Back To The Stars: ROMANCE: ALIEN (Alien Invasion Abduction SciFi Romance) (Fantasy Anthologies & Collections) (47 page)

She would soon be drowned in a pool of sadness and so I needed to do whatever I could to give her that one little good memory. Also, if I decided to listen to Victoria as if I had no other way, I would have to eventually accept her demands – in that case, I wanted to cherish this one last memory with Elaine.

I had no count of the number of times we had made love and yet every time we did it, it felt special, truly special. It was like every time I made love to Elaine, I rediscovered something new and I didn't even have to try to be too experimental. It all came very naturally.

“Yes, Andrew. Yes to everything,” Elaine whispered and she pulled my hair which was her way of letting me know that she was already at the edge of her climax and waiting to unleash her own self.

She pulled me upwards and I knew that Elaine was all set to take charge now. After fighting so hard for so long, I was willing to surrender to Elaine’s charm too. I let myself be handled by her and she immediately got rid of my clothes. There was a sense of urgency in Elaine’s movement and I knew that every time she was terribly upset or scared, she tended to hurry when she was under me.

I didn’t even have to ask her to know what was hurting her. I let her do what she wanted and after fumbling a few times she finally stripped me completely. She roamed her hands all over my chest and then kissed me senseless.

She kissed me anywhere and everywhere and when she licked my ears, I knew she really wanted this as much as I did. She kissed my chest and then went further down and took my long dick in her hands.

I was already hard but the moments he cradled me, I knew that this was one moment I would never forget. She took my dick in her hands and drew it in. She massaged it and licked the top of my balls as she firmly enclosed it in between her hands and pressed it. I moaned in sheer pain and delight.

I could feel the blood drain down there and I was sure that my dick stood tall like a tower. I knew that I could cum anytime and I wanted to fill her in.

“Suck it, babe,” I said. I knew that after I would tell Elaine the whole thing, she might even hate me, but at this instant, this was my chance of having one perfect memory which I would hold dearly till the very end.

As Elaine gave me a great handjob, I could feel my climax reaching my body. I wanted both of us to experience the same thing together and so I changed our positions in such a way that we were both facing each other’s organs.

We were tied in a perfect 69 and I couldn’t wait to cherish the perfect moment by enjoying the same pleasure. This would be a perfect moment which would surely be remembered by me for ages to come.  

We were lying extremely close to each other and I pressed a kiss in between her thighs. Elaine continued to massage my dick and drew it in. I knew it was at its best potion and I wanted Elaine to experience the same sense of pleasure with me.

I traveled upwards from her thigh and touched her fleshy vagina. When I almost reached her vagina, I touched my tongue at the very edges. I sensed how Elaine was used to mimicking my movements. When I touched the edges of her vagina, she licked the top of my balls but didn’t push further.

This had been one of her favorite games and we always enjoyed doing this. We always kept our movements synchronized and this often triggered our orgasm together too. I slowly pushed my tongue a little deeper and Elaine too took the clue and she started to lick and suck my dick. When I took one sharp bite of her swollen flesh, Elaine too left a sharp bite on my dick and we both screamed in delight.

There was a sense of extreme pleasure in the movement and I was amazed beyond words. We both gave each other the perfect blowjob and I was about to cum.

“Elaine, I am going to fill you in,” I said and Elaine murmured something which wasn’t really audible. As I kissed her vagina one more time and she sucked my dick harder and faster, I ejaculated and filled her mouth with my cum. I could feel the thick wet creamy fluid ooze out of her hole too. I sucked every bit of the creamy food and Elaine did the same thing. We were at the edge of our seat and now was the time to actually go all the way in and penetrate her completely.

I slowly hauled her up and gently slid her body. She was beneath me and I knew what was next. I had lubricated her enough and her vagina was swollen, hot and wet and it was just right to take me in completely.

I still didn’t push too hard as the last thing Elaine wanted was the pain. I took my own sweet time and slowly brushed my dick to her vagina. I touched her walls with my dick and I could feel how hard I still was. It was like it didn’t matter how many times I fucked Elaine, I would still always be hungry for her.

I kept on penetrating her a little every time and as I pushed all the way and touched her G-spot, I could hear her voice and I knew that she had experienced yet another orgasm. I didn’t move but stayed there and as I rotated my dick one more time, I too couldn’t hold in any longer and filled her in.

Our fluids intermingled and we both danced at the tip of pleasure. Our body was clad in sweat but we experienced what real love felt like. I kissed her and I had no intention to stop. In that moment, Elaine was completely mine and for that one brief moment, I knew that we were content and we belonged to each other and would always do so.

When we were done, I saw that Elaine slowly drifted to sleep. I knew that she hadn’t slept for a long time and somehow she had been waiting for my love to fill her in. I let her sleep peacefully and I stole one more glance at her perfect figure.

I played with her curls and wished if I too could sleep like that but I knew I couldn't. Elaine was still unaware of what a mess we were stuck in and when I would finally let her know, I had no idea how she would deal with all of it. This is why I let her rest as I knew that she would soon be robbed of it.

Chapter 22:

Elaine slept for nearly three hours and when she woke up, she looked at me. For that brief second right, after she had woken up, she thought her world was still perfect. She had me, her lover by her side and her daughter was tucked peacefully in her room. There had been no murder, no abduction and nothing harmful to disrupt the smoothness of her life. Everything had been just perfect and she was happy and content with the life.

However, my heart broke as I saw her smile slowly recede away. I saw how her smile began to fade and reality started to hit her with full force. I knew that she would once again retract back and be her sullen self, but I couldn't possible hide the truth from her any longer.

I knew Victoria would soon be back and I knew that I needed to come up with a plan. I needed to think of something and this is why I decided it was finally time for Elaine to know all that had actually happened.

“Do you remember Victoria?” I asked and there was shakiness in my voice.

“Uhm, is it someone from the part of our life we left behind?” she asked and I could feel the dread in her voice.

“Yes, she is the same woman I was working for and I was involved with when you had found me with Rick during Anthony’s murder fiasco.”

I saw Elaine’s face and I could see how she forcefully let herself rethink of all the memories which she had locked. I could see how she tried too hard to think specifically of the memories which would not make her cringe.

“She is the upscale designer right?”

“Yes, you are right. I told you that I was with her before you came. We had been involved for a long time and she was more than my boss. We often slept together and she was more hooked to me than I had realized. When I was working with her, she sued to be a great woman. I had no idea that things would turn so bad so soon.”

“Is she the one behind all of this fiasco?” Elaine asked and I knew that she had already guessed the rest of the plot.

“Yes, she is. Victoria is no longer the same woman I had been with. Yes, before you came back in my life, I was involved with her. I don’t think I was in love with her or else it wouldn't be so easy for me to pick you. But, I had told her a goodbye. I knew that she hadn’t looked convinced and she was a little broken and maybe sad too, but in the end, she decided to let go of me. However, little did I know at that time that all of it was a pretence. She had staged the whole thing and she was not over me, not be a complete shot.” As I finished my sentence, I knew that Elaine would be hurt by all that was to follow. Elaine was Rosie’s mother and she deserved to know a complete truth.

“Please do not talk in circles. I want to know a complete truth. I want to know what happened. Spill the details, Andrew. Don’t keep me in the dark.”

I knew that I had to tell her everything. I would have to come clean and I would also need to tell her about how and where I spent my last night and the decision that I eventually needed to take.

“Victoria had been spying on us all the time. She wanted to have me back. Maybe, she could never accept the fact that I left her for you. Victoria had been successful all her life and she had always got what she wanted. There are men all over the world who would die to spend time with her and so when I left her for you, she was broken beyond words could say.

I had no idea that time that she would develop such a hard feeling for me. I had no clue that when we were making a new life for us, my past was planning to spoil my future.”

Elaine couldn't stop the tears as it kept rolling down her cheeks. I hadn’t even told her about the whole scenario and yet things had already looked worse.

“Hold on, Elaine. Please do not give up so easily. The rest of the things which I would tell you are going to be even hard.

“What could be worse than knowing that our past is going to haunt our future? Victoria wants to seek her revenge because you broke her heart. However, why is it so hard for her to understand that you cannot force someone to love you? Love doesn’t happen because of a reason. Love happens because your heart chooses someone.”

“I know, babe. I know. I don’t have a thing for Victoria, but she still seems to be locked in that same time where I had left her. She doesn’t just need me because she loved me. I think she needs me to feed her ego. I hadn’t realized but the fact that a guy refused to be with her and chose someone else was something that ripped me to pieces. I was hurt beyond words can do justice and I was tired but I ended up making mistakes.”

Elaine tensed at the mention of mistake. She knew that I had definitely done something I shouldn't and as her mind oscillated in a hundred directions, I knew she was wondering what I had done to upset myself so much.

“Did you sleep with her?” she blurted out and I was scared to hell. I knew that this was the hardest question she could have asked me. If I had told her myself, I would have explained it, but what could I possibly say? I didn’t want to lie and a truth would sting too badly. If I told her yes, I knew she wouldn’t listen to anything else. There was so much that had to be explained. When I didn’t say a word, Elaine’s fury kept on reaching new heights.

“Yes or no, Andrew? I need an answer.”

“Ah, I am sorry. It is not what you think. Let me explain.”

“Yes or no. I need your answer in one word.”

“Elaine, try and understand.”

“I need an answer, Andrew. I don’t want to hear anything else. You are making me more paranoid.”

“Yes, but –”

Elaine cut me off and she screamed and I had never seen her so furious all my life.

“Your daughter is in danger and I am here, barely breathing and have my heart out and you were busy sleeping with one of your ex-flames. Surely, you haven’t changed. You may be Andrew for the rest of the world, but in your heart, you are still the same Larry McGee who would do anything for a night of hot sex. You know what, Andrew, I love you but I hate the Larry you were and I hate the Andrew you have come.

You let your past mix into your future. What did we promise to each other? Didn't we promise that we wouldn’t let our old lives impact our child’s future? My daughter is in danger and why is it? It is because you and your ex-flame chose to burn our life. Oh, Andrew, I hate everything about you.

After fucking another woman the whole of the night, you have the audacity to come here and make love to me. I hate the places you have touched me and I hate myself for loving you. Go away. I have nothing to do with you.”

I tried really hard to explain but it felt like no matter how hard I tried, Elaine had already made her mind. I knew that she was right in her own way and it would be wrong of me to shout at her. Regardless of how wild Elaine had been in her past years, in the five years, we had been together as Elaine and Andrew, she had never once cheated on me.

Of course, it hurt her but she hadn’t even understood the circumstances. Elaine had completely forgotten what drugs were like and how drugs were the reason they had all messed their lives until they had finally found the right solution and love had guided them in an apt manner.

I knew that Elaine was extremely angry at that moment, but she would soon cool down and I wanted to wait for that. I wondered whether or not to explain but when Elaine left the room, I stopped her and asked her to take some rest as I would stay in the guest room for some time.

Chapter 23:

In the guest room, I felt restless. If it had been any other time, I would be more relaxed as knowing Elaine, I knew that she would eventually come to me and talk to me about it. Elaine was one of the most understanding women and owing to all that she had been through, she knew better than others not to judge someone until you knew their whole story.

I had accepted Elaine with all her flaws and the shoddy past. I had never once questioned any of it and so I knew that Elaine would give me one chance too. But, time was the most crucial of all things. I knew that I had very little time in hand. I not only had to think of a plan but I would have to do something to keep Victoria off too.

I was scared of time not being on my side and how this would impact everything at my end.  I kept pacing the room up and down and tried to strain my ears so I could hear what went on in Elaine’s room. All I heard was the sound of cries and I knew that she was in a lot of pain.

We were all caught in a vicious circle and I cursed Victoria for the hell she had made our life to be. If I could do what I wanted, I would surely kill her. If I could go back in time, I would let Natasha kill her and would never have saved Victoria. The anger that I felt for her was too much and I wanted to vent it out. The big question was how I would do it. She was out there somewhere and I had no clue.

I had more problems to handle than wonder about killing Victoria. I needed Elaine more than ever and I wanted her to be by my side. But, she needed time and time seemed to be one of my biggest enemies at the moment.

I decided not to let time go and I wanted to analyze what I could possibly do. There was just one friend I knew I could still count on and it was Daniel. He was still the best in the world of investigation. There was a part of me that was scared of his life.

I knew that Victoria was ruthless and she wouldn’t mind killing Daniel too, but then again, Daniel knew how to take good care of himself. I had already involved Daniel and so there was no going back.

I had to be careful because I had no idea how many stalkers were out there keeping an eye on my every move. It would be impossible for me to meet Daniel in person and so a call in a locked room seemed like the best thing to do.

Until Elaine’s temper cooled a little, I had to plan the next steps.

I called up Daniel and when he received my call, I immediately filled him in all the details. He was one of those I had not really been much in touch with after I started my life afresh, but this is the thing about best friends, you always bump into them. When I had once bumped into him, he had identified me immediately and I knew that we would hit it off right from where we left it.

“Shit dude, she sounds scary. She doesn’t look sane to me. If a woman has been stalking you for five long years and she is after you even when you have a kid and you are a complete family man too, you have every reason to panic.” As Daniel put forth his analysis, I knew that he was right. I knew that there was a lot of veracity in his words, but I already knew it too. I needed to break free of this trouble and I wanted to know what I could possibly do.

“I know Daniel, but I called you to help me out of this mess. There has to be a way. The thing is I am unable to do much either because I don’t know who is stalking me. Each and every move of mine may be monitored which leaves me with little option.”

“Do you know any of Victoria’s enemy who could possibly help us out? Sometimes you need to be a bad guy to harm a bad guy and I guess with Victoria, we do not have a lot of options. We will need to have her lose this battle and to do so, you need to attack from multiple sources together.”

While I did like the sound of the plan, but I wasn’t clear about what Daniel meant. I needed to know more details so that I could understand what he was signaling.

“Look Andrew – why is Victoria so powerful?” he asked and I knew it was because of her position in the business industry, her money, and her reputation.

In all these years, she had grown to become one of the most powerful designers. Her clothing range had become even more popular and a lot of Hollywood stars too wore it. This had really given her reputation a big boost and she was all set to clinch even the bigger stage.

“What does this have to do with anything pertaining to my life? I am not sure I understand what you mean.” I said as I was clearly confused.

“Think of a situation where in Victoria doesn’t enjoy the same reputation. She faces major loss and her business begins to crumble. In the fiasco and the turmoil, she would find herself, she won’t get a lot of time to concentrate on your case. This would fetch us time and we can then look for her opponents, her enemies and we can reach out to them.

You need to get Victoria in the news because the tabloids always know what to report. They have some of the best inside scoops and this will be our best way to know who to approach. I remember you saving her from her nemesis. What was her name?” Daniel asked and I knew that we were both in the same lane.

“Natasha. She was her personal assistant but she was there to avenge her brother’s death. Victoria had briefly dated Natasha’s brother. He had a drug problem and Natasha thought that it was because of Victoria that he had died when it wasn’t the case. I had caught Natasha, but why would she even help us when I am the one responsible for turning her life upside down.”

I knew I had a point, as much as I wanted to go back in time and let Natasha have her way. I didn’t really know what to do. On paper, the plan sounded perfect but how could I ever bring her downfall. There had been a lot of competitors who had tried very hard to match Victoria’s style and be on par with her, but absolutely nothing came close to her. She went on to become one of the biggest names and making a dent in her reputation would need some serious skills.

As I expressed my concern to Daniel, he simply smiled and said, “Dude, I got the best resources. Being in this industry for so long; I know the right guys. They could tear apart the most powerful political party and you are scared about Victoria, but in the end, she is just an influential business name and it takes a blink of an eye for a business to burn to ashes.”

I knew that when Daniel meant something, he could do it, but at the same time, I knew that I couldn’t take a lot of risks either. I knew that I had to remember that my daughter was still with her.

“Whatever we do, we will have to be very careful mainly because Rosie is still with Victoria. She can do anything to my daughter. If she discovers that I am the one behind all of it, she is going to hurt my daughter to seek her revenge.”

Daniel did understand my point but he made me realize that I had to take a risk. There was no way I could let things fall their own way. I couldn’t be sure of what the future would hold for me, but I couldn’t just sit and do nothing either.

“I am going to ask my men to spread rumors about Victoria’s clothing line and I would like to get her firm under court’s order. I will need to look for the right reasons and I want you to steer clear of it. This way Victoria will not be able to guess that you are the one behind it.”

The idea sounded perfect and I knew that there was a high probability that Daniel would be able to execute it. We decided to not meet and stay in touch via calls so as not to give anyone any kind of lead. Daniel told that he would act fast and would revert as quickly as possible. 

Once Victoria would find her business in tatters, I knew she would panic a little and I could use that time to get some inside scoop on her. Meanwhile, Daniel would also seek Ronald’s help and try to contact Natasha who in turn could help us get more information about Victoria.

In all this planning, I had sent nearly a couple of hours and I decided to pay Elaine a visit. She must have cooled down a little and in order to execute the whole plan, I knew it was important for me to have her by my side.  As I slowly tiptoed out of the room, I wondered what her mood would be and there was a part of me that was not sure if she would ever let me explain.

She was sad and angry and it often made a dangerous state to be in. I wanted to ensure that she was at least willing to listen to me. I knew that if she would listen to me, she would eventually understand why I did what I did.

I went to her room and found that the door was unlocked. I slowly opened the door and went inside.

“Elaine,” I said and I waited for her to respond. When she didn’t say anything, I inched closer and I sat beside her.

“Go away,” she said in a feeble voice which was not even convincing to her own ears. I knew she didn't mean it, but she was hurt and she had every reason to be so.   

“I am sorry Elaine. I am really sorry. I will explain everything to you, but before that, I need your faith and trust in me. Remember everything that we had been together and I know that we stood by each other all this while. I want you to remember all those times and ask yourself, do you really think I would have done this without a reason!

I know that none of the reason would actually justify what I did, but Elaine, of all people, I hoped you would understand what I did. I know we are all stuck and we are in a bad state but as long as I have you with me, I will figure a way out.” As I finished my sentence, I saw Elaine’s resolve break.

“Why did you do this Andrew? I trusted you. You know we promised each other that we would be done with this phase of our life. I had always been faithful to you. Why Andrew? How could you even do this when our daughter was out there and away from both of us? I want to believe that you didn’t do it, but you did and this breaks me. I don’t feel like I would ever be okay again. You have broken each and every part of me.”

I felt sad and I was devastated to hear all of it. I knew that at this point, all Elaine really needed was my support and I had messed things more than I could, but I was sorry for my choices and decisions too.

“Victoria drugged me,” I said and I knew that this was the last thing Elaine wanted to hear. She had been scared of drugs and she had been battling nightmares about it for too long. I knew that this won’t be right on my part but I needed to let her know what had happened.

“Drugs?” was all she said and I knew how much that one word haunted her. I could see the color drain from her face and I held her to comfort her. When it comes to drugs, Elaine had the worst kind of history. She had tried too hard to lock the memories of her past but there it went. I dragged her right away into the same trouble.

“Elaine, don't let it bring you down. You are stronger than these nightmares. You can do this Elaine. Don’t let your past hurt you so badly. I know baby, you can come out of this mess.” I tried to inspire her and I knew that with the right words of encouragement, I would be able to make a difference. This was so needed and I could feel her trying her best to gather a little courage.

“What did she do? Does she know everything about my past?” Elaine asked and I knew that I needed to tell her everything.

“James works for Victoria and is her paid staff. He had taken Rosie along with him and she was safe. I looked at her across the door and I saw that she was completely safe. I wanted to hug Rosie, but that bitch of a woman; she has everything about your life documented.

Victoria has clips of the moments when you killed Rick and she knows everything about my past life. She adds a lot of evidence that could land the two of us in jail in no time. She even threatened me that if I involved the police, she would release all the details to the police and when we would both be in the prison, Rosie would end up in foster and we all know what it could mean.”

“No! Jesus! This can’t happen. How did she have access to all those details? I killed Rick in the middle of nowhere. Was she stalking us all the time?” Elaine asked and she was sure as baffled as I was when I had come to know about it.

“Yes, and she is doing all of this because she hates both of us. She thinks I left her alone and she hates you for being the woman for whom I left her. She wants both of us to suffer and she had waited patiently all this time to finally execute her plan. She asked me to sleep with her so that she could smell the first sniff of victory.”

“Oh, Andrew! I am so sorry, but I still don’t get it how did she drug you!” Elaine asked and I realized how foolish I had been to drink the damn beer.

“It was foolish of me. We had been off drugs for so long that it didn’t strike me that she could have drugged the beer. She came in with two glasses of beer and I was so angry and hurt, I took a drink without thinking. You knew what’s worse, she even filmed the whole thing. What kind of woman she is remains a puzzle to me.

I am sorry Elaine for doing all I did, but both of us know what drugs can make us do. We ruined our own lives for the sake of drugs and it looks like they haven’t left us even now. I woke up in the morning completely naked and with a motherfucking headache. I knew that I was terribly upset and I had an earsplitting pain, but despite all of this, I could remember the last night and guilt flooded all parts of me.”

Elaine looked at me and she cupped my face and gently kissed my lips. I let her kiss me and I wanted to feel that love seep through the deepest parts of me. I knew it was important to let the love soak inside my heart because I was feeling too lost and broken.

“Andrew, I am sorry for judging you. I should have trusted you; I should have let you explain. I know, of all people, the things you can do when you are under drugs. I am the last person to judge you after the debacle which my life had been.