The Remote Seduction (6 page)

Sully hands a dollar to the carny
worker.
 
“Here's your buck.”

The carny worker takes the dollar from
Sully and hands him a rifle.
 
Sully
aims and shoots. He hits the target dead center.

“Lucky shot,” Katrina says.

Sully cocks the gun.
 
Aims and shoots.
 
He hits the target again.
 
He cocks the gun.
 
Aims and shoots.
 
Another direct hit.

The carny worker, Katrina, and those
around are looking pretty impressed.

Sully cocks the gun.
 
Aims and shoots.
 
Fourth direct hit!

“One more shot,” the carny worker directs
Sully.

Sully cocks the gun.
 
Aims and shoots. Direct hit. Bells ring
announcing a winner. All those around, including Katrina, cheer for Sully.

“Pick a prize from the top shelf,” the
carny worker tells Sully.
 
The top
shelf features large cuddly stuffed animals.

Sully looks at Katrina.
 
“You pick the one you want.”

“I don't want to deprive you of a cuddly
critter.”

“It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.”

Katrina regards the stuffed animals like
a kid in the candy store.
 
She
points.
 
“I'll take that one.”
 
The carny worker hands Katrina an
adorable gorilla.

“Thank you,” Katrina smiles warmly at
Sully.
 
Sully and Katrina resume
their walk down the fairway.

“You're quite the shooter,” Katrina
proclaims.

“I was in the service for twelve years.
An Army Ranger.”

Sully stops to watch the merry-go-round,
his expression has gone serious which is in stark contrast to the fun the kids
and parents are having on the ride.
 
Katrina notices.

“I was dishonorably discharged,” Sully
offers quietly.

Katrina senses that this is a sensitive
topic for Sully.
 
She’s thinking
maybe this is why Paolo wanted to hide behind anonymity.
 
“Do you want to talk about it?”
 
She asks.

He does, but he can't bring himself to
look Katrina in the eyes as he does. “My sarge was bullying this old guy who
had mouthed off to him.
 
The old
guy was no threat, he had to have been at least eighty, he was just pissed at
the circumstances of the war and taking it out on us.
 
But sarge, he kept shoving the old guy.
 
And then kicked the old guy when he
fell down.
 

I stepped in between sarge and the old
guy before he could kick him again. Sarge told me to stand down.
 
I wouldn't.
 
So he shoved me.
 
I shoved him back. He stumbled, hit his head, just right, on the corner
of our jeep.
 
He lingered in a coma
for two months before he died.”

The pain in Sully’s eyes breaks Katrina’s
heart, she tries to offer comforting words. “Sounds like an unfortunate
accident to me.
 
You tried to do
the right thing by helping the old man.”

“I disobeyed a direct order. I was told
to stand down and I didn't.”

“I think it’s true that there’s a higher
order and you stood for that, you did what was right and not what was
expected.
 
That takes guts.”
 

Sully’s not buying it, his guilt is too
deep.
 
Katrina tenderly touches
Sully's hand, trying to offer comfort. “You can't change the past. You need to
make peace with it and let go.”

“It's been defining my life ever since,”
Sully’s eyes are filled with sadness, regret and guilt.

“Today, tonight, is a fresh start,”
Katrina encourages, hoping to pull Sully from his sadness.
 
He turns and looks her in the eyes
where all he sees is compassion and it touches his heart.
 
Maybe somehow tonight could be a fresh
start for him, her eyes are certainly encouraging him and believing in
him.
 

Katrina gives him a warm smile as she
nudges him towards the merry-go-round.
 
“Come on, let's go on a ride.”

“Not that one.”
 
Sully points to the ferris wheel. “That one.”

“Not a fan of heights,” Katrina shares.

Sully takes her hand. “I won't let
anything happen to you.”

They approach the ferris wheel in time
for a new ride.
 
The carny worker
fastens Sully and Katrina into the bucket seat.

The bucket swings as the wheel begins to
move.
 
As they climb higher Katrina
holds her breath, clutching the gorilla for dear life.
 
Sully gives her a reassuring smile.
“Breathe,” he tells her.
 
She does.

When they reach the top and the
spectacular view becomes clear Katrina's worry turns to wonder.
 
Sully puts his arm around her - and she
lets him.
 
He snuggles her close to
him.
 
She rests her head in the
nook of his shoulder.
 
He tenderly
kisses the top of her forehead.
 
At
this very moment his feelings for Katrina have turned real. Very real.

When the ride is over, Katrina and Sully
walk away from the ferris wheel.

“What a view,” Katrina marvels.
 
“And to hear the sound of the waves and
see all the stars in the sky.”

“Pretty amazing, huh?” Sully offers.

“Yeah, pretty amazing,” She agrees.

“This whole night so far has been pretty
amazing,” he says truly believing it.
 
He looks at her, vulnerable, hoping she'll agree.

Katrina smiles warmly as she flirts.
“Anchovies and a stuffed gorilla, what more could a girl want?”

Sully twinkles.
 
“How about something fun to drink?”

*****

Inside the Cantina a Mariachi band plays
a festive song.
 
The stuffed
gorilla sits in a chair with a Sombrero on its head.
 
Sully and Katrina suck a slice of lime, down a shot of
tequila and then lick the salt off their hands.
 
Katrina winces at the taste.

Sully grabs Katrina's hand.
 
“Come on, let's dance.”

And they do.
 
Exuberantly.
 
To
the lively Mexican music.
 
Sully
dances over towards the waiter.
 
“Dos disparos de tequila, por favor.”

Katrina and Sully finish the dance, do
another shot, and then some more festive dancing.

The band plays a slow sensual song.
 
Sully takes Katrina in his arms and
they dance.
 
Ignited by the night’s
events and the tequila, sparks are flying between them. He pulls her closer, as
close as he can.
 
As they continue
to dance Sully kisses her neck. He whispers in her ear...

“Francesca.”

Katrina stops dancing and locks eyes with
Sully.
 
In this exact moment she
one hundred percent believes with absolute certainty that Sully is her
Paolo.
 
The look of love and
longing in her eyes is too much for him.
 
He pulls her close and kisses her.
 
Kisses her hard.
 
This isn’t
a tender, romantic kiss, this is a kiss combusting with passion and
desire.
 
Their tongues dance
together, their bodies desperately wanting more.

“Let’s get out of here,” Sully utters,
barely able to control his longing for her for another minute.

*****

On a grassy knoll above the beach,
secluded by rocks and a stones throw from the parking lot, Sully and Katrina
are in a passionate embrace.
 
The
kissing is intense; they are both consumed with combustible desire.

Katrina pulls off Sully's jacket (with
the bug still attached) and tosses it on the ground; it lands next to the
gorilla.

Sully runs his hands along the outside of
Katrina’s thighs where he grabs the edges of her cotton dress.
 
He draws the dress up, the backs of his
fingers running along her skin as he does, his touch sending shivers throughout
her body.
 
He pulls the dress up
over her shoulders and discards it.

Sully unfastens her bra and removes
it.
 
He cups her breasts and runs
his fingers around her hard nipples.
 
She moans with pleasure as she presses her nearly naked body to his
feeling his desire for her growing and hardening.
  
She pulls off his tee shirt and unzips his jeans.
 
They work frantically together to
disrobe Sully’s pants and their bottoms.
 
They embrace, reveling in the feel of their warm naked bodies molded
together.

Then Sully pulls back, confusing
Katrina.
 
He looks her in the eyes,
and with heartfelt honesty tells her, “This is real. So very real. No matter
what happens after this night, please know this is real. Please know what I’m
feeling for you
is
real.”

Katrina replies presuming he’s Paolo.
“I'm so glad this is finally real.
 
You have no idea how I've longed to know you. To be able to touch you in
person.”

Sully grabs her as close as he can while
nuzzling his face in her neck so she can’t see him wince.
 
He knows that she’s with him only
because she thinks he’s Paolo and he’s totally conflicted knowing he’s scamming
her while desperately wanting her at the same time - and wanting her to want
him, no one else.
 
He blocks out
all of the conflicting thoughts to focus on the lovemaking.
 
Nothing else matters to him at this
moment, only her, only Katrina.

Sully kisses Katrina and kisses her
hard.
 
She meets his passion, her
tongue seducing his.
 
He lures her
down onto the soft grass.
 
They lay
embraced and kissing, their hands exploring each other’s firm bodies, Katrina
responding to his strong touch.
 
Sully runs his hand along her thigh moving it up seeking her special
spot.
 
She spreads her legs to welcome
his caress.
 
His fingers find her
wet and aroused; she arches her hips into his probing fingers.
 

He spreads her legs further apart as he
moves on top of her.
 
As he thrusts
his hardness deep inside of Katrina, he whispers in her ear, “I want you so
desperately.”
 
He thrusts deeper
and deeper into Katrina as if he could consume her and make everything all
right with the passion that was exploding between them.
 

A year of pent up desire for Paolo and
the exquisite joy of having him make unbridled love to her is too much, she
erupts concealing her joyous cries against Sully’s bare chest.
 
Her consummated pleasure and the
writhing of her body inspired by his caresses and his thrusts overwhelm him and
he joins her in experiencing ecstasy.
 

After the explosive lovemaking, Sully
remains inside of Katrina as he tenderly kisses her, holding her close. “I’ve
never felt this way before,” Sully reveals to her in all honesty, baring his
feelings to her.
 

“You have no idea how long I’ve wanted
this, Paolo.” she whispers. She says the name with so my love and desire it
nearly breaks Sully’s heart.

*****

Nearby in the parking lot, the dark SUV
is parked amongst a couple of dozen cars.

Inside the SUV…

Walter and the two agents have been
listening to the sexual encounter as heard from Walter's mechanical spy bug
attached to Sully's jacket collar.

Walter grins lasciviously.
  
“He's got her.
 
Get ready to move.”

On the grassy knoll by the beach…

Sully and Katrina lay spent, still
entwined.
 
They hear loud noises
from the parking lot, breaking their passionate ‘rendezvous.’
 
They quickly redress, Sully puts on his
jacket, they grab the gorilla and, holding hands, head for the parking lot.

In the parking lot…

Sully and Katrina look around, no one is
there.

Sully presses the alarm button on his
keychain.
 
A nearby car flashes its
lights in response.
 
Sully and
Katrina head for Sully’s car.

The two agents jump out of the shadows
with guns drawn and pointed at Sully and Katrina.
 
Sully stands in front of Katrina protectively blocking her
from the guns pointed at them.