Alison stood in a bathroom under the shower in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Well, she more liked leaned against the wall, hands running through her blonde hair as she let tears fall out of her eyes while the shower rained down on her and her body. *What have I done? I slept with Dusty, who likes my sister, for God's sake! She so isn't going to forgive me when she finds out! Ohhh Aaron... I miss you... I wish you were here right now!* the youngest Stewart daughter thought.
"Thank you, Emily. Have you seen your sister around?" Aaron asked as Jan had gone to order for them. Three cups of coffee and some breakfast. The booth wasn't so far from the counter, so Jan could hear every word they were saying. "She's not in Oakdale, but she's been here. She's out of town visiting some friends." Emily told Aaron. "Really? I'm surprised she even got back to Oakdale." Aaron said as Jan placed the three cups of coffee in front of them. "Our food will be there soon." Jan told them. "She always complained about Oakdale, was so happy to be out of this town." Aaron continued on telling Emily. Emily nodded. "Thanks Jan." Emily said as she took a sip from her coffee.
*I can't stay in this shower forever. I've been taking showers so many times a day now. But if Dusty hadn't been there...* Alison closed her eyes, she kept seeing what had happened flashing in front of her. The pocket knife she used to defend herself from Lance, to slice open his cheek... the blood that was on her bathrobe... on the floor. In fast response she turned around and turned the shower handles to stop the water flowing. She opened her eyes again and got out of the shower to dry herself off and wrap a towel around herself. *I was all wrong. Lance wasn't going to make me an actress. He was going to make another porn movie.* Alison thought as she left the bathroom and walked into the hotel room. As she looked at the empty bed, she remembered being in Dusty's arms and moving around, their lips kissing over and over. She turned her head in fear when there was a knock on the door. She didn't move. "Alison? It's me, Dusty. Open up." A sigh of relief escaped her lips as Alison moved to the door to open it. Dusty walked inside and immediately closed the door again.
Aaron, Emily & Jan had started on their breakfast. Everyone was making plans. Emily was worried sick about receiving no word from either Alison or Dusty, so she would call them later. Aaron was going to drive by the Snyder Farm to let the other family members know he was back and Jan was going to get used to his hotel room at the Lakeview. His luggage would be arriving there soon. "So Jan, would you like to come along to the Farm? You can see Holden, Jack, Lily, Brad and all the kids again?" Aaron asked his buddy from childhood.
"Maybe some other time, Aaron. My luggage will be arriving soon at the Lakeview, better to be there then absent when the luggage arrives." Jan told his friend. Aaron nodded. "Ah, I see. No worries, buddy, I can maybe give you a ride to the Lakeview on my motorcycle?" Aaron asked. Jan chuckled. "Two boys on a motorcycle? What will the people think, Aaron?" He asked with a grin.
Alison looked at Dusty. "You still have some blood on your shirt." Alison said. Dusty shrugged. "Don't worry about..." "No, I'm going to remove it for you." Alison said and grabbed a washcloth from the bathroom after sprinkling some water on it. She then dabbed the cloth on Dusty's shirt. It was gone in a matter of seconds.
"It's gone." Dusty said. "Yeah," Alison said with a smile, "It's cold water that's the secret." Alison said. Then she looked up and stared into Dusty's smoldering eyes. Dusty did the same, but didn't give into their feelings. No, they moved away from eachother. "Well, are you ready to leave Las Vegas and return to Oakdale?" Dusty asked her. "Yeah. Just let me get dressed and I'll be all set." Alison said as she grabbed her clothes and went into the bathroom to get changed.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again, Emily. We'll see you later okay? And can you keep in touch if you hear anything about Alison?" Aaron asked as he and Jan got up when they finished breakfast. "Sure thing." Emily said with a smile. "C'mon Jan." Aaron said and the two were gone on Aaron's motorcycle that stood outside.
Emily didn't even watch them leave as she pulled out her cellphone and called Dusty.
Dusty picked up right away. "Emily?" Dusty asked. "Where have you been? I have been waiting for news, so nervous when you would call, and when you didn't I decided to call instead. How is Ali?" Emily asked Dusty.
"She's fine, we're about to go to the airport actually." Dusty said to her, the exact moment when Alison got out of the bathroom, all dressed. Alison was wearing a dark blue shirt and blue jeans. "Can I talk to her?" Emily asked. Dusty looked at Alison who shook her head. "You can't. She's in the shower. But we're going to be home soon." Emily was relieved that they would be coming home soon. "Okay, thanks for everything, Dusty. I can't wait to have you both home safe. I love you." Emily said through her cellphone. Dusty nodded and told her he loved her as well. He broke the connection and put his cellphone back. "Ready to get out of here?" Dusty asked. Alison nodded as she zipped up her luggage bag. "Yeah." Alison said and opened the door and walked out with her backpack. Dusty made movement toward the door, but then turned around and looked at the unmade bed, memories of him and Alison clouding his vision. He then closed the door for good and walked with Alison downstairs to check out.
The motorcycle stopped in front of the Lakeview. "Thanks again, Aaron. And say hi to your family for me." Jan said as he gave Aaron their special handshake they had done as kids. "My pleasure and no problem, man." Aaron said as he drove off. *Let's check in with Daddy and see if he got any news.* Jan thought as he entered the Lakeview and went straight to the counter. He got the electronic card for his suite and went up the elevator to the correct floor with a bellboy who had his luggage. The elevator pinged and the doors opened. Jan and the bellboy walked to the suite and the bellboy waited until Jan had opened the door by slipping the electronic card through the slot. The bellboy put his luggage on the couch. "Thank you very much." Jan said and gave the bellboy a tip. "Thank you, Sir. Enjoy your stay at the Lakeview." The bellboy then left. "Oh, but I will..." Jan said as he began to put all his stuff from the luggage into drawers and other places, as thoughts about Alison consumed him. His last birthday party, for example...
~Hey birthday boy, check this out! When we saw this in the store, we just KNEW you had to get it for your birthday! Jan took the package and opened it. It was a porn video. "Gee, thanks guys!" Jan had said to them. "You're welcome, buddy!" Jason said and grinned. "What's that grin for?" Jan asked. "Oh you know, don't you want to display your merchandise after you bought it?" Bart asked. Jan shrugged. "Yeah, I guess." Jan said and went over to his dvd player on his flatscreen and inserted the disc. He then pressed another button and the disc cover slid closed. Jan changed from tv to dvd and the scene started up.... Jan dropped the remote and stared at the screen. There was the one girl he always carried a photograph of in his wallet! Alison Stewart with a lollipop in her mouth!! She then stripped her clothes off and a man appeared. She took his member in her mouth like it was nothing... "Okay, everyone, that's it for tonight, the party's over!" Jan said, pressing stop after he had scooped the DVD remote from the floor again and changed it to tv again. "DUDE! What are you doing? It was just getting good!" His friends called out. "No, it wasn't. Please, just get out of here!" Jan ordered them. "Whatever." They said and left. Jan then started cleaning everything, while thoughts clouded his better judgment. ALISON STEWART made a porno?! Was she on drugs?! He grabbed his cellphone and called Alison... but another woman picked up, not knowing about Alison Stewart. Jan apologized and wished her a goodnight. When Jan was done, he pulled the dvd out and placed it back in the package. He walked with the dvd to his bedroom, where he undressed to his briefs and sat down on the edge of his bed, staring at his flatscreen in his bedroom and the dvd. Looks changed from the flatscreen to the new dvd... and then he picked up the remote and turned on the flatscreen. His fingers opened the dvd package and took out the dvd and placed it in the dvd player, closed it and pressed play. He watched, transfixed.
Jan Sanders watched how the one he loved was taken, how she moaned out that it felt so good, when he pulled his cock out from his briefs and began to jerk off, while tears fell from his eyes, not believing he had gotten under the spell of this porno.... of Alison Stewart the pornstar...
Jan still had teary eyes while the memory washed over him. The moment after he was done, did his cellphone ring. He picked up as he saw that there was no caller ID. He had been waiting for that call. "Jan here, I'm in position at the Lakeview." Jan told the other person at the end of the line. "You make me so proud, son." James Stenbeck said on the other end of the line. "Thank you, Father. Now, any news about Alison from your spies?" On the other end far away, a ring of cigar smoke was blown out. "Ohhh, you'll be very happy, my son. I happen to know she will be coming home from Las Vegas really soon..."
End of Chapter One: Return of Loved Ones