A Touch Of Class. Part 1

Chapter 259

A Touch Of Class.

Part 1

Mr. Tate acted shocked as Tony told them what had just taken place. Stringum said. “That’s it… were done. Mr. Tate. You are now fired, and in breach of your contract.” Mr. Tate growled angrily at him said, “You don’t think I had anything to do with this? How could I. When I have been here the entire day? And you have had me watched all day, apparently and everyone here on set can vouch for me that I have never once left the shoot. I have everything on film stating I was here. So unless you have proof that I had anything to do with today unfortunate advents. You can’t fire me or terminate our contract.”

Stringum said with a smile. “Let's see, so you say that wasn’t you then that told Antonio to leave the set and send men to kill them if they couldn’t capture them, and if wasn’t you then who else was it on camera threatening Terry and Nate earlier on the set?”

Stringum pulled out his miniature tape recorder out of his pocket and pushed play. Mr. Tate face paled hearing his own voice of our little conversation in the boy’s bathroom.” Then he placed the video of Terry’s sex scene with Antonio and turned up the volume as Antonio and his voice came over the speaker as he was spilling his guts to us; then watching Mr. Tate and Crawford take turns raping Terry over and over again.

Mr. Tate said. “You know as well as I do, that won’t hold up in court. Because it could be all written as part of the script which when they ask I will say that it was and I have proof of that using this video; plus the fact I told you and Mr. Carrion up front on the plane that I was going to have sex with Terry and a couple of my big clients to make sure Terry was ready to perform on call and you stated that I could, because you had given your word and had stated that in the terms of our contract… That is my given right to do so anytime I wanted. 

"How do you think that will look when I tell the Judge and show him our contract? Not only will it implicate me, but as well and everyone that has signed it; which is why I insisted it being in the contract in the first place so if you decide to blackmail me like you are doing now.

“Not only will I go down, but you all will also go down with me. Then it will be up to who has the best lawyer and who can make the best deal. Whereas I have all you having sex with the boys all on film. Were as you have me on film as well, so it will be up too who they believe is the worst of us. However, since I am a pillar of the community and have been for years. Whereas you have recently moved to Heber, have already a record and are facing charges of beating Nate’s father to the inch of his life and being charged with raping his own daughters and his wife.

“All I have to do is make one phone call and send a copy of those videos of you having sex with those boys. They will put you way long before I even see a jail cell and by that time. I would have disappeared with all your money and have started over somewhere else where the law will never touch me, because of my powerful friends; I have made over the years.  But if you will take note, I wasn’t the one spilling my guts on camera. It was Antonio… and will be his word against mine and you have no proof of me, actually telling Antonio to say that to Terry while shooting their scene together.

“All you have is me having sex with him, and you watched me do it, stating once again you wanted me to do and Antonio to do it. All I have to say is you forced me to do it at gunpoint and did so for the fear of my own life. Who do you think they would believe me being half the size of you and your friend Mr. Vincent? They would laugh you out of court, and say I was the victim. I chose my friends carefully Mr. Rothwell or what every name you are using these days. I frankly don’t care.

“As for our dear friend Mr. Crawford, I was unaware of your connection to him. All I knew was he is one of my many clients and benefactor, which wanted proof that the boys I am using for these films are legit before he gave us his ok and give us the money we need to make this series of films using the boys we have. 

"If I had known about it or what his intentions were; I would not have invited him here to sample my merchandise nor accepted his very large check today. And since he isn’t here to defend himself, and nor is Antonio, consider he has left the shoot without my permission and has yet to turn up so I can fire…..him personally.”

Mr. Tate gasped as Stringum motioned Tony to bring in Antonio. Mr. Tate eyes went wide as Antonio was strapped and tied to an office chair and wheeled in with hood over his head and gagged.

Tony took his hood off, and leaving him gagged, Dad said to Mr. Tate. “So you were saying? I found our dear friend here tailing our boys as they were doing some shopping today and stopped him before he could run back here and tell you where we going to be today while we took a break from today’s shoot. He said you and Crawford were in on this together.

“He said, you plan to have us all killed the moment we became a problem or no longer needed, basically when the money run out. He said all kinds of things about your dealings with Crawford. He sang like a canary implicating you Mr. Tate. That is was your idea and Crawford’s idea too tail them and take them all prisoner so you could hold them to make Nate accept your offer and all of our boys… and their parents to do exactly what you want; including selling them to you so you could do what you pleased to them without having to deal with me or Stringum any longer, said we were getting in your way and making it impossible for you to keep your clients happy. 

“But they wouldn’t do it, so according to Antonio you thought if you captured his adoptive mother and his mother; that we would have no choice but to sign them over too you. In fact at this very moment thanks to Antonio we have learned of several hidden locations of children and their parents you have tucked away. And right now because of Antonio they are being rescued and they are telling us everything you sir have done to them and will be picking you and Antonio out of police line up. But I am sure you knew that because you called your men asking for an update no more than three hours ago right before the pep rally scene, but didn’t get a response. But like you said it’s our word against yours and without proof, we can’t fire you are terminate your contract.

“Yet it doesn’t mean that we can’t fire Antonio and see that he spends the rest of his days in prison; since he has given a sworn statement of his involvement and we have him… like you said on film, spilling his guts to Terry and to us. However, we will need a replacement for his character, which Mr. Vincent has agreed to play the part of Mr. Bronson the wayward school teacher. So that leaves us of … what to do with you.”

Mr. Tate backed away and started to head towards the door only to be stopped by some of Tony’s men. Dad went over to him and said. “Consider your self put on notice Mr. Tate, and these fine gentlemen will be your personal bodyguards to ensure you can’t run away until you have finished the job we had paid you to do.

“Then once we are done with you on Saturday you will be handed your pink slip and fired for breaking your contract, and putting our boys in danger, and bring you up on charges for sexual harassment and attempted murder and whole list of charges that will put you behind bars for the rest of your life.” 

Dad then cold-cocked him breaking his nose. Watching him hit the floor as he was surrounded with guns pointing at him daring Mr. Tate not to make any sudden moves as they searched him finding several knives and a small pistol. Dad said. “Lock them up boys,” As Tony wheeled Antonio out into the hallway to join his boss.”

Mr. Tate said. “You think you can get away with this Mr. Rothwell. I’ll have you know, none of those charges will stick; because you have no proof to implicate me that says I am responsible for the things this a*****e who betrayed us all and is setting you and me up to take the fall.”

Dad shrugged his shoulders said. “Like you said too me earlier, does it matter? I may not be able to prove you are behind today’s attack, but I have you on buying and selling children and kidnapping. It’s only a matter of time when we will have enough to put you away for a very long time, the second reason is more personal … which is I just don’t like you? You’re a f*****g prick and a liar. Simply put… your egotistical lying snake that shouldn’t be allowed to breathe the same air as us.

“So until we can prove you are the one behind all this we aren’t going to let you out of our sight. You will be working with a gun pointed to your head, when we are filming and when we're done with you will be locked up unable to contact the outside world until we have the proof we need to either buy you out and send you on your way or put you behind bars with Antonio as your cell mate?”

One of the men placed a gag in his mouth and hood over his head. Dad said. “I have wanted to do that for a very long time, but it seems we are without a movie director, and I very much doubt we have enough to finish what we started so we catch the rest of them on Saturday as planned. Since we can’t use any of the footage we have taken with Antonio; being as we have terminated his contract and will need his footage as evidence.”

Stringum paced the room for the minute and said. “Not yet, but I never liked his work, in the first place it was very poor quality, to begin with. Give me an hour or two and I’ll have a new film director here ready to work or I will take his place until I can arrange for some one we can trust to do it.  I’ll have my best guys work on making sure this premier is a smash hit.

“We can quickly redo your wife scene and redo the classroom scene without too much trouble, with a little fancy footwork and with our full setup back in Heber and my video equipment at the safe house we can have everything neatly package and on time. Most of our work has already been done thanks to Mr. Tate. It’s just a matter of switching characters and letting the makeup do the rest. It going to be a very long day for all of us, but if we all pitch in and help we can be out of here by 4 pm and home by 5:30. Chef Philips will just have to make due until we get home.”

Things moved quickly as Franklin and his team of makeup artist worked tirelessly, Mom had changed her outfit to a more sophisticated woman instead of a woman looking like a hooker. She wore a long navy blue skirt and light blue blouse and a scarf around her neck. Even her shoes were sensible, unlike her high heel hooker shoes. She wore flat shoes with raised heal like nurse wear in hospitals and tan nylons. She didn’t wear a wig letting Franklin dye her hair black with little touches of gray highlights that’s said she was more sophisticated and older woman; instead of the young girl hooker type.

Mr. Tate watched, but being gagged he could say anything and being handcuffed to a chair and with his round the clock bodyguards. All he was, was a back seat driver. Stringum had completely changed the scene including Moms lines. As the camera had been paused right where Mark was doing his cigarette scene where Mom goes to the window looks down with coffee mug in her hand, instead of undoing her blouse as she had done before, she took sips from her mug instead. She said. “Mark, you are so going to get me fired from the school board if I can’t get you to stop causing trouble for me.”

Mr. Vincent knocked on the door of Moms office and stepped in, said looking at his cue card. “Is that Mark I heard on his new bike?” As he joined her at the window putting his arms around her waist, kissing the back of her neck and earlobes; he was wearing the same suit of clothes as Antonio was wearing, dark brown jack with patches on the elbows and light tan pants. They had died his hair dark brown with same touches of gray, but they removed his wire-frame glasses, so they wouldn’t be a distraction while Mom and him kissed at the window with Mark looking up at them.

Mom said. “Yes, and you got your hand's full considering I have put some of our trouble boys in your class this semester as we have agreed too.”

Mom set down her coffee mug on the windowsill and turned in his arms and she kissed him, Mr. Vincent said. “So when do you plan to tell him about us, now that your divorce papers have been signed making you a free woman?”

He kissed her again as Mom sighed as someone knocked on the door, telling them that her son Mark was here. Mom said. “I am aware of that,” as she hated to release her boyfriend. Mr. Vincent, she said. “I guess you better get to class Lyle, it just wouldn’t look good if the teacher is late for his first class.”

He held her for a brief moment longer before letting her go said, “Are we still on for lunch today my little dove?” Taking his leave as he opened the door of the office, while he waited for her answer, standing in the doorway with his right hand on the doorknob. 

Mom giggled leaning again the windowsill. “Depends on what you have in mind?”

He said. “Me… dipped in chocolate with a side of strawberries and whip cream.”

Mom licked her lips and said. “Yum you bring the strawberries and cream and I bring the chocolate.” He blew her a kiss and closed the door. Mr. Stringum yelled that’s a wrap folks, what did you think Mr. Tate? Much better than that tired old scene you had in mind.” 

Mr. Tate mumbled something through the gag, having Mr. Stringum say. “I didn’t quite catch that… Oh, I see. Personally, I liked that idea of them not having sex right off the bat, but we needed something that said they are lovers, and we wanted Mr. Bronson to come off as someone everyone trusts, so we would be a surprise when he having sex with his students. Leaving our audience wondering when he is going to get caught.

“We will add the sex scene of course later when we get back to Heber and put that one first, so this one will be more believable. The idea of Tangled Hearts is love affairs gone wild as we have said both sexes are going to be used and all ages. It isn’t going to be anything but naked young boys and your sense of perversion of constant rape scenes. There is nothing wrong with adding a little Disney to make an R standout, but your script was something that has been done over and over again.

“What we are doing is adding a touch of class, something you know nothing about being as you are nothing more than a child molester who buys or steals children off the street and force them to rape each other. Sex is an art… where love for each other and respect means more than a bunch of people raping and ravaging each other like they are going to do to you in prison… providing you even make it to prison. Now we going to shoot the classroom scene and again. And your last scene, that Terry wrote with the help of Mr. Vincent, using your idea of course but again adding a touch of class.”

Mr. Stringum had them take Mr. Tate down to the classroom setting. We had taken the list of students that wanted to audition for several parts we had opened and called them back for a special screening.

Again we rolled the film to where the students were entering the classroom. Mr. Vincent had three types of students whereas before they were mixed batch, the popular crowd, the geeks and the jocks. This time he had them sit with their groups in the classroom. It made it look more real life then how Mr. Tate had them set up, even the way they looked had been changed to match each of the social clubs you would find in a school; Cheerleaders sitting with jocks and cheerleaders, Geeks sitting towards the front and trouble makers sitting in the back.

The script didn’t change but, there was more of a school classroom atmosphere then there was before now that all the students had put on costumes and touches of makeup. Mr. Vincent did the same scene right on down to the mice and the firecrackers. But the moment the sex scene was about to take place. Everything changed as the windows were covered with a drop cloth of green so when Stringum add what the sky would look like whenever he wanted to use a different sky setting. Everything was now ready to do the scene with a touch of class. After all, sex should always feel like romantic jester between two people. Not ravaged like animals.