DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Mark VII, et al. I own nothing but the character of Julianna.
Johnny headed out of the airport and found Dr. Young and Ellen waiting outside for him.
"We're at the hotel across the street," Dr. Young said.
Johnny followed him across the street.
Dr. Young went to the desk to check them in and returned with three keys.
"Apparently they have you and Ellen in the same room. They don't have another room since they're all booked up for the committee meeting," Dr. Young said.
Johnny inwardly groaned. He wondered if Ellen had anything to do with the one room for the two of them.
"Thanks, Dr. Young. I'm going to go get some sleep and then head back to the airport. Sorry I can't go to the meeting," Johnny said, taking his key and heading for his room, Ellen on his heels.
Johnny unlocked the room and set his bag in the closet that was by the door. He walked farther into the room and was shocked to find one bed. One rather large bed to be exact.
Ellen pushed passed him and flopped on the bed. "Well, lookie here, Johnny. This big bed for the two of us. Oh, the possibilities," she said, looking up at him.
Johnny did a quick inventory of the room and saw there was a small couch in the sitting area with the TV.
"I'm taking this couch. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to catch a nap. My return flight leaves early in the morning," Johnny said, putting his jacket on the chair and stealing the extra pillow and blanket that were in the closet.
Ellen was not happy with how things were going. "Johnny, are you sure you want to sleep on that couch? This bed here is so much more comfortable," she said.
"It probably is but I don't share a bed with anyone that isn't my wife," he said, making up the couch.
Ellen went into the bathroom and shut the door. She stripped out of the clothes and adjusted the garters and stockings she was wearing. She fixed the strapless bustier she had on and prepared to wow him. She knew, with Julianna being pregnant, the likelihood that he'd seen his wife in something like this in months was probably non-existent. She was hoping that lust for someone who wasn't suffering from the effects of being pregnant would get his attention.
Johnny was sitting on the couch, looking at the menu for dinner. He wanted nothing more than to get home, but knew he had to eat. He also had to call Roy. He was about to make his calls when Ellen came out of the bathroom. Johnny paid her no attention until Ellen called out his name.
"Johnny," she said, her voice a seductive whisper.
Johnny turned his head and saw Ellen in the outfit and, because he is a man, had an immediate reaction to seeing her in it. He shook the thoughts from his head and thought about Julianna on their wedding night. That outfit had left nothing to the imagination and was much better than the one that Ellen was wearing at that moment.
"Ellen, I asked you to stop this. I'm going to lock myself in the bathroom if you keep this up," Johnny said.
"I just needed some help. Can you help," she asked.
He should have remembered the last time he helped a woman with her underclothes. The item of clothing had snapped back and hit him in the face.
"What's wrong," he asked.
"Well, this clasp here is stuck. I can't get out of it," she said.
Johnny went to her and put his fingers on the front clasp. Just as he unsnapped it, she grabbed his hands and placed them on her breasts.
Johnny jumped back like he was on fire. "Damn it, Ellen. You have got to stop this. I am a married man," Johnny said, trying to get Ellen to see reason.
Ellen looked at him and took a step closer to him. Johnny wanted to run into the bathroom and hide, but the partially clad Ellen was blocking his way.
"Ellen, stop this. This is totally inappropriate. I don't want you that way so stop it," Johnny said, trying to slide past her without actually touching her.
Seeing the Johnny was off balance because he was trying to slide past her, Ellen used it to her advantage and pushed him on the bed. She fell on top of him.
"Now this is more like it," she said, whispering in his ear. She attempted to kiss him and Johnny kept his face turned away from her, the whole time trying to get out from under her.
He managed to shove Ellen off of him, grabbed his jacket and nearly ran out of the room. He couldn't stay in that room with that woman. He couldn't stay anywhere with her. He needed to get home to Julianna because he felt like he was going crazy.
He headed down to the lobby. He was going to beg them to give him another place to sleep, even if it was a couch in the lobby.
"I need you to find me another room, please," Johnny said, the desperation in his voice making him cringe, but he didn't have time to think about it.
"I'm sorry, sir. We don't have anything else available," the clerk said.
"You don't understand. You've given me a room with a woman who is trying to seduce me and there's only one bed. I'm a married man and this it totally inappropriate. I need somewhere else to sleep," Johnny said.
"We can offer you a roll-away bed for the room," she said.
"That's not the point. I CAN'T stay in that room with that woman. I just can't," Johnny said.
"If we have something open up, I'll let you know, but right now we have nothing available. I'm sorry," she said.
Johnny shook his head. He had to accept that he was stuck. He figured he'd grab something to eat in the restaurant and then he'd catch a nap back in the room while Ellen was having dinner with Dr. Young. Then he'd either head back to the airport or he'd rent a car and drive back to LA. He wasn't looking forward to that, but he'd live with the discomfort and the dislike if he got home to Julianna.
Johnny was heading toward the restaurant when he saw Dr. Young approach. And he didn't look happy.
"Mr. Gage," Dr. Young said.
"Dr. Young," Johnny answered.
"Would you mind telling me why there's a hysterical nurse sitting on the couch in my room in torn clothing and sobbing that you attacked her," Dr. Young asked.
Johnny did a double-take. He thought he'd heard him wrong.
"What? Ellen said I attacked her? No, that did not happen. I NEVER touched that woman," he said.
"She said that you touched her breasts and fell down on the bed with her," Young said.
"Listen, Doc, I never attacked her. She pushed me down on the bed while I was trying to leave the room. She's been trying to seduce ME, Dr. Young. Not the other way around. I love my wife and want nothing more than to get back home to her," Johnny said, unable to believe what was happening.
"Ellen says you attacked her," Dr. Young said.
"I didn't. I would never do that to a woman. Look, my wife was a victim of rape a year and a half before I met her. I understand what a woman goes through after that and I would NEVER, NEVER do that," Johnny said.
Dr. Young looked at Johnny. Seeing the anguish on his face, Lucas felt Johnny was telling the truth.
"Look, I don't know why Ellen is lying, but she's threatened to call the police. I asked her to let me talk to you first," Young said.
"She's calling the police? I didn't do anything," Johnny said, his shoulders slumping.
"I'll see if I can talk her out of it," Young said, heading back to his room.
Johnny was about to go and choke down dinner, when he saw something that made his stomach turn more than it was already.
Two policemen came through the door and headed for him.
"Are you John Gage," one asked.
"Yes," he said.
"We would like to question you about the attack of Ellen Taylor," the second one said.
"Attack? What attack? I never attacked her. I never touched her," he said.
"She says otherwise and we're obligated to check things out," the first one said.
"I understand, but I didn't do anything. I'm just trying to get back home to my wife. I don't want to be here," Johnny said.
"We're going to put you in the squad car and we're going to speak with Miss Taylor. Is there anyone that can verify that you didn't attack her," the second one asked.
"Dr. Young believes I didn't attack her, but I can't prove it except to say that I didn't do it," Johnny said.
"If you'll come with us and wait out here, we'll see if we can get to the bottom of things," the first one said.
Johnny felt lower than he'd ever felt in his life. As he was led to the squad car, Johnny could think of nothing but his wife and how he hated everything about Sacramento.