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 [chapter three:raelynn scott]

   AS I ZOOMED FROM THE PARKING LOT I REALIZED THAT I PROBABLY COULD HAVE
HANDLED THAT SITUATION A LOT BETTER.  I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND BANGING
MY HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL A FEW TIMES.  A MINIVAN FULL OF KIDS WAS
STOPPED BESIDE ME AND I WONDERED IF THEY WERE ENJOYING THE SHOW.  THE LIGHT
TURNED GREEN AND I SPED AWAY.  I MADE IT TO MY HOUSE IN NO TIME AT ALL AND
PARKED QUICKLY.  MARTA WAS STANDING IN THE KITCHEN WHEN I SLAMMED INTO THE
HOUSE.

   "MISS SCOTT?...  MISS SCOTT?" SHE CALLED AFTER ME AND I STOPPED FIGURING
THERE REALLY WAS NO PLACE TO RUN.

   "YEA MARTA?" I SPUN AROUND AND ASKED HER.

   "THE SINK WAS LEAKING SO I CALL JAVIAR.  HE COME TOMORROW AND FIX SINK
MISS SCOTT."

   JAVIAR WAS HER SON."OKAY.  HOW MUCH IS HE CHARGING ME MARTA?"

   "OH NO MISS SCOTT!  JAVIAR NOT CHARGE YOU ONE PENNY.  YOU ARE VERY NICE
TO MY FAMILY.  I WILL NO LET HIM CHARGE YOU TO FIX LITTLE SINK." SHE SMILED
BRIGHTLY AND I NODDED AT HER.

   "WELL THANK YOU MARTA.  IF YOU NEED ANYTHING YOU LET ME KNOW.  I'M GONNA
GO UP TO MY ROOM.  PLEASE DON'T DISTURB ME."

   "I NO DISTURB YOU MISS SCOTT.  THANK YOU." SHE TURNED AND WALKED BACK
INTO THE KITCHEN.  I WENT UP TO MY ROOM AND SHUT THE DOOR.  I STOOD AGAINST
IT AND LOOKED AT THE RUMPLED SHEETS.  ONLY ABOUT TEN HOURS EARLIER CAITLIN
HAD BEEN LAYING BENEATH ME IN THAT BED.  I WALKED OVER AND BEGAN FURIOUSLY
RIPPING THE SHEETS FROM MY BED.  I BALLED EVERYTHING UP AND TOSSED IT INTO
A BAG.  I SET IT IN FRONT OF MY DOOR IN THE HALL AND LOCKED THE DOOR AGAIN.


   I SAT ON THE EDGE OF MY BARE BED AND STARED AT THE DOOR.  SOMETHING
CAUGHT MY EYE AND I WALKED OVER TO THE EDGE OF MY DRESSER.  I SQUATTED DOWN
AND PICKED UP THE SMALL SILVER CARD.  CAITLIN'S NAME AND NUMBER WHERE
PRINTED IN NEAT LITTLE BLOCK LETTERS.  I STARED AT THE NUMBERS AND REALIZED
IT WAS A CELLPHONE NUMBER.  I SLIPPED IT INTO MY POCKET AND WENT OVER TO MY
COMPUTER.

   AFTER TWENTY MINUTES ON GOOGLE I KNEW MORE ABOUT LITTLE MISS CAITLIN
KAVANAGH THEN I WANTED TO.  I STARED AT THE PICTURE OF HER FATHER, CONLAN
KAVANAGH.  MY ANGER WAS BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE AS I STARED AT THE PICTURE.
I WOULD HAVE LIED IF MY FATHER WAS THE MOST NOTORIOUS MAN IN BOSTON.  HE
HAD SUPPOSEDLY KILLED MORE PEOPLE THEN ANY SERIAL KILLER IN THE WORLD BUT
HAD YET TO BE CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME.

   I RAN A HAND THROUGH MY HAIR AND SIGHED.  MAYBE I WAS TOO HARSH ON HER.
I STOOD UP AND WALKED OVER TO MY BED.  I TOOK HER CARD OUT OF MY POCKET AND
FLIPPED IT OVER AND OVER IN MY HANDS.  WHEN I HAD FINALLY WORKED UP ENOUGH
COURAGE, I DIALED THE NUMBER FROM MY CELL.  IT RANG TWICE AND HER VOICE
DRIFTED OVER THE LINE.

   "HELLO?" HER VOICE WAS SOFT AND SWEET.

   I SMILED.  "I'M SORRY FOR THE WAY I ACTED EARLIER." I SAID QUIETLY.

   "RAELYNN?"

   "YEA...  "

   "OH...  IT'S FINE.  I SHOULDN'T HAVE LIED."

   "NO...  UHM...  I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID IT...  I UH..  WELL I SEARCHED
YOU UP ON GOOGLE."

   "WHAT?!?...  ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?" HER VOICE DROPPED LOWER AND I
WONDERED IF SHE WAS AT HER OFFICE STILL.

   "WELL...  I FOUND YOUR CARD IN MY ROOM AND I GOT CURIOUS...  I'M SORRY."

   "JESUS RAELYNN.  HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?"

   "YOUR FATHER IS CONLAN KAVANAGH AND HE IS A VERY SCARY MAN." I CHUCKLED.
"THAT'S REALLY ALL I KNOW."

   "WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE IT ALONE RAELYNN?  THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
ONE TIME THING.  WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

   "BREAKING THE RULES...  I'M SORRY I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU AND
WHAT IF...  I DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT WHAT IF FOR THE RES OF MY LIFE."

   "RAELYNN...  I...  I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU SINCE YOU LEFT.  I FEEL
BAD FOR LYING TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT MY FATHER IS A VERY
TRADITIONAL IRISH MAN.  HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE WHOLE LESBIAN THING."

   "MY MOTHER IS THE MOST CATHOLIC WOMAN YOU COULD EVER MEET.  I COMPLETELY
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.  BUT I CAN'T HELP THAT I WANT TO SEE
YOU AGAIN." I PAUSED AND LET MY WORDS SINK IN AND TAKE FULL EFFECT.  I
PRAYED THAT SHE WOULDN'T DECLINE.

   "I WANNA SEE YOU TOO...  HOW FAST CAN YOU GET HERE?"

   "WHERE ARE YOU?"

   "MY OFFICE.  I WAS JUST FINISHING UP YOUR BROTHER'S PAPERWORK." I HEARD
PAPERS SHUFFLE AND SMILED.

   "HOW IS SYLAR DOING?" I ASKED LEANING BACK ON MY PILLOWS.

   "ABSOLUTELY FINE.  I GOT HIM INTO HIS OWN ROOM.  HE IS SLEEPING
COMFORTABLY AND I HAVE EYES ON HIM."

   "THE DEATH OF OUR MOTHER WAS VERY HARD FOR HIM.  HE WAS HER BABY."

   "AND WHAT ABOUT YOU RAE, WAS IT HARD FOR YOU TOO?"

   "NO...  MY MOTHER HATED ME.  SHE KICKED ME OUT OF THE HOUSE WHEN I WAS
16.  IT WASN'T HARD WHEN SHE PASSED."

   "I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY."

   "DON'T DO THAT CAITLIN."

   "I'M SORRY...  I FORGOT...  SO CAN YOU BE HERE IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES? 
I'LL BE LEAVING THEN."

   "YES...  SEE YOU SOON." I HUNG UP THE PHONE AND JUMPED UP.  I GRABBED MY
WALLET, MY KEYS AND MY SHOES.  I OPENED MY BEDROOM DOOR AND THE BAG OF
SHEETS WHERE GONE.  I LEFT MY DOOR OPEN AND RAN DOWN THE STAIRS.  MARTA WAS
IN THE KITCHEN AGAIN AND I ROUNDED THE CORNER ALMOST KNOCKING HER OVER.

   "MARTA...  I'M LEAVING.  COULD YOU MAKE MY BED UP?  WHEN YOUR DONE WITH
THE BED YOU CAN LEAVE.  THANK YOU SO MUCH." I OPENED MY WALLET AND PRESSED
5 CRISP 20'S INTO HER HAND.

   "OH NO MISS SCOTT.  I CAN NOT ACCEPT THIS.  I WILL MAKE THE BED AND
LEAVE." SHE TRIED TO HAND THE MONEY BACK TO ME AND I BACKED AWAY.

   "KEEP THE MONEY MARTA.  BUY YOURSELF SOMETHING NICE." I SMILED AND LEFT
THE HOUSE.  I DECIDED TO TAKE MY DARK BLUE MERCEDES BENZ INSTEAD OF THE
MUSTANG.  I SPED FROM MY HOUSE AND MADE IT TO THE INSTITUTION IN 15
MINUTES. I PARKED BESIDE CAITLIN'S MASERATI AND KILLED THE ENGINE.  A FEW
MINUTES LATER SHE CAME OUT OF THE BUILDING.  SHE SCANNED THE PARKING LOT
AND WALKED TOWARD HER CAR.  I ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOW AND SHE ROLLED DOWN THE
PASSENGER WINDOW.

   "HEY." I SMILED AT HER.

   "RAELYNN...  HEY." SHE BLUSHED SLIGHTLY AND I GRINNED HARDER.

   "SO WHERE TO?"

   "UHM...  HOW ABOUT MY PLACE?" SHE SAID FLUSHING BRIGHTER.

   "OKAY...  I'LL FOLLOW YOU.  LEAD THE WAY."

   "OKAY..." SHE ROLLED UP THE WINDOW AND I FOLLOWED HER TO HER HOUSE.

   SHE PARKED IN FRONT OF THE MACKINTOSH HOTEL AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR.  I
PARKED BEHIND HER AND GOT OUT.  THE DOORMAN STEPPED IN FRONT OF ME AS I
FOLLOWED HER INTO THE BUILDING.

   "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING?" HE GROWLED AT ME.

   "WITH HER." I POINTED TO CAITLIN WHO GRITTED HER TEETH AND WALKED BACK
TOWARD ME.

   SHE GRABBED MY HAND AND FROWNED AT HIM.  "SHE'S MINE THANK YOU.  GO DO
YOUR JOB BONEHEAD BEFORE I HAVE SETH FIRE YOU."

   "SORRY MA`AM.  MY MISTAKE."

   "YOUR RIGHT." SHE FLIPPED HER HAIR AND LED ME TOWARD THE ELEVATORS.

   "WHO IS SETH?" I ASKED WHEN THE DOOR'S CLOSED.

   "MY LITTLE BROTHER."

   "OH...  HE THE MANAGER HERE?"

   "HE OWNS THE HOTEL."

   "OH...  WOW!"

   "MY OTHER LITTLE BROTHER TIM IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR."

   "WOW..."

   "YEA I KNOW.  BUT APPARENTLY A LIFE OF CRIME PAYS OFF." AS SHE SAID
THAT, THE DOORS OPENED TO A FLOOR WITH ONLY ONE DOOR.  SHE USED HER KEY AND
OPENED UP THE DOOR TO THE PENTHOUSE.  SHE WALKED INSIDE AND SHE FLIPPED ON
THE LIGHTS.  A TALL HANDSOME DARK HAIRED MAN STOOD AGAINST THE WALL.  I
YELPED AND SHE SPUN AROUND PRODUCING A GUN FROM THIN AIR.

   "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST TIMOTHY!" SHE YELLED.  I STOOD BEHIND HER SILENTLY
AND WISHED I DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SUCH A PUSSY RIGHT NOW.

   "HEY BUG...  WHO'S THE HOTTIE?"

   "FUCK YOU TIM...  WHAT DO YOU WANT?" CAITLIN ASKED SETTING DOWN THE GUN
AND TAKING OFF HER JACKET.

   "IT'S 9 PM."

   "GREAT..  YOU CAN TELL TIME...  GET TO THE POINT TIM."

   "POP'S DINNER?..." HE GLARED AT HER AND I WANTED TO DISAPPEAR.  I WAS
OBVIOUSLY INTERRUPTING A FAMILY MOMENT.

   "OH...  OH SHIT!  I FORGOT TIM...  I'M SORRY." CAITLIN WACKED HER
FOREHEAD AND GROANED.

   "WELL GET DRESSED."

   "W-WHAT?  I'VE GOT COMPANY TIM.  I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE."

   "WELL THEN I GUESS THE BABE IS COMING WITH US THEN."

   "NO!  POP WILL HAVE A FUCKING HEART ATTACK TIM...  I CAN'T SHOW UP THERE
WITH A FEMALE!"

   "I CAN LEAVE CAITLIN...  MAYBE ANOTHER TIME." I SPOKE UP CALMLY AND
STARTED TOWARD THE DOOR.

   "NO!  STAY...  PLEASE...  TIM TELL POP I HAD TO WORK LATE AND FORGOT."

   "YOU WANT ME TO LIE TO POP?  ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND CAITLIN?"
TIM'S FACE WAS RED WITH ANGER AND HE MOVED TOWARD CAITLIN FAST.

   HER HAND SHOT OUT AND HIT HIM IN THE GUT.  HE DOUBLED OVER AND HIT ONE
KNEE.  "TELL HIM WHAT I SAID TIM.  AND IF I CATCH YOU IN MY HOUSE AGAIN
UNINVITED I WILL BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF WITHOUT A SECOND FUCKING THOUGHT.  GET
THE FUCK OUT!" CAITLIN THREATENED IN A LOW HUSKY VOICE.

   TIM GOT OFF THE FLOOR AND HIGH TAILED IT OUT OF THE DOOR.  I TURNED
AROUND AND LOOKED AT CAITLIN.  SHE SMILED AND MOVED TOWARD ME.  "SO... 
WANNA STAY THE NIGHT?" I COULD BARELY THINK WHEN SHE CLAIMED MY LIPS AND
LED ME TOWARD HER BEDROOM.

   [*]I ROLLED OVER AND LOOKED AT CAITLIN'S NAKED FRAME.  SHE WAS
BEAUTIFUL. THE SMALL SILVER BARBELLS IN HER NIPPLES GLEAMED IN THE HARSH
SLIVER OF MOONLIGHT COMING THROUGH HER WINDOW.  I GLANCED OVER AT HER CLOCK
AND GROANED.  I HAD TONS OF SHIT TO DO TOMORROW AND IT WAS 2:30 IN THE
MORNING.  I STARTED TO CLIMB FROM THE BED AND HER HAND REACHED OUT AND
CAUGHT MINE.

   "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" SHE MUMBLED.

   "HOME.  I HAVE WORK TO DO TOMORROW."

   "STAY WITH ME...  I'LL HAVE YOU HOME BY 6:30...  I PROMISE."

   I THOUGHT FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS THEN ARGREED.  I CLIMBED BACK IN
BESIDE HER AND SHE KISSED MY NECK.  HER LIPS TRAILED LOWER AND I SUCKED IN
A DEEP BREATH.  MY NAILS SCRAPPED DOWN MY STOMACH AND I MOANED.

   "SINCE YOU WOKE ME UP...  I THINK IT'S ONLY FAR THAT I USE SOME OF THIS
ENERGY AND TIRE MYSELF OUT AGAIN." SHE SPOKE LOW AND THE AIR THAT RUSHED
FROM HER LIPS HIT THE INSIDE OF MY THIGH.  I GRIPPED THE SHEETS AND TRIED
TO KEEP QUIET.

   HER FINGERS WORKED CAREFULLY AND SKILLFULLY.  SHE TEASED ME IN WAYS I
HAD NEVER BEEN TEASED.  ALLOWING HER FINGERS TO LIGHTLY SKIM MY THIGHS AND
MOVE UP SLOWLY.  HER BODY COVERED MINE AND SHE KISSED MY LIPS.  HER HANDS
LIFTED MY ARMS AND I FROZE AS THE METAL CUFFS CLICKED INTO PLACE.  SHE SAT
UP AND SMILED.  I YANKED AT THE CUFFS AND THEY WERE INDEED LOCKED ON.

   "UHM...  CAITLIN..  WHAT IS GOING ON?"

   "I'M FEELING KINDA PLAYFUL.  WHY, YOU DON'T TRUST ME?" CAITLIN LOOKED AT
ME WITH A FROWN AND I SWALLOWED HARD.

   "I TRUST YOU..."

   "GOOD"

   SHE BEGAN TO KISS DOWN MY BODY AND I SQUIRMED AGAINST MY BINDS.  THERE
WAS NO GETTING LOOSE.  I ARCHED MY BACK AS HER TONGUE SNAKED OUT AND
TICKLED MY EAR LOBE.  I WANTED TO FEEL HER BODY PRESSED AGAINST MINE, TO
FEEL HER BREAST AND HER HIPS WEIGHING ME DOWN.  HER HEAD DISAPPEARED AND I
FELT HER TONGUE BETWEEN MY LEGS.  I LET MY KNEES FALL APART AND ALLOWED HER
TO LICK AND SUCK AT MY SWOLLEN CLIT.  HER FINGERS FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE
MIX AND I CRIED OUT AS SHE RAMMED TWO OF THEM DEEP INTO ME.  SHE HELD THEM
STILL AS SHE CONTINUED TO LICK AND SUCK ME.  I FELT HER FINGERS BEGIN TO
MOVE AND QUICKLY FELT MY ORGASM RISING INSIDE OF ME.  ROCKETS LAUNCHED IN
MY STOMACH AND I STRUGGLED TO CATCH MY BREATH AS SHE FILLED ME.

   "CAITLIN..." I BREATHED RAGGEDLY.  "I'M GONNA CUM...  OH MY GOD..  I-I
CAN'T...  FUCK!" MY ORGASM GRIPPED ME AND I LOST MY BREATH AS IT TIPPED
OVER THE EDGE AND BEGAN TO POUR OUT.

   "YOU OKAY?" SHE ASKED WHEN I HAD FINALLY STOPPED SHAKING.

   "YES...  I'M FINE...  WOW..."

   "FIRST ONE HUH?"

   "I..  YEA I THINK...UNLESS THE OTHER NIGHT WAS ONE..." I BLUSHED FEELING
STUPID FOR NOT KNOWING IF I HAD HAD AN ORGASM OR NOT.

   "YOU'LL KNOW." SHE SNUGGLED DOWN INTO THE COVERS AND HELD ME CLOSE.  I
SMILED AND HELD HER BACK DRIFTING TO SLEEP.