Fragrance of Revenge (28 page)

Chapter 87

She knew Chris had one thing on
his mind at the present time and it wasn’t her…he was intent on finding
anything of monetary value. He told her he was sure Stephen kept cash on hand.
He couldn’t have gotten ten thousand dollars out of the bank, as it was Sunday.
It would keep him busy. She, on the other hand, was trying to understand why
her father sent her away. She knew she was an ugly child, but there had to be
more to it.

It was somewhat strange to be
walking around her parents’ house without any clothes, but who was going to see
her, or them? She avoided looking at her father’s body in the foyer and went to
the living room.

The room was tastefully decorated
in reds, whites and some light blue. The two main couches were a light blue and
the other smaller one was a cream color. The red curtains were drawn and hung
down almost to the floor. There were nautical paintings on the wall along with
some photographs of sailboats. There was a grand piano in the corner with many framed
pictures.

She made her way over to the
pictures and saw an older man with two girls. One of the girls looked like her
when she was that age. It was Melanie her twin sister. The other she imagined
was Mercedes, who was only a few years younger. They all looked like they were
enjoying being together.

There were many other family shots
but Mercedes’ Harvard graduation picture caught her attention. She could see her
features were similar to hers. She was extremely attractive, with long red hair
pulled down over one shoulder accenting the swell of her breasts beneath the
gown.
She wondered what it would have been like to grow up with her sisters.
Would she have attended Harvard too? Would her sister have been so screwed up?
She
wanted to know more about Melanie.

Chris was moving pictures in the
room now looking for a safe. “Find anything Chris?”

“I found one safe upstairs but I
don’t have the combination. Are you finding anything interesting?”

“Just some interesting family
pictures. Is there an office upstairs?”

“Yeah, all the way down the hall,
the last door on the left.”

She went over to Chris and grabbed
both of his ears and forced a kiss on his lips. She purposely invaded his mouth
with her tongue. She felt his body coming to life. “I was wondering who the
person was in here with me…I didn’t recognize his lifeless protrusion.” Her
hand was busy coaxing a proper salute. “There’s my Chris. Would you rather I
went up and played with Scott instead?”

She felt his hands grab the cheeks
of her ass and pull her body tightly against him. Her head was against his
chest and she turned and bit his neck.

“Owe. That hurts.”

“You love the attention and you
know it.”

“Don’t you feel badly that your
parents are dead?”

“Not really…I didn’t know them,
and they obviously didn’t know me. My father didn’t care enough about me to
tell my mother I existed. He never ever asked about how I was doing.”

“What about the doctor?”

“What about him?”

“Aren’t you upset that you killed
him?”

“He deserved what he received more
than anybody else. I wish I had more time to have him feel the pain of what I
did to him before I slit his throat. He treated me like a piece of meat.” She
pushed him away and rushed out of the room.

*.*.*

It took her quite a while to find
what she was looking for, but she found it. In her father’s desk she found
false bottoms in both the left and right hand bottom drawers. In the drawer on
the left she found Melanie’s diary. In the other drawer she found something
more upsetting.

In that drawer were pictures and
reports from Doctor Adler to her father. As she read through the reports it was
obvious her father was very much interested in her progress. The doctor was the
one who was delaying her release back into her family’s life. Her father even
requested meeting with her to explain what had happened.

Doctor Adler replied that she
wasn’t quite ready for the shock and he was gradually introducing more and more
of the outside world to her.

He was not doing anything of
the sort…in fact he was treating her more like a sex slave. She thought of what
she did to his body and wished she still had those parts…so she could cut them
into tiny pieces.

Now she was truly sorry her
father wasn’t here. In his own way he loved her and wanted to bring her back
into the family. However, he was worried what it would do to her mother since
she was in a fragile state. There’s no going back and undoing what had
happened. I’m sorry dad…I really didn’t know how you felt.

She read every piece of
correspondence and how the doctor purposely twisted the facts to maintain her
presence. If it wasn’t for Chris she might not have learned about all of this.
She put the material back in the bottom of the drawer and put the wood cover
over it, and then the other material on top of it.
Why the hell am I doing
that?

For the first time she felt the
leather of the chair. She was sticking to the leather and lifted herself and
heard the noise her skin made. She sat back down and picked up Melanie’s diary.

*.*.*

She looked to where the writing
stopped and there were not that many blank pages left. She started at the
beginning of the diary which dealt with her childhood. There was a pattern to
the entries. Many dealt with going with her grandfather on his boat. Mercedes
and she were close, but it was obvious, based on the comments, that Melanie
tried her best to garner more of her grandfather’s praise.

She was not reading every page,
but glancing at the content. She could feel eyes on her and looked up to see
Chris standing in the doorway. “I brought you something.” He was holding a gray
Harvard T-shirt. She smiled at him and he brought the shirt over. “You look
like you could use a cover. What are you doing?”

She put the diary down and put
both arms up and he put the shirt over her arms. She stood and pulled it down
and it was long enough to cover most of her bottom. She did a pirouette and he
smiled. “I like it,” he acknowledged.

“Why Chris, don’t tell me you are
getting embarrassed by my naked body.”

“No not at all. I just found it in
your father’s closet and thought you would like to wear it.”

“You just want the thrill of
taking it off. Do you think it’s too short?” She pulled it up a little and made
him smile.

“I think you look very sexy in it.
From where I’m standing it looks just the right length.”

“Judging from your body’s reaction
I would say you’re correct. I wonder if Scott will react the same way.” She
could tell he didn’t like her comment. “Don’t worry…I won’t ignore you or your
body.” Her fingers touched him.

“So, what did you find?” He looked
down at the book.

“You just want to change my
focus.”

“No, you know I’m more than ready
whenever you are. I haven’t found anything else anywhere, and need to get this
safe open.”

“I found some material my dad had
hidden regarding my progress. He wanted me to come home, but was concerned
about whether my mother could handle the shock. We now know his concern was
justified. I wish I had known how he felt. This is my twin sister’s diary. It
could get very interesting, but I’m reading about when she was a teenager right
now.”

“Are you hungry Alexis? I am.”

“Not really. I’m going to read her
journal. If you want to sit on the desk I can do two things at once. How about
you sit there and I’ll read what she wrote. You might just get more excited.”

“I can see you like the feel of
the material against your body, your nipples are swelled.”

She lifted her T-shirt and watched
his eyes focus, the corner of his mouth gave a hint of a smile, and she saw his
erection twitch. She pulled him down and pulled his head to her chest. “Oh that
feels so good. I’ll give you a day to stop.”

The phone’s ring made them both
jump.

He stood and she swiveled back and
they both stared at the phone. They looked at each other trying to decide
whether they should answer it. Her thought was if someone knew her father was
home, along with her mother, and no one answered, it might alert whoever was
calling there was a problem.

She lost count of the number of
rings, but it stopped. “Chris, not answering the phone could be a big problem,
especially if someone knew both of them were supposed to be home.”

“Alexis, it’s a Monday after a
holiday weekend. Your father should be at work…I would think. I think I better
keep looking for that combination.”

“Yeah, it looks like the ringing
took all your excitement away. I could change that, but I agree, keep looking
for the combination. I want to finish reading her journal. Oh, how is our guest
doing? Do you want me to check?”

“No. I think I should be the one
who checks on him…that is if you want to make progress on your reading.”

“You really are jealous of him,
aren’t you?”

He didn’t immediately answer. “I
didn’t like the fact the doctor had you for extended periods, and thought it
was going to be different when he wasn’t around any longer. Now you seem to
really enjoy Scott…or more appropriately, Scott’s body.”

He is jealous.
“I’ll try
not to ignore you when I’m entertaining myself. Besides, you were going to
punish him for his escape attempt. I would like very much to watch that, but if
you want to hurt him…just leave enough for both of us to enjoy punishing him
together.”

“Maybe I will do that. If I do, I
will try not to focus on the parts you seem to enjoy so much.”

She watched his naked ass as he
left the room and she reached for the diary to finish reading what her twin
wrote.

Once again I have two
attractive men to entertain myself. There will be only one soon. I haven’t made
up my mind yet who the winner is going to be. Our next session should help me
make a really tough decision, but it will be even tougher for one of them. She
remembered the doctor’s shocked expression when he realized what she was going
to do with the razor.

She couldn’t hold back her smile.

Chapter 88

“Paddy, I don’t like this at all,”
Mike announced.

“What?”

“I just called the airline and Mercedes’
plane is being diverted to Miami. They wouldn’t say why. However, what really
surprises me is that there is no answer at Stephen’s house.”

“Didn’t you just talk with him
this morning?”

“Yes, and he hung up on me when he
heard a click on the phone. I think his wife heard what he was talking about.”

“I think we need to have the
precinct do a drive-by to see if they see anything out of the norm, and see if
his car is in the driveway.”

“Okay, you do that and I’m going
to check with Paul to see if there is anything new on spotting Sullivan’s car.”

He tried but Paul was not
available and they indicated they would have him return the call shortly.

“Hi Mike, this is Paul. I was busy
trying to track down a report of two men and a woman checking into a hotel in Burlington. As best we can tell by the condition of the room it was probably them. That
means they are staying in the area. What’s up?”

“Thanks Paul. This might tie in
with that report. I personally talked with Stephen Strong this morning and he
was going to be at his home all day. I just tried his home and there is no
answer. At this point I’m a little worried. Do you think you could have a unit
swing by to see if they spot anything strange at his home?”

“We do have a surveillance unit
there. Let me touch base with them to see whether there is anything strange. Do
you want to try him again on another line to see if you can reach him? In the
meantime, I will get in touch with the unit. I’ll stay on the line. Give me a
few minutes though.”

“I’ll try Stephen again.”

“Paddy, Paul thinks the three
people put up in a Burlington hotel last night, but they are not there now. He
is going to have a unit swing by Stephen’s house to see if they spot anything
strange. He wants me to try Stephen again.”

He watched Paddy put two coffee
cups on his desk. He quickly dialed Stephen’s number again. “Thanks for the
coffee.”

They let the phone ring about ten
times. “No answer.” He hung it up and picked up Paul’s line. “Paddy, I think
this is an indication something is going on at Stephen’s house. I just hope
we’re not too late. They have already killed one person, and they know we know
who they are…they have nothing to lose killing Scott.”

“Mike, yeah it’s me. The unit is
making a swing by the house now and will make a second swing a minute later and
will contact me directly with what he observes. Any word on Mercedes?”

“As a matter of fact her plane is
being diverted to Miami and we are trying to find out why. At least she is
headed home.”

“Hold Mike.”

He could hear Paul talking in the
background. “Okay, here’s the story. There is no car in the driveway, but
without checking the garage Stephen’s car could be in there. There are lights
on in what looks like the kitchen area and lights on upstairs.”

“That doesn’t sound right when the
phone isn’t being answered. I suggest the unit check for a car in the garage
and anything out of order around the house. I don’t need to tell you, that if
Scott and the abductors are in the house and spot someone checking the
property…well it could get messy.”

“I understand. I’ll have them park
out of sight and check on foot. Anything else? How about checking the
neighborhood while he is at it?”

“Sounds good. How can we reach
you?”

“I’ll just stay by this phone
until I get the results.”

“We’ll be here as well.”

“Paddy, Paul is going to have the
unit check out the property on foot. You know all that material at Doctor
Adler’s house would give them Stephen’s address.”

“You’re right Mike. If Alexis has
any of her twin sister’s genes, she might want to revenge what has happened to
her for all these years. We saw what she did to the doctor.”

“I just hope she doesn’t want to
hurt Scott to get back at her other sister, Mercedes. I think if Scott makes it
out of this alive, he will surely keep his distance on any future
investigations.”