VERA'S POV
His left hand was on my hair, his teeth were on my neck, his right hand was on my breast as he pushed his dîck inside me and I caught my breath.That's what he tried to warn me about, but I was too adamant to listen. He's a beast. A sex freak! I thought I was going to die in his hands and I begged for mercy, but my pleas fell on deaf ears.I didn't know what I felt, I can't tell if I was enjoying it or not. At one point, he thrusted deeply inside me and paused. His muscles creaked and I gnashed my teeth in pain as my vagina opened wider to accept the whole of him."Jackson! Please!! You are hurt–hurting me!!!" I cried and forcibly pulled at the wall. He knew what I was trying to do, so he grabbed my two hands and twisted them to my back, he pinned it there as he started thrusting in and out again, fast and furious.I tasted blood in my mouth and heard my joints screeching. When I cried out again, his right hand flew to my jaw and bent my head backwards, his lips crushed on mine immediately and I fainted.When I regained consciousness again, he was on his knees stroking himself and groaning as his cum poured on the floor.The whole room and his undaunted figure spinned in my eyes. I was seated on the floor and my back was against the wall. When everything became stable in my eyes and I saw the demonic look in his eyes, I flew upstairs to my room and locked myself up. It was with sheer luck that I didn't fall because I automatically flew up the stairs.I looked at myself in the mirror, tears filled my eyes and blurred my vision. What have I gotten myself into? Why did I accept to even take him for today? His nails had dug holes all over my body. My face was all red. Blood stains were visible on my lips, I sat down on my bed and wept. I felt as though he had set my whole body ablaze. Why am I crying now? I wanted it too, right? If I hadn't wanted him so badly, I would have asked him to leave or called the security for one thing I know is that there's no way he would've forced me.I was about to go into my bathroom for a hot bath when I heard him knock on my door."Vera, I'm very sorry. Did I hurt you? Please, open the door, I didn't mean to do that." He kept knocking at the door even when I told him to go away.I angrily opened the door and glared at him. "What the fûck do you want now? Haven't you gotten enough? You know what, it's my mistake, I don't want to ever see you again. Get out of my house!" He knelt down and shook his head. He tried to touch me, but I kicked his hands away. "I don't know what got into me, I would never hurt you intentionally." I laughed fauxly. What's he talking about? This guy doesn't know me, does he? I can't tell how we got to be partners in crime while we only met yesterday."Like I said before, I will hand my resignation letter to the person who employed me. I don't want to cross paths with you again. Whatever we did is a spur of the moment for me and I hope you see it as so and stop bugging me." I warned him.He stood up and ran his fingers over my neck where he had bitten me. He made eye contact with me and I looked dazed at him. "What are you doing?" I asked with a disgusted look on my face. "Please, go! Leave me alone. What are you?!" I was stunned at myself for reacting in such a way."Every second that ticked by, I want you more and it's scaring me. I should ask you what you are doing to me. You are right, I should get far away from you, I can't bear to hurt you like this again, I won't forgive myself if I keep doing this to you." Desire flared in his eyes as he kept staring wonderingly at me.He turned quickly and took to his heels. I didn't know what I should be doing, so I stood there until I heard the door open and close. I hesitantly went into my bathroom.When I finally garnered enough strength to go downstairs to my kitchen, I decided to clean it and mop the whole house. I couldn't get over what happened between me and someone I barely know. It's dirty to even think about.Someone I have never met before? He might not be a human being! Vera, what have you done? It wasn't that bad, was it? It's almost two years since I left home, and had a good sèx. My father is doing everything in his power to get to me, but no one knows where I am except my best friend. I trust she would never give me out to him or my mother. They never wanted me, what exactly do they want from me now?Which sounds better, my loveless, boring and sex-starving relationship back then or this out of the blues head spinning sex with a total stranger? I have gone crazy!I can't believe the nonsense I am thinking about. "Snap out of it, Vera!" I shook my head. I forgot I was standing on a stool trying to get a cobweb I noticed while cleaning, I took a step and fell on top of the bucket of dirty water and twisted my ankle."Aish! How can so much bad luck follow me in one day?!!" I winced as I watched the dirty water spill around the parlor.Now I have to clean up the mess with a twisted ankle and find a doctor soon after. I didn't know where to start, so I just sat there as the dirty water made my skirt damper.AUTHOR'S POV “Kill her, Malone!” Ken thundered when the boy stiffened.“No!” Hannah shook her head vigorously as Malone lifted the gun to Vera’s face. “He is trying to destroy you, Malone.”“You can't pull the trigger on our mother. Can't you…” “Don't fucking tell me what to do! Our mother you say? Hey, grab a cloth and clean your mouth!” Malone's roar reverberated in Vera's ears and made Tim wash down the rest of his sentence with his saliva. She stood and watched, speechless, as she knew that they were all trapped and Ken had never played fair games.“Stop this madness, Prince Kenneth. Are you willing to turn your son into a monster like yourself? Are you ready to live proudly with yourself after doing this?” She demanded, shaking her head in disgust.“Your petty tricks won't work on me. Have you forgotten who I am? You thought it was easy for me to be locked up? I have people! And I can still buy more people with my money! There's nothing like justice because the system is rotte
VERA'S POV It started raining heavily that evening as we drove home. Jack and Nathan went to search for Malone, but he was still not found until it was too dark for us to keep waiting for them in the graveyard. By the time we were headed home, a police report had already been made in case it got out of hand. I do not know how to describe the pain that I felt. I could say that it was deafening because Hannah was speaking to me, but her voice was an added noise to my rumbling ears.From the very moment she announced Malone's disappearance, I had felt nauseous, and a persistent pain rose below my stomach, so I folded myself in the backseat, and my jaw dropped to my knees. Hannah was sitting beside me, trying to soothe me and also not wake up her sleeping child. Timothy sat quietly in Jessica's lap in the front seat, their sad eyes monitoring me through the mirror.When Max pulled the car into the driveway of my home, I had to blink countless times to focus my eyes and carefully come dow
VERA'S POV It was a cool evening when she was laid to rest. I stood numbly beside her grave, not in any way understanding how I felt about her death. She might not have been the best mother, but she was still someone who would say bless you when you sneeze beside her. How she was able to watch me suffer at the hands of her boyfriend has always made me doubt that I was her daughter, but I still didn't wish for her life to end so soon.We were good and have been trying to become friends. At least, she cared so much about Jessica even though she was more distant than ever. She hadn't shown any sign of sickness and wasn't the type of person that would commit suicide. But then, she died in a peaceful way and place. According to Jessica, she slept beside her and didn't wake up the next morning. Thanks to Jack who helped us make up. But I expected more from her. One would think she would not only ask for forgiveness but also mend her ways. She should have tried to make up for lost time and
AUTHOR'S POV“Stop right there, Malone! Don't walk out on me when I'm still talking to you!” Vera's eyes were a set of fury as she glared at her son's turned back.They had rushed together to the police station after Jack disclosed Max's news to both her and Maureen. Sensing how frantic she looked, Maureen had offered her support to go with them and try to calm her down while Jack drove them there. Having no energy to explain to people how she is Monica's twin sister and not his wife's ghost, he told her to go and not worry about them. She wished them luck and watched them drive away.They arrived at the police station early before Malone was sent to the detention cell.Jack took care of speaking to the Police Chief and getting some paperwork done with the young recruited police officer, Harry, who had helped in solving their recent incident with Vera's stalker and Ken's arrest. Afterward, he was allowed to take Malone home. While they were in the car, Vera tried to speak to the boy,
JACK'S POV I felt Vera shiver beside me and I turned my head slowly to look at her frenzied face. When I turned to Maureen again, she was already standing and blowing smoke into the air. “What do you mean? I met Monica first, she was the one I have always known. I have never even heard about you. I used to visit her Dom room and her roommate was a man, gay to be precise.” My forehead wrinkled in deep thought as I traveled through the memory lane.“We met at our school parking lot. You tried to park your white pickup truck and it crashed into my black BMW. You came about apologizing and promised insistently to fix it, but I ignored you and punctured your tires because I had a bad day.” Maureen turned to face us, backing the glass window now and her lips curved in a wistful smile.“And I said to you, ‘We are even now, so no hard feelings’ and we looked at each other and started laughing. We had both cars towed to the nearest repair shop and waited for them to be fixed over pizza and i
VERA'S POV I let Jack hold my hand as he led us into the clubhouse. I have heard about the place, popular among the local folks. I watched with disgust, hating how jealousy ate deep into my skull when a random masked lady walked up to Jack and called his name. When I came Downtown, I heard a lot of gossip about the clubs, the top hotels, and the sex workers, but nobody told me that they were rude and aggressive. Or am I just putting too much meaning into the fact that a bitch is trying to get the attention of a man that is holding his woman? She wants to rub it on my face that he knows her, period!“Jackson Taylor, I believe you still remember me. I didn't expect to see you here again.” She continued, lifting her thin mask off her face to reveal a pretty oval face.“I'm here strictly for business. Excuse me.” He gently pushed her aside and sidestepped into an enclosed booth by the far end of the rowdy room, dragging me gently behind him.“You shouldn't treat her like that. She was b
JACK'S POVIt was time to have an actual conversation. We haven't talked since the time at the garden, and we promised to always tell each other the truth about everything. When our guests left, we were alone in the kitchen, doing the dishes. Malone had gulped a cup of coffee and went upstairs while Timothy left with Hannah's family. He had become quick friends with Tasha. “I went to meet Monica's father to confirm something, and you'd be surprised by what he told me,” I answered her question half an hour later after rinsing the last plate.“I was worried. You shouldn't leave the house like that without telling me.” She said, turning to face me while leaning on the washbasin. “You haven't asked me what I found out. And you don't seem surprised.” I placed the last plate in the dish rack and cleaned my hands with a small blue towel, then hung it back on its rack.“I saw Monica last night. She has come back into our lives and I understand that you must be doing everything possible to m
VERA'S POV I didn't know when Jack left the house, I woke up to find myself alone in the bed, cuddling my pillow. I rolled out of bed when I heard voices from downstairs. I almost forgot I was in a new house, and Jack had bought me expensive cars for me to choose from, hence the blissful sex in the underground garage. I was hopping downstairs in pajamas and flip-flops when I recalled the woman I saw when I came out to get wine last night in front of the house by the carport. How could I forget Monica's taunting face as she silently challenged me to a duel? How could she lie to everyone like that and why in God's name can't she just remain dead? Why come back now? What does she want?“Good morning, dear hostess!” Hannah greeted ironically as she watched her husband and Nathan take out the trash.“She's winning the best hostess of this season, all right!” Jessica laughed, placing full plates of fried rice, chicken salad, and french fries on the dining table.“I love how that smells,”
WRITER'S POV Jack threw on his clothes and kissed Vera on the forehead before exiting their bedroom while she murmured something in her sleep behind him. If she woke up afterward, he had no idea because he didn't look back and couldn't wait to check up on the boys before he left the house. It was still early, so the living room was still a mess: empty bottles of different drinks, foils, and containers of leftovers, cartons, and wrappers of some kid’s packaged gifts brought in, and wine glasses dropped off at every corner. So much for a new home. Jack ignored all that as he opened the door and walked down the front steps, welcoming the cold that came with light drops of water splattering the carport’s canopy and wondering if Hannah and her family, or even Nathan and Jessica, had gone home last night or they're occupying the guest rooms.He had only the priest in mind. He had paid a visit to Reverend Israel, Monica's father twice since her funeral, so it wouldn't feel somehow for him