| No Happy Ending Summary: Annette divulges part of her plan to Court while Kathryn tries to tell Sebastian about the baby. Chapter 7: Annette's Plan "We'll be landing in New York within the hour" the pretty stewardess told Court. "Thank you" he said as he watched her ass walk away. He was in a good mood because so far everything was going according to plan. He had a chat with a prominent judge and offered him some incentive to release Annette temporarily. The older man had been skeptical at first but all Court had to do was feed him some bullshit about Annette needing to visit a sick friend. After that he had been more than willing to take the money in exchange for Annette's freedom. Another stipulation of the agreement was that all of this be kept quiet. No one was to know that she was being released, especially the Valmont's. Court assured the man that she would be nowhere near Kathryn so there was no need for her to know. Five hours later they were on their way to New York. As Court glanced over at Annette sitting next to him he was surprised to find her looking rather forlorn. He would of thought she would be jumping out of her skin with excitement at being released. "What's wrong?" "Not a thing. I'm just wondering how it's going to be to see Kathryn after all this time." "So you do plan on seeing her? I mean that's part of the plan? You did promise to tell me the details after I got you released so spill." Annette sighed, "I suppose I did didn't I? Well tell you what I'll tell you part of it. The other part will come when your father agrees to take on my case." Another part of Annette's deal with Court was that he had to promise to get his father, a well known New York attorney, to defend Annette once her temporary leave was over. She had no intention of spending the rest of her life in that god-forsaken hellhole especially if she did indeed get Sebastian back. "Yes I'll talk with my father once we get back. I have some incentive to make him listen to me." If he had to Court was more than willing to resort to blackmail to get what he wanted. "Well alright then" Annette said as she turned around in her seat and stared at the sleeping figure behind her. Cecil had been asleep for most of the flight and Annette didn't think it was necessary to wake her up. In truth the girl was going to be of little help in her plan to bring down Kathryn. Her financial resources where her only attribute. "I plan on giving Kathryn a dose of her own medicine so to speak." "What the fuck does that mean?" Annette rolled her eyes reminding herself once again why she needed Court in all of this. "I plan on making the bitch think she's going crazy." "Like she did to you?" "I am not crazy!" Annette nearly screamed. Court held his hands up in his defense "hey sorry I didn't mean it like that." "Yeah right. Look thanks to that little tramp I've spent the past two years of my life in a mental hospital, totally alone. I want to make her feel exactly like that. Only she won't have the option of going to a cushy hospital." "What are you going to do to her?" "I think you mean what are WE going to do. I want her to think she's going crazy and then she'll just�disappear." "Disappear? You mean you what to�I don't know about this Annette." She was prepared for his doubts "look it's the only way to get her back. It will be final." "Yeah it will be final and she'll be dead. I don't know about you but I really don't like the idea of spending the rest in my life in jail for this." "You're assuming were going to get caught." Court nodded his head "yeah we probably will, especially if the police find out I got you released. We'll be the prime suspects. And by the way, how is any of this going to hurt Valmont? He supposedly loves her but my guess is he'll bounce right back." I'm counting on it Annette thought. She had no intention of hurting Sebastian but she had to make Court think she did. She smiled at her new conspirator "he won't have a chance to bounce right back because he's going to be in jail. For killing his wife." Court slowly smiled as it began to dawn on him "we set up Valmont? That's brilliant but how? No one would believe he killed Kathryn." "They would if it was out of anger. We'll set it up to look like Kathryn was cheating on him and he found out about it, went crazy, and killed her." "You think we can pull this off?" "Oh I'm counting on it" Court turned around and looked at the sleeping Cecil "what about her? Are you going to tell her about this part of the plan?" "I'll keep her on a need to know basis. She might not even have know about it." If fact Annette thought I don't think she'll ever have to know about it. It occurred to her through her plotting that she might have thought of the perfect part for Cecil in her plan. She told Court that Sebastian would take the fall for Kathryn's murder but in fact it would really be Cecil. She had just enough motive as the two of them so she would be a likely suspect. Once Annette got Court to do the deed she would blackmail him into keeping quiet about her change in plan. Yes when she was done Annette would have everything she wanted. * * * * * * In New York Kathryn was already starting to go crazy. She had arrived back from the doctors several hours ago and was not at home pacing in the living room. She was three months pregnant. Pregnant. What the hell was she going to do? Did she want it? For once in her life the great Kathryn Merteuil was scared out of her mind. She had yet to tell Sebastian about it even after he called. Shortly after she got out of the doctors office he called to find out what happened. She had lied and said that it was nothing just a little nausea and that she was fine. In fact she was not fine she had no idea what she was going to do. They had barely been married a month, they were both too young to have a baby. Not to mention her new job. She decided to tell him when he got home rather than on the phone and he was do back any minute. Kathryn wanted a drink but thought better of it and got a glass of water. She almost dropped it thought when Sebastian came bursting into the room. "You would not believe the news I got today!" Your about to get some more Kathryn thought. Before she could say anything Sebastian picked her up and began to waltz with her around the room. "What the hell's gotten into you?" He dipped her then sat her down "I got a job offer today." "And?" "It's for that Benvoli Calendar. You know that calendar that they select only a few people to shot and they sell for some ridiculous price that only a few insane billionaires can buy? I'm shooting it in Mexico, Greece, and Italy next month." "That's great" "It gets better, I want you to come along. I know we just got back from out little honeymoon but I think it will be fun. I can shoot during the day and we can party at night. What do you say?" "I don't know Sebastian I just started this job-" "You're the boss. I would think you could take ta least a few weeks off?" Kathryn stared at Sebastian's happy face and realized she couldn't tell him now. He was too happy about this new job and if he found out she was pregnant he would turn it down and insist they stay there. For once she desperately didn't want to disappoint him. "Ok I'll go" "Excellent" he pulled her into a kiss then said, "I want to celebrate. How about I open up a bottle of good champagne and then we go out?" "Umm ok. But I think I'll just have some water, my stomach is a little upset." "Are you sure you want to go out? We can stay in and celebrate if you want" he leaned over and began to kiss her neck. Kathryn smiled "even better." "Alright I'll be right back" she watched him as he headed into the kitchen. She couldn't tell him now he was too happy. She decided at that moment that she needed time to decide if she wanted the baby. Kathryn had an idea to bring up the concept with him over dinner and see how he reacted. If he was positive she would tell him, if not she would wait and see. Kathryn wandered out onto the balcony and looked down at the city below. They had a great view of the park from there. She noticed a mother and child walking out hand and hand and she couldn't help but smile for a moment. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. She was awakened from her thoughts when she spotted the girl following behind them. For a split second Kathryn was sure her heart stopped. The girl was a petite blond dressed in a long skirt. It was Annette. She was staring directly up at Kathryn with a small sweet smile. The women in front of her got into her car and Annette kept walking until she approached the curb. Kathryn stared at her once more making sure she wasn't seeing things before she yelled out "Sebastian! Sebastian come here! Sebastian!" Sebastian came running in "what is it?" Kathryn turned around for only a second "Annette, she's outside the house. I saw her standing across the street. She's out there." Sebastian immediately went to the balcony and looked out. Kathryn looked down at her hands and noticed she was shaking. She couldn't go back out there and see her. Sebastian came back in side a minute later. "Well?" "Baby there's no one out there." - to be continued No Happy Endings Summary: Annette steps up her plot to hurt Kathryn Chapter 8: Head Games "I want that sent by this afternoon. Understand? No exceptions!" Kathryn screamed at the pretty young women who quickly scurried out of her office. Kathryn was well aware that everyone in the office thought she was a bitch, but she didn't care. As long as they did what they were told, what did she care what they thought of her. It wasn't just the incompetent staff that had put Kathryn on edge today. She was still reeling for the news that she was pregnant. Unsure of what to do she had tried to approach the subject with Sebastian. That had been no help what so ever. He would just change the subject, which would eventually lead to sex. This shouldn't of surprised her it was Sebastian after all. All of this only left her more confused. She loved her life how it was. Having a baby would only complicate matters, not to mention her job. She didn't want to quit and leave it open for Court to return, no way. However there was a part of her that wanted to have the baby. She liked the idea of her and Sebastian making something together. This was not her only problem. There was also the other incident that happened last night. Kathryn knows she saw Annette across the street, she wasn't imagining it. She was there in living color. However when Sebastian went to check it out there was no one there. She had assured him she had seen something and he had even gone outside to look but there was no sign of her. He had come back and tried to calm her down saying it was just stress. She tried to explain that it wasn't, she had seen her but it had been no use. Maybe he was right maybe she was so stressed by this pregnancy that she was starting to see things. She would just have to get it together. Kathryn went back to work but was interrupted minutes later by an instant message. It was from the company's IM service. It was set up so a person could send a message to anyone on this floor of the building. There was no sender just the message "I'm watching you." "What the fuck?" Kathryn mumbled. Figuring it was just one of her employees Kathryn wrote back telling them to get back to work. A message came back minutes later saying "I don't work for you bitch." Getting fed up Kathryn wrote who are you? What came back freaked her out it said, "I think you know. You saw me last night, but don't worry we'll see each other again soon." Kathryn knew no one in the office knew about her supposed sighting of Annette last night. The only people who knew were her, Sebastian and who ever she saw if she did indeed see someone. Kathryn got up immediately from her chair and walked out of her office. A couple employees looked up to see her and then went back to work. Whoever sent that message had to be on the same floor so Kathryn began walking around looking in offices, seeing if she spotted her. A couple people asked if they could help her with anything but she just ignored them. After she looked in all the offices on the floor she didn't see anyone. She went back into her own office and shut the door. Leaning against it she tried to get a hold of herself. Get it the fuck together she told herself. It's just somebody fucking with you. It's nothing serious. Kathryn composed herself and went back to her desk determined to forget it along with all her other problems. As she sat down at her desk she noticed something that wasn't there when she left. Her heart stopped when she picked it up. It was a picture of her and Sebastian that accompanied the wedding announcement that ran in the New York Times. It looked like someone had burned part of the picture enough so it took out her face. Kathryn turned the picture over and on the back it said 'I'll see you soon.' That was it, she had enough of this shit. She grabbed the purse and walked out of the office. There was someone she had to see. * * * * * * "Ok that's it I think I got it" Sebastian called to the two models in front of him. They were an attractive man and women who where modeling the new Tommy Hilfiger sleepwear. They were shooting in a large wear house that featured a mock bedroom set up. It included a bed and furniture and three walls that almost made it look like a real intimate bedroom. Sebastian had been working for the better part of the day to get these pictures. The models where not exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer and they seemed to have serious problems following the simplest of directions. Also the female model named Ginger kept hitting on him even though he kept making it painfully obvious that he was happily married. A couple of the assistants came and put robes on the models and the guy left right away, Ginger however was making a bee line for Sebastian. "So how was I?" she asked in an annoyingly chipper voice. "You were fine" Sebastian replied as he fiddled with his camera. "There's this new club opening tonight. Wanna go?" "I'm married" he didn't even bother to look up at her. "So, she doesn't have to know. I heard you use to have quite the reputation. A friend of mine said you two fucked once. You were the best she ever had." "That's interesting" "Come on Sebastian, I guarantee you I could do things to you your wife would never do." He looked up and smiled at her "oh I doubt that. Kathryn's very talented." "So am I" she responded with a sexy smile. Before Sebastian could respond Kathryn came rushing in to the building "we need to talk." "Excuse me we where in the middle of something" Ginger complained. Kathryn glared over at her and replied, "Fuck off." "Who the hell do you think you are? Do you know who I am?" "Do I look like I care? Run along Barbie so I can talk to my husband in private." "Husband?" Ginger asked surprised Sebastian, who had been enjoying this little show just, nodded his head with a smile. "You heard her" Sebastian wrapped an arm around Kathryn's waist and called out "I want everyone to leave, now." The various crewmembers began to exit the studio while Ginger just stood there. "You to" Ginger made an annoyed sigh, grabbed her stuff and stamped out of the building. Kathryn snickered as she left "what the fuck was that?" Sebastian sighed, "What I deal with every god damn day." "Lovely" "So where alone, what's wrong?" Kathryn handed him the picture she received earlier. Sebastian studied it for a second "where did you get this?" "Somebody sent me this creepy message at work. They said they were watching me and that they saw me last night. Then this appeared on my desk. I think its Annette." Sebastian sighed he had a feeling this is where all of this was going. "Kathryn I told you Annette is in Kansas I called last night. There's no way in hell she could be here." "Then what the hell is going on! I know I saw her last night, I know it!" "Ok, ok" Sebastian went up to her and put his arms around her "I'm sorry. I know you think you saw her. Maybe it was someone else." "Someone else who looks exactly like Annette?" Kathryn asked doubtfully. An idea formed in Sebastian's head "possibly. You know it occurred to me that someone might be trying to fuck with you." "Like who?" "Court, Cecil, or any number of people you've pissed off. It should be quite a list." Kathryn rolled her eyes "yeah maybe. I could see Court doing something like this although I don't think either him or Cecil are smart enough to pull it off." Sebastian sat down on the bed in the mock bedroom "I'm sure it's them. They probably got someone who looks like her to fuck with you. I'll have a talk with him tomorrow about it." Kathryn nodded her head "Ok. Sebastian you don't think I'm going crazy do you?" Sebastian laughed and pulled her over to him "well I always thought that. But no I don't think your psychotic if that's your question." He pulled her down and gave her a kiss. "Are we alone?" she whispered. Sebastian nodded and she smiled "make love to me." "With pleasure" * * * * * * They were very much not alone. Only ten feet away Annette was watching them as they had sex, hidden behind one of the walls. She along with Court and Cecil had arrived back in New York last night. She had immediately made a beeline to Kathryn and Sebastian's home. She must have stood in the park for hours waiting for one of them to come out. Annette was only slightly disappointed that she didn't get to see her beloved Sebastian. In truth she had wanted to see Kathryn, or rather have Kathryn see her. When Kathryn walked out onto the balcony she had spotted Annette almost right away, and the look on her face had been priceless. Annette could tell Kathryn was freaking out and she couldn't help but smile at the memory. Although she had been far away she could hear her scream to Sebastian. As soon as Kathryn's back was turned Annette had gotten into the car that Court had rented for her and watched from a discreet distance as Sebastian came out onto the balcony. He of course didn't see her, but shortly after he came outside and began searching. It killed Annette to be so close to him and yet not be with him. Just like now. The sight before Annette was slowly breaking her heart. Sebastian and Kathryn were in the bed making love, not fucking. Not like the time she first spotted them in the pool when they had been so rough and passionate towards each other. This was slow and tender and caring. Sebastian was on top of Kathryn and he was moving slowly over her kissing her neck. Soft moans of pleasure came from her mouth. In between his slow thrusts they giggled and sighed intimately. It occurred to Annette as she watched this that Sebastian did indeed love Kathryn. Whether it was real or not he loved her. He said so several times over the course of there activities but that wasn't what convinced Annette, it was the way he acted towards her, the way he looked at her. He had never looked at Annette like that, with that kind of passion and love. It was going to be harder than she thought for him to get over her. Once Court killed Kathryn Sebastian would be devastated. Annette planned to then show up and prove to him that she had changed and then slowly he would realize. He would realize he did indeed love her, more than he ever could that undeserving tramp. Part of her plan had already been put into action. She had gone to Kathryn's work and fucked with her. It had worked like a charm, Kathryn freaked out and left. Annette had followed her knowing she would go to Sebastian. She had thought Sebastian would start to doubt Kathryn's sanity and maybe the little slut would lose some of her appeal. She had been wrong, he seemed even more interested in her once she started acting human. In the end it wouldn't matter. Sebastian's supposed love for Kathryn would not save her, nothing could. - to be continued |