Chapter 6: The Seduction Begins

Laura Sue took the clip out of her hair and let it fall silkily down her back. She made a mental note to have hair stylist come to the hotel and shape and fix her hair. She pulled off the dress and threw it on the bed knowing very well that one of the servants would hang it back up. Laura Sue sat down at her vanity table in her slip and bra and began to brush her hair. She had been staring dreamily into the mirror at her reflection and thinking how beautiful she was that she hadn't heard anyone come into the bedroom.

She was fairly startled when she felt large, warm hands on her bare shoulders and stared at the reflection of Bill Cutler behind her. Laura Sue gasped, but didn't insist that he stop. Even though he was her father-in- law, Bill was still very handsome for his age. She felt his hands move to the sides of her arms and rub them before moving them over her bosom. Laura Sue's breath caught and she stared wide-eyed at her father-in-law too amazed to tell him to stop. He moved his hands over her silky bra and was about to place his hand inside her bra, when they heard a stifled cry come from the sitting room of the suite.

Bill jumped back looking flustered and guilty as his eyes looked at the figure in the sitting room. Laura Sue sat speechlessly at her vanity and looked worriedly around the room. She hadn't realized until now that Bill had left the doors to her suite wide open. Not knowing what was going on inside, Sally Jean had entered to finish straightening up the suite. She had cried out in surprise when she had seen Mr. Cutler fondling his daughter-in-law.

"I'm so sorry!" she cried out and left the suite in such a hurry that she didn't bother shutting the door behind her.

Laura Sue looked at the door that the maid had left open and then to Bill. He seemed a little more pale and terrified than when he had come into the room. She had to admit that she was worried, too. What if the maid ran to Lillian and blurted out what she had seen? Surely, the woman would tell Randolph and he would end the marriage as fast as possible. He'd do anything for his mother, Laura Sue thought disgustingly.

Bill headed across the room and looked back at Laura Sue. He seemed to be contemplating what to say to her. Finally, he broke the silence and said, "Not a word to Lillian. I'll take care of the maid."

She nodded and went back to combing her hair. Laura Sue didn't even pay any attention to the man as he left. Maybe five minutes later, Randolph entered the suite with a sour look on his face. He noticed that the doors to the bedroom were wide open and Laura Sue was sitting half naked at her vanity table. He charged into the room and shut the doors quickly behind him. Laura Sue was positive that he had seen his father leaving and would confront her, but was relieved when he said nothing to prove that he knew.

"What are you doing with the doors wide open?" Randolph bellowed at her with distress written all over his face.

"I don't see why you're making such a deal out of it, Randolph." Laura Sue answered as she put on a calm façade.

"You're half naked and the doors to our bedroom are wide open! What if someone had come in?" Randolph said more agitated now that before.

Laura Sue stood up and walked over to her husband. She placed her hand on his hip and brushed her body up against his. She felt his muscles tense and she smiled placed her other hand on the back of his neck. Randolph wrapped his arms around her waist and brought his lips to hers. Laura Sue kissed him back eagerly and started to unbuckle his belt and pull down his pants, but Randolph pushed her hands away.

"Not right now," he said and pulled away from her.

"What are you talking about?" Laura Sue cried out in frustration as her husband back away from her.

"It's the middle of the day, Laura Sue. I can't just do that now!" Randolph said through ragged breaths that showed he was trying his best to resist.

Laura Sue crossed her arms and glared at Randolph. Was he blind? Couldn't he see how much she needed to be held and caressed? "Then get out!" she screamed at him and pointed towards the door.

"What?" Randolph said in a confused voice.

"You heard me!" Laura Sue screamed at him, "Get out!"

When she charged towards him, Randolph scurried from the room like a frightened dear.

Their argument had drawn quite a few people into the suite including Lillian Cutler. Laura Sue was sure she saw disgust in her mother-in-law's eyes and started to shut the door when Lillian stepped forward and stuck her foot in the way so the door wouldn't shut. Laura Sue was forced to let her mother-in-law in the suite. Lillian glared at Laura Sue with a smirk on her face.

"I do not approve of you yelling at my son for any reason whatsoever. You caused quite a commotion and brought half of the staff up here to see my son retreat out of his own suite of rooms and his wife practically naked!" Lillian bellowed out at Laura Sue.

Laura Sue simply glared right back at her mother-in-law and said in a harsh voice, "It is none of your business what Randolph and I do!"

She hadn't expected her mother-in-law to get so upset about it, but Lillian's face turned blood red and she smacked Laura Sue across the face. "I know my husband was in your rooms," she said in a cold, steely voice, "and I know what he did!"

Laura Sue gasped and took several steps backwards and sat down on her bed hard. She placed her hand over the cheek her mother-in-law had slapped and tried to ignore the stinging pain. She looked up into the icy blue eyes of Lillian Cutler and knew that she had made the worst of all enemies. Laura Sue began to tremble and embraced herself tightly. She couldn't let Lillian see her cry couldn't ever let the woman know how much she hurt her.

"Stay away from my husband, you slut!" Lillian said half a shade above a whisper yet so firm sounding, "If I can make my son see one fault in you, he will divorce you in an instant."

With that, Lillian left the suite and Laura Sue began to sob as soon as the doors shut. She didn't want to shame her own family, for her father would surely disown her if rumors flew about her and Bill Cutler. Laura Sue cried softly as she got ready for bed. She crawled into the huge king sized bed that seemed way too big for her.

Laura Sue passed out in the bed with the covers up to her chin and her hair spread wildly around her face. She slept for what seemed like hours before startling from a deep sleep. Laura Sue lay perfectly still when she heard the footsteps come closer to the bed. She felt warm hands on her face and opened her eyes expecting to see Randolph, or, by some miracle, Bronson, but the face she saw shook her to the bone. Standing above her was Bill Cutler and he was staring at her with a greedy look on his face. He caressed her cheek once and then left. Laura Sue sat up and touched where he had touched. She shivered and laid back down before pulling the covers over her and falling back into a deep sleep.