~ Four Months Later ~
“Breath bitch, you are turning purple,” Cora said as she dabbed on some makeup. The last year had been a rollercoaster, and today was the big day. I was going to marry the love of my life, Waylon.
“I don’t know why I’m so nervous.” I fanned myself with my hand. “I know he’s going to be there. I know he is going to say ‘I do,’ but still, my heart is pounding and I forget to breathe.” I let out a nervous giggle.
“I’m almost one hundred percent positive that as soon as you see him, you will calm down,” Cora said.
“I think I’m going to go talk to him really quickly. He’ll calm me down.” I said as I started to stand.
Cora’s hand slammed down on my shoulder. “If you even think about leaving this chair, I will body check you. Do you understand? Your life has had a lot of bad luck; you don’t need any more. Now
~ Four Months Later ~“Breath bitch, you are turning purple,” Cora said as she dabbed on some makeup. The last year had been a rollercoaster, and today was the big day. I was going to marry the love of my life, Waylon.“I don’t know why I’m so nervous.” I fanned myself with my hand. “I know he’s going to be there. I know he is going to say ‘I do,’ but still, my heart is pounding and I forget to breathe.” I let out a nervous giggle.“I’m almost one hundred percent positive that as soon as you see him, you will calm down,” Cora said.“I think I’m going to go talk to him really quickly. He’ll calm me down.” I said as I started to stand.Cora’s hand slammed down on my shoulder. “If you even think about leaving this chair, I will body check you. Do you understand? Your life has had a lot of bad luck; you don’t need any more. Now
~ One Month Later ~The jury at Barrett’s trial took longer to deliberate than I thought. There was so much evidence against Barrett that a toddler could give a verdict, and it would be accurate.But my nerves were getting the best of me. The prosecutor had me take the stand and explain what happened to me. They showed the court the countless texts from Barrett and the bruising and injuries I sustained throughout my life.Barrett would scoff at the evidence, acting like it wasn’t a big deal and that sometimes kids needed discipline. Or at least that’s what the lawyer was trying to sell.As soon as I was cross-examined by Barrett’s lawyer, he made me feel like I was a terrible child and corporal punishment was the only way to keep me in line.When I finally stepped down, I felt terrible. I felt like I was the one who deserved to be beaten and then almost strangled to death. That if I just listened to Barrett, I wouldn’t
Wakely knew what she was doing when she tempted me with that picture of the lingerie that she sent. Fuck, I was ready to burst sitting there waiting for the last student to finish his fucking test so I could get back to my girl.As soon as he was done, I grabbed his test, sent Wakely a quick text, and sprinted back to her room.She was sitting there waiting for me, hidden by a big brown bag. The sight of her made me freeze. She was an angel. She was like a glass of water in the desert. A sight for sore eyes. A breath of fresh air. However I put it, it wasn’t enough.She was my everything, and I needed her. But I was nowhere near worthy of her. Not even close. When I didn’t respond to her, I could tell that she was starting to overthink the present.It was rope.It was fucking rope. She wanted what I described to her back in the car. I knew that she liked what I described to her; she was positively dripping for me, and now, she wanted to
Ever since Waylon told me what he wanted to do to me, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. If he admitted that much, there had to be more—other things he was imagining. And I wanted all of it. God, I wanted it more than I could admit.If felt like he was teasing me, as the days passed, he would fuck me in the shower or my bed but he wouldn’t bring out the ropes that I longed to see.I was getting impatient. I couldn’t focus on the homework in front of me. He was proctoring an exam for Doctor Baxter. He had at least an hour left. I was going to push him to do what he wanted.I threw on a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt. It was freezing out, but the cold wouldn’t bother me. I was burning up with the thought of what I was about to do.There was a sporting goods store a few blocks away. They would have exactly what I needed. I needed to hurry if I was going to get back to the room before he finished in the lab.
~ 3 Months Later ~I took one deep breath after another. My nerves were shot. They have been shot ever since we found those articles at the lake house and then those earrings in the basement.I did my best to focus on my studies. I barely got through the semester. My teachers were understanding and let me do some extra credit to get my grades up, which I was grateful for.Now we were at the end of our winter break, and I was sitting with spotlights hitting my face. The makeup crew was touching up my face to hide the marks that still spotted my face from when I was tortured.“You okay, Temptress?” Waylon leaned over and whispered to me.I gave him a sharp nod. I wasn’t, but I was going to get through this.“You have a good one.” The woman who was applying blush to my cheeks said. “It doesn’t hurt that he’s hot as hell.” She laughed.A surge of jealousy went through my body, but Wayl
I watched as the terror in Wakely’s eyes increased. She was doing so well with this interview. But the questions were making her relive her trauma again.“I think we should skip that question,” I said to Maya.“No,” Wakely cut in. “My mother was a good person in a shitty situation. And I wish that I could have had more time with her.”Maya nodded. “She was a strong woman.” She flipped to a new card. I prayed that she would move on from my mother, though. “As the evidence unfolded, we have been seeing a lot of answers to missing persons cases. Is there anything that you would like to say to the families of the victims?”Wakely looked straight into the camera, tears streaking her face. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I am so sorry that I wasn’t able to discover his secret sooner. I wish that I had found it out so I could have spared some of you from losing a loved o