The Florencia Lozano Homepage - Fan Fiction
LIES FEARS & LOVE
BY TROG |
CHAPTER
20 |
chapter 20
LLANVIEW, EARLY EVENING
Todd Manning drove his black Porsche 911 Turbo past the Llanview city limits and headed to a small, private airport in the town of Pilot. The long, sleek sports car hugged the road tightly as it swerved smoothly around every curve and hugged every bend of the dark back road with a rough, powerful competence. The motor growled as he shifted gears, trying to get more speed out of it as he grew more impatient to reach his destination--his body revving and shaking with the need to see her.
His hair blew wildly out his open window and the cool air felt good against his face as the CD player blasted Bruce Springsteen’s “Born To Run ”and the lyrics of the song escaped out into the night.
Baby let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs ‘round these velvet rims
And strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We’ll run till we drop, baby we’ll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
‘Cause baby I’m just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta know how it feels
I want to know if your love is wild
Girl I want to know if love is real
Tea had decided not to meet him in Llanview until he resolved things with Blair. It probably wasn’t smart for them to be meeting at all like this, but there was no way they could stay away from each other now. His plane picked her up over an hour ago and he was to pick her up at Pilot Municipal Airport when she landed. There wouldn’t be much time to spend together, they both had other obligations, but that didn’t matter to them--even a few hours together would be better than being apart for days. His car raced wildly with his heart at the thought of seeing her shortly.
The highway’s jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive
Everybody’s out on the run tonight
But there’s no place left to hide
Together we can live with the sadness
I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul
Oh, someday girl I don’t know when
We’re gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
And we’ll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
Baby we were born to run
The brightness of the city rose up ahead of him as he left the darkness of Llanview behind him and drove off into the light.
RJ Gannon struggled to keep up with Todd Manning, but his borrowed car was no match for a Porsche. A few times he almost swerved right off the road in an effort to keep him in his line of vision--the man drove like he was running from the scene of a crime, and RJ wondered where he was going in such a hurry.
Finally slowing down, Todd pulled onto Airport Road and drove a few miles down the wooded road until the lights of the terminal came into view. Passing the terminal he went along the road and turned into a long driveway that lead to a large, metal airplane hangar and parking beside it, he got out of his car and started walking toward a small, white private jet that was nearby.
RJ parked down the road but he had a clear view from his vantage point since everything was surrounded by chain-link fencing.
As Todd approached the plane, RJ noticed the door was opened and the steps were down. A blond, middle-aged man he didn’t recognize , probably the pilot came out to greet him. They conversed for a few moments then the pilot , headed for the hangar as Todd walked toward the door of the plane. Suddenly Tea appeared at the top of the steps, smiling down at him.
RJ opened his window to get a clearer view. She was wearing a simple sleeveless black dress, sheer black stockings and high heels and her hair hung in long, smooth waves over her shoulders. As she came down the stairs Todd extended his hand to her and pulled her into his arms. Todd was also in a black, loose shirt and pants and as RJ watched them they almost looked like two shadows coming together in the dusk.
A wave of dark jealousy churned inside RJ as he watched them embrace. They came apart and started walking hand in hand back toward Todd’s car and RJ scooted down behind the wheel, afraid that they might notice him, but his widows were tinted dark, and they were so involved with each other they didn’t notice anything.
He watched Todd open the car door for her but before she could get in he reached down and took her into his arms again, but this time he kissed her. It was a long and passionate kiss and their faces remained close long after it was over as they exchanged a few words before both getting into the car. RJ heard the sound of Todd’s powerful engine turn over as they peeled out of the driveway and back onto the road. He slumped down quickly onto his seat as they headed in his direction. When they had passed he made a quick U-turn and followed them at a safe distance.
“Are you hungry?” asked Todd as his eyes tried to focus on the road, “there’s a decent restaurant nearby.”
Tea looked over at him all dressed in black. His loose, raw-silk shirt carelessly untucked, his sleeves rolled back loosely, and a few buttons opened at the neck that revealed the light hairs of his chest. A spark ignited inside her as she reached out and caressed his face and his scar gently.
“Yeah, I am hungry,” she said in a low, sensual voice.
Todd smiled and took her hand, kissing it roughly. Food was the last thing on his mind, but he didn’t want her to think that all he wanted was some quick sex. Being with her was enough for him.
“How’s Leo?”
“He keeps playing with the toys you brought him, querido, he won’t play with anything else.”
“I’ll come by tomorrow afternoon...I don’t want him to forget me,” said Todd quietly.
Tea laughed.
“Oh, I think you made quite an impression on our son...he won’t forget you, I won’t let him.”
Todd kissed her hand again as they reached the town center of Pilot. The town was effluent and the town center was filled with charming tall, old buildings and lampposts. Todd pulled into a parking garage, grabbed a ticket and started going upward.
RJ waited until they disappeared into the garage than followed them in. He followed them at quite a distance and noticed many empty parking spaces which Todd just passed by. By the third level the garage was mostly empty and RJ pulled into a parking space, feeling conspicuous. He exited his car quickly and ran for the stairs which he climbed two at a time. When he reached the 4th level he looked out but it was empty. Finally, climbing to the fifth level he opened the door a crack and saw Todd’s car parked near the edge that looked out on the town--it was the only car parked there. They were walking hand in hand, away from the car, and heading right toward him, but they suddenly turned and RJ noticed they were heading for the elevator. He walked down the stairs, jumping half of them and reached the bottom level just as they were exiting the elevator. Allowing them time to leave the garage and walk out onto the main street, he started to follow them on foot.
They walked to a small restaurant nearby called “Giordano’s” and disappeared through the door. RJ noticed another door and followed a few patrons into the connecting bar.
The place was not crowded being a Wednesday night, but RJ found a spot at the bar where he could watch them at their corner table and not be seen. The restaurant was small, but RJ could tell it was exclusive from the expensive linens and glassware on the tables. He ordered a scotch, sat back and observed.
Todd and Tea ordered their meal and drinks and sat quietly looking at each other.
“Lourdes really liked you,” said Tea making quiet conversation.
“Yeah, well tell her not to get any ideas...I’m spoken for,” he said taking her hand from across the table.
Tea laughed as the waiter opened a bottle of chilled champagne and poured them a glass. Todd watched her drink, the sparkles in the glass glistening like the ones in her eyes. He pushed his chair around the table to be closer to her.
“How are things in Llanview, Todd,” she said, hers eyes becoming darker.
Todd sighed and combed his hair back with his fingers.
“Okay. Starr’s good...I have custody of her since...Blair’s little incident with Max...I don’t know if you heard , but she tried to off him.”
Tea raised an eyebrow and shook her head, taking another sip of champagne.
“There’s nothing between me and Blair....and I’m going to leave her.”
“There’s a daughter between you and Blair....and a baby coming.”
Todd closed his eyes trying to shut the reality out of his brain. He swallowed the rest of his champagne and looked at her.
“I don’t want to be with her but...”
“But...what...”
“She’s been getting these pains, she says their stress related, and every time I try to leave...”
“Let me guess, Todd, she gets a pain?”
Todd stared at her.
“What? You think she’s faking it?”
Tea put her glass down.
“I don’t know Todd. Has she seen her doctor about them?”
“Yeah, I guess. She said she did. Although I wouldn‘t put it past her to fake the pain to keep me in line. Children are weapons to that ....”
“Hey! Calm down, mi amor. Todd if you want to find out if the pain is real, go and see her doctor.”
“Yeah, I will. And if she’s faking, I’m outta there, me and Starr. Now, can we stop talking about Blair--it’s ruining my appetite.”
The waiter brought their appetizers--oysters for Tea and a shrimp cocktail for Todd. Tea watched as Todd attacked his shrimp cocktail with his usual finesse. He dug into it with the salad fork trying to fish out all the shrimp. Tea laughed as the shrimp kept slipping from his fork and back into the cocktail sauce. She knew he was trying to resist using his hands to dig them out, but he was trying to be polite for her sake and she found this so endearing.
“Here, querido, try one of mine.”
Todd stopped fishing and looked down at her oysters which sat on their half-shells and were covered with chopped spinach.
“Ah-ah! I’m not eating that, Delgado, they look like rotting embryos,” he said shaking his head most emphatically.
“Oh, Todd, just try one. These aren’t raw, their cooked. Their called “Oysters Rockerfeller” and their baked in their shells with spinach , parmesan cheese and a little Anisette. Please try one, for me.”
Tea brought the shell close to his lips and speared the oyster, lifting it carefully to his lips which were clamped shut. Finally Todd opened his mouth and closed his eyes, like a child taking medicine, and she shoved it in between his lips. He chewed a few times and then opened his eyes as his face began to relax.
“Hey, those are pretty good, Delgado,” he said reaching for another shell and dumping it quickly into his mouth, then another, and yet another as Tea laughed.
“Take it easy, querido, you know what they say about oysters...” she said teasingly.
Todd stopped eating. He watched her delicately spear the oyster and place it between her luscious lips followed by a swallow of champagne. Tea caught his eye and she stopped eating as well, the longing in his eyes distracting her. She placed her hand lightly on his thigh.
“Let’s get out of here...” Tea said breathlessly.
Todd got up quickly, threw a couple of hundred dollar bills on the table and took her hand, exiting the restaurant so quickly that everyone looked up and watched them leave.
RJ struggled to keep up with them as they entered the parking garage and got into the elevator. Racing up the stairs, he was panting and out of breath by the time he reached the fifth level. He cracked open the door slightly and saw them kissing halfway between the elevator and the car. Slipping in unobserved he made his way behind a concrete pillar just a few feet away from them. Only a few lights were on on this level but it was a clear, starry night and he could observe them easily. They continued walking toward the car which was only a few yards away, stopping to kiss along the way.
As they neared the car Tea put her hand out and ran it along the roof admiringly.
“This is a beautiful car,” she remarked.
Todd came up behind her, slipping his arms around her waist and pulling her against him as he whispered in her ear.
“ Do you want to do it in the car, Delgado,” he asked jokingly as her kissed her neck softly.
“No,” she said, turning around with a suggestive smile and looking into his eyes, “I want to do it on the car.”
Todd’s body reacted as she walked around to the front of his Porsche Turbo and stood there waiting for him to join her, a challenging look in her eye. Todd smiled and walked over to her, standing directly in front of her and looking over her shoulder at the long, sleek hood of his black car. Dropping her purse on the floor, Tea’s arms went up around him and brought his face down to hers.
“You know, Todd Manning, I’ve always had this fantasy...” she whispered as her lips met his.
They kissed slowly and deeply, tasting and savoring the silky, warm wetness of each others mouths. Their bodies strained against one another’s wanting more closeness. Stroking the length of her back, he grasped her bottom, pulling her against him more firmly as she arched her back against him to try and satisfy his urgent and swelling desire. Pulling away to catch his breath and finding her throat , he grazed the smooth skin and sucked it gently hearing her gasp softly at his touch. His hands glided over her breasts, but her dress was a hindrance to him, he wanted to feel her warm skin beneath his hands, so he reached around for her zipper and began pulling it down to Tea’s delight.
RJ Gannon was strangely enthralled. A part of him was raging with jealousy, but he was still a man, partly aroused, partly disgusted and partly fascinated by the spectacle that was playing out before him. He knew he should leave them in this private moment, but he couldn’t take his eyes away, like some helpless insect caught in their erotic web.
Todd opened her zipper and pulled her dress down over her shoulders, letting it slip to the concrete floor of the garage. He gasped as he gazed down on her, naked except for sheer, black, thigh-high stockings with lacy tops, and black heels leaving the ordinarily glib Todd Manning, speechless as he raised an eyebrow and smiled at her naughtiness. Tea smiled up at him and began undoing the buttons on his shirt, yanking it open and peeling it off his body, flinging it into the air. She undid his belt and unzipped him carefully, than tugged at his pants pushing them down along with his briefs to his ankles. Reaching down, he removed the clothing from around his ankles along with his loafers. Finally they were naked, and free to love each other.
Tea looked down at his beautiful body, hard and aroused for her. Lifting her hand to his face she caressed it delicately letting it trail down the side of his neck, over his smooth shoulder and down the length of his muscular arm and finding his hand, she squeezed it affectionately. Slipping her hand out of his, she moved it to his hip and taking his swollen organ in her hand she rubbed its delicate head in a circular motion around the rough lace at the top of her stockings as Todd moaned and fell against her , reeling with the overwhelming sensation.
Todd was panting into her hair and as she continued to play with him, delicious waves ran through him and he knew he was nearing his limit. Pushing her away gently , he laid her back on the hood of the car as he loomed above her, enchanted and aroused by her naked beauty. He leaned over her, holding himself up with one arm on the hood, and looking down at her body as he began searching for something.
“Tea, where’s your scar? From having Leo,” he asked looking into her lovely face.
Tea pointed to the scar as Todd leaned closer and looked at the small, neat strip of brown hair between her thighs. His fingers searched until he saw the small, U-shaped scar right below the hair line and traced its shape with his finger tips. Leaning down he pressed his lips to the scar and planted tiny, loving kisses of loving gratitude there as Tea trembled against his mouth.
“Thank you. Thank you for Leo,” he said sliding up beside her.
Tea had tears in her eyes as she pulled him into a passionate kiss. He moved his hand down her body, caressing and kneading her breasts and rubbing the nipples with his thumb as she moaned sweetly into his mouth. Caressing her belly, he stopped to touch her scar again, then went further below through her dark, secret garden and finding her wet, silky essence, played there. Her body arched in response and pushed against him as he rubbed and pressed his fingers against her body and he watched her face shivering with pleasure and excitement. His hands and fingers manipulated her like she were some beautiful instrument and she uttered beautiful notes--a sexual melody-- as his playing intensified.
There mouths crushed one another’s as their bodies begged for the sweet release that awaited them. Tea pulled away from him, breathing heavily and touched his face with sweet adoration.
“Come into me, querido...now...” she said , her voice trembling. “ Te quiero.”
Todd rolled over her and held his weight on his hands above her as her thighs spread apart eagerly for him. He entered her gently then pushed hard, driving deeply into her and their cries echoed of the empty walls of the garage, magnifying the sound. Her silk-stockinged legs pressed tightly around his hips and she planted her black, high-heels firmly into the bumper as he drove into her with long, slow thrusts that left her shaking with pleasure as he watched her. He wanted to give her pleasure, to thank her body for giving him a child. Reaching down, he rubbed her sensitive nib with his finger as he pulled in and out of her, increasing his rhythm as she started to come, then, slowing down again to keep her from coming, keeping her on the edge of ecstasy. Playing her like a master musician. Her eyes were closed and her parted lips swollen from kissing, uttering little cries of pleasure as he burrowed rhythmically inside her.
He wanted to do this all night to her but he was about to explode as she pressed her muscles against him tightly causing more friction and playing his instrument with equal precision and virtuosity--driving him out of his mind. The car bounced and squeaked below them as he started pumping harder, letting his body take sweet, savage control. She pushed harder and faster against him, wanting release from his lovely torture until she called out something in Spanish and shook wildly below him, and, seeing her climax wildly, he let go and exploded inside her, calling out her name, and collapsing on top of her.
Their bodies continued to rock against one another’s, greedy for more pleasure, as powerful waves of ecstasy flooded through them, diminishing slowly to a gentle throbbing, and gradually losing their intensity but leaving behind something much more powerful, an afterflow--an emotional bond between two lovers--a burning fire of love that could not be as easily extinguished as the one in their bodies.
Their damp, trembling bodies relaxed and they struggled to catch their breaths as Todd stretched out and looked over at her, pushing her damp hair away from her flushed , sated face and looking deeply into her eyes--panting and smiling.
“I love you,” he said with a lump in his throat, his eyes misty.
“I love you more,” she said, drowning in his gaze.
“No...not possible,” he said, overcome, as he pulled her into his arms and they lay there together, naked, on the hood of his car looking up at the starry sky above them. Todd looked up at the moon and the stars, feeling Tea in his arms. He was in heaven.
RJ Gannon watched with the blackest envy and choked on his bitter jealousy as he slipped away and headed quietly for the door, and opening it slowly, went away.
The naked, sated lovers laid outstretched on top of the hood of Todd’s car like two satisfied, well-fed, cats stretching in the sun. He raised himself up on his elbow and smiled as he watched the dreamy expression on her face.
“So, you really like my car, Delgado?”
Looking up at him with a killer smile, she reached up and fingered his goatee playfully.
“I love this car, me amor and I specially like the way you handle it. The way you shift gears and maneuver it in and out of tight places, you really know how to use its equipment. And I love the speed--nice and slow around the curves and quick along the straitaways. And the ride it gives, querido, a little rough in places but always thrilling and powerful, just the way I like it. This baby looks sleek and sexy, but the engine was obviously built for performance and endurance.”
Todd laid back down laughing as he pulled her back into his arms.
“Is it better than it was with those other Bozos you ...slept with,” he asked quietly looking up at the night sky.
Tea sat up, surprised by his question, and looked down at him still seeing the insecurity in his beautiful, about his manhood. Reaching down she caressed his chest lovingly.
“Querido, they were nothing to me, just mistakes and distractions. As lovers they were boys compared to you and they never made me feel like this--so fulfilled and so free and so wild ...and so loved.”
He looked up at her with uncertainty.
“Even...after all the stuff I told you...about what my father did to me.”
She laid back down and put her arms around him.
“I think its better now. Before I always felt like there was a wall between us, now there is nothing, no more barriers. And you, Todd Manning, are an incredible lover--better than I’d ever imagined in my wildest fantasies,” she said kissing his neck.
Todd smiled to himself, thrilled that he could satisfy her sexually. Sex had always been a source of horror, violence and fear in the past and he had been so terrified of disappointing her, afraid he could never love a woman in this way. He had no idea that sex between them would be so astonishing.
“What about Blair? Do I measure up?”
Todd sat up and looked down at her confusedly.
“You’re kidding right? Tea, Blair’s a corpse in bed, I’ve had a better time with my own hand!”
Tea laughed and sat up with him.
“Todd, you don’t have to joke with me. You loved her once and I’m sure the sex wasn’t all bad.”
“That’s because I had nothing else to compare it to except my illustrious past. I was so desperate for anyone to...love me... I even fell for Blair...and even allowed myself to believe what we had was love...but now I know it wasn‘t. Sex was never good for me, not until now...with you. You know Delgado, you’re a great lawyer...but I think you missed your calling.”
Tea laughed and smacked him playfully as his arms caught her and kissed her.
“Querido, I’m going to have to get going soon,” she said sadly.
Todd sighed and looked at his watch.
“We still have some time.”
They leaned against each other and touched softly.
“We’ll be together soon, I promise,” said Todd.
“It won’t be easy, Todd, not with three children between you and me and...Blair.”
Todd suddenly looked depressed and Tea was sorry she mentioned his predicament, but reality had a way of intruding on their world. She leaned in and kissed him, her lips trying to undo the damage of her words. His mouth welcomed hers and let her shut off his mind, with her tongue and her lips. His hands slid around her slender waist and pulled her closer.
“You want to go for another ride?” he whispered.
“Are you sure you’re up for it?”
Todd looked down at himself and back up at her.
“Oh, I’m definitely up for it.”
She started laughing and pushed him down on the hood as she straddled him.
“Okay, but this time, I’m driving,” she said, smiling down at him, “and querido, I’m going to take you somewhere where you’ve never been before.”
Todd laid back laughing.
“Oh no, a woman driver! Should I wear a seat-belt, Delgado?”
Tea leaned over his face and spoke to him in a low, sexy whisper.
“I’ll be your seat-belt...and you’re going to need it, amor, because we’re definitely going to crash,” she said, crashing her mouth against his.
"Born To Run" written by Bruce Springsteen
to be continued...
2001 Copyright by Trog
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