Certain things have recently come to light, hence this series is going to move in different directions than previously planned and under a new title. However this story does pick up where the third part of Safe Haven ended.
Previously in Safe Haven, a porn star arrived unannounced in Perth, Western Australia, disguised as Shoshana Rosenberg. There are still questions she needs to answer about this. She is staying with Michael Spillman, an actuary she met by accident in LA. After she emerged from her jetlag, he took her to a Perth beach where she ran into a friend from LA who is travelling the world masquerading as Miss Penthouse. Most of this is currently irrelevant. Please read on.
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Shoshana turned over in the bed and rolled up against me, up against my not unexpected erection.
"We'll have to do something about this, Michael Spillman," she murmured sleepily rubbing herself against it then promptly fell back to sleep. Again apparently proving her declaration that she needs to have someone in bed with her for her to fall asleep.
In the morning, we sat across from each other at the kitchen island eating breakfast. Shoshana was in her koala print pyjamas and I was comfortable in a t-shirt and boxer shorts sipping my coffee and checking the news on my laptop. We tossed around the idea that most of the news around the world meant very little in a beachside suburb in Perth with summer approaching. However, today was overcast and the sky was grey, much to her amusement.
"It rains here?" Shoshana teased, as some big drops started to hit my windows. I smiled back. "Anything in the news I could be interested about?" she wondered.
"Mysterious disappearance of a porn star?" I suggested.
"Unlikely. I am not going to be missed until my content starts to get a bit stale," she mused. "Any real news?"
"If you're after anything from home, there was a fire in a warehouse of some sort in Portland."
"Any football results?"
"We're out of season."
"I meant my football."
"I suppose it's on one of your American sites. Which ones do you use?"
"I guess this far away I can't be bothered, I guess." Shoshana gave me a sly smile. "With everything there is to do here keeping me busy," she observed looking out the window for a long moment. "What do you think?" she wondered, "It's not really beach weather today, is it? What do you do here when you cannot go to the beach?" Then she looked at me thoughtfully. "You haven't showered yet." It was a statement.
I shook my head to agree with her.
"Why don't you pick out one of my films?"
"They're on..." I started, as I began to type.
"...the laptop. There's something I never would have guessed."
Shoshana came around the island to look over my shoulder as I searched.
"Quite a collection there," she noted as I scrolled through my private folders. "All paid for?"
"I have receipts."
"Why am I not surprised."
I stopped at one file. "This one is one of my favourites. I think it was the first one of yours that I saw."
Shoshana leant over close to me and nodded. "Yes, I like that one. Let's put it up on the big screen and I'll give you a commentary track." She smiled enticingly, widening her eyes. "I guess that was something you didn't expect when you bought it."
"Well, no, it wasn't mentioned on the cover. Buy this video and the star will come round to your house to discuss it with you. But I guess sometimes dreams do come true."
We moved from the kitchen area to the living area and settled at either ends of my couch. I got the movie up on my big screen.
"Yes," Shoshana started, as on the screen a helicopter crashed into a ball of flame revealing the credits, "I do remember shooting this one."
"So you should. For one thing it looks like you're out somewhere on location and also the studio seems to have spent some money getting aerial shots."
"Ah yes, the studio wanted it to look like they spent some money on that production. They made a big issue about it when I signed on about trusting me to make it a success. You could call it a prestige project." Shoshana preened herself to emphasise the prestige involved, running her hand across her covered breasts. On the screen she appeared for the first time in something resembling army fatigues.
"You look hot in that fetish military gear," I admired, "they really want this to look good."
We watched the opening sequence, watched the helicopter crash and burn, the pilot emerging unscathed with all his gear, his gun and a cigar. I looked over at Shoshana. "I don't think there's an expectation that someone will buy it thinking they are getting Full Metal Jacket," I suggested.
She looked hard at me trying to guess where I was with that joke. She sighed theatrically. "I think you'll find it's named after a video game." We both laughed. "My old fashioned man," she added. "Now watch."
So we did.
"Oh," I realised, "he isn't casting a shadow. So this location may not be as much location as I first realised. But I love the way he's loaded up with military gear. And smoking a cigar that he miraculously managed to save while escaping from his crashed chopper."
"Important details, yes. I can imagine what going to see a conventional film with you would be like. You may be missing some important plot points. Does he know where he's headed? Think about it. If someone nearby just shot down his chopper why is he walking out there in the open? And why are there large pieces of cardboard lying around in the desert?" Shoshana added. "Which are all matters I raised with the writers when I saw the script."
"I might have missed some of that while I was getting excited for your big entrance. And there you are, wearing your leather undies over your tights because that's what female soldiers do? And the sheer leather bikini, that's a nice touch."
"You do understand that girls can be soldiers, too. Sexy soldiers, trained to love not hate. And it's climate appropriate, perfect for a hot desert day."
"All right, I'll go with the logic of that. And look, you have as little sense of taking cover from the enemy as him. Why don't you flash him one of your breasts? That'll show him who's really the boss."
And of course Shoshaha flashed one of her breasts on the screen while keeping a serious face as she did it.
"This one?" Shoshana indicated on the couch, unbuttoning her top to expose her left breast. "I think there's a need in a porn video to hint early on that there is going to be some flesh shown. When there's a bit of narrative to get through before the fucking starts." She lifted her exposed left breast for me to admire.