54. Stella goes to Greece.
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Stella closed her eyes and tossed a coin into the water and made a wish.
She wished that she could have a baby some day.
Ash smiled. " Don't tell me your wish, I'm sure it had to do with Storm though." He said.
She shook her head.
" When a person shows me their true self, I believe them. I'm not wasting time on his negative energy, besides I have you." She beemed up at him.
She was trying to hide her broken heart.
Later that evening, Ash spoke with Storm again, not around Stella though.
" Your killing her, she's so upset, her heart is broken. Why did you have to break her heart, you're just as bad as her mom and dad." He said.
" You don't get it, I owe it to Jerika, I fell hard for Stella, now that I see she lied to us...I think it was just lust. Jerika is the one I should be with, she will give me children." Storm said.
" I see, so when you asked her to marry you and promised to love her, it was all fake, she means nothing to you at all.
I don't even know you Storm... Stella is going to Greece, you need to apologize, please. I don't feel like she lied to us." He said.
Storm laughed loudly mocking him, "Of course having kids isn't a problem for you. You are gay anyway. We all know it, quit pretending."
" That's very cruel. I'm not gay, I'm just in tune with my feminine side more than you are.
I don't know why you are lashing out at Stella and now me"
Storm was quiet, thinking.
" Well...Storm.
Have a great life, and don't expect me to come to your wedding with Jerika. You are killing... both of... us now." His voice cracked.
Ash started to cry silently, his heart was broken too.
Storm said," I'm sorry...I"...
Ash hung up. Storm tried to call him back, Ash shut his phone off.
Ash went to a red eyed Stella.
Now they were both crying.
" He's so mean, he said I was gay and that I didn't care about having kids."
Stella pulled him close to her heart. "Ash I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I'm sorry...you two are so close. It's all my fault." She said sadly.
He wiped her eyes. "No Stella it's his fault, all his fault. He's so mean. I've done nothing but support him, letting him win race after race.
I never let him know that I was holding back for him. Then one time, I actually tried to win myself so he wouldn't marry that dumb Jerika and join the Henderson racing team, who by the way asked me to marry his daughter and join his team after I won the race, not Storm.
I don't tell him any of these things I do for him... he thinks I'm so inferior to him, all my life.
My mother told me ..she said I should protect him. Build him up. Now look at him."
Stella's jaw dropped. " You did all that for Storm..Oh... Ash I loved you, but now I really love you so much deeper.You are selfless." She kissed his lips.
He kissed her back.
They quickly moved into eachother's embrace as their passion ignited.
Stella removed his shirt, she fumbled to get his pants off. He tore her gold dress pulling it off of her harshly in his hurry.
It was like he had been Clark Kent, but now he had shown himself to be superman.
" Ash take me, give yourself to me, I love you so much." She said.
He thrust into her and grabbed her hips, he was rough with her in his excitment. She liked it.
He bit her neck, then kissed it.
Stella arched back to let him do it again.
They made love, it was even more exciting since they both felt so raw with their pain from Storm's actions.
They snuggled and made plans into the night.
In the morning, as agreed, Stella left to go to Greece.
Ash said he would miss her terribly, he had several more races to compete in, he was excited to see how good he could be, since he was no longer holding back.
Storm was disqualified for the next race.
He was anxious to apologize to the very innocent Jerika. He tried not to think about Stella or Ash.
He finally tracked her down after a week of searching, she was in Greece on a super yacht with her friends.
Jerika was topless on the sundeck. There was loud music and several people dancing and acting lewd.
Storm frowned, he waved at her.
She stood to face him, topless still. She was very angry seeing him there.
" Did daddy send you? I won't marry you, I'm not getting married. Leave me alone, I don't want you, I just wanted to have a little fun!" She sent him away.
He started to realize that she wasn't who he thought she was.
She had never loved him? This was not they way...not what...not how he envisioned their reunion.
He thought she would be angry at him for leaving with Stella, but she wanted him to leave her alone.
Storm felt dejected. He flew back to Rome, alone.
His tail between his legs. His Jerika didn't even exist, Stella was real, she was very real. He ruined everything.
He was so tired. He went to the hotel. He used his key card to get in. It was empty.
" Stella? Ash? I'm back." he called out.
Ash's things were there, Stella was gone.
He lay on the bed. He could smell Stella's perfume.
He rolled over and called her on her cell phone.
It went to voicemail.....
Ash finally came back from his long day, he won the race again, he was ecstatic. He hit the shower.
He saw Storm sleeping in the big bed that they all had shared.
He quietly left and went to the other bed.
Stella loved Greece, it was very warm and the people were so nice to her.
Stella was staying with Beth in her rented house at her port of call, she was still technically on her cruise.
Stella loved being with Beth Palmer, Drakes mother.
" Is that boy of mine behaving?" she asked Stella.
Stella drank her red wine and shrugged.
"Knowing Drake, no way. He's probably having a big party to celebrate being a man." She laughed.
Beth smiled, but she could hear the pain in Stella's voice.
" You know he had a party to celebrate me leaving?" Stella asked her.
Beth shook her head, frowning.
" Dumb boy. Just like daddy. He can't see that the person standing right in front of him is the one that loves him the most.
Well, I finally got smart. You got smart early Stella."
Beth gave her advice on not letting a man make her feel bad about her body, especially if she couldn't have babies.
"You are so much more than your loins." She told her.
Beth walked with her down to the private beach. Stella removed her top and lay in the sun. It felt so good.
Cash called, she did answer for him.
" Hey, how's my girl?" He asked.
" Storm is a big jerk, he called me a...well he said I lied to him. He's probably married to his precious Jerika now." She pouted.
" I talked to him, he's not with Jerika. She wouldn't take him back. He wants to talk to you, apologize to you. Can you call him?" He asked softly.
" Okay, for you Cash. If you were here with me in Greece, we would be naked in this beach together."
He smiled. " That's true my love."
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