had to admit I was feeling a lot more like that grownup my lady she so wanted me to be right now and it made me proud. I knew I wasn’t done doing stupid things, but with Doc’s help I was beginning to believe a lot more in me.
“See I’m not a total screw-up,”
“I never thought you were, Maggie,”
“I know, B, but I did, at least in my personal life. But with you and the Doc’s help, I’m beginning to see there’s a lot more good in me then I realized,”
“I’m glad, baby, you don’t know how much.”
“I have an idea, Bianca, let’s send that text message to your Mom now and not wait till tomorrow. Let’s make that first step now,”
“Great idea, Maggie,”
Bianca kissed and hugged me and then we got my cell out and sent the message. Within the hour Erica messaged back “FAMILY! Over my dead body! This is WAR Mary Margaret!”
So much for peace in our time, but then Doc had warned us it
wouldn’t be easy. So Bianca and I shrugged it off and went to dinner. We’ll go see Doc tomorrow and talk about
heading back to
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Maggie’s POV: (later the same
evening)
Dinner with Bianca was fantastic,
in spite of the not so veiled threat I had received from Erica Kane. It was obvious that finding Dr. Loren, when
we did, was proving to be the godsend we both had needed for some time. She made it possible, for Bianca and me, to
keep our anger in check, when we normally would have been seething and dwelling
on Erica’s never ending barrage of hate and desire to end our relationship. Instead we returned to our room, at the
Bianca suggested we take a
relaxing bath together, and though the bath here was not the luxurious one we
had in
I was playing with the numerous
bubbles that filled our tub. Blowing
them off my fingertips and watching them land playfully all around the
room. I would also wriggle my little tush occasionally; just enough to torment my Bianca’s very
wet pussy, in an attempt to do my part to keep her “wet.” Soft moans and softer giggles would be my
reward each time I did this. My evil
mind wondering how much longer my sweet Bianca could stand this treatment,
before it would lose its charm and cause her to, perhaps, want more.
“Feeling prunny
yet,baby?”
“No B, I could stay here all
night,”
“Really, enjoying using my body as
your personal cushion, are you?”
“That’s nice too, but I’ve been
really getting off on the bubbles,” I taunted her.
“Bubbles, huh, maybe I should have
gotten you a rubber ducky too, for your bath?” she snarked
back at me.
“Nope, the bubbles are enough,” I
answered, waiting to see what she would do or say next.
But she said nothing, instead I
felt her right hand wander down from my breast, over my stomach and slowly but
surely travel to my ready and waiting pussy.
“B, whatcha
doin’?” I asked innocently, as I shifted my legs,
opening them for her to give her better access, while pressing even harder into
her.
“Mmmmm,”
she moaned, “Nothing baby,” she lied, taking her fingers and playing with my
lower lips, before she inserted her middle finger and began to move in and
around my inner walls. Her mouth now
kissing its way to my earlobe, where she captured it and began to suckle it,
while her tongue made lazy little circles at the same time. She was single handedly driving me insane
with pleasure.
I began to rock my hips to
increase her pleasure and mine, as I grabbed her hand that was attached to my
core, and pressed her to add more fingers into me and increase her speed and
pressure.
“Yes, baby, right there,” I
gasped, as she moved her thumb to my swollen clit. Her hips now matching mine thrust for thrust,
her fingers plunging deeper and faster, our breaths labored and hearts racing.
“Don’t stop, Bianca, please,” I
begged.
“I won’t baby,” she whisper in my
ear, in a deep husky tone.
“Oh God, B, I love you baby,”
“Love you too, Maggie,”
As we continued to writhe and thrust,
both of us just moments from release, Bianca began to suck on my pulse point,
pinch my left nipple and send one last thrust into my core, making for a triple
hit on my hottest zones and sending me into obit.
“Biaaaaaaaaaanca!” I screamed loud enough, I was sure, that the
entire Village heard my cry. Her actions causing me to slam my ass into her
core with such force, she came right with me, but her scream was muffled in the
nape of my neck, where she continued to suckle me.
I thought my heart would burst
from my chest, but it didn’t, thank God. Bianca tried to remove her fingers
from inside me, but I held her there. I
needed to still feel her buried deep within me.
I didn’t want to feel empty after such a mind boggling climax.
As we both began to breathe
better, Bianca was the first to start laughing, and I joined her, not sure what
was so funny, but her laugh and mood were too infectious not to.
“So, Mags,
are you still liking the bubbles more then me?” she asked coyly.
I reluctantly removed her hand and
sloshed around in the tub to turn and face my crazy girl. We both continued to
laugh as we smiled at one another.
“No, B, I think you win. Those
poor bubbles don’t even come in as a close second to you babe,” I said,
grabbing the sides of the tub, so I could lean in and kiss her.
She then broke our kisses and
smirked saying, “I don’t think the bubbles came at all, Maggie, but you sure as
hell did,”
“Oh you are bad,
And as if in burst of magical
energy, Bianca slithered out of the tub, pushing me back into the water as she
did. As my arms and body flailed, my hands shot up out of the water, grasping
for the sides of the tub. Gasping for
air, I saw the very naked and wet figure of my girlfriend race to our bedroom,
laughing and taunting me all the way.
“You can’t punish me Stone, if you
can’t catch me,”
“Oh, I’ll get you my little
pretty,” I said, in my best Wicked Witch of the West voice I could muster,
trying not to choke on the water I had just been submersed in.
I finally crawled out of my watery
prison and charged towards my prey. She had since closed the bedroom door, but
hadn’t locked it, which I discovered upon opening it and finding my wet wench
lying in the middle of our bed, grinning from ear to ear.
“What are you grinning at,
“You, my very wet and wild stud
muffin you,”
“Oh really?” I asked, my hormones now
shifting into even higher gear and all thoughts of a relentless tickle
punishment for Bianca were flying out the window, being rapidly replaced with
the desire to ravish her instead.
I could tell by the look in her
eyes she read my growing lust, as I continued to hold onto the doorknob with
all my strength, my breathing now labored for other reasons.
“Penny for your thoughts, Stone,”
she bantered, with a sexy raised eyebrow.
I was too tired from my near
drowning, so I was going to need a different approach for my lascivious plans
to devour my girl. I slowly but surely strutted over to our bed, looked down at
my love and then collapsed onto the bed, laying face up. Almost half of me was
hanging off the side, because B was spread out in the middle. She turn towards
my collapsed body, lying on her side and began to run her fingertips over my
torso.
“Still alive there stud muffin?”
But then I used my last once of
strength and surprised Bianca by grabbing her and rolling us both over with me
ending up underneath her.
“Oh yeah, B, and look whose
grinning now, baby,” I answered.
“So I see, and what is going on in
the evil mind of yours, Stone?”
“I’m hungry, B, and I want you to
feed me,” I said, wiggling my lascivious eyebrows at her.
“Oh really,”
And my girl knew me well enough to
know I wasn’t talking about food.
“Feed me,
“Oh, I’ll feed you, Stone,”
And she did, she pulled herself up
and planted her sexy self over my face and I sucked, licked and drained the
very life out of her with several crashing, pulsating Maggie Stone you Rock My
World Orgasm. Letting this
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Chapter 33 Back in
Lee’s POV:
As we pulled up to the entrance of
this palatial Hotel, I think my heart stopped and my breath was temporally
stuck in my throat. But what I had seen on the outside couldn’t begin to
compare to the luxury and grandeur inside.
Let’s just say
As you might remember,
I was in heaven and I haven’t
returned to earth once since she did that.
She has shown me her
Charles, the Concierge of this
hotel, is an old friend of mine. He is
tormenting me about my new little spitfire of a girlfriend, as he likes to
describe her. And I have to admit, with
her red hair, dazzling green eyes, pixy like build and razor sharp wit,
spitfire is an excellent description of her.
In fact I am thinking it would make for the perfect nickname as well for
my little Lee. Lord knows she hates when
I call her that, but we do make for the slightly odd couple with her being so
short and small and me towering over her.
And yet, after arriving here, I have come to think we fit quite well
together. Lee says I am her knight in
shining armor, her protector. Perhaps
and something in me wants to be that and more for her, but with my past shining
is not a phrase I would use. Too many years of being Michael’s corp. whore
makes it next to impossible to go there.
But Lee knows all about that and doesn’t seem to care. I think, however, her parents surely will as
Erica Kane did in time. So I wonder why
I am setting myself up, once again, with a young woman whose family will in
time bring this relationship to a crashing halt. Maybe I am just a glutton for
punishment. No, as with Bianca, I am really
growing quite fond of Lee. Hell who am I
kidding, I’ve fallen in love, but I haven’t had the guts to tell her yet, at
least not in words. I’m terrified if I
do, she will leave me like Bianca did, once she finds someone closer to her own
age and doesn’t have the sordid past I do.
Damn I really have to make up my mind. Do I end this now, before we both
get more involved or do I take this to the next step?
As I rack my brain with these
confusing thoughts, I feel Lee’s small hand take mine, bringing my palm to her
lips, kissing it and winking at me as she does.
God, I’m not giving her up. Not this time. How many times can a woman like me find love? I’m just going to have to keep Lee here in
“Baby, are you almost done? I couldn’t wait for you anymore, so I left
the bags upstairs and came to get you,”
“That’s ok sweetie, I’m afraid
Charles and I were busy catching up and making the arrangements. I lost track
of time.”
Lee smiles at me, says nothing as
she pulls my arm around her. God I love
how she feels pressed next to me. Her
head resting on the edge of my breast, and if she keeps brushing her cheek
against me like that, I am going to take her right here in the lobby. The little minx knows damn well what she is
doing to me and I can see her evil smirk across those lips of hers. She is so
going to pay for this later. That’s when
I notice Charles leering at both of us and winking at me, as he then turns to
get the key for our new suite.
“You know it is too early for your
new rooms, but here are your keys for when you return. You two very naughty
kittens,” he says smirking and handing me the keys. “Now be gone you two,
before I have to arrest you for your wicked behavior in my lobby,”
“As if,” Lee says, “this is
“She’s got you there, Charles,” I
said taking the keys and pulling Lee with me as we headed off to my Jag.
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Maggie’s POV:
It’s been a really interesting morning. Bianca and I called
Lee and let her know we would be returning to
We went to our favorite café for breakfast and received a number of weird looks from the natives. I wasn’t sure why, since we had been here for days and it’s not as if they hadn’t seen Bianca and I here before holding hands, etc. Only the looks didn’t seem to be disapproval, more along the line of envy or admiration. Bianca and I would find out later, from Dr. Loren, it was due to our overly expressive love making all night long. Seems many of the towns’ folk could and did hear us, even Dr. L. Well you can imagine the many shades of red Bianca and I became when she told us that. I was only joking last night when I said I thought for sure the entire town heard us. Well one thing was for damn sure; we were leaving this little berg today. Neither Bianca nor I could face any of them again. And Dr. Loren was no help; it took her quite some time before she could control her laughter after she told us. I told her I didn’t think it was very professional and then both she and Bianca started to laugh uncontrollably, causing me to join them as well. Alright, I admit it, it was pretty funny. But we are still packing our bags and leaving today.
As Bianca and I put the luggage in the car, a little girl,
around the age of five, came over to us and gave us some beautiful wild
flowers. Bianca knelt down, hugged her
and thanked her for the flowers. I asked
the little kiddo what we had done to deserve them. Bianca translated for me and the little girl
grinned and said, with Bianca translating as she did, her Father wanted to
thank us for a most entertaining evening and for making his wife very amorous
for the first time in weeks. Bianca and I just stood there speechless, as the
little girl waved goodbye and ran back to her house. Bianca then whispered very
intently for me to get in the car and take off.
She didn’t have to tell me twice.
I pealed rubber out of that town and we both burst into laughter once we
hit the open road. I had to pull over,
because of the tears running down my face from the laughter. Once we both regained our composure, I took
off towards
Bianca’s POV:
Maggie and I stopped for lunch on our way back to
“Baby, why aren’t you eating?”
“Sorry Mags, I was just thinking…”
“About your Mother?”
“Yes, sorry,”
“Don’t be sweetie, it will all be fine, you’ll see. Now eat up, you are going to need your strength,” she says, wiggling her evil eyebrows at me.
I smile and continue to play with my food. “Didn’t you get enough last night, stud muffin?”
“Nope, so eat up my sexy wench. I have naughty plans for us, for our new “soundproof” suite,”
I laugh and ask her what makes her think it is soundproof.
“Easy,
“Be nice, baby,”
“I am, B, just stating facts,”
“Of which you have no first had experience, I might add,” Oh shit, why did I say that?
“True, but the woman has made seduction her life, I think that tells me she is screamer, if anyone is.”
“Why would you say that? What has one got to do with the other?”
“Oh please, everyone knows when having sex with guys you have to be loud or their ego gets all bruised and “deflated” if you know what I mean,” she smirks, as she makes quotation marks with her fingers.
“No I don’t know, baby, bona fide lesbian here, sweetie, remember?”
“Oh yeah, well you’ll just have to take my word for it, sexy,”
“Fine, now can we please change the subject. I don’t need
images of you and men having sex or
“Hey, no freaking images of
“You started this Maggie, not me,”
“True enough,” she said, reaching for my free hand, threading her fingers through mine.
“How’s this for an image? You and me in a steamy shower, your back pressed against the wall while I go down on you and suck on…”
“Maggie, please, not here. We’ve embarrassed ourselves enough for one day, don’t you think?”
“I guess,” shrugging her shoulders at me and never losing eye contact, while placing a morsel of food on her tongue, slowly licking the tip of the fork before she swallows the food down and runs her tongue over her lips.
“Fuck,” I whisper, my mouth wide open in awe.
“Later, baby,” my little minx says, before she repeats her oral show for me again.
Damn, this is going to be a very long, hot lunch, I think to myself, running my fingers over my shirt collar. Maggie just grins and continues to torment me.
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We made it to the Hotel and I think Maggie swallowed her
tongue when we started the approach to the “Palace.” She hasn’t said a word or closed her open
mouth since we got here. Thank God
I haven’t been to the Hotel De Crillon since I was a kid. Mother brought me here on one of our European vacations, which of course translated in to a business trip for her. The Hotel staff took care of me, and though I missed my time with Mom, they made it very special for me. But that’s another story for another day.
I can’t believe
“I didn’t know you knew how to play, Bianca,”
“Yes, I took piano and singing lessons. My voice teacher insisted I should be able to accompany myself, and I’m so glad she did.”
“Me too, baby, but I want you to serenade me later, B. Right now I want to see the rest of the suite and take a nap. I’m exhausted aren’t you?”
“A little, but then you did all the driving Maggie, I got a short nap in the car.”
“Yes, you did cheat a little, but I am sure you are still
tired, lord knows we got little or no sleep last night. And I know Lee and
She was right; it was going to be a long night once our
friends returned. Dinner in
We spent a few minutes checking out the rest of the suite,
especially the view on the balcony, facing the
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Maggie’s POV:
I felt drool running down one side of my mouth and an annoying phone ringing incessantly in my ear, but my mind couldn’t remember where I was or where that damn phone might be. I felt something move and I realized that had to be Bianca, or at least it better be I thought. And then I heard her answer the evil phone and tell someone they should come by the suite in an hour and pick us up. I tried to open my eyes, but my head kept telling me to go back to sleep.
“Wake up sleepy head,” Bianca said, before she kissed my cheek and left our bed. Our warm, comfy, I’m not getting up from bed. And I told her just that, still not opening my eyes.
“Come one cranky pants, Lee and
“Yes Mother, just leave me in peace until then, I’m begging you,”
“Fine, you get ten more minutes,”
Who was she kidding, Bianca never spent less then fifteen to
twenty minutes in the shower, and don’t even get me started on all the prep
work she does after that. She is such a
girl in so many ways. I tell her all the time, I’m surprised the Lesbian Union
never made her hand her membership card in. She’s more girlie then most
straight women I have known. But she
tells me I shouldn’t stereo type lesbians like that, and then I tell her I’m
just kidding. But in all seriousness,
back in
I finally get up and try to rub the sleepiness out of my
eyes. I’m not sure how I feel about the
dinner with
“Feeling better, sleepy,” Bianca hugs me, her wet hair dripping on my shoulder and neck.
“I was, until you got me all wet, B,” man I am cranky. Bianca tries to move her hand down to my girly parts, but I grab it and move away.
“Now, now, Bianca, if you want me ready on time, there won’t be and hanky-panky, kitten,” spanking her butt, as I run for the shower.
“You’re no fun anymore, Stone!!”
“Tell me that later, sweetie, when I’m eating you for dessert,”
“Promises, promises, Stone,”
“Bitch, bitch, bitch,
As I take my shower and feel the day’s weariness wash off of me, I can hear Bianca laying out all her makeup products, etc on the counter. I thought I saw our bags by the front door, as I ran across the suite to the bathroom. We’ll have to be sure to leave a tip for the bellhop when we go downstairs, since we were asleep when he came with the bags. It never pays to stiff the staff in places like this.
I finish with my shower and open the shower door and reach for a couple of towels. I wrap one around my wet hair and dry my body with the other. I see Bianca checking me out in the partially fogged up mirror. A smile growing from ear-to-ear on my horny lady.
“Enjoying the view,
“Always, Stone,”
“Good, I’d hate to think I’ve lost it already,”
“Not possible, baby, not even on your worse day,”
“Ditto, B,” I answer with a wink and lick my lips just thinking how much I want to enjoy her right now. But she shakes her finger at me and we both continue to get ready for our evening. I have come to the conclusion there is too much waiting in this grownup world, but I’ll deal.
I’m not sure how we did it, but Bianca and I did actually get showered and dressed in a little less then an hour, and we both look damn fine. Bianca’s wearing a stunning new evening gown she bought recently. It’s a black with silver straps and silver beading along the low cut V neckline. It really hugs her sweet form like a glove and shows off those amazing breasts of hers, but in a very tasteful way. Bianca always looks so classy; it’s one of the many things I love about her. The gown has a slit up the left leg; that stops at the knee. And her 3 inch black spike heal Jimmy Choos’ complete the look.
I’m wearing a new gray Armani pants suit she bought for me,
with a white silk long-sleeve shirt, with cufflinks that belonged to her
Dad. It has an open collar that shows
just a hint of my cleavage. The whole
outfit makes me look hot and it is so comfortable to wear. I like dresses, but I think I look better in
suits. I think B likes me in them
too. She has a silver heart shaped
necklace on, I’ve never seen before. She’s
playing with it, while we stand and wait for
“Nervous, baby,” I ask.
“A little, I just want everything to go well tonight, you know?”
I move up behind her and wrap my arms around her, but not too tight, I don’t want to mess her dress or my suit.
“It’s going to be fine, sweetie. Think positive thoughts,”
“I’m trying,”
We both hear knocking on the door, so I release Bianca and
head to the door to greet our friends.
As I open it, Lee is standing in front of
Lee is in a breath taking forest green evening gown that
flares at the bottom and accentuates her cleavage. Both Bianca and
“Ok, ok ladies, look I can’t help it, I’m a breast woman and each of you are really putting your assets out there, so just give me a minute to enjoy the view and then I promise I’ll put my tongue back in my mouth with my foot, and then we can get on with the evening. Fair enough??”
Before I knew it, all three broke out in hysterical laughter, Bianca took my hand and Lee and Lena held the door open as we all exited the suite and headed for dinner.
“Nice save, Stone,” Lee smirked and
Maybe the evening wasn’t going to be so hard after all, as I thanked God for the Stone charm.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
Chapter 34 A
night out (rated PG-13 for some adult
language)
Kevin Burke’s POV:
I sat at what I deemed a safe distance in the opulent
Dinning hall, of this regal hotel, and studied Ms. Stone and Ms. Montgomery who
had returned to Paris only a few hours ago and were now having dinner with
their friends. It seemed the “ex” was no longer causing any problems for
the love birds. She appeared to be quite involved with the sexy little red head
seated beside her, and all of the women were laughing at something the
Stone girl said. She had been entertaining this rather motley crew since their
arrival in the restaurant. Their lighthearted behavior was making me
sicker by the minute. I so want to tell that Kane bitch to take her money
back and get some other sap to do her dirty work, but it would never be that
simple with her, she’s made that very clear. And as of tomorrow morning I
have to tell her the girls have returned to
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Bianca’s POV:
Maggie has been in rare form since we left the suite.
I think her group cleavage remark got us all in the mood for some fun.
Everyone, even
“Excuse me Miss Montgomery. A gentleman gave me this note to give to you and Miss Stone,” the waiter said, bowing formally to me and the rest of the women at the table, as he handed me a piece of folded paper.
“What’s that B?”
“Not sure, Maggie, I guess I should open it, but something tells me I shouldn’t,”
“Why baby?”
“Because we’re all having a great time and I’m with everyone who knows I am here, with the exception of…”
“Erica,”
“Exactly,”
“It’s ok baby, give it to me, he said it was for both of us, right?”
“Yes,” I hesitated handing the note to Maggie, but she made her trademark pleading look and I relented and handed it to her.
Maggie unfolded the note and began to silently read it.
Ladies, leave
“Interesting…well, one thing is for damn sure it isn’t from Erica,”
“How do you know Maggie?
What does it say?”
“Someone claiming to be a friend, says we have to leave
“This is crazy,” I read the note and shudder at its not so
veiled threat.
“It’s a long sordid story we didn’t want to bother either of you with,” Maggie said, squeezing my hand even more and looking into my eyes for an answer on how and what I want her to say.
“I’m with
Maggie and I agreed to tell them everything, so Maggie gave them the complete lurid rundown on every detail that had transpired with Erica to date, including her final threat to Maggie of war just yesterday. Hearing her recap each horrific event made me wonder if we shouldn’t listen to this mystery friend and heed their advice. I perhaps better than anyone knew what my Mother was truly capable of. And I knew I would never survive if she did something terrible to Maggie.
“Bianca, I have been on the receiving end of your Mother’s wrath as well, and I don’t think Maggie or you should be taking her threats so lightly, especially after seeing this note.”
“But…”
“No Maggie, I believe this note comes from someone Erica has hired to follow you and perhaps worse. Whoever it is, is certainly concerned for your safety.”
“
“Shit, you do think that, don’t you, Bianca?” Lee shouted and then realized everyone in the posh restaurant was now staring at us as the room had gone silent.
“Sorry,”
“It’s ok Lee,”
I couldn’t look at any of them now, least of all Maggie. How could I tell her I think, no I know my Mother is more then capable of harming her.
“Bianca, baby, talk to me,”
I looked into those soulful eyes I adore and began to cry. Maggie pulled me into a hug and tried to calm my fears and tears.
“Shhhh, baby, nothing bad is going to happen, I promise,”
“Maggie…”
“No Lena, stop…look I appreciate what you all are trying to
do, but I’m not going to let some stupid cryptic note or Erica run me off or
ruin our night. All I’ve done all my life is run, and it stops now.
I promised Bianca no more running and I’m not breaking my word no matter who
threatens me or us. Whatever happens I will meet Erica head on and I’ll deal
with it then. But I refuse to believe she would traumatize Bianca like
that. And if she does wish to do me harm, well then leaving
Maggie kissed me after her declaration and Lee hailed the
waiter for some more wine.
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Maggie’s POV:
Our limo dropped us off at the club. Once in side, the four of us were swept up by the mob of beautiful women pouring into and around the place like lemmings at mating season. Several women tried to capture each of us as their date for the evening and rush us to the dance floor, but Lena, being the tallest and the one most familiar with the club, fended off our would be gorgeous attackers and hustled us to a private room up the stairs and overlooking the dance floor.
“My God, that was unfreakin’ believable down there. It was like the Lesbian Buffet of French Pastries. One de-lec-ta-ble…oops, ok this is me shutting up.” Three sets of eyes were staring at me
“Bianca, when did Maggie turn into such a horny-toad lesbian?” Lee asked, grinning from ear to ear.
“It’s been a gradual decent into madness, and I am considering my options to having her neutered,” Bianca scowled, but I know I saw just a hint of a smile in her eyes.
“Bianca! Come on you guys, you ladies have been doing the lesbian gig for a lot longer then me. You can’t tell me you don’t think those chicks down there are freakin hot!! And so don’t tell me you didn’t “look” or notice.” I said, my arms firmly folded over my chest. “And Bianca, don’t even joke about having me neutered. It’s so not funny.”
“That was cruel, Bianca,”
“Say WHAT!” Lee shouted, smacking
Lee abruptly turned to exit the room, but
“Lee, baby, I was just being silly. Please Lee, you know I… I…”
“You what,
“I love you,”
Lena then looked up, pulled her shoulders back, stood tall and said much louder this time for all of us to hear, “I love you, Lee Rodgers, please don’t go,”
When Lee turned to face
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“Lee, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you feel bad,”
“Did you really mean it
“Yes, Lee, I wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t mean it. I only told one other person I loved them Lee, it’s not something I do lightly.”
“Yes, and she happens to be here tonight. Are you sure you didn’t say it just to hurt Bianca or to prove something to her and Maggie?”
“The only person I want to prove anything to is you Lee. Only you please trust that and me,” I was standing in front of Lee now and slowly reached out to touch her face. She winced at first, as my palm pressed against her cheek, but then she placed her hand on top of mine and leaned into my caress, her tears coming now even more then before.
“May I hold you Lee?” she nodded her head and stepped into my embrace, my one hand caressing her hair and the other stroking her back.
“Shhh baby, I love you. I really do.”
We stayed like that for a few minutes then Lee said we should check on Bianca and Maggie and let them know it was safe to come back.
“We’ll talk more later,
“I know sweetie, I want that too,”
I had my arm around Lee’s waist as I opened the door to the ladies room. Maggie was sitting on the bathroom counter stroking Bianca’s hair and Bianca was fixing her makeup. They both stared at us as we stood in the doorway.
“It’s safe to come back, ladies,” I said with my best dimpled grin.
Bianca and Maggie looked to Lee for confirmation, “Yes, it’s safe, no more drama from this faction, scouts honor.”
“Thank God,” Maggie cried in joy, hopping down from the
counter. “now who do we see about
getting some food and drink up here,
“There’s a phone on the table, just dial 0 and tell the bartender what you want. I need to use the facilities,”
“I will help you, Mags, I know your French is a little rusty,” Lee said with a wink, and they both left Bianca and I to tend to our business.
“Are you ok,
“Yes Bianca, don’t worry about me.” I was about to head for one of the stalls, but I could tell Bianca had something else on her mind.
“What’s on your mind, Bianca?”
“The note,”
“Note?”
“Yes the note, I saw you put it in your pocket. You didn’t burn it as Maggie asked,”
“No, you’re right I didn’t,”
“You’re going to check into it aren’t you?”
“Yes, I thought I might. Is that alright with you, Bianca?”
“Yes, I wish you would. I’m really scared of what my Mother might be planning,”
“I know, as I think you should be. But I will do everything I can to learn where
Erica is and who she is dealing with. I
still have lots of connections in the less then savory communities in
“Don’t say that
“Fine, but my past is what it is, Bianca, neither you nor Lee can do anything to change that,”
“I’ll leave you then,”
“Wait, Bianca…I just want you to know I was wrong about Maggie. She’s really good for you. She makes you happier then I’ve ever seen you. I’m really happy for both of you. And I will do whatever I can to keep her safe for you. You have my word,”
“Thank you
“I’ll try not to,”
Bianca left me with a gentle nod of her head and a great deal to ponder. I took the note out of my pocket and read it again.
“What are you planning, Erica?”
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Maggie’s POV:
“So are you ok, Lee?”
“I will be, just let it go Mags. We all need some fun tonight.”
“Look Lee, I always thought
“I know, hell Maggie I’m already head-over-heals for her. I’m just scared if she doesn’t mean it I don’t think I’ll survive the pain of losing her too,”
Ok that freaked me out a little, but I don’t want to upset Lee any more then she has been tonight, so I will just let it pass.
“Look, what you need is lots and lots of wine, or whatever
poisons your little heart desires. So
get on that phone, girl and get us some refreshments, pronto,” I said smacking
her on the back. Thankfully she smiled and headed for the phone. She called and I gave her Bianca’s and my
order and she translated, then she ordered more for her and
Bianca joined us, asking me for a dance as Lee finished the
food and drink order. My girl and I
danced to a slow number that was playing from the dance floor below and wafting
up the stairs to our room.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
Chapter 35 Too
many surprises (rated PG-13 for some adult
language)
It’s almost
I should be sleeping like my lover, for it will be daylight in a few hours and I haven’t slept a wink since the four of us returned from the club. Lee and I helped a very inebriated Bianca and Maggie back to their suite. I wanted to make certain their rooms were absent of any lurking parties, wanting to do either of them any harm, and that they were locked in safe for the rest of the evening. Once I was sure they were secured for the night, Lee and I returned to our rooms.
Things were a bit awkward and strained between Lee and me once we were alone, but after a lengthy conversation centered on alleviating any and all of Lee’s concerns about Bianca and where our relationship was going, I think we both felt better about our future. I’m not naive though, I realize this was but the first of many conversations to come, of that I am certain. The one thing I didn’t discuss with Lee or Bianca, were my suspicions as to the identity of the person who sent the note to Maggie and Bianca. I need to confirm that for myself first, and then consider what must be done.
With all that has happened between Bianca and me, I couldn’t tell her I am sure I know the man who sent them this note. The very note that I placed on the nightstand beside the bed, and that I hold in my right hand now. The handwriting I recognized the second I read it. The handwriting I had seen many times, in both professional and personal correspondence, from someone I worked with and was intimate with not so long ago. A man Michael and I used for many a scheme, when we needed to make a wife, husband or business partner believe the worst about their loved one or associate. He was the best in his business and from what I know still is, though our paths haven’t crossed in over two years. But I find it hard to believe he would stoop to being involved in a scheme to hurt or perhaps even kill someone. And I believe that is why he sent this note. The man I knew never would have been involved in such a plot. I will have to make some excuse today to Lee and the others, and find out for sure if Kevin Burke is working for Erica.
I find it ironic that Erica Kane has dragged me back to my old life and former acquaintances, but if I can keep these young women safe from that world, then perhaps my past will finally help me to do some good. I can only hope. As my mind continues to run rampant with these thoughts, I feel Lee turn over onto her other side. I mimic her movements and wrap myself around her, kissing her neck before I can feel my eyes finally become heavy with sleep, my body soon to follow.
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Kevin’s POV:
The demanding Erica Kane is on her way. My associates
and I have been able to keep her expectations for finding the girls, at bay
until now. Through a web of lies, we made her believe the girls were
traveling often, once they left
Only Erica and I know what her “plan B” consists of. I won’t
be involving my associates in any of this nightmare. If the girls don’t
heed my advice and leave
I can now hear a commotion coming from the outer office, so I presume Erica Kane has arrived. With that realization, my office doors fly open and there stands Erica in all her glory.
“Good day, Ms. Kane. Always a pleasure to see you,”
“Yes, yes I’m sure.”
She sits on one of the leather high-back chairs positioned in front of my desk, her eyes boring holes in head.
“So, my assistant tells me you “finally” have good news for me.”
“Yes, your Daughter and her…ah, the girls have resurfaced
here in
“Where?”
“The Hotel De Crillon, to be exact, I myself saw them dinning with friends, last evening. They appear quite well,”
“Excellent, when will you execute the plan?”
“I will need at least a few days. After all we don’t want to alert the authorities, the Hotel staff, or their friends to our presence. If you wish to succeed, there can’t be any evidence leading to the young woman’s disappearance.”
“Understood, but I don’t want this dragging on much longer. The longer this creature is with my daughter the more damage she will do. You will keep me posted, step-by-step,”
“Of course,”
“Excellent. Here is something to help motivate you to get this done as quickly as possible,”
She slid a thick envelope across my desk, patted it once, smiled and turned to leave my office. With her hand on the doorknob she spoke, “know this, if you fail me, Mary Margaret Stone won’t be the only one to disappear when this is all over,” she said, never once turning to look at me.
Once the doors closed, upon her exit, I began to wonder would anyone truly miss Erica Kane if I chose to make her disappear instead. If it weren’t for my final payment from the bitch, I might have considered that option. But too much money was involved and she was too damn famous to pull that off.
I leaned back in my chair, putting my feet up on my desk, as I allowed my mind to at least fantasize about Erica Kane’s demise. I was so lost in thought I never once heard my office doors open. It wasn’t until I heard that oh so familiar, sexy voice say my name, did I come out of my reverie.
“Dreaming of some sexy creature, Kevin?”
“Lena Kundera, as I live and breathe,”
I knew it wasn’t a coincidence
I took
“Still the same old horny pig, Kevin?”
“Can you blame me,
“I’m sure,” she snarked back at me, taking a seat as she crossed those long, luscious legs of hers.
“Yes, I must say all the recent uproar over you and your ex has made for some very entertaining moments, especially after last evening, seeing you in person with your three little friends. Well, let’s just say I was beside myself in pleasure imaging you with each of them last night,”
“Enough, Kevin, I didn’t come here to listen to your childish, warped ramblings. And I would suggest you not say anything like that to me again, unless you wish to lose the use of your “little member,”
“Sorry
“I wasn’t when you knew me, but things have changed and so have I, Kevin. Let’s just leave it at that. Besides, you know damn well that isn’t the reason I am here. But this is,” she said, tossing a piece of paper at me.
“Ah yes, the note, well clearly I can’t sit hear and deny that it’s mine. What do you want to know?”
“Are you working for Erica Kane?”
“You know I can’t answer that,
“Of course, well if you won’t answer that, tell me why you
wanted these young women to leave
“
“Alright, then I will tell you why you did it. You have found yourself in way over your sorry head and you want these girls gone so they might be someone else problem. And you hoped if you sent them a threatening note, they would run home and leave you in peace. How am I doing so far, Kevin?”
“And why would you think these girls are causing me some kind of problem?”
“Because you deal in sordid relationships and compromising situations that end marriages or careers, not lives of young women.”
I got up from my seat and walked over to the window, turning my back to this woman who knew me too well and was going to get me killed if I didn’t stop her prying.
“
“I can’t and won’t promise that, Kevin. I won’t stand by and watch you and Erica Kane do God knows what to Maggie Stone and destroy Bianca in the process,”
I turned to face her, slamming my fist on the desk, “then I
suggest you get them to agree to leave
“They won’t do that, Kevin,”
“Then it’s out of my hands,” I shouted, hoping she would end this conversation and leave.
“Just one more question, Kevin. Is there really enough money to make you risk going to prison for life…and to take a life?”
And with that,
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I left Kevin’s office, with nothing to help this messed up situation. I knew damn well tracking Erica down would do nothing to help. Not unless I was willing to do something both Lee and Bianca would never forgive me for. I had avoided prison all my life and I wasn’t about to risk ending up there to rid the world of Erica Kane. I needed more time to work this out. Right now my head was aching and I had a lunch date with the three women I had lied to this morning about my whereabouts. I needed to get myself psyched and ready to pretend all was rosy, when I knew deep down it was anything but.
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Lena Kundera, the other nemesis in
my life. What was she doing coming out
of Kevin Burke’s office building I wondered?
I had been sitting in my limo outside of that man’s building when I
thought I saw someone I knew enter it.
So I sat and waited to see if it really was them and sure enough there
she stood. The Polish Whore who had stolen Bianca’s heart and broken it, time
and again. I knew she was in
It was time for me to set into motion my part of the new
plan, and now I knew
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Maggie’s POV:
“Are you feeling any better, Mags, then you were this morning at breakfast?” Lee asked with a smirk.
“Shut up, Rodgers, it’s your fault Bianca and I drank so much last night,”
“My fault, what are you two? How was it my fault?”
“You and
“Because you kept asking for more with those puppy dog eyes of yours, Stone,”
“She’s right, sweetie, you did and I kept drinking to forget about Mom,”
“Did it work,” Lee asked.
“Yes, but when I woke up that and my headache brought me back to reality,”
“Sorry to hear that, Binks. Maybe a hearty lunch will help, since neither of you really touched your breakfast,”
“Here’s hoping,” I said, putting my arm around Bianca’s waist and resting my head on her shoulder.
“Promise me we are never going to drink like that again, Maggie,”
“I promise, baby, but remember I said that after the tabloid fiasco. So don’t look to me for your moral fortitude. I seem to be sadly lacking in that area. I blame it on poor family upbringing,”
“That’s ok sweetie, I’ll keep us in control then, consider me your anchor from now on,” she said, kissing the top of my head.
“I thought that was “your ball-and-chain” ladies, not anchor. Lee said giggling.
“Shut up, Lee,” we both shouted, immediately regretting it, as our heads pounded.
“Gee, you two are no fun hung over. But you are a blast drunk,”
“See, you did keep us drunk,” I said, pointing my finger at her and scowling.
“That she did,”
“Hey sexy,” Lee said, throwing her arms around
“Gee’s you two, get a room,”
“Got one, Mags, but I need refueling before this lusty woman of mine ravages me again,”
“I need to stop at the front desk to check for messages, Lee. Just to make sure work isn’t trying to track me down,”
“Ok,
“Not to worry, little one, I know better then to leave you
hungry and wanting,”
Lee smacked
“Loud much,” Bianca and I said, covering our ears.
“God, what are you two twins? Are you going to say everything in unison from now on?”
My lady and I just smirked and said nothing.
“Any word from work, baby?”
“No, I’m relieved to say, but there was something for Bianca. They asked me to give it to you,” she handed the envelope to B and we both looked at the writing on the front of it. I could feel Bianca shudder, so I held her tighter.
“What is it, sweetie?”
“My Mother…it’s from Erica,”
“Shit!”
“Yeah, pretty much,”
“Do you want to read it?”
“No…yes…no, I don’t know,”
“Bianca, I think it would be best if you and Maggie have lunch first. You need a clear head before you try to deal with whatever is in that envelope,”
“You’re right
“Let me hold onto it, until you are ready,”
B and I looked at her for a few seconds, wondering why she asked that. “Out of sight out of mind,” she said reading our minds.
Bianca handed it to
“So how was your meeting this morning?” Lee finally asked.
“Fine, nothing to exciting, just something I had promised to handle and I didn’t want to keep the client waiting,”
“That’s ok, baby, I’ve been surprised you’ve taken this much time to be with me. I’m sure your bosses must be wondering when you will be coming back to work.”
“You’re probably right, Lee. I was planning on calling them after lunch and seeing if Monday would be ok for my return, or if they would need me sooner.”
“I hope they can wait till Monday. It’s fun hanging with these two, and you, even
when they are so grumpy,”
“Sorry,”
“It’s ok Bianca, you and Mags have a lot on your minds,”
I was about to say something when
“Yes,
“I agree you sure have good taste Kundera.
This hotel, the restaurants and that club last night. You’re like a one woman travel expert on the
finer things in
Then I noticed, as did
Dear Bianca,
I know you and Maggie are very upset
with me, and you have every right to be after all the terrible things I have
said and done. But I want you both to
know I have had time to reflect on what Maggie said in her last message to me
and I am begging both of you to give me another chance. As fate would have it, I am staying in this
hotel as well and was shocked when I saw the two of you and your friends at
dinner last evening. I didn’t want to
disturb you, by coming over in the middle of your dinner, especially
considering how I knew you would both react to seeing me now. I didn’t want to make a scene, but I found it
propitious, to say the least, seeing you two staying here and have taken it to
be a good sign for all of us to make a fresh start. I hope you can forgive me and I will be in my
room #326, if you and Maggie can bring yourselves to see me.
Your loving Mother,
Erica
Bianca folded the letter and put
it back in the envelope, her eyes brimming with tears.
“I can’t believe it, Dr. Loren was
right,” she whispered, holding the letter to her chest.
“Right about what, Bianca,”
But Bianca was too emotional to
answer any of us, so she handed me the letter and I read it out loud. After all everyone at this table already knew
everything that had happened, I felt they deserved to hear what it had to
say. Once I finished reading the letter,
I put it on the table and hugged Bianca.
Knowing only too well how she felt.
Then I let B go and clasped her
face with my hands, “Baby, it’s going to be ok.
Didn’t I tell you everything would work out?”
“Yes, Maggie, you and Dr. Loren
both did, but I never thought she would turn around this soon. Why do you think she did?”
“Yes, why?” I heard
“Because she doesn’t want to lose
you, Bianca, what better reason does she need?” I cried kissing Bianca’s
quivering lips.
Bianca nodded, as our kiss ended,
smiling at me as she hadn’t in days, with real hope in her eyes.
“Let’s go see her Maggie. I want to put this all behind us as soon as
possible,”
“Anything you want, B,” I kissed
her once more, stood up and offered her my hand.
“Are you two sure about this,”
“I’m sure,” Bianca assured
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“What’s wrong,
“Nothing Lee, I’m just being paranoid,” I took the letter and stuck it in my purse. Paid the bill and asked Lee to meet me back in our room. She sensed something was up, but didn’t question me. She kissed me and headed to our room.
Erica was definitely up to something, but I couldn’t tell anyone how I knew. Not yet at least. I needed to keep my eyes open, and have a chat with my friend Charles, the Concierge. I would need his security staff to try and keep an eye on Maggie and Bianca as much as possible. They were in danger and didn’t know it. Worse of all they were entering the lion’s den at this very moment. I knew I could trust Charles to handle this delicately with few if any questions. It was times like these I was glad I had people I could count on who wouldn’t bother with the how or why of the thing. They would just do as asked and do it well. If Erica Kane was going to play this dangerous game, I was going to show her she was in way over her head, or die trying.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
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Chapter 36 The
Royal FUBAR (rated R for some adult
language)
It took me a lot longer then I had hoped to set things up with Charles and the security staff, but it was finally done. I took out my key and opened the door to our suite. Once inside I found Lee standing by one of the windows overlooking the view. I was certain I sensed a cold chill in the room and it was emanating from my girlfriend, so I approached her with caution and waited to see what her mood was before I went any nearer.
Without turning to face me, she asked what had kept me.
“I’m sorry Lee, things took longer then I expected. But I promise to make it up to you,” I said, putting my purse and key on the side table behind the couch. Hoping my cheerful tone would offset her mood.
“Things…what things would that be
“You know,” I said, close enough to her to feel the waves of anger coming off of her.
“No, that’s the problem, I don’t know,” she said with disdain in her voice, turning to face me.
“Why are you so angry, Lee?” I asked, reaching out to touch her face.
Her eyes were colder then I had ever seen them. And it was certainly evident she suspected I was lying about something.
“Don’t,
I did, and decided to see just how much she thought she knew.
She sat across from me, her legs crossed and her hands grasping the chair arms, clenching and unclenching her fingers as she gathered her thoughts.
“Let’s review what’s been going on with you since last evening,”
I went to answer, but she raised her hand to silence me. So I sat back on the sofa, crossed my legs as well and waited.
“You know, I was so busy mooning after you, that I subconsciously allowed so many “little things” to slip right by me, temporarily that is, until today. Until Erica’s note arrived and then you ordered me to our room,”
“I never ordered…”
“Fine, you sent me here, alone and left me for well over an hour to what, call your company and check in. Something that should have taken no more then five to ten minutes tops,”
“I had too…”
“
I nodded my consent and kept silent.
“As I headed to our room, I started to put all the disturbing pieces together I hadn’t wanted to acknowledge earlier. Like the fact you kept Maggie’s note last night, even after she told you to burn it. The time you and Bianca spent in the restroom, last night, talking about “what” for so long that I almost came to retrieve you, before Maggie got suspicious as well. The unexpected appointment you had this morning that you never once mentioned before today and just had to attend. Then offering nothing but vague facts as too who, what and where, consequently divulging even less information upon your return.”
“But I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt,
“So I decided not to go to the room right away. Instead, I hid at a safe distance and watched
you speak quite seriously with the Concierge, the head of hotel security and
his entire staff for well over 30 minutes.
Then I left and came back here.
Racking my brain as to what game you were playing,
Lee’s speech left me both stunned and frightened. I wasn’t sure where to begin, let alone what to say first, dreading she would bolt before I had a chance to tell her everything. Each time I started to speak, nothing came. My fear of losing her was paralyzing both my thoughts and my speech. I finally gave up, holding my head in my hands; conceding defeat, and waiting to hear her exiting footsteps leaving our suite.
Instead she shocked me by joining me on the couch and gently placed her hand on my shoulder. Still speechless, I turned my head to look into her eyes. Expecting anger but saw only concern and love. I inhaled a deep breath, relieved to know she didn’t hate me, she only wanted the truth and that I knew I could give.
“What I have done, Lee, was not done to hurt you or anyone. You must believe me,”
She nodded and asked me to go on.
“I was concerned for Maggie and Bianca. And I did what I did only to try and discover all the facts before I said anything to you, Bianca or Maggie. I thought it best, but I can see now that was wrong, and I will tell you everything I know. I promise. I won’t continue to keep you in the dark,”
“Good, then start with last evening and why you kept the note,” she said, stroking my back as we talked.
“There’s a man from my past, a Private Investigator by the name of Kevin Burke. I recognized that the note was in his hand, so I kept it to confront him.”
I then detailed my morning meeting with Kevin; my futile efforts to learn more and to convince him to do the right thing and drop the case.
“So he is working for Erica Kane?”
“Yes,”
“But he wouldn’t tell you what she has planned or even truly confirm that fact,”
“No, but he made it quite clear Maggie and Bianca needed to
leave
“My God,
I stood and took hold of her shoulders, looking squarely into her eyes. “Lee, it’s not that simple, but this is why I met with Charles and Hotel Security. Trust me when I say they are being watched this very minute by people I’ve known for years. These men will make sure nothing happens today, before you and I have the chance to tell Bianca and Maggie everything we know.”
“You promise,”
“You have my word. I swear on my Mother’s soul,” she threw herself into my arms and hugged me. I could feel her tears on my shoulder, as I gently ran my hand over her back in an attempt to comfort her.
“We have to help them,
“We will, baby, I gave Bianca my word I would discover what this cryptic mess was all about. But this is much bigger then anything I can handle alone,”
“What does that mean exactly?” she asked, looking up at me.
“Well, since I can’t convince Kevin to do the right thing and turn Erica into the authorities, we are going to have to tell Maggie and Bianca everything we know and then get the Paris Police involved. But understand, we don’t even know the specifics of the plan and Erica is still a very powerful woman, even here. They may just laugh this off and send us on our way. Unless “they” or we can convince Kevin to disclose what Kane is planning and agree to help. But I’m not sure that will even happen,”
“Are you sure you can’t convince him to talk?”
“Oh my dear, given enough time, sex and alcohol I could break him like a weak, helpless child. It certainly worked in the past,”
“Excuse me? Am I to understand you have been intimate with this man in the past?”
“Yes, Lee, I’ve told you about my past and the things Michael had me do. I’m not proud of it, be assured of that,”
“Yes, you’re right, we have talked about your past, I’m sorry. It’s just…”
“It now has a face and name,”
“Yes,”
“I know, my love, and I never wanted you to come face-to-face with any of it, but there it is. And the truth is if it weren’t for my past, we wouldn’t have the info we have now. And just think of the danger Maggie would be in,”
“You’re right, God this is so frustrating and exhausting. I want to do something, anything to make it ok, but right now I feel as though I could sleep for a week, I’m so tired,”
“Then let’s put you to bed. I’ll stay here and wait for Maggie and Bianca to call,”
“No! I need you,
“If that is what you need,”
“I do,
I held my tired little spitfire cradled under my arm, and led her to our bed. Neither of us removed any of our clothes as we lay snuggled together on top of the covers. My body pressed against my lover’s back, her breath gradually slowing as she finally let sleep overcome her thoughts. My thoughts, however, gave me no such rest. They raced as I wondered how Bianca and Maggie were dealing with Erica. And how they would react to the news I had.
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Maggie’s POV:
Bianca was holding on to me for dear life as we searched for
Erica’s room. Deep down I sensed something wasn’t right with this note or
apology, but Bianca seemed to want this reconciliation so much I wasn’t about
to burst her bubble. Then there was
Part of me was surprised Bianca bought into her Mother’s “I’m sorry” so quickly, but Bianca has always been the kind of person who forgives long before the rest of us, and it is something I have always loved and admired about her. But this is one time I think she is really setting herself up for even more pain and disappointment. I just hope I am wrong and EK has really seen the light and is letting us in. Yeah right, and I’m going to win the lottery. Well, for now we’ll just meet with Mommy, but later I am so getting with Kundera and try to see what she knows. After all it’s my ass that’s in EK’s sights and poor B just isn’t thinking clearly right now.
I can feel Bianca tensing as she sees her Mother’s door to her suite. We stop a few feet shy of the door.
“Do you think she really means it, Maggie?”
I can’t out-and-out lie to her, so I tell her I hope so. “Do you not want to do this, B? We don’t have too,”
She makes a sad, plaintive sigh, looking like a lost, hopeless child, waiting for someone to tell her what to do. So I take her sweet face in my hands, “Perhaps it would be best to wait, Bianca. Nothing is going to change if we wait till morning. But it’s your call baby,”
But it wasn’t hers or mine; that damn Erica Kane radar was obviously working overtime, as usual. The Bitch opened her door, as if on cue, just as I was sure Bianca was going to change her mind and wait.
“Bianca!” the annoying little Diva cried out and ran to my girl, throwing her arms around B’s neck, nudging me out of the way. Oh yeah, this was a good sign that all is not ok between the queen mother and me. But would Bianca she her Mother for the Liar she is. God I hoped so. I really didn’t want to be in this mess without my girl beside me, or worse yet watching B buy her Mother’s crap and then try to force it down my throat. Man, this really sucks.
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Two hours later
I swear if I had to see Erica beg Bianca’s forgiveness one more time, cry for one more excruciating second and feign her acceptance of me as her body belied her true disdain for me, I was going the freakin’ scream. This woman is so full of shit, I swear I don’t know how she sits at all without toppling over and falling tits over ass onto the floor. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!! But it is over now, and the good news is I think Bianca was as clued into Mommy Dearest bull as I was.
We’re back in our suite and all I want to do is take a long hot shower and wash the Erica Kane stench off of me. Bianca hasn’t said word one since the meeting and it is beginning to concern me. But I know better then to rush her.
“I’m going to take a shower baby. Is that ok?”
“What…oh sure Maggie,”
“Bianca, I know it’s been an emotional 2 hours with your Mom, but try and let it go for now and maybe take a nap. It might make you feel better,”
“How can I feel better, Maggie? Erica sat there for two solid hours and did nothing but lie to our faces,”
“Oh thank God, I wasn’t sure you bought that performance or not,”
“Performance, please it was a full length Opera with endless encores. The woman knows no shame,”
“You got that right, but how on earth did she think we were going buy that shit?”
“Because Erica has finally gone completely over the top, Maggie; she is so wrapped up in her own sick plan she doesn’t even know she’s lost the ability to lie convincingly any longer. It’s actually both quite sad and disturbing,”
“Well, she gets my vote for most fucked up Mother of the year. And that is truly saying something, considering the Mother I had. I guess it’s my fate to be tormented by warped maternal figures,”
Bianca comes to me and holds me tight from behind, resting her chin on my shoulder.
“I’m so sorry Maggie, after all you’ve been through,”
“It’s ok B, I’ll live. And as long she doesn’t turn you against me, nothing she can say or do to me really matters,”
“I’m the luckiest woman in the world,” she said, tears streaming down my precious girl’s face. Turning me towards her and kissing me with all her love.
I hated to end this moment, but I really needed that shower. Erica had pawed and touched my hands and arms so many times, I could still feel and smell her on my clothes.
“Baby, why don’t you get comfortable and I will join you for a nap after my shower,”
She pouted and asked, “But don’t you want me to join you, Maggie,”
Cupping her sweet face with my hands I answered, “Not this time, baby. I just want to get clean and then we will snuggle. Ok?”
She made one last pout and agreed. I showered in silence, than made a quick call
to the desk to leave a message for
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Maggie’s POV:
“The food and wine just seems to get better with every meal,” I said, patting my stuffed belly.
“I couldn’t agree more, Maggie.
“Thank you, Bianca…Maggie, Lee and I just wanted you two to have the best, to make up for all the drama that has been going on around you,”
“Yes, drama, the one thing we haven’t discussed this
evening,” I said, joining Bianca on one of the sofas in our suite. While Lee and
“What’s so funny, Maggie,” Lee asked.
“Nothing, I’m just happy to see you two so happy and comfortable with each other,”
“Thanks Mags, see you and B aren’t the only love sick puppies here,”
“So it would seem,” Bianca agreed, pulling me onto her lap, as we both snuggled in the corner spot of the plush sofa.
I noticed a sudden intense and slightly dark look pass over
“What’s wrong
“Pardon,” she said in a distracted tone.
“Why so quiet? Didn’t you and Lee have great day together? Hell, it had to have been better then ours with “Erica.”
“Erica…actually, Lee and I wanted to talk to you about Erica,”
I felt Bianca’s arms tighten around my waist in response to
“Baby, not so tight, I still have to breathe,” I said, smiling at her.
“Sorry,”
“It’s ok,” I whispered, gently kissing her lips. Then I
turned to face
“Yes, Erica…Bianca and I wanted to discuss that with both of you as well, but privately. After all we never know who might be listening,”
“That’s truer then you might believe,”
“Go ahead,
“Tell us what?” Bianca and I asked in unison.
But
“I knew you knew something at lunch,” I said. “What are you keeping from us,
“NO!” both Lee and
Bianca whispered in my ear to calm down and let
“Fine, I’m sorry
“This is a royal FUBAR, if I ever saw one,” I scoffed.
“Excuse me?”
“It means fucked up beyond all recognition, sweetie,” Lee answered with a smirk.
“Ah yes, most assuredly a royal FUBAR,”
To which we three Americans burst into uncontrollable
laughter, hearing
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
First I have to thank everyone who is continuing to follow and read this story, and those especially who leave their much appreciated FB. I thank you all!!
With this update I am venturing into an arena I have never
attempted before. Instead of writing two
individual love scenes, one for each couple, I have envisioned something you
might see in a film. The two scenes overlapping one another as the scene builds
to the finish. I wanted this for dramatic
purposes, because I felt the lives of Bianca, Maggie, Lee and
Also the scene will be very graphic in nature, due to the intense emotions, desires and needs these couples are experiencing with the on going events. So the first part of Chapter 37 will be NC-17 for very graphic sexual content and language. If this would upset or offend you, I suggest you skip over it.
The Second part of this chapter is Rated R for some adult language. It will include important dramatic plot points for this story that should not be missed. Each section is marked accordingly. And Now on with our story.
Chapter 37 What
next? Part A
(rated NC-17)
The evening came to an end, not long after the two couples
had discussed what little they did know about Burke and his possible link to
Erica Kane.
“So, what did you and Maggie talk about?” Lee asked, as they both headed back to their suite.
“Nothing much, we were both tired, so we opted not to get into anything to intense tonight,”
“Well, you two must have talked about something,”
“Of course we did, sweetie, we mostly talked about you,
actually,”
“Is that a good thing or bad thing?” Lee queried, watching her lover enter their suite, her body reacting to its endless need for this woman before her.
“Lee, it’s late, I’m emotionally drained from the day’s
events and I have waited all day to be with you. Can we please continue my
interrogation tomorrow?” Lena pleaded, sitting on the edge of their bed and
pulling her lover towards her, caressing her breast as she lay her head on Lee’s
chest. Lee silently nodded yes, kissing
Meanwhile, Bianca and Maggie were retiring for the evening as well. Their thoughts running rampant with concerns brought forward by the past few days events. They too knew sleep was going to be hard to find. Their minds and bodies nervous with pent up anger and exasperation over the Erica situation. And a need to be one with each other now more then ever, God forbid these would prove to be there final days together.
Both Lee and Maggie lay in the center of their own beds in
their respective suites, naked and anxiously awaiting their lovers return from
their nightly showers.
The two brunettes traversed their way across each of their suites, trying desperately to concentrate only on their lover, the one they desired more then life. The one they would each protect until death, if need be. And the one that made their lives worth living. Each woman took a deep breath before entering their own bedrooms, in an attempt to force all other dark thoughts from their minds, or so they hoped, at least for a few precious hours.
Bianca and
Each suite began to fill with the sounds and sent of love
making. Lee repositioning herself to kneel
on the floor, at the foot of their bed, beginning to devour
“Kiss me,” each brunette cried out, as their bodies gave out and they collapsed onto their beds, basking in their after glow. The young blonde and redhead each did as requested, and lay beside their spent lover’s; kissing them repeatedly.
After a few restful minutes, both
“Get on your hands and knees,” each brunette ordered, with a knowing leer, neither receiving even a hint of refusal to their mate’s. Both Maggie and Lee, did however, use one hand each to hold onto their respective headboards, knowing they would need the leverage to withstand their lover’s intense fucking. A fucking they knew their sexual partners would perform to their liking.
Bianca and
Bianca and Maggie not far behind, in their own suite, lost in the midst of their own sexual frenzy.
Each couple was writhing, their hips working in sync towards sexual release. Four bodies drenched in sweat, moaning, thrusting, gasping for air and perched on the edge of heaven.
“My God,” shouted both Maggie and Bianca, as their orgasm hit…
“Fuck!” shouted Lee and
But neither couple was stopping to bask. It was as though they were possessed. And perhaps they were, by the desire to keep what was theirs and fuck the rest of the world. Fuck the people who would do them harm or the ones they loved. It was a driving force that continued to egg them on.
Maggie then ordered Bianca to stay buried within her, but to lay flat on the bed.
Lee demanded the same of her love. As the brunette’s lay prone on their own
beds, their lover’s road their fake cocks with total abandon. Both
Once Lee and Maggie slowed their breathing, they each dismounted, removed the toy and harness from their own equally exhausted and spent lover and snuggled in their lover’s arms. Each couple reluctantly experiencing their high fade and reality creep back in, as they held their lover protectively and lovingly in their arms.
“I don’t want to lose you, Maggie,” Bianca said, as tears began to fall and she held her lover tight. Maggie had no words at first. Their passion had ended and their fears and concerns came crashing back. “You won’t, baby, not if I can help it,” the young blonde whispered. Hoping Bianca wouldn’t see the fear in her eyes.
“I don’t want to lose them,
The two couples held their respective lover’s in silence, their minds overwhelmed with what was to come. But in time fatigue from the day’s events and emotions, and the night’s love making lulled them all into a restless sleep; a sleep that would bring a new and unknown day.
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Part B (Rated R for language)
I didn’t want to get up, wake up or get out of this bed, but I knew reality was going to strike soon, so all my wishes would go unanswered.
“I’ve been thinking,” Lee said.
Yep, reality just struck.
“And good morning to you too, sweetheart,” I said, kissing Lee on the forehead.
“Sorry, good morning
“So what has my little spitfire been ruminating about so early?”
“How to beat Mr. Burke at his own game, and get him on our team and off Erica’s,”
“Is that all, no world peace or how to stop nuclear proliferation?” I asked with a smirk.
“Very funny,
“Ok, sweetie, but Lee we’ve been over this, it’s not going to happen,”
“Not true,
“Exactly, and none of that has changed so what’s you point?”
She sat up and faced me with a look of such determination; I had to take her seriously, so I sat up as well and listened.
“My point is, though we can’t make more time and I WON’T let you have sex with him, money can buy us everything we need, including Mr. Burke’s loyalty,”
“Lee, my love, even your family doesn’t have unlimited funds and I don’t think they would give you the amount it would take to buy Kevin’s loyalty,”
“
“What do you mean?” I asked, genuinely confused.
“Let’s just say, not all our wealth is “old” money, as most have been led to believe. Much of it is actually quiet new and not exactly legal. And as for me asking them for funds, well I haven’t had to ask my parents for money since I turned 18. And what I can access on my own is in the tens of Millions. And that is but the tip of the family iceberg.”
I was speechless. The research I had done on Lee and her family never revealed such staggering sums, I wondered what else there was I didn’t know about my girl or her “parents.” It now appeared that I wasn’t the only one with a “dark” past and I suddenly felt quite relieved. That plus Lee’s remarks comparing me to her parents yesterday were making a lot more sense.
“I can see your wheels turning
“No, actually I’m glad you did. It shows caution. After all you haven’t known me for very long, but you are aware of my unscrupulous past. You were wise to keep it from me, until you felt you could trust me.”
“I can and I do,
“Thanks sweetie, but I have to say this does change things,”
“Between us?” she asked with trepidation.
“No darling, with Burke. If you can indeed pay him more then whatever Kane is offering, he will jump ship in a heartbeat and betray her before lunch…but…”
“But what,”
“We aren’t going to buy him and get him to turn Erica in. She would only buy her way out of trouble in the blink of an eye. No, we will pay him to pretend to still work for her, but in reality he will be working for us,”
“Are you sure,
“To a certain extent yes, but Lee we have to not only shut Erica down, we must have absolute proof of her crimes so that she will be sent to prison and stay there. Or you will have only unleashed an even more dangerous, vengeful Erica. And I wouldn’t want to see what “she” would be capable of.”
“I see what you mean. So what’s the plan?”
“First we will order breakfast from room service, and then you and I are going to take a long sexy shower together, followed by a visit to Mr. Burke’s office. As for the “Plan”, that I will tell you after we have eaten.”
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(Later that morning, Kevin Burke’s office)
“
“Sit down, Kevin, and keep your hands to yourself,” I said, as we both took our seats before his desk.
“So much for the pleasantries then,” he answered, retaking his seat.
“Actually, Lee and I are here to grant your wish,”
I swear the pig started to salivate, making me want to jump over his desk and strangle him.
“Not that wish, you pig. The one where you don’t have to be Erica Kane’s lackey; and you won’t have to do her dirty work or lose out on her money,”
“And what do you think you two can offer?” he scoffed.
“The same amount Kane has offered you plus 25% more, upon the completion of the job,”
I could see the greedy bastard do the math in his head before he asked, “And what is “the job?”
“To convince Erica that everything is still a go with her plan, but you have added me in the mix,”
“And why would I do that,
“Because Lee and I will be the ones who own you now and you
will do what I say,”
“And how am I going to explain how you became involved,”
“I’ll take care of all that with La Kane, you just set up a meeting for the three of us and let me take the lead,”
“Oh sure, I’m going to tell Kane that you want a meeting with us,”
“No you fool, you tell me when you two are planning your next meeting and I will be the surprise guest star,”
“And I’m supposed to trust you, no questions asked?”
“Kevin, you want to keep Maggie Stone safe, correct?”
“Yes,”
“And you want and need the money Kane is going to pay you to not keep Maggie Stone safe, correct?”
“Yes,”
“Then shut up, take our money and follow my lead. Maggie Stone will be safe, you will be richer and Erica Kane will be in prison,”
“Just like that,”
“Have you even seen me fail, Kevin?”
“No,”
“And I am not going to start now. Now tell us how much Erica is paying you?”
“$500,000 up front and another $750,000 when it is over, do you think you can handle that little girl?” he said, glaring at Lee. After all he knew damn well I didn’t have the cash for this.
“Yes,” she glared back. My hand grasped her forearm thus reminding her to keep silent, as we discussed before arriving here. I didn’t want her engaging Kevin in any conversation and accidentally revealing facts we didn’t want Kevin privy to. She nodded her head and sat in silence.
“Well, nice to see your pussy is house broken,
Lee’s hands clenched her chair, brisling at Kevin’s rude remark. I patted her arm, rose faster then either Kevin or Lee thought possible. Reached over his desk; grabbing his tie and pulling him half way across his desk; his shocked face now only inches from mine.
“Disrespect my girlfriend again, Kevin, and when this is over you will be using that cash for plastic and reconstructive surgery. Understood?” I said, spitting each word in his face.
He nodded yes, but I wanted more. I cut off what little air he was still getting and repeated my question.
“Yes
Once Lee and I left Kevin’s office, I explained how important it was that neither Maggie nor Bianca learns of our plan. If I was going to convince Erica I was out to hurt Maggie as much as she wanted to, we couldn’t have them privy to the plan. Erica would do anything to catch me in a lie and Bianca was many things, but a good liar wasn’t one of them. And for that matter neither was Maggie. So we both agreed and silence was the word of the day. We hated to keep them in the dark, but to keep them both safe and snag Erica for her crimes; we both knew this was how it had to be.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
I hope you enjoyed the chapter? I will be interested to see what FB there will be to this one and the others to come. I admit I am having a great deal of fun writing it, I just hope everyone will enjoy reading it as well.
Chapter 38
Shadows and Lies (Rated R for
Adult Language)
It’s morning in Bianca and Maggie’s Suite: Bianca’s POV:
Maggie was still asleep and as much as I would normally want to spend the morning cuddling with her, my nerves had other plans. I quietly left our bed and headed for the shower, where I stood for what seemed like an eternity under the full force of the shower’s pulsating and pounding water. My hands pressed firmly against the shower wall, praying the hot water would get my muscles to relax, even if my mind wouldn’t. But alas, the deafening silence, save the water, and the overwhelming sense of foreboding made my tensions grow with each passing minute. I needed help and I had an idea just where to find it.
After my shower, I dried my hair, applied my base makeup and found a pair of black jeans, gray lace bra and panties and a grey turtleneck cashmere sweater to wear with my black boots. Fortunately the armoire I kept my clothes in was not in our bedroom, so I didn’t have to disturb Maggie as I got dressed. I wasn’t too surprised Maggie hadn’t woken yet. She hadn’t been sleeping well and the sex we had last night had really taken a lot out of her. I was just glad she was finally sleeping peacefully, which I confirmed with a quick look into our room and saw my baby hugging my pillows and a sweet contented smile on her angelic face. I couldn’t help but smile myself, at this precious girl that was the love of my life, pressing my hand to my heart as I took in her beauty and her sleep induced innocence.
I finally closed the door, as reality reminded me that all
was not perfect and my Maggie was in danger, and we needed help to deal with my
unstable Mother. Though Lena had made it
clear calling the French Authorities wasn’t an option at this time, there was
someone both Maggie and I trusted and I hoped she could help us in some way,
though I wasn’t sure how. Hell I was
grasping at straws, as I felt the walls of my Mother’s hate towards Maggie
close in around us. Having her in
I took out my cell phone and hit the memory number for Dr. Loren Walker. Hoping it wasn’t too early for her and that she would be willing to drop everything and come to see Maggie and me today.
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When Maggie finally woke up, I thought she might think I was overreacting by contacting Dr. Walker. But she felt it was a good idea as well, if for no other reason then to help us to deal with the building anxieties and tensions.
Maggie was getting a bottle of water for each of us, as I sat with Dr. Walker making small talk for now.
“Have you gotten settled in at your friend’s apartment?”
“Yes, it didn’t take long, since I didn’t bring that much with me. I have plenty of clothes and can buy whatever else I need here,”
Maggie had joined us now and handed the waters to each of us.
“It was really nice of you to come here on such short notice,” Maggie said, sitting beside me and taking my hand in hers.
“I was happy to, Maggie. I could hear the concern in Bianca’s voice and I knew you two wouldn’t call unless it was important. So how can I help?”
“That’s the million dollar question, Loren, but neither of us is sure where to begin,”
“Can I guess and say it has something to do with your Mother, Bianca?”
“It has everything to do with her,” I sighed.
Maggie squeezed my hand, to let me know she was there for me. I squeezed back and smiled at her.
I then proceeded to tell Dr. Walker about the note my Mother had sent to us apologizing for her behavior when Maggie turned down the bribery money and asked Erica to try and let us be a family. I then told her about the meeting with Erica, following her invitation to meet with her, so she might apologize face-to-face.
Both Maggie and I could tell Loren was initially pleased upon hearing this news, but then sadden when we both told her how we felt Erica was clearly lying to both of us for the entire time we were with her. In an effort, we believed, to set Maggie up and make her feel safe, while my Mother was making plans with some man call Burke to hurt Maggie. We could both see the stunned look on Loren’s face, but she said nothing until we were through telling her everything Lena had learned as well, and how torn we all were as to what to do next.
“Well, girls, I have to say I’m not sure what I can do to help either one of you with this very disturbing situation. But I must say, if I had heard this story from anyone else, I would have suspected they were being hysterical and paranoid. But with everything you have both told me before this happened, I assure you I believe your concerns to be warranted and my advice to you is to go to the Authorities immediately with these concerns,”
“But we can’t. Everything we have told you is circumstantial; we have no proof or physical evidence to show them,”
“Well then Bianca, I don’t know what else to say; except perhaps the two of you should consider hiring a bodyguard,”
“Actually
“That was very kind of her,”
“Yes,
“It sounds as though everything that can be done is being done. But I still believe you should at least alert the police of your concerns. If for no other reason, they then have this situation on their radar, God forbid something does happen,”
Maggie and I looked at each other, conflicted as to what we
should do. What Loren said seemed to
make sense, but
“We appreciate your advice, Loren. If Maggie agrees, we will discuss this with
“I’m not sure why you would do that, but then you have a better understanding of this situation then I do. Is there anything else you need from me?”
“Just knowing you don’t think we are crazy and that you are here for us is more then enough,”
“I wish you could convince Erica I’m not the anti-Christ and get her to accept us, but I guess that is asking too much,” Maggie said, with a look of hopelessness on her face.
“I wish I could too, Maggie, for both of you. But with the state of mind Erica is in right now, she wouldn’t hear a thing I would have to say,”
“Erica never hears anything anyone has to say, ever,” I added.
“You are probably right, Bianca. Well, I will be going if that is all, but please call me if you need me. And please think about what I said about going to the police,”
“We will,” we both said, as we walked Loren to the door and bid our goodbyes.
“I think she is right, Bianca. We need to go to the police,”
“Ok, Maggie, we’ll let Lee and
“Good,” Maggie said, slipping her arm through mine and holding on to me as tightly as she could. “I just want us both to be safe, Bianca,”
“I know baby, so do I,”
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Kevin’s Office Later that day:
“Mr. Burke, I certainly hope you haven’t brought me here for nothing?”
“No, Miss Kane, I am pleased to tell you that Operation Maggie Stone is now ahead of schedule,”
“That is excellent, and what has brought about this sudden change in events?”
“I have, Erica,”
“What the HELL!” Erica shouted, jumping up from her seat, once the shock had warn off. “What are you trying to pull here, Burke?”
“Now, now, Erica, calm yourself,”
Kevin growled in disgust, but remained silent. His orders were clear from
“My business with Mr. Burke is none of your concern, Kundera. I have no idea what you think is going on here, but it certainly doesn’t have anything to do with you. So I suggest you leave,” Kane said, mustering the finest intimidating Diva stare she could.
“Erica, Erica, I suggest you take a seat and listen to what I have to say. Or your Operation Maggie Stone is going to blow up in both of your faces,”
Erica scowled at Burke, sensing this was all his fault, but did as her former nemesis ordered and sat down.
“Just what do you think you know
“Erica, between the ineptitude of Burke here, and your pitiful performance with Bianca and Maggie yesterday, I am happy to say I know everything I need to know. To help you two eradicate one Mary Margaret Stone from our lives once and for all,”
“I know you
“You think you know me, Erica? You haven’t a clue who I am or who you are dealing with, but you will once we are through. Your little lapdog here, made the mistake of coming to our hotel to spy on your baby girl and her “lover,” forgetting rule number one to stay out of sight. While the four of us were having Dinner, I spotted my old friend, Kevin, and knew at once something was up. That plus the fact both Maggie and Bianca told Lee and I about your not so veiled threats towards Maggie and the huge bribe you had made, that the “little blonde” turned down. Now I’m thinking that really must have burned your ass, Erica,”
“You have no idea,” Erica mumbled. “Why my Bianca has such a pension for whores
is beyond me, but you would think the blonde bitch would at least know her
place and take the money like the good little whore she is. After all, I’m sure you would have, right
“Always the sweet talker, Erica, but if you aren’t careful, my dear, you will talk yourself right into a French Prison cell.”
“Oh please, you have nothing on me. Offering that pathetic child money isn’t a crime, and besides it would be my word against hers, and who would listen to a no nothing like her over me?”
“That might be true,”
“Might, don’t make me laugh,
“Poor Erica, you still don’t understand. I don’t need or want your money. I have all the money I could need, now and in the future,”
“Really?”
“Yes, really,”
The light suddenly dawned on Erica, “Lee Rogers?”
“Give the lady a cigar, yes Lee Rogers. Precious little Lee who I have taken great care to seduce and bring to my way of thinking in all things,”
“Not if I tell her parents,
“Oh I think not, Erica. You tell them and I will tell the French Authorities what you and KB here have planned for Maggie Stone. You’d be surprised what all I learned when I came to see my old friend yesterday and we got reacquainted,” she said with a suggestive leer.
“YOU KNOW NOTHING!” Erica screamed, slamming her fist on the desk.
“I know everything, Kane, and if you want to get rid of Stone, once and for all, you will shut up and listen to me.”
“Why should I?”
“You Fucking Bitch!”
“Please, you’ll give me a swelled head, Erica. Listen you stupid cow, Maggie Stone is the thorn in both of our sides. Stop fighting me and get with the program. You want that little bitch gone as much as I do. She took Bianca from me and she has done the same to you. It’s well past time she paid and paid hard.”
“Well, you do seem to have a “hate on” for the girl, don’t
you
“As do you, Erica. I think it is safe to say we both will find the world a better place without that little, annoying, whining blonde in it. Don’t you agree?”
“Fine, talk Kundera,” Erica said,
leaning back in her chair and relaxing for the first time since this drama
began. Erica’s plans we taking on a new
scheme as she halfheartedly listen to
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2 hours later, Lee and
I was exhausted from my meeting with La Kane and other business I had to attend to once I left Burke’s office. Things were going to happen quickly now and people I cared about were going to be in the dark, but it had to be that way, at least for now. I had learned during my years with Michael Cambias, when you deal with Liars, Thieves and Murderers it is best to keep as much information to yourself if you wanted to survive and keep the innocent safe. Though in those days, there were no innocent parties. But now there were three such women, and their lives and safety were in my hands.
I finally made my way back to our suite, where Lee enthusiastically greeted me at the door.
“Thank God your back, I was getting worried about you,” she said, throwing her arms around my very tired neck.
I hugged her back with what little strength I had left. “Baby, I missed you too, but I am about to drop,”
She took my hand and pulled my tired body over to our very
comfortable couch. She had me lay down and took off my Manolo
Blahnik’s that were cutting into my feet after too
many hours of walking through the streets of
“Bless you Lee, that is just what I needed,”
“What took you so long,
“I had lots to do, sweetie, but I’m too tired to go into it for now. But I can tell you tomorrow Erica Kane’s plan for Maggie Stone will enter phase one.
“What does that mean?”
“Simply, with my help and Burke’s, Maggie will disappear tomorrow,”
“WHAT!!!” Lee shouted. Squeezing my feet she had just been massaging.
“Ow!! Lee please,”
“Sorry
“And so I am, sweetie. But we have to make Erica think her plan to eliminate Maggie is going as she expected. Only then will we catch her in the act and get her put away for good,”
“There is a great deal you aren’t telling me
I sat up and took hold of Lee’s hands, “Darling I want to tell you everything, but for Maggie’s safety I just don’t dare,”
“You don’t trust me with Maggie’s safety?” She asked shocked and heartbroken.
“My love, of course I do. But I have to worry about yours and Bianca’s safety as well. The more any of you know the more danger you would be in and the better the chances are one of you might slip and let Erica know what must remain secret,”
“I guess,”
“Please Lee, trust me. I have been doing this for years and I need your faith and trust to see me through this. Too many lives are depending on this, on me,”
“I trust you
“I know, my love, and I am doing everything I can to make sure no one does. I promise I will tell what I can when I can.”
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
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Chapter 39 The
Abduction! Rated
R for violence and adult language content
The next morning:
It was morning at long last. I don’t think I slept more then a few hours, nor did Lee. But things would begin to take shape very soon. I woke Lee and began to tell her as much as I could about phase one. She knew I would be in Erica’s room with Maggie and Bianca, when it went down. I told her she would need to play an important role in today’s activities as well, by coming to Erica’s suite to check on us 30 minutes and no sooner after I had gone there. And once she got there, she would call the police and ask for a detective Angela Aiton and let her know an attack and abduction had occurred at the Hotel De Crillon in room 326.
I told Lee nothing more for now, other then this detective Aiton was aware of everything Erica and Kevin were planning and was working with me to help to catch Kane in the act. I hoped that knowledge would calm any concerns she had for me or Maggie
Thankfully Maggie and Bianca hadn’t gone to the police yet; I asked them to wait till today before we went together as a group to talk to them. Of course, after this morning everyone but Maggie would be talking to the police. Well almost everyone.
Bianca called, as I expected and said Erica had asked Maggie and her to join her for breakfast in her suite. She asked what they should do, and I told her to go. That the hotel guards would be outside the room, just a few feet from Erica’s suite, and that neither she nor Maggie should worry. I hated lying to them, but I knew if they knew what was about to happen, one or both would muck it up and someone could end up dead.
I hung up with Bianca and held Lee in my arms for as long as I could till it was “show time.”
I kissed Lee goodbye and headed over to Erica’s suite. Kevin was already in the hall heading towards Erica’s with the breakfast food cart. The two hotel security men acknowledged me, having been briefed as well yesterday, for their part in this charade. I came up behind Kevin, just as he knocked on the door to Erica’s suite.
Erica was to make certain Bianca was in the bathroom with her, when we arrived and Maggie would answer the door. I would enter with Kevin, under the pretense Lee had asked me to check on them.
Kevin and I both heard Erica yell for Maggie to get the door, so we hoped all was going to plan. Maggie opened the door and let both Kevin and I in.
“
Kevin ignored us and took the cart to the other room where the dinning table sat; this being just outside of the bathroom. While I was preparing to take care of Maggie, Kevin called out for someone to let him know if they wished him to set up the food on the table. This was Erica’s cue to tell Bianca to stay in the bathroom and she would be right back once she gave the “boy” his tip.
Bianca and Erica had been in the room looking at new makeup products, the ruse to keep her there. Erica exited the bathroom and Kevin chloroformed her right there. This was to clear her of any guilt of the forthcoming incident. Once Erica had been successfully dispatched, Kevin lowered her to the floor and entered the bathroom, taking Bianca by surprise and chloroformed her as well.
Back with me Maggie was whispering her concerns with how
strange
Erica was acting. Checking her watch every few minutes it seemed, before she
took Bianca into the bathroom to look at some new makeup, while they waited for
the food to arrive.
I assured her it was probably nothing and then I moved behind the sofa, telling her I needed some water from the bar. But instead I moved up behind her, took the cloth with the chloroform and prepared to put it to her mouth. Within seconds, my left hand was on her shoulder, moving slowly beneath the lapel of her jacket and into her breast pocket. She looked up at me wondering what was happening and just as she was about to ask, I whispered into her ear, “Sorry Mags, remember you are not alone,” and I quickly placed the cloth over her mouth, holding her tight against the back of the couch until she passed out.
“Nice work,
“Fuck you, Burke,” I answered, letting go of the now passed out Maggie Stone.
“Anytime, anywhere Kundera,”
I didn’t even respond to the asshole’s last remark. We were under time constraints and we had to get Stone out of here now.
I took her by the shoulders and he grabbed her by the feet. We carried her over to the food cart, which was now empty and the cloth covering the top was hanging on one of the dinning room chairs. There was a storage space in the center of the cart and Kevin already had the doors open. We gently put Maggie in the storage area, closed and locked the doors. I covered the cart with the cloth again and Kevin had me walk back to the bar area where he shot me in the back with the tranquilizer gun, before he left with Maggie Stone. Once he was gone, he acknowledged the two hotel guards, preceded to the hotel service elevator and exited out the back of the hotel where his van was waiting for him to put Maggie in the back, cart and all.
It all went like clock work. Lee arrived 30 minutes later, as I asked her too. Having no luck getting any answer from Erica’s room, she had the guards open the door where they found all of us drugged and Maggie missing. Lee said she had a friend who was a French police detective and she would call her, while the security guards alerted the hotel Doctor to come at once and help the rest of us, while they waited for the police and emergency personnel to arrive.
As expected chaos ensued, Police, medics, hotel staff, etc were swarming all around the suite. Erica, Bianca and I were each on a different sofa and had been brought to by the Doctor and medics. Lee was kneeling beside me, as my vision began to clear. I could see the detective as well, who was trying to calm Bianca. Bianca wasn’t listing to her at all, she was, however, glaring at me and I knew it was only a matter of time till she lost it.
I sat up, though my body and brain would have been much happier if I hadn’t, but I had to pull myself together before things got anymore out of control. With Lee’s assistance I had her help me walk over to where Bianca was sitting. And out of the corner of my eye I saw Erica watching my every move. Detective Aiton stepped aside so I might sit beside Bianca as Lee sat on my other side, holding my hand.
“Ladies, I realize each of you is still trying to deal with all that has happened, but I want to assure you we are doing everything to help locate your friend, Mademoiselle Stone. Hotel Security got a good look at the man who pretended to be the room-service attendant. And this isn’t the first time we have seen such an abduction as this, at this and other hotels.”
“What does that mean?” Bianca asked accusingly.
“Well, Miss Montgomery, I am sorry to say but I believe your friend, Maggie, is the latest victim of white slavery abductions here in Europe; young girls and women who are taken to be sold as, if you will forgive me, sex slaves to rich Arab and Asian business men. Who whore them out, use them up and kill them when they become too old; which is usually only within a few years of their abductions.”
“My God,” Bianca cried, burying her face in her hands. She now knew what her Mother had planned for Maggie and it was filling her with rage, fear and disgust. She jumped up from the couch and ran for the bathroom.
“Miss Montgomery!” detective Aiton shouted out, but I stopped her from following my friend. I saw that Erica was going to follow Bianca and “comfort” her, so I followed both of them, but stayed just outside of the room by the door.
Bianca was kneeling before the toilet, her head pressed against her arm, having just emptied what stomach contents she did have, as she swept and cried the words over and over to herself, “I failed you Maggie, I’m so sorry,”
Erica knelt beside her and tried to touch her shoulder, but Bianca recoiled from her touch, so Kane backed off. “Baby, it’s not your fault and I’m sure the police with find Maggie,”
Bianca pulled herself together and stared right into her Mother’s eyes, “Shut up Mother, I know how much you hate Maggie, and if you had anything to do with this I will make sure you rot in Hell!”
“Bianca, sweetie, how could you think I would do such a thing?”
“I don’t want to, Mother, and I pray for both our sakes you haven’t,” And with that Bianca rose from the floor, went and washed her face and hands and left the bathroom without another word to Erica or me.
Once the medics gave us a clean bill of health and we gave our individual statements to the police, Lee and I walked a silent Bianca back to our suite. Once there I got Bianca a bottle of water, handed it to her and begged her to drink.
Lee joined us, sitting by the other side of Bianca. Bianca, still in a dazed state, took and drank the water, her eyes empty staring blankly into space. When she finished the water Lee took the bottle from her and placed it on the end table.
“Bianca, I know this is a shock, but I want you to know Maggie is safe. I swear on my Mother’s grave she is safe and I know where she is,”
Bianca coming out of her daze, looked deep into my eyes as her expression went from empty, to shock and finally anger, raising her hand and slapping me quite soundly across the face. Lee gasped but thank God said and did nothing.
“I deserved that,” I said.
“You knew and you set us up,
Lee tried to defend me, but I stopped her. This was my fault and Bianca had every right to feel this way. I just hopped she would understand as I finally laid everything out for both of them. Neither would be seeing Erica again, so I knew it was time to tell them everything and bring them into the rest of the plan.
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10 hours later that day:
It was evening and I joined Erica
and Kevin at the warehouse Kevin had taken Maggie to, after he snuck her out of
the hotel. I saw Maggie bound and gagged
in the middle of the empty warehouse, sitting on a small wooden chair. Erica and Kevin were having what appeared to
be an animated and angry discussion about 20 feet from the blonde girl.
“I see you two have everything
under control,”
“
“Erica,” I answered with equal
disdain.
“You will be pleased to know Lee
is looking after Bianca, who is heavily sedated, and I suspect will be in
therapy forever once this is over. You
really are one fucked up Mother,”
“I will take care of Bianca,
“Right…so, when do we take our
little blonde treasure here to the airport and ship her off to parts unknown,”
I asked. Standing before Maggie, running my hands over her arms, shoulders and
jacket lapels. She tried to curse me and bore holes in me with her angry looks,
as I appeared to toy with her.
“I’m sorry, what was that you
said, Maggie?” I smirked, as I removed her gag.
“Don’t touch me, you fucking
traitor. I hope you rot in hell,
I went to slap her, but stopped
and wiped the spit from my cheek instead.
I grabbed her shoulders and whispered
into her ear, “Just remember, Maggie, you are never really alone,” before I
stepped back from her.
“Still spunky I see, Maggie. I
thought Erica would have broken you by now,”
“Fuck you all!” she shouted,
staring at me in confusion and anger, before Kevin came beside me and forced
her gag back on.
We glared at each other, but I
backed off and turned towards Kane.
“So Erica, is everything ready to
ship the princess out?”
“Yes, all is ready,
Before I could say anything, Kevin
spun me around with his hand gripping my shoulder, shoving a gun against me and
shooting me three times point blank just above the stomach. The shots ringing in my ears and the
pain…God, there were no words for what the pain felt like. My body seemed to collapse to the floor in
slow motion, and before everything went black, I saw Maggie Stone looking at me
with total fear in her eyes. I knew she
knew she was next.
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TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
Chapter 40 Escalation of events Rated R for violence and adult language content
Moments Later in the warehouse:
After Erica and Kevin rushed Maggie out of the building in
Kevin’s arms and into the limo; footsteps could be heard running into the
warehouse towards
“Miss Kundera can you hear me?” the Detective Aiton asked, ripping open Lena’s leather jacket to check and make sure the bulletproof vest had worked and stopped all the bullets.
“Is that her blood?” Lee cried out, hovering over Detective Aiton and
“No…no it’s the fake blood. The vest worked, she isn’t shot. But at such close range, she might have sustained other injuries we didn’t anticipate. I don’t know what the fuck Burke was thinking, shooting her up close like that, that wasn’t the plan. We need to get her to a hospital now.” the Detective shouted, waving the medics towards her.
The emergency crew rushed forward and began to check
Lee and Bianca were frantic, looking at
Bianca grabbed the Female Detective, “Do you know where they have taken Maggie?”
“Yes, Miss Montgomery,
“No, you two go now.
I will stay with
“Are you sure,” the Detective asked.
“Yes, Bianca needs to know Maggie is safe. And so do
Bianca hugged and kissed Lee on the cheek, before she told
her to take care of
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The Hospital waiting area: Lee’s POV:
I can’t believe this is happening,
“Excuse me, but are you Lee Rogers?”
I looked up and there stood a tall blonde woman hovering over me, “Yes, I’m Lee Rogers. Who are you?”
“Bianca had the police contact me and asked me to come and
be here with you until your friend
“That was nice of Bianca and you. I don’t even know you,”
“I realize that, but both Maggie and Bianca have told me so
much about both you and
“Thank you, I have to admit it’s driving me crazy being here alone and I have no idea how anyone is,”
“I’m sure, well they did tell me once this nightmare with Maggie is over they would be bringing her here as well to be checked out. So you will get to see Bianca and Maggie soon I am sure,”
“God I hope so, that’s if nothing else goes wrong,”
She didn’t say anything after that and I decided it was best not to tempt fate and leave it alone as well. She moved closer and put her arm around my shoulders as we both sat and prayed for a positive outcome.
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Maggie’s POV:
Erica and Burke are sitting up front in the limo, while they left me bound and gagged in the back seat all alone.
Jesus, I still can’t believe they killed
“Relax Stone; I just want to take your gag off, if you promise not to scream.”
I nod my head yes. Is this guy fucking kidding me? I can smell the gun powder and feel the blood still on his hands. Like I am going to argue with this sick fuck. And who would hear me if I did yell? And where the hell are we?
“Burke, what are you doing?”
“Chill, Erica, the gag is cutting into her mouth. Besides no one can hear her now even if she did scream,”
“Are you going soft on me Burke?”
“SOFT! Hell woman, I just kill that bitch Kundera for you, and you’re calling me soft,”
“Exactly, if you can kill her, why coddle this whore? There all the same. As far as I am concerned one whore down, one to go,”
“She’s a kid, Erica, a fucking kid.
“Fine, I’m not going to waste time arguing semantics with you. Just make sure your bleeding heart keeps this one tied up till we are through,”
“Yes Boss!” he sneered and then he winked at me.
What the fuck is that about? Oh God, he wants to fuck me. It’s not enough their going to kill me, this pig wants to rape me too. Well no freakin’ way. I’ll make him kill me before he lays one fucking finger on me.
“Relax Stone, I’m not going to hurt you,” he said with a reassuring tone, as if he were reading my mind.
Reassuring words coming from a killer…yeah I’m feelin’ warm and fuzzy all under. Now he’s lifting me out of the car. It looks like we are in an airport hanger or something, but there isn’t any plane here. Hell it doesn’t matter, these two are nuts if they think I am going to let them ship me out to be some sex slave. That is so not happening. I’ll make one of them shoot me before that happens.
I need to calm down. My heart has been racing since
they shot
God, that fucker got some of
This is so gross, it won’t come off. I’ll have to put some spit on my fingers, besides it feels kinda sticky, but not like blood. It couldn’t be, could it? I can’t believe I’m going to do this, but I need to know. I put two fingertips on my tongue and then rub them over the blood on my chin. Then I take a deep breath, close my eyes and place my fingertips on the tip of my tongue. OMG! OMG! It’s not blood. It’s not blood!
Holy shit, this means
“Stone, what the hell are you doing?”
“What!”
“Don’t what me, you heard what I said. I know you’re a
sick young woman, but why are you licking
“I didn’t Erica, hell I don’t know what I’m doing. I haven’t slept, eaten or had anything to drink since you kidnapped me. Plus I watched your boy here kill someone only a little bit ago, and you expect rational behavior from me, please!”
“God, and they call me a drama queen. Whatever you are doing just stop it, it’s disgusting.”
I ignore Kane and see Burke squirming in his chair. He knows
that I know
“Why isn’t the plane here, Erica, we can’t sit here forever?”
“Don’t worry, Burke, it will be here. Besides, I’ve been re-evaluating the situation,”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, it seems to me since we already dispatched one of my daughter’s whore’s tonight, why not end this now and kill this one too? Then I never have to worry about her popping up again like a bad penny someday,”
“I can’t do that,”
“What do you mean you can’t do it? Shoot her, I’m ordering you,”
“No, she’s done nothing to me or anyone that I can see and I won’t kill her. She’s just a kid Erica, have a heart,”
“Done nothing, she’s taken my sweet, innocent daughter from me. She’s a lying, conniving whore, now shoot her, or I will,” she said pulling a small handgun from her purse.
“You filthy, disgusting bitch, put that gun away,”
“Or what?”
“I’ll shoot you, and enjoy every minute I watch your life ooze from your worthless body. That’s WHAT BITCH!”
“NO!” I shouted.
“What? Are you nuts, girl, this woman wants you dead, or worse shipped off to be some sex slave somewhere you will never be heard from again. Haven’t you been paying attention to what’s going on here?”
“Yes, I’m not stupid. But I also know one way or another, I’m not getting out of here and if Bianca has to face life without me, don’t make her live without her Mother too. It would kill her.”
“Well Erica, listen to that, the little conniving whore is begging for your life. How does that make you feel,”
“Please, she’s just trying to talk her way out of this, and it’s not going to work,”
“It sure as hell is. I’m not going to shoot her. You want her dead; you’re going to have to do it,”
“Fine, I knew you would never have the balls to kill her and I’m not going to prison for her death. But I still have the jet ready to take her and get her out of our lives for good. MOVE!” she yelled, waving her gun at Burke and me to move to the plane.
Burke pulled me up from the chair, after he untied my legs, my hands still bound in front of me. Neither of us said anything as Erica followed us towards the plane; that was outside of the hanger on the tarmac, prepped and ready to go.
Once we reached the steps to the private jet I stopped, “No.” I shouted, turning to face Erica and Burke. Burke tried to get me to go up the stairs, but I wouldn’t. Erica then shoved him out of the way pointing her gun at both of us, and for Burke to back off.
“What are you doing Maggie?”
“This is as far as I go, Erica. I won’t be some sex slave for you. Though I am sure you think that has some poetic ring of justice in your mind. I’m not a whore, Erica, and I won’t let you turn me into one. Lord knows if my Mother couldn’t, I’m sure as hell not going to let you.”
“Really, then what are you expecting to happen here, Maggie?”
“I expect now is the time when you will shoot me, and then all this mess will end. I’m tired, Erica, you win, all I ask is you make it quick,”
Erica looked stunned, which surprised not only me, but Burke as well. We could see her mind working, trying to decide what her options were. She hadn’t counted on this scenario, and she knew Burke wasn’t going to shoot me. If I was to die, Kane was going to have to bloody her own hands for once and do it herself.
“This is a trick,”
“No trick, Erica,”
“Well then Mary Margaret, no final words for Bianca before I shoot you?”
“You wouldn’t tell her if I did, bitch. Besides she knows I love her. You’re the one that never seemed to grasp that reality, not her,”
“You didn’t deserve her,”
“Funny, finally we agree on something. You’re right, I
never deserved Bianca, but she didn’t care, she loved me anyway,” shit
“Shut UP!!”
I did as Erica order, taking a deep breath as I waited for the inevitable. Then I saw something out in the night’s blackness.
Erica raised her gun and pointed it directly at me, her hand shaking, but both Burke and I knew this woman would take my life no matter what second thoughts she might be having. She had to do it for no other reason now then to keep my silence. Or La Kane would be facing prison.
It was then I saw Burke turn to see what I had been looking at, as Erica debated my fate; a French Police sharpshooter, aiming at Erica Kane. And within that moment four shots rang out in rapid session, two from Erica’s gun and two from the sharpshooter.
When they stopped and the smoke cleared, both Erica and I lay on the tarmac…unconscious and bleeding.
TBC
Stephanie aka The Diva
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