Summary: A slight turn of events
Chapter 14: The Last Act
She should be horrified at the sight before her. Her husband laying dead on the floor below her. Next to him her worst enemy dead with a bullet in her brain. It was horrible, it was tragic. Kathryn smiled.
"Romeo and fucking Juliet" she snickered.
She approached the couple slowly examining with scene like the police would when they shortly arrived. She would have to be gone by then. Kathryn leaned over Annette and stared at her blank eyes which were staring back at her. She had to resist the urge to spit in her face. Then she looked at Sebastian. Her dear Sebastian laying stiff as a board. He was laying so still that when he suddenly popped up she screamed.
"Shit! Christ Sebastian!" She remarked as she tried to catch her breath.
He laughed at his wife's reaction "oh god you should of seen your face."
She shook her head and slapped him in the arm "your such an asshole. You scared me!"
"Yeah I noticed that. You would of thought I was dead or something."
Kathryn rolled her eyes "very funny. God your better at this faking dead stuff then I imagined. You were so still."
"Well I suppose I missed my calling as an actor. But as you can tell" he said with a smile as he took her hand and raised it to his cheek "I'm very much alive."
Kathryn returned the smile "but she however is not."
They both looked down at Annette and Sebastian sighed "I can't believe this insane plan of yours worked."
"I told you it would. People believe what they want to believe."
"Apparently. Who would actually believe that I would kill myself over you?" Kathryn glared up at him and he laughed. "I'm just kidding. I would kill myself over you any day."
Kathryn rolled her eyes at him and got up. "Come on we got to get things set up before the police arrive." Sebastian slowly got up and Kathryn helped him. "Are you sure your all right? What was in that stuff anyway?" She picked up the vial Sebastian had drank out of earlier.
"I'm fine. It was just water and a drop of this drug Blain gave me that helps slow down the pulse temporarily." Kathryn smiled up at her husband and leaned over and kissed him on the mouth. He kissed her back then pulled away and asked "what was that for?"
"It's just that I don't know what I would have done if this plan had gone wrong and something would of happened to you."
"But it didn't, everything went as you planned."
Flashback
"Not them. Us , were over."
Sebastain's heart stopped a she said those words. She couldn't be serious could she? I mean she had been through a lot in the past week but she didn't want to end what they had after everything they had been through. After a minute Sebastian said almost in a pleading voice "Kathryn please you don't mean that."
"Yes I do. Sebastian shut the door."
He hesitated at first but then went over and did as she asked. Then he turned around and once again tried to reason with her. "Kathryn I can't lose you."
A small smile came across her pretty face. That same smile she got when she was planning something. "Your not going to."
"But you just said-"
"Oh we are breaking up. To the outside world anyway."
Sebastian shook his head "ok you lost me."
"Sebastian come here."
Once again he did as he was told and he sat down beside her on the bed. She took his hand in hers and looked up into his eyes. "Sebastian I love you. I love you more than I ever thought I could love anything or anyone and I would die first before I lost you. It's the truth plain and simple."
He returned the smiled, surprised by her declaration. "I love you too."
"I know you do. And I'm sorry I never told you about the baby. I'll be sorry until the day I die that I didn't tell you first, but I did want it."
"I know you did. I don't blame you for anything that happened."
"I know, but part of it was my fault. I went too far with people and I didn't think of the consequences. I'll have to deal with that now. But I also know that the people who are majorly responsible are out there walking around free and I can't stand that."
"So what do you want to do? You sound like you have a plan."
"Oh I do. We have to go all the way this time Sebastian, it has to be final."
He nodded "whatever you want you know I'll help you."
"Ok then to the outside world you and I are over. I left you."
"Why did you leave me? Why didn't I leave you?"
Kathryn rolled her eyes at him "because it's part of the plan. I need everyone to think I left you. You then in return will completely lose it."
"What do you mean?" He asked dubiously
"Everyone will think I left town and want a divorce from you. This will cause you to completely break down emotionally."
"My, someone thinks highly of herself."
Kathryn ignored the comment "you won't go to work, you'll stay in the house, and you won't see anyone."
"And what will I really be doing?"
"Staying in and fucking me" she told him simply. "Until he shows up."
"Who?"
"Court"
"Ok once again you lost me-"
"I think Annette is still in town" she said suddenly.
"That doesn't make any sense. Why would she still be in town?"
"You, this all comes back to you and her strange obsession with you. I think she's still in town and Court is hiding her. The police are fucking idiots they couldn't find her if she was right under there nose. So I'm going to hire an investigator to find her."
"You think she's with Court? Then why not just tell the police that?"
"Because she'll either run or she'll just get sent back to that loony bin they had her in. No she's not going to get that option or any option for that matter"
"Are you actually suggesting we kill her?"
"Oh we won't kill her, she'll do it herself. If Court is indeed hiding her and she's still in town then she'll eventually find out about you. My guess is she won't be able to stay away, but she'll know she can't go near you or you'll call the cops. She'll send Court."
"Your taking a lot on faith here sweetheart. If she is really in town what makes you think she'll want to see me and even if she does what makes you think she'll send Court."
"She's obsessed with you. I think she still believes you two have a chance so she'll want to know how your doing. If Court is indeed in on this with her she'll make him come."
"Ok providing he shows up, what then?"
"Your going to tell him your going up to your aunts house to kill yourself. Then you'll hand him a package of things to be mailed including divorce papers. He'll tell Annette and she'll rush to be with you. She'll get there and make it just in time. You show her your gun and then a small vial of poison and ask which one you should use. You decide on the poison, drink it and die leaving Annette with the gun. Without you she'll kill herself. So what do you think?"
Sebastian was sitting next to her with his eyebrows raised. She could tell he was surprised to say the least. "What do I think? I think it's insane."
"Why because we'd be tricking her into killing herself."
"No because it all hinges on a lot of what ifs. It would probably be easier to just find her and kill her ourselves."
"Yeah but I don't really like the idea of spending the rest of my life in jail. It will be tricky but I have a feeling it will work."
Sebastian got up and began to pace "god this insane. When did you come up with all of this?"
Kathryn shrugged "I don't know. So will you do it?"
He stopped pacing and sighed "what the hell? What about Court though?"
"Ok so are you sure we covered everything" Sebastian asked as he surveyed the scene.
"Yeah the police should be getting that phone call about a gunshot pretty soon" she told him as she threw the bottle of vodka in the trash bag.
"Good, oh the note?"
Kathryn pulled a piece of white paper out of her jacket "right here."
Sebastian studied it "Jesus it looks just like her penmen ship."
"Yeah that forger was good, but expensive."
"Are sure he can't be traced?"
"Doubt it, he lives in Greece."
Sebastian nodded and once again took in the scene in front of him. "I can't believe it worked."
"I'm a little surprised myself" she said as she wrapped her arms around him.
He kissed her forehead "what now?"
"We get out of here, Sylvia will call us when the police arrive, and then I was thinking the Camens."
"As in islands? Now there's an idea."
"After all of this I need a vacation, we both do."
"Sounds like a plan." Sebastian then laughed slightly.
"What?"
"I was just thinking Court should be finding out what exactly was in that package he was mailing right about now."
* * * * * *
Right about the same time Annette was putting the gun to her head, Court was delivering Sebastian's package. He really didn't want to. If Valmont did in fact off himself what would it matter? He finally decided to do it when it occurred to him that the papers would probably arrive around the same time that Kathryn got the news of her husbands suicide. Too bad he wouldn't be around to see the look on that bitch's face.
Yes now that those two were out of his life permanently Court could once again be on top. He would somehow eventually get his job back and people would soon forget about Kathryn and he little tumble down the stairs. His only problem was Annette. Maybe once Sebastian killed himself she would leave town for good and he wouldn't have to deal with her anymore.
Court pulled into the post office parking lot and was surprised to see it was still open. There hours were laterer than he thought. He grabbed the package from the back seat and headed inside. He went up to the young women at the counter and told her he wanted to mail it. She smiled at him then turned around to the older man sitting behind her and whispered something in his ear. He looked over at Court and picked up the phone. What the fuck was going on Court wondered. All he wanted to do was send the package and get the hell out of there.
He was about to turn around and leave when about ten or so cops came rushing in. "What's going on?" Court asked nervously.
"Court Reynolds you are under arrest" said one of the cops as three approached him.
Court almost laughed "excuse me? Under arrest for what?"
Two of the cops grabbed him and turned him around. Court struggled and tired to get away but it was no use they were stronger than him. "Illegal drug trafficking" another cop told him.
"What? Are you crazy, I don't sell drugs!"
Another group of cops went over and opened the box he was trying to mail with a knife. They pulled out packets and packets of white powder. "Heroin and Cocaine" he heard one of them remark. "What exactly were you trying to do with this son."
Court's mouth hung open. He set him up. That son of a bitch set him up. "There not mine! I was mailing them for someone!"
"Yeah right kid. Lets go."
"No wait. There should be papers in there. There-"
"You mean these?"
Another cop grabbed the group of papers that Valmont had shown him earlier. "Yes those!"
The two cops exchanged looks "these are distribution papers. Lets see Miami, Baton Rouge,-"
"No, no! There divorce papers. There Sebastian Valmont's divorce papers!"
The cops exchanged amused looks "ok son lets go."
The cops pulled him out of the door and towards a cop car. "You can't do this to me! Do you know who I am? I was set up!"
No one paid any attention to him. As he was trying to figure things out and the cop was pushing his head into the car Court noticed Blain Tuttel standing a few feet away talking with a cop. His eyes locked with Court's and Blain smiled and gave him a little wave. As the cop closed the door he could dimly hear Blain say to the cop "and to think he had such a promising future."
Epilogue Coming Soon