Conspiracy part 4
Kristoff and Melanie are enjoying dinner at the Palace, when Lindsey
walks past.
Lindsey: Oh! Bo! Melanie! Hi! How are you!
Melanie: Lindsey. Would you like to join us?
Lindsey: No, thanks. I’m, ah, meeting someone at the bar.
Melanie looks at her pager.
Melanie: Ooh! I have to go use the phone. I’ll be back.
Lindsey: Kay. If I don’t see you, call me.
Melanie: I will…Bo, I’ll be right back.
She walks away.
Lindsey: We need to talk.
Kristoff: What?
Lindsey: Bo escaped.
Kristoff: What?? Where is he?
Lindsey: You think if I knew I’d be here warning you? We don’t know…
Kristoff: You and that moron better find him. I am not going to have this ruined. I did not have this done to my face to have it all fall apart!
Lindsey: Since when are you in charge???
Kristoff: Since I have to wear this
goofy face. Now find him!
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Colin is over at Nora’s house keeping her company while she is working on a case. He watches TV in the living room while she works in the office.
Colin: Hey, Scarlett…
Nora rolls her eyes…
Nora: Yes…
Colin: I’m gonna hit the road. I gotta go check on something..
Nora: All right. Could you make sure the door is locked? Rachel is at Hank’s tonight and Matthew is staying with Sam for the weekend.
Colin: You sure you don’t want me to stay then?
Nora: No. I’m fine. I’m gonna finish this case then get an early night of sleep.
Colin: All right. Later Scarlett!
Nora: Good night Colin.
Colin leaves. No sooner does the door shut then the door bell rings.
Nora: Now what did he forget?
Nora opens the front door and is pulled into a passionate kiss. She fights the kiss but there is something familiar about it, the lips are soft, warm, inviting. She finally pushes away and looks at the scruffy stranger. Those eyes!
Bo: I’ve waited so long for this moment. I love you Nora.
Nora: Bo?
She faints to the floor.
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At Hank’s house—
Rachel: Daddy, I am so proud of Mom. Not only has she come to terms with this whole thing with that jerk, Bo, she even changed her name back to Hanen.
Hank: Well, once your Mom puts her mind to something…
Rachel: I know! I know! You want anymore of this Stroganoff?
Hank: Sweetie… I am stuffed! You know, I still am trying to figure out how you are such and accomplished chef, what with the way your mother stumbles through a kitchen…
Rachel: Think about it, with the way mom cooks. Is it any wonder why I learned to cook???
They laugh.
Rachel: Daddy, Bo is your best friend—any idea why he is being so horrid to Mom?
Hank: Honey, Bo is my best friend, but he’s been nasty even to me! I used to think he was so bitter because he felt responsible for Nora’s accident and all, but after she returned he seemed to get worse
Rachel: He’s just so mean to Mom…I just wish she would pretend he didn’t exist.
Hank: Your Mom loved him. And when she is that fierce about something, its hard for her to just stop. I don’t think she’ll ever stop loving him…well, at least she has us.
Rachel: Yeah
She hugs her father.
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Back at Nora’s house, Bo had managed to get Nora to the couch. He is sitting at the edge of the couch gently stroking her face.
Bo: Come on honey…you are so
beautiful…I missed you so much…come on Nora…
Wake up baby…
Nora flutters her eyes open and screams. She sits straight up on the couch, knocking Bo to the floor. He winces in pain.
Nora: Who are you??? Get the hell out of my house! I’ll call the police!
Bo: Nora!
Nora: I mean it!!! (calling upstairs) What?? Yes, Colin honey. I’ll be right up…(to Bo) see, my husband is upstairs…
Bo: (chuckling to himself) Oh. Now you’re married? Nora, sweetheart…it’s me…
Nora: I don’t know who you are or what you are doing…
Bo: Red…it’s me. It’s Bo. Honey, I am as confused as you…
Nora: Bo?
Bo: Yeah, look past the beard and the bad hair day…
He smiles that knee-weakening smile.
Nora: Oh my God!!! Bo!!!
She throws her arms around his neck and starts to kiss him. He returns her kisses hungrily. They are both kissing and crying and hugging like two lost souls.
Nora: I can’t believe this…you’re here…you’re…wait she gets a very confused look on her face)…you’re here…then who?
Bo: I don’t know. But I do know Lindsey is involved.
Nora: Oh Bo! (kisses him) I never stopped loving you…as bad as you’ve been treating me…(kisses him some more) oh honey….
Bo: Whoa…hold on…this is great…its what I waited forever for…but we need to clear up some stuff…first of all no one can know I am here. We have to figure out who is impersonating me and why. Then we have to figure out how to stop them and how I can reclaim my life.
Nora: I don’t know if you want the life he has made for you…
Bo: It doesn’t include you?
Nora: Far from it. He hates me.
Bo: He’s obviously an idiot. I love you. All I want is to be with you. I wanted to tell you on the train. I wanted to take you home that night…to our home…to our bed…I wanted so much to end that horrible time. And it seems that all it did was make it worse…
Nora: Oh…there’s so much to fill you in on…but first, lets get you cleaned up…this look, it really does nothing for me…
Bo: Wait a second…I have something
to say…I’ve waited almost a year to say it…I know
it’s a lot to ask of you…but, do you have any room in
your life for a broken and bruised fool of an ex husband? Red,
I love you. I made mistakes and now, all I want is for us to be
together and happy.
I am sorry I bailed on you back then. I love you Red, give me
a chance to prove it…
Nora: I love you too. I’ve waited a long time to hear those words…I love you.
She kisses him then stands up and puts her hand out to him.
Nora: Let’s get you cleaned up.
They head to the bathroom and she sits him down in front of her dressing table. She looks at his mess of a head of hair and starts to trim away almost a years’ worth of matted and graying tangled hair. After nearly an hour she has him looking more like himself
Nora: Well, I am no beautician, but it looks much better…
Bo: It feels much better (he runs his hand through his newly shorn hair, then pulls her gently on to his lap) I have missed you so much.
He kisses he softly on the lips. He lingers…
Nora: Ooo, sweetie, the mountain man look has got to go…
She takes the scissors and begins to trim down his beard. She gets it short enough to shave off
Nora: All I have is ladies’ shave gel…
Bo: Whatever works…
She grabs the can and straddles his lap. As she lathers his faces, he reaches around behind her and softly massages her back. They are both obviously getting very worked up.
Bo: You know, I have dreamt this for so long…
Nora: What’s that? (taking long strokes of foam off his face)
Bo: Being with you…looking into those beautiful eyes…touching you…holding you (he moves close to her lips) kissing you…
Nora: Ssshhhh…let me finish….
She shaves his face smooth. Afterward
she touches either side of his face and looks deep into his eyes.
…She begins to remove his grimy old clothes. His shirt open,
she kisses his neck and slowly moves down his chest. He tosses
his head back, relishing the moment.
She runs her hands along his bare chest, down his sides and around
to his back…things are getting pretty intense…
Bo: Wait!!! Stop…
Nora: What? What’s wrong? Bo, I thought you were enjoying it…
Bo: I was, I mean I am. But (he hesitates) I had some kind of surgery…on my back…I don’t know what it looks like…
Nora: Does it hurt you?
Bo: No. I just don’t want you to be disgusted…
Nora: Bo. I love you. You! All of you! Remember…for better or for worse? Sickness and health?
Bo: We’re not married.
Nora: Says a piece of paper. Does that piece of paper know how much we still love each other? I think not. Bo, I love you. In here (she points to his heart and to her own) I will always be your wife…you are always going to be my husband…. I love you, regardless if your scarred or not.
Bo: You are too good to be real…thank you.
Nora: You know what? I am going to let you finish cleaning up. A shower perhaps?…I think I still have an old flannel or two of yours…maybe I can dig up a manly looking pair of sweats…and then I’ll make you something to eat…OK?
Bo: I love you.
He kisses her and she leaves to get him the change of clothes. As she walks back towards the room, she hears him talking to himself, his voice is choked up.
Bo: I don’t know what I did to deserve her…(pause) but I am so humbled…so incredibly humbled that she is willing to start over…with me…with us…she is everything to me…I knew once I got back here…once I saw her…held her…I’d be ok.
Nora knocks on the door, then walks in
Nora: Umm…here ya go…change of clothes…you know; maybe you should have Larry take a look at your back. Just to make sure you’re all right.
Bo: Once we get out of this mess…I
promise you I will. I will do what ever you want. (pause)
Can I hold you?
Nora: You don’t ever have to ask that.
She walks over to him; he wraps his arms around her and buries his face in her neck. He just breathes, recapturing the memories long thought dismissed. This is almost overwhelming for both of them.
Bo: Nora…(he pulls back slightly, looking in her eyes) I never want to be without you.
Nora: Its ok... You’re safe now... We are together... We’ll always be together... Honey, your heart is racing a mile a minute. Try to calm down.
Bo: I think I should lie down. This is really taking a lot out of me. I want to rest now…
Nora: Come on, I’ll turn down the bed for you.
Bo: Our bed.
Nora: Yes.
She helps him to the bed and gets him settled in. He looks up at her.
Bo: You are so perfect.
Nora: Bo, you’re embarrassing me…just get some rest.
Bo: Will you lay with me? Just til I fall asleep. I need to hold you, feel you next to me…
She crawls into bed next to him and cuddles up in his arms.
Bo: I held a pillow every night, dreaming it was you. I would fool myself into smelling your hair right after a shower. I almost gave up…ever being like this… with you… again.
Nora: Sshhh (she puts a finger to
his lips) sweetheart, you rest. (pauses as she plays with her
fingers on his chest) I’m here. (she kisses his chest through
the flannel) we’ve made it through so much…and we’re
together…so it proves we did make it through the whole nightmare
with Sam.
We made it…we’re ok…
He kisses her forehead
Nora: And as long as we stick together, which I have no plans of losing you again…we will make it through what ever this is we are involved with now.
Bo: I know we will. And I promise to never again let you feel the pain I caused you back then. I swear to you (whispering) I swear it. Now you promise me, when I wake up…you will still be here. I have to wake up with you…just like this.
Nora: I will. I promise.
She kisses him as he doses off.
To be continued
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