A warm Hawaii breeze, was drifting into the suite, where Kyle sat propped up in bed, phone in hand, reading over Tessa's arrest report. He glanced over at Rachel sleeping beside him, before looking the report over one more time. Laying the phone down, Kyle leaned over caressing Rachel's shoulder, before kissing it.
"Good morning," Kyle softly said.
Rachel only slightly stirred, prompting Kyle to say, "It's your husband…" Still not able to rouse her, Kyle continued, "…in Hawaii."
"Oh yeah…" Rachel said, opening her eyes, "I almost forgot."
"So you wake up for Hawaii, but not for me," Kyle said.
"I always wake up for you," Rachel said, "That way I can see my husband's handsome face."
Smiling Kyle said, "It doesn't compare to the beauty of my wife's." He gave her a quick kiss.
"Have you been awake long?" Rachel said.
"Just a little bit," Kyle said, "I was checking out current events."
"I thought this was our private hideaway to forget about all that," Rachel said.
"You're right," Kyle said, "I just wanted to see what's going on in the world."
"Anything interesting?" Rachel said.
"Nothing worth mentioning," Kyle said.
"I don't remember the last time I was so comfortable," Rachel said. Snuggling into Kyle's arms she said, "I wish we could stay like this forever."
"It's settled then," Kyle said, "We will quit our jobs, spend the rest of our lives here in paradise."
"Can we?" Rachel said.
Kyle slightly laughed and said, "For the next several days we can. Besides, anywhere I'm with you is paradise."
"So far I'm liking this honeymoon," Rachel said.
"Only liking?" Kyle said, "I need to step things up."
"I know how you can make me love it," Rachel said.
"Say no more," Kyle smiled, engaging her in a kiss.
"You expect me to clean this entire floor?" Austin said, as the guard placed a mop in his hand.
"You are also expected to do it quickly," the guard said, "When you're done, we will move on to the next room."
"What am I going to do in there?" Austin said.
"Mop," the guard said.
"I don't know if I can do this," Austin complained, "I think I pulled my back."
"Do you really think I have not heard every excuse out there to put off work," the guard said, "Do your job or you will find it very difficult in here."
Watching the guard walk away, Austin waited until he was alone, before mumbling, "Because I'm having such a wonderful time already."
"I never thought I'd see the day," Simon's voice said, approaching him, "You doing some manual labor."
"What do you want?" Austin said.
"I'm here to help," Simon said, producing his own cleaning mop, "I was hoping to find you in a more agreeable mood."
"As you can see I'm having a great time," Austin said.
"Around here if you do a good job, you might get a better one next time," Simon said.
"A promotion to laundry?" Austin said, "It doesn't matter anyway, I won't be here for long."
"Your life will be easier if you accept the fact you are in for the long haul," Simon said.
"Have you accepted it?" Austin said, "You can't tell me, you don't have a plan to shorten your stay. You have a number of contacts on the outside so why are you still in this place?"
"There is a time and place for everything," Simon said.
"So you do have a plan," Austin said, "Maybe we could work together and help each other out."
"Suddenly he wants to be friends," Simon said, "What you don't realize is I've already helped you out."
Kyle lovingly stroked Rachel's arm with his fingers as the lay cuddled together in bed.
"It's so beautiful," Rachel said, "I can hear the ocean waves on the beach. Plus, that warm breeze is heavenly."
"They don't advertise as paradise for nothing," Kyle said.
Adjusting to look at Kyle, Rachel said, "I never knew."
"What's that?" Kyle said.
"I could be this happy," Rachel said, "This much in love."
"You make me the happiest man on the planet," Kyle said, engaging her in a kiss.
"As perfect as this moment is," Rachel started.
"Don't say but…" Kyle said.
"We seriously should leave this room and get some food," Rachel said.
"Leave the room?" Kyle said, "You meant get out of bed? It's so comfortable."
"I know but I really could use something to eat," Rachel said.
"They have room service," Kyle said.
"True," Rachel said, "However I would like to see the beach, instead of just listening to it."
Whispering in her ear, Kyle said, "We could have a whole bunch of fun right here."
"Yes," Rachel said, "However, after we have something to eat and see the ocean, do you know what happens then?"
"Tell me," Kyle said.
Then we come back here," Rachel said, "For dessert."
Smiling Kyle said, "I like this plan of yours, Mrs. Abbott."
"Say that again," Rachel said.
"I like the plan?" Kyle said
"The other part," Rachel said.
"Oh, Mrs. Abbott," Kyle said.
"I love that were married," Rachel said.
"Me too," Kyle smiled, kissing her.
"You help me?" Austin said, "That will be the day."
"Perhaps I should enlighten you," Simon said.
"I can hardly wait to hear this," Austin said.
"I am referring to the night you had that horrible experience with your so- called friends," Simon said, "When you were left for dead, with a head injury."
"How do you know about that?" Austin said.
"Did you ever wonder?" Simon said, "How you survived? Did you imagine who it was, who got you out of there and made sure you received the medial care you needed?"
Austin paused staring at his father.
"That's right," Simon said, "It was me. I was there in your time of need. I made sure Tessa was notified, so she could be by your side."
"You?" Austin said.
"Son, I saved your life," Simon said, "You owe me."
After spending some time exploring the island, Kyle stood in their suite, waiting for Rachel to freshen up. Picking up an activity brochure Kyle skimmed its's content. A sudden rumbling in his stomach caused him to put down the brochure and rub the area with a frown. Kyle walked to the open full length window and closing his eyes he took some deep breaths of the ocean air.
The sound of the bathroom door opening caused him to turn around saying," There you are. I was about to send out a search…" Kyle stopped talking when he saw her.
The sight of Rachel, in her red lingerie, mesmerized Kyle. "Wow," he said.
Walking towards him, Rachel said, "I believe I promised you dessert."
"Umm," Kyle nodded, "I had no idea it would be this incredible."
Rachel rubbed her hands across his bare chest saying, "Talk about incredible."
Caressing her lingerie, Kyle said, "I really like this, but does it come off?"
"I guess you will have to investigate to find out," Rachel said.
"I do love a good mystery," Kyle said.
Attributing the knot it his stomach to anticipation, Kyle kissed Rachel's neck, as he unraveled the tie around her waist, letting the outer layer fall to the floor. Once he had the clasp unfastened, he slipped the garment off her shoulders, and seduced her into bed.
Kyle was about to engage her in love making, when Rachel turned her head away from him. Putting her hand to her mouth she tried to suppress a hiccup. Letting her hand fall to her chest, she gave Kyle an embarrassed smile. "Sorry about that," she said.
"You okay?" Kyle laughed.
Reaching up to stroke Kyle's cheek, Rachel said, "Perfect."
Kyle leaned in to kiss her again, only have her push him to arm's length away. Kyle gave her a confused look, as she scrambled out of bed, saying "I'm sorry." Kyle watched Rachel run into the bathroom.
"Rachel?" Kyle said. Getting out of bed, he said, "Baby? What's wrong?"
Kyle's question was answered by the sound of Rachel getting sick on the other side of the door.
"Oh," Kyle sighed. An uneasy feeling caused him to rub his stomach.
Lost in her thoughts, Tessa sat on the patio of Crimson Lights, unaware anyone was standing beside her until she heard a voice say, "Hi."
Tessa looked up to see Lola. "Oh hi," Tessa said.
"Mind if I sit?" Lola said.
"Suit yourself," Tessa said, "If you're sure you want to be seen with me."
"I heard about your arrest," Lola said.
"It's my own fault for listening to my brother," Tessa said.
"I'm sorry this happened," Lola said.
"He said he wanted to help me," Tessa said, "For all the good it did. I had to spend the night in jail and I lost someone I love."
"You mean Mariah?" Lola said.
Tessa paused before she said, "She won't talk to me, but that's not who I was referring to."
Lola looked at her in question, so Tessa said, "Rachel."
"She's the someone you love?" Lola said, "Oh, I didn't realized you had feelings for her."
"I had to stand there and watch her marry…him," Tessa said.
"I completely understand how you feel," Lola said.
"Because of Kyle?" Tessa said.
"No matter how hard I try, I can't get him off my mind," Lola said.
"Why couldn't they see that the two of us would have been the perfect one for each of them?" Tessa said.
"It would have worked out, it wasn't for her," Lola said.
"It's like he brainwashed her with all his charm and money," Tessa said.
"I know, he dropped me so fast when he got together with her," Lola said.
Tessa paused and said, "You know how the saying goes, never say never."
"What are you getting at?" Lola said.
"Maybe if you and I work together, we can find a way to make them see they are all wrong for each other," Tessa said, "Oh, no I sound like my brother."
"You might be on to something," Lola said, "But you just got out of jail. You don't need any more trouble with the law."
"I'm not talking about anything illegal," Tessa said, "Just making Kyle and Rachel realize they don't belong together."
"To make them see that we love them more," Lola said, "I would give anything to have things back the way they were."
"Me too," Tessa said, "No reason we can't make out dreams a reality."
Summer sat at Crimson Lights, rubbing her temples. "Kyle has got to come home," she moaned.
"Why's that?" Fen said, sitting across from her.
"Because I have so much work to do," Summer said, "I have to cover for both of us."
"I'm sure the honeymoon is his priority right now," Fen said, "Things will get back to normal in few days."
"If I last that long," Summer said.
"Have you had a chance to look for places?" Fen said.
"Places…?" Summer said.
"For us to move into," Fen said, "That is the plan, remember?"
"Of course," Summer said, "I haven't had much time, I only found a couple of maybe's."
"Show me what you found," Fen said.
Picking up her phone, Summer scuttled around to the other side of the booth to sit next to Fen. Bringing up a listing, Summer said, "This is a cute one…"
Fen looked at Summer, when she stopped talking, noticing her gaze was focused on the patio.
"What is she doing here?" Summer said.
Spying Tessa, Fen said, "That's a good question."
"She's supposed to be in jail," Summer said.
"Maybe she's out on bail," Fen said.
"We'll see about that," Summer said, getting to her feet.
"Summer, wait…" Fen said, as she marched over.
Tessa and Lola were talking and laughing, losing their smiles when Summer said, "So, nice to see you having such fun."
Fen caught up to them as Summer focused on Tessa. "What the hell are you doing here?" she demanded.
"You mean why am I not in jail?" Tessa said, "The charges were dropped."
"How did that happen?" Summer said.
"Insufficient evidence," Lola said.
"You drugged someone," Summer accused.
"I've told you Austin coerced me to do all of it," Tessa said.
"No, he didn't make you do anything," Fen said, "You were a willing participant."
"You can think what you like," Tessa said, "I'm a free woman."
Fens shifted his eyes to Lola and said, "And what is it you are you doing?"
"Excuse me?" Lola said.
"What are you doing wasting your time with her?" Fen said, pointing at Tessa.
"You know, I'm a big girl," Lola said, "I can chose my own friends. I thought you were one of them."
"As your friend, I am warning you not to trust her," Fen said, "She has proven how devious she can be."
"I am still sitting right here," Tessa said, "You don't have a right to stand there and bully my friend."
"Oh, I get it," Summer said, "You're commiserating together. You lost your pathetic games to steal the bride and groom for yourselves. They would be so much better off without either of you in their lives. We all would."
"You had better watch your tone when you talk to me," Lola said.
Summer shot Fen a glance and said, "Did she just threaten me?"
"Better not have," Fen said.
"I will speak to you anyway I want," Summer said, "You don't scare me."
"Austin does," Tessa taunted.
"I'm going make something clear to you," Summer said, "You and your psycho brother don't come near me ever again. You stay away from me, Fen, Kyle and Rachel and everyone I care about. If you don't you will have to answer to me."
"And me," Fen said.
"Now who's making threats?" Lola said.
"Don't pay any attention to them," Tessa said, "They are a couple of spoiled brats."
Fen gave an insulted laugh, before Summer said, "I can and will make your life miserable."
"Come on Summer," Fen said, "Let's go somewhere, they aren't."
"One more thing," Summer said, "You can't break up Kyle and Rachel. That's true love if I've ever seen it. They will be together forever, no matter what. Where ever they are on that honeymoon of theirs, they are in love and having the time of their lives."
"Rachel?" Kyle said, knocking on the bathroom door. Slightly bent forward, with a hand on his middle, Kyle said, "Are you coming out? I need to get in there." He closed his eyes with a small moan.
After a few seconds, Rachel appeared in the doorway. Stepping further into the room, she said, "Sorry, I just…"
Rachel was cut off, as Kyle bolted into the bathroom and shut the door hard. Rachel paused as she heard Kyle having the same upset she did.
Groaning Rachel walked towards the bed. Lying down she rested her forearm across her forehead. After some silence she called out, "Kyle?"
"I'm still here," Kyle said, from the other side of the door.
Several minutes later, Kyle sauntered to the bed and flopped down beside Rachel.
Looking at each other, Rachel said, "What the…?"
"I'm not sure," Kyle said.
"It couldn't have been anything from here," Rachel said.
"I'm thinking it was whatever we ate on the flight," Kyle said.
"It wasn't very appetizing at the time," Rachel said.
"Did I promise you the perfect honeymoon, or what?" Kyle said. Rachel groaned but still smiled at him.
"Well, you certainly are the cutest person I have ever been sick with," Rachel said.
Giving her a smile, Kyle said, "Right back at you." Taking one of her hands, they linked fingers together.
"So now what?" Kyle said.
"I wish I knew," Rachel said, closing her eyes.
Laying next to each other Kyle and Rachel, simultaneously groaned in discomfort.
Austin sighed as he sat alone in interrogation waiting for his questioning to begin. Resting his handcuffed wrists on the table, he drummed his fingers together in boredom. His interest peaked, when the door opened to reveal Paul and Rey.
"Finally," Austin said, "A person could die of boredom waiting in here."
"So sorry," Rey said, "It might surprise you to know you're comfort is not our top priority."
"Alright," Paul said, "Let's cut the chase."
"Let's," Austin said, "What should we talk about?"
"Why don't we start with the fact that you were declared dead," Paul said.
"A clerical error?" Austin said.
"You think this is funny?" Rey said, "Tell us how is it that you are alive."
"I didn't die," Austin said, "I'm sorry if you missed me."
"Keep up with the smart remarks and see what happens," Rey said. Austin sat back in his chair with a sigh.
"It must be quite a story of your survival," Paul said, "Why don't you tell us about it?"
"I don't know what to tell you," Austin said, "I woke up in a hospital bed."
"How did you get there?" Paul said.
"A good Samaritan," Austin said, "Heck, if I know. I woke up and my sister was there."
"How did anyone know to contact her?" Paul said.
"We are family," Austin said, "She is my emergency contact. They probably found that information in my wallet."
"Funny thing, we checked out your wallet, we didn't find anything of that nature," Rey said.
"You went through my personal things?" Austin said.
"This is jail, no privacy," Rey said.
"You are asking me questions, I don't have the answers to," Austin said.
"Then how about we discuss something you do know about," Paul said, "The night you ran Kyle Abbott and Rachel Brantford off the road."
"Do you have an explanation for that one?" Rey said.
Austin shrugged. "Not really," he said.
"You are facing attempted murder charges, careless driving causing injury, plotting to kidnap someone," Rey said, "Your cocky attitude will not save you."
"Just tell us about that night," Paul said.
"Okay," Austin said, "I did not run anyone off the road. It wasn't me. I did not do it."
"It's obvious this is a waste of time," Paul said, standing up.
"You can go back to your cell," Rey said.
"I am telling you the truth Chief," Austin said. Paul had his hand on the door handle, when Austin said, "I do know who really did do it."
Paul turned back around. "Alright, let's have a name."
"You're going to continue to listen to this?" Rey said.
"I thought you would like that one," Austin said.
"Who was it?" Paul said.
"Not yet," Austin said, "I have something else to clear up first. Since, I have been wrongfully accused of this accident, the careless driving and attempted murder charges need to be dropped."
"Is that so?" Rey said.
"You still attempted to shoot Kyle Abbott," Paul said.
"Yeah, what about that one?" Rey said.
"I did not try to kill him," Austin said.
"Is he serious?" Rey said to Paul, "We saw you holding a gun on him."
"It wasn't attempted murder," Austin said, "I had a panic attack."
Rey laughed out loud, as Paul said, "He had a panic attack." Still smirking Rey nodded.
"If you don't believe me, ask Tessa," Austin said, "She knows I get them."
"It's interesting you brought her up," Paul said, "We had an enlightening conversation, with Tessa."
"You did?" Austin said, "When did you talk to her?"
"Shortly after her arrest," Rey said.
"Why did you do that?" Austin said.
"We were interested with her involvement with certain activities pertaining to you," Paul said.
"What…what did she tell you?" Austin stammered.
"Tessa told us a lot of things," Rey said, "For instance, you were the one driving that car that caused the accident. You were gloating about it to her."
"That's not true," Austin said.
"She also told us about the drugs at the reception," Paul said, "How you threatened her safety if she didn't help you. She told us she put the drops in another drink on purpose to stop you from your kidnapping plan."
"She told us all about your hatred for Kyle, how you told her all your plans to get rid of him," Rey said, "You planned all of it."
"Let's not forget the unfortunate picture that showed up at the party," Paul said, "Apparently, that was all you."
"You were stalking Rachel and Kyle, trying to find any way you could to destroy them," Rey said.
"No, Tess wouldn't do this to me," Austin said.
"She had the proper motivation," Rey said.
"What do you mean?" Austin said.
"We offered her immunity for all the charges against her," Paul said.
"In return she told us all about you," Rey said.
"You set me up," Austin said, "Arresting Tessa was not about her, it was to get her to turn on me. To make the charges against me stick. But I swear, I was not the one driving that car!"
"Then give me a name," Paul said.
"You want to know who it was?" Austin said. He looked at Rey and said, "It was your dear, sainted, innocent little sister. It was Lola. She couldn't have Kyle and she snapped."
Rey lunged at Austin, grabbing him by the shirt front. Paul quickly put a stop to the altercation. Pointing at Austin, Rey said, "You're going to regret spreading lies about my sister!"
"Maybe you should ask her," Austin said, "See how she talks her way out of this one. It's not the first time she has attacked Kyle's girl, is it?"
"Get him out of here," Rey said.
Paul called the guard, to take Austin back to his cell.
"What about dropping the charges?" Austin said.
"All charges stay as they are, until we have evidence to the contrary," Paul said.
"You can't do this to me!" Austin said, "This is a set up I didn't do it!"
"Now you're really going to have a panic attack," Rey said, as he and Paul left the room, and Austin was taken away.