Incomplete Inside

by Jessica Potisto

  Travis walked away, shaking his head in disbelief. Kate was still shaking from the exchange. She was really sorry about the way she had spoken to Travis, but she knows that such opportunities do not come every day, and she is not going to stand by and let it pass without reaching out for it.

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  Chapter 6

  Ken picked her up by 7 pm from her apartment, and they went to a fancy restaurant. It seemed like everybody there knew him. “Does Mr. Dempsey need anything?” “More wine, Mr. Dempsey? On and on it went throughout the evening, confirming to Kate that he was indeed relevant and could land her the deal if she played her part well and left a good impression.

  “So, essentially, the cast for the movie is almost set. Peter Cruise has agreed to play the lead part. We wouldn’t have been able to afford him, but the fact that we are giving back to the community made him agree to do it for peanuts,” said Ken. “Wow!” exclaimed Kate. Her head was beginning to spin. She will be in a movie with Peter Cruise! Wait till she told Travis about this.

  “So,” ...said Ken interrupting her thoughts, “All we need now is to find a hot woman for the lead woman’s side kick, and... I think we have a winner here. I’ll talk to the boys at makeup and fashion so that they will take great care in making sure you look smashing.”

  “What about the dialogue? Is there anything I need to practice, such as dialogue or something like that,” asked Kate.

  “Now don’t worry much about the lines. As long as you maintain your genuine smile you will be fine.”

  Dinner went on for another 30 minutes. Kate could hardly eat anything. She had a few leaves of lettuce and drank some wine. The wine loosened her up a bit and coupled to the events of the past few days kind of made her adventurous. Ken called for the check, paid; and they took off in his convertible. Outside, the air was cool enough that he could take the roof off as they drove.

  “It seems to be a bit longer drive getting home than it was going for dinner,” said Kate with a smile turning to Ken. “Yes you are right. I took the scenic route so you can see what New York City looks like at night,” said Ken. They drove on in silence with the new single from Robert Thicke blaring from the speakers.

  “Do you have a boyfriend?” asked ken. “NO. I have been too busy trying to survive and break into the acting business that there just wasn’t any no room for a relationship,” said Kate. Ken told her that she should be ready for the flood of attention she will get once she featured in the movie.

  He stopped the car at an empty parking lot overlooking the Hudson River. From there, you can see a reflection of lights from the city. It was so romantic! The type of image Kate had in mind when she dreamt of New York when she was still at Wisconsin. The view was breath taking.

  “You know, you can actually run this town and make a name for yourself in the movies and Broadway if you utilize this open door as much as you can,” said Ken. He opened the glove compartment and pulled out a joint. He lit the joint, took a deep drag and passed it over to Kate as if they were smoke buddies. She hesitated for a second. Grabbed the joint, brought it to her lips, took a drag and inhaled deeply too.

  She felt it hit home. All of a sudden the wetness between her legs returned. She took a second hit on the joint, and her nipples became rock hard. You can see them pointing through the cotton fabric she was wearing, trying to pierce through the fabric, begging to be touched. Suddenly she felt Kens hand on her shoulder. With soft feather like touch he slipped in two fingers from the top of her dress into her bra. He found his way to her right nipple and held it in between his two fingers and squeezed gently. She shivered... and then moaned. With his other hand, he went straight between her legs. He started pulling her dress up to expose her panties. He put his fingers together and slowly slid his palms into her panties. A gasp escaped his mouth...as he encountered the fullness of her pubes.

  Kate does not shave her pussy at all. She just gives it an occasional trim, but mostly lets it grow wild. Her pussy hair was in full flush, and unknown to her Ken loved hairy pussies. He ran his fingers inside her panties; to the left and then to the right. He nearly came as he was visualizing her panties full of red pubic hair. He took his fingers back as if exiting the panties before slowly sliding them back in again heading south. Like a viper looking for its prey, his fingers continued the journey through the thick jungle of hair searching out for the hood that houses the magic button.

  Ken worked on Kate’s pussy and nipples with the precision of a brain surgeon. His right two fingers on her nipple and left two on her clitoris. Ken leaned closer to Kate. Her eyes were closed and her mouth open. She had full sexy lips. Her breathing was rhythmic but would occasionally go off rhythm whenever Ken hits a pleasure point with his fingers. He bit her playfully on the lips. First the upper lip, then the lower lip before introducing his tongue into her mouth. All this time his fingers where working over time.

  To Kens delight, her pussy was dripping wet. He easily slipped two fingers into her fuck hole while continuing to stroke her clitoris with his thumb. He was a man with experience, and his intention was to bring Kate to a climax.

  Suddenly Kate pushed him away from her. Ken was a bit confused. She leaned over to his side of his seat and placed a hand on his groin. His cock was throbbing hard; itching to be set free. She unbuckled his belt. Put her hand inside his boxers and started looking for the head of the one eyed snake. A moan and a growl escaped Ken’s lips as her fingers explored. She found it all the way down. She squeezed the head of his cock, rubbed her hand open and down the length of his cock while squeezing his cock. It was tight in there. She took out her hands and pulled his boxers down to release his cock. It sprang free like a recoiled spring.

  Kate moved quickly. She grabbed his cock by the base and squeezed gently. She gazed down at the cock as if inspecting it to pick a spot to bite. She leaned forward and engulfed just the head of his cock with her lips. Her mouth was very moist. She made circular movements on his knob with the tip of her tongue. She just concentrated on the mushroom shaped knob with her wet tongue while holding the cock from the base.

  With her legs still wide open, Kate put her right foot on the seat opening up access for Ken to continue to probe her pussy with his fingers. She took the whole length of his cock in her mouth without warning. Ken moaned and purred with pleasure. She began to move her head up and down on his shaft without banging her head on the wheel. She felt Ken’s fingers working fast on her pussy as she started to move faster up and down his cock. She felt herself coming and clamped her legs tightly around Ken’s hands. After what seemed like a minute she regained her composure and went back to work on Kens cock. Kens head was thrown back on the head rest, and his eyes were closed.

  He was breathing really fast. Kate secured the head of his cock with her moistened mouth and now while grabbing the shaft of his cock started to move knob in and out of her moist mouth. Ken was lost. He felt the pleasure starting to build till he could not hold it anymore. Kate felt him coming too. He got harder; his legs started to twitch; his was breathing very rapidly now and making grunting noises in his throat. As he started to come, Kate took his cock out of her mouth and pulled his shirt over his cock maintaining the up and down rhythm. He stomach muscles became very tight as he climaxed and Ken felt the hot sticky come all over his stomach. It felt kind of wired and exciting for Ken. It was a totally new experience.

  They drove back. Ken dropped her off at her apartment and then went home. He said he would call.

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  Chapter 7

  The next morning Kate went back to work and immediately realized that Travis was no longer as friendly as he used to. In fact, he hasn’t said a word to her the whole day. Kate could not take the silence any longer. “I’m really sorry about yesterday and the way I talked to you. I want to follow my dreams, but I can’t help thinking about what you said about the guy being a name dropper,” said Kate.

  “Maybe I was too quick in judging the guy. Who knows... you just have
to follow your dreams and hope it all ends well,” said Travis shrugging his shoulders. As they were talking one of their co workers came to where they were and handed Kate a letter. She said it was dropped off with the mail.

  Kate looked at the letter, and the return address on the envelope was from Offe studio. She ripped the letter open. Inside was a letter from the John Dempsey himself inviting her for the audition tomorrow morning. She was so excited. “I am happy for you Kate. I wish you all the luck in the world,” said Travis as he hugged her and held her tightly. Kate left work early that. She wanted to get enough rest for the audition tomorrow.

  In the morning, Kate put on her best outfit and went to the studio. Inside she provided the receptionist with the letter she received and was ushered into a room full of other girls. They all had come for the same audition. Kate felt out of place and confused. She wished Ken was there to keep her calm.

  “Kate Smith?” another receptionist inquired as she worked into the room the girls were in. Kate raised up her hand and she motioned for her to come with her said, it was her turn to see Mr. Dempsey. She worked into his big office, and there were two other people there, a man and a woman. She had been through this scene so many times in her mind; however, unlike the studio heads in her dreams that were always patient, caring and would succumb to her beauty whenever she arrived, Mr. Dempsey was a very busy man and had no time for pleasantries.

  “Looking at your resume, it does not say anywhere that you have any dancing skills. Can you dance?” asked My Dempsey.

  “Hm mm... I did a little dancing in grade school and... and some ... ball room dancing, Kate stuttered. “No! Have you danced on Broadway before,” asked Mr. Dempsey getting impatient.

  He looked at her resume again, “How did I get this resume by the way. Somebody must not have been doing their job. I’m sorry Miss. It’s not going to work... You do not have the skills we are looking for.” He picked up her pictures again and looked at them.

  I still like the pictures; it probably is the skill of the photographer that attracted me. Miss Smith could you be kind enough to tell this Travis Degare to come see us; we might have a job for him! Tell him to see Mr. Bill in the photo lab. Thank you and have a nice day” said Mr. Dempsey.

  “Thank you sir,” I said as I fought back tears and made a quick exit.

  Chapter 8

  Disillusioned with the whole acting business, Kate ran back to her small apartment and threw herself on the bed as she let go the sob she has been holding back. She cried and cried. It eventually dawned on her that she was wasting her time trying to get into the movie business; and for Broadway she needed singing and dancing expertise too. But, why didn’t Ken tell her all these things she wondered. Did he just take advantage of her?

  In her despair, she remembered the message she is supposed to deliver to Travis. But she was not ready to face him or talk to him. So she decided to drop him a note. In her loneliness and frustration it quickly went from a note to a letter. A long letter; She poured her heart out. She told him that she has given up her dreams of acting and will have him in her prayers so that he’s on wish will come through. She put the letter in the mail together with the contact information from Mr. Dempsey. She just could not face the humiliation.

  She did not hear from Travis for about three days and decide that he must have moved on. However, on the fourth day there was somebody on her door. As she opened the door, it was Travis, looking all formal in a suit and very happy.

  “We did it baby! Meet the new guy in charge of the Photo lab in Offe Studio shouted Travis.

  “I didn’t know you would still want to see me after the way I treated you,” I said.

  “Rubbish! We agreed we will share our lives and dreams with each other, remember?” asked Travis. “That studio scared me. I am not going back there. I just realized I don’t have what it takes. My dreams are over;” Kate cried.

  “Will an apartment in that building we always drove by scare you? I have a question I was too scared to ask you that day at the beach,” said Travis. “The answer to that is yes. I love and will always love you.”

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  Chapter 9

  After the audition disaster, Kate really felt bad about herself. She was not ready face her coworkers or other customers that were regulars, about her failed audition. She had really rubbed it in their faces. Some had warned her about the guy. He only wanted to get into her panties. She had dismissed such thought. “You are just being jealous!” she had told Jane; one of the regulars that had tried to warn her. “Kate! Listen to me. He just sees you as another fuck hole to sink his cock in. He did the same to me, and a host of other girls,” Jane said. “He promised us an audition and all we ever got was his dick in our cunt. In your case, you blew him. Don’t worry; there are no secrets with this guy!”

  Kate later learns that Ken was also sleeping with one of Mr. Dempsey’s secretaries; and that was how he was able to get her pictures and resume to his desk. Travis had asked her to marry him, but after she recovered from the studio experience, she kind of held off. With his new job, she was also seeing less and less of him. She is happy she did not commit herself to a marriage. Having given up on her dreams Kate had this void...she felt incomplete inside and was wondering what to do to make her complete again.

  She decided that the best thing for her would be to move. She is already used to running away from her problems, so one more run won’t kill her.

  She went to the bank and withdrew her life savings; $700 cash. Packed up her suitcase with her few belongings and skipped town. She was lucky. The furniture in the apartment was there when she came. It had been left behind by the last tenant who had told the landlord to keep it.

  The landlord had intended to sell the furniture, but single people that wanted his apartment were always thrilled when he brought them in to show them the apartment. Their eyes always lit up when they saw it was furnished at that price. So he started advertising the apartment as furnished and the same price as the competitors. It sold fast.

  Kate got to grey hound terminal and asked for the farthest town the bus would go to. About an hour later she was sitting on a bus going to California. She had paid $200 and as far as she is concerned she wants to get as far as possible from NYC, Travis, Ken, acting and all the bad memories. She had left Ken a note saying that she will always love him, but right now she just had to move on. She also said he shouldn’t look for her. To make sure nobody found here; just as she had done when she left Deer Park, she saved her address book from her phone and cancelled the service. She got a new phone and new number from another phone company.

  Once the bus got to California, Kate remained on the bus wondering where to get off. When the bus stopped for gas, she saw a sign across the street at a rest stop for truck drivers. It saw a sign that said “Sales lady wanted.” Kate got off the bus, grabbed her suitcase and headed for the truck stop. As she got to the door, she undid one more button on her blouse showing some cleavage.

  She walked in and walked to the counter. The place was almost empty. An air conditioner was humming in the background, and a ceiling fan was twirling around. “How can I help you, ma’am?” asked the white bearded man at the other side of the counter; eyeing the red head that had just walked in. “I saw the job sign outside and thought I should apply for it,” said Kate.

  The man looked her over, from her head down to her chest, and finally settled on her cleavage. She wore a black lace bra; cleavage and some lacy fabric were peeking out; just showing enough to keep any man engaged. Even the best of men, once you have firm cleavage showing in front of them they just cannot keep their eyes off it.

  “Can you cook and clean?” asked the white bearded man. “Yes,” replied Kate quickly not wanting to sound hesitant. “The job is yours. My wife and I run this place. We have been open for business for the past 30 years. We have truckers coming in at all hours of the day and night. Sometimes it gets pretty busy. Lodging is provided if you want it.”

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bsp; The small room that came with the job was just enough for Kate. It was located in the next property right across from the truck stop. Less than a minute walk for me to get to work or to go home, Kate thought to herself. The name of truck stop owner is Joe. He lives there with his wife Jane, and they are very nice people. They provided for Kate. Kate’s room is a room that was added to their house. They did not have any children and had only each other.

  Work was fun for Kate. A lot of truck drivers stopped there to get their food; breakfast, lunch or dinner, and they all treated Kate as if she were their own flesh and blood. They were very fond of her.” Can I have a French vanilla latte,” asked one customer. “Kate bring me some more toast!” countered another customer from across the room. “Guys! Guys! Calm down! I’ll take care of you all. Just be patient,” Kate said laughingly. She never dated any of the guys. Even the ones that were regulars at the truck stop. After a few months, New York was beginning to become a far away memory.