Two Weeks Later

"Home Sweet Home!" Ginger declared as she opened the white front door and stepped inside the foyer. "So nice to be home again." She said as she walked further inside and set her purse down on the table.

"I have to agree with that." The Professor said as he helped the driver bring in their bags. "As much as I enjoyed spending these past two weeks alone with you…" He paused and turned to the driver named Darryl. "Thank you." He said to him as man set down the suitcases.

"No problem. Have a nice day sir." The man said tipping his hat and closing the door behind him as he left.

"As I was saying." The Professor continued. "As much as I enjoyed spending all the time with you in Hawaii it is nice to be back in our own home. And I am excited about starting my new position at Dunmore & Franklin."

"Of course you are darling." Ginger smiled as she sorted through the mail. "You are going to do wonderful. Everyone is going to be blown away by your brilliance."

The Professor walked up to his redhead wife and kissed the side of her head. "I love you."

"Likewise." She purred as she kissed his lips. The kiss then broke and Ginger went back to the mail. Nothing that unusual. Fan mail that Tony had forwarded to her, a few bills and something that caught her eyes. An envelope with the Dunmore & Franklin logo addressed to the Professor. "Darling, here is something from your office." She said handing it to him.

"I wonder what this could be." He said tearing the yellow envelope and removing the piece of paper. He unfolded it to see the company logo in golden letters at the top with the two founders name below. "Oh." He said as he read the letter. "This is just about who I will be working with over at the new office. Seems I will be working close with one Charlene Blackwood."

Ginger pursed her lips. "Charlene Blackwood? You're going to be working with a woman?"

"Looks that way." He said with a smile putting the letter back in the envelope. "Ms. Blackwood has vast knowledge of chemistry and has won awards for her work. It will be a real pleasure to work with such a brilliant mind."

Ginger didn't like the sound of that and pouted her lips. "You know her?" She said looking at the table at nothing in particular.

"Yes I actually I know her from back in my college days." He said. "Was a very bright student. Wrote brilliant research papers and graduated with top honors."

The movie star felt her heart sink a bit. "You date her?" She asked in a quiet voice.

The Professor couldn't help but laugh a bit and approached his wife placing his arm around her. "My love are you jealous?"

"No." Ginger lied. "Just…curious that's all. Did you date her?"

He pulled her into his arms and kissed her lips. He let go and smiled. "No I did not date her."

"Did you want to? Did she want to?" Ginger pressed not wanting to know the answer but needing to know.

"Ginger." He said amused that the green eyed monster was coming out. "I did not wish to date her and no she did not wish to date me. She dated my roommate. She went to a different school than I did. I know about her research papers because they were published and resided in the school library. I read them and thought they were outstanding."

"Oh." Ginger said. "Well did you ever flirt with her and did she ever flirt with you?"

The Professor shook his head and kissed her once more. "Ginger I had no romantic feelings towards her and she had none towards me. I thought she was very bright and that was all I thought of her. I promise you."

"You sure?" The movie star asked looking at him with apprehension in her green eyes.

"I am sure. Ginger are you okay? Why all of sudden this jealousy?" He asked.

"I don't mean to be." Ginger sighed. "I just don't want to go through it all again. I don't want another Evelyn Winters in our lives. I'm sorry but I can't help it. I know that not all women are going to be her. I just need to make sure that's all. I know you think I'm crazy don't you."

"I don't think you are crazy and I understand your concern." The Professor stated. "I don't want another Ms. Winters in our lives either. I can assure you that Ms. Blackwood is not like her. Aside from my roommate, she was the only other one who believed me when I told about Professor Malone. You can trust her I promise you."

"Okay." Ginger said. "I will. If you say she is trustworthy, I'll believe you."

"Good." The Professor said. "And to further ease your mind I will have you know that she has been happily married for the past 11 years. Her husband is a pastor."

Ginger perked up a bit. "A pastor? Really?"

"Yes. He preaches over at St. Matthew's." He replied.

"Oh I would love to hear him." The redhead stated. "You know that we have been looking for a different church to go to since Pastor Jonathan left St. Andrew's and we are not that thrilled with the new pastor hired. Maybe we should give that church a try. What do you say?"

"I think that's a great idea." He said. "We can attend this Sunday's service and see what we think."

Ginger clapped her hands. "Wonderful." She said. "And maybe we can talk to him after the service. All this gossip and nonsense is overwhelming. I need some guidance and I would like to pick his brain."

"I would like that myself." The Professor said. "As much as I know that God is watching us and everything I still just feel…I don't know….lost is the word I guess. It's hard to deal with everyone claiming my own wife wrote love letters to another man."

Ginger gently touched his face. "Roy darling you've been so wrapped up in wanting to protect me and get me through that you buried your own feelings. I know it had to be hard for you."

"Yes I will admit that." He sighed taking her hand in his and kissing it. "Reading a story in the paper about how you should consider being with Skipper and them acting like I'm nothing hurts. They make it sound like it doesn't matter if I loved you, the Skipper did and it's all about him getting to have you and to hell with me. As if all those special moments we had together that I cherish in my heart are meaningless and I should forget about them. And then for them to write that my head was turned by another? That I somehow had feelings for another woman? That is just ludicrous!"

"Of course it is." Ginger said wrapping her arms around him. "Your head would not be turned by another woman. No matter what ridiculous thing someone writes. It would not happen. Believe me I know that. I know that I turn into a jealous ninny if I think a woman looks at you a certain way but I know that you are not going to reciprocate. It just makes me mad that a woman thinks she can try to steal you away. I have waited so long for man like you. I am not about to just up and let another take you from me. If any woman dared try, they would be sorry. Just like Ms. Evelyn is going to be."

"Nothing ever happened between me and another woman. And it never would. I would not go looking for anything. I love you with all my heart. I always will." He said gently caressing her hair. "If anyone thinks different than they clearly don't understand the type of love we have and share. They don't know our story and what we've been through together. However knowing this and seeing this garbage printed in the paper, it hurts. It's spiteful and mean spirited."

Ginger nodded. "It is. And it's hard to just put out of your mind. That's why I want to talk to this pastor. Maybe he can help us sort it out and guide us. I think we need it."

"I think so to." He said. "But for now, let's put it out of our mind and enjoy these next two days together before we have to re-enter the real world."

Ginger smiled at her husband pressed herself close. "It will be so hard knowing that I can just up and make love to you whenever I want like in Hawaii….." She breathed into his ear.

He gulped feeling hot. "Yes it will be rather difficult."

"I had gotten so used to it in our little luxury suite at Pink Sands. Just you and me. Alone." Her lips touched the outer edge of his ear and he thought he was going to explode.

Ginger pulled back gazing at her husband and taking in his handsome features. Damn he was so hot! She loved his sexy blue eyes and the way they lit up when she walked into view. How he would get that certain sparkle in them when he wanted her in that romantic way. She could not resist. And of course his strong arms holding her tight. On the island she would have given anything to be in them. It was part of the reason she gave him that lesson on romance and insisted he hold her tighter. She wanted to be in his arms and what a perfect way to do it. His soft sandy brown hair that she loved running her fingers through. Many many times when they were stranded, she looked for any excuse to do so. When he carried those rocks for her and he stated they didn't really need a rock garden, she couldn't help but seize the chance to comb her fingers through his hair. She found out he had used a shampoo with papaya extract and she insisted he keep using it. There wasn't anything she didn't love about him. "I love you." She said to him.

"I love you too Ginger." He replied squeezing her close. "I promise you that I will not work too late in the lab. I know how you don't care for that."

"No I don't." Ginger said. "I don't like going to bed alone but I do like feeling you climbing into bed next to me and holding me in your arms and whisper that you love me. I know that I'm probably just as guilty. Sometimes our shoots can run long and the director can be a real pain. I promise I will always try to get home to you at a reasonable hour. Besides it shouldn't be too bad now that we are trying to have a baby. I'm not going to be busy with any movies and I'm just doing a few concerts here and there. And before you say anything yes I promise I will not wear myself at concerts should I discover I'm pregnant."

"I know you won't." He said. "Just don't stress yourself with the new book you want to write. Take your time and don't feel pressured. You have plenty of time to create the perfect story."

"I promise I'll be good." Ginger said. "I may be scrapping my Mary Ann and Gilligan story but I have a wonderful idea for the story I want to write based on us. I am looking forward to getting started on it. Speaking of which Roy, did you ask Diana about her publisher for your book?"

"I did." The Professor answered. "She advised me that her agent said the company apparently is under new ownership. They don't know who has taken over and Diana is uncertain what these new owners will be like. I think I will instead go with another company."

Ginger nodded. "I think that would be best. Who knows what these new owners are like? They can be very fickle and disregard brilliant work as yours for some trashy new stuff that they think people want to read. Think they are keeping with the times or something like that. Yes I think going with another company would be better. Best not to take a chance on new owners. With seasoned owners you can get a feel for what they are looking for."

"That is true. Diana did give me the names of some other publishers and I will check them out. I just hope they like my book." He said. "It wasn't easy to write. I've never written anything like it before. I'm used to writing text books."

"Darling your book is wonderful. I told you I love it. And Mary Ann read part of it and she said it was terrific. She can't wait to read more. I'm telling you I don't think you will have any trouble at all. But can you make one slight change in the book. Just a little one."

"And what would that be?" He asked intrigued.

"Could you write that Scarlett find out that some cheap hussy tried to steal her man and acted all innocent about it and she tears her to shreds?" She grinned.

"My love you wouldn't by chance referring to that Lori who tried out for the housekeeping job would you? The one who we ran into two months later and she confessed that she loved me and wished she met me before you did and you so brilliantly shredded her to pieces and she was reduced to a sniveling mouse?" He said amused. "Is that who you mean?"

"I think it would be important to the story don't you?" She said sliding her finger through the open buttons of his shirt and tracing his skin. "This little hussy tries to tear me down in your eyes which of course doesn't work and then tries to worm her way back by saying she loves you as if that will make you want her when you never did."

"I suppose I could try to work that in." He said smiling at his mischievous redheaded beauty. Truth be told he rather enjoyed seeing Ginger take down Lori. She was a horrible woman who wasn't really in love with him but was actually after the fame of stealing Ginger Grant's husband away. Which is exactly what Ginger told the woman and she was unable to deny it. That would be when she turned into a little mouse before scampering away not wishing to endure anymore of Ginger's wrath. Very few woman in Hollywood bothered to attempt to try to lure him away. They were scared of Ginger's fury and knew they stood no chance. A part of him was looking forward to Ms. Winters receiving the same treatment. That woman had no idea what she was in for.

Pink Hearts Publishing

Evelyn sat in her new office feeling pleased. She wasn't exactly pleased with the silly name of the company that Erika suggested but if it kept her on board she went with it. She could not afford to mess this up. Erika Tiffany Smith was vital to her plan and she needed to keep her happy no matter how irritating she found her to be. Besides once she broke up Skipper and his new little blonde girlfriend, Erika wouldn't be of any use to her and she would just up and sell her half of the company to her and what came of it she did not care. All that was important was making sure Skipper was charmed by Ms. Tiffany Smith. Of course he would be. The man was so pathetically desperate for love he would latch on to any woman who looked at him. That was the only reason he was sort of with Diana. She looked at him and he busts with pride at the attention. Of course Diana probably really didn't care too much for him and was just as pathetic as he was. Figured this was the best she could do. A fat sweaty washed up Naval captain. Well soon she would find out she couldn't even do that as he would be swept away by another. Diana being crushed was not a blip on her radar. What counted was getting Skipper with Erika. The rest would be a bit more of a challenge but she could pull it off.

Evelyn got up from her black leather chair and looked out at the view of the city. All this would not be necessary if that redheaded bimbo was not in the way. She hated Ginger with every fiber of her being. Sinking her claws so deep into Roy Hinkley. The man was unyielding it infuriated her. Give her a break the sex could not be that great. Not like it would be with her. Oh if that Roy only knew how hot it would be if he got into her bed…But no that damn Ginger! Well she would be rid of her soon enough. The path would be clear to Professor Hinkley with that little trollop out of the way She was livid that story she planted about Mary Ann didn't gain any traction. Once that other story hit with the picture of miss goody goody kissing that goofy sailor, it was over. No one believed that pageant story. It was finished. Evelyn had pondered about planting a story about Ginger and that stupid first mate Gilligan but scrapped it. She thought it was better to stick with the Skipper angle. Not that she would have minded bringing down Miss Perfect Farm Girl but it didn't advance her agenda so she dropped it.

What the best part about all of this was is that her idiot husband Donald was still clueless. He had no idea what she had up her sleeve. He thought she was so smart to get Ms. Tiffany Smith to agree to be partners. Ugh she had to endure his yucky kisses and his horrible lovemaking. Well that was the price she had to pay. Luckily for her he was then called to an urgent business meeting and she was able to sneak off and properly celebrate with a young blonde muscular escort named Derrick. Out of all the male escorts she was with, Derrick was her favorite. Steamy and hot. How she liked it. Donald was still none the wiser. He was just as sad as Skipper. Hell maybe after all this was over, Ginger could marry that clown! Ha! She laughed to herself thinking about it. Yes Ginger could have that loser. She on the other hand was having Roy.

Office of Donald Winters

"I see." He said to the young blonde male sitting in the dark blue chair placed in front of his desk. "You are absolutely sure?" He asked of him.

"I am sir." The young male replied. "That is what she said."

"Okay then. I thank you for your time." The older man said with a smile. "You've been a great help to me Derrick. I appreciate it."

"You are welcome. Anything else I can do for you?" He asked standing up.

"Not at the moment. Just keep me posted of any new information you do find out that could be of value." Donald said. He stood up and handed him a wad of cash totaling $800. "For your work."

"Thank you sir." He said taking the money and turning to leave the office.

Donald sat back down at his desk with a smile on his face. Oh that Evelyn! She thought she played him for a fool! Well she was wrong. He wasn't a oblivious as he allowed her to believe. He knew she was the one who was after Roy Hinkley. He knew that she was the one who made the advances at him. He knew all about her extra martial activities. Hell he knew she was the one who planted those ridiculous stories. Not for one minute did he believe it and he knew it had Evelyn written all over it. That's why he hired Derrick. He was a pro. He got the dirt on Evelyn and Donald was none too pleased to find out his adoring wife was planning on trying to make a nice settlement on him. Well guess again. It's not going to happen. She isn't going to ruin him and he won't allow her to ruin the Hinkley marriage. He had met both Roy and Ginger at few of the company functions and he thought they were two of the nicest people he had ever encountered. Roy was very intelligent and polite and Ginger was extremely charming and yes beautiful. Donald believe they made quite a couple and he was going to do everything he could to make sure that Evelyn didn't destroy them.