There is a knock at the door, Alena walks in handing me a plate of food.“You need to eat.” She smiles and walks back out. After finishing, I walk downstairs, wash the plate and put it away. I sit down, the girls clearly in bed. Georgina sat playing with her phone. Alena walks downstairs, Georgina turning and smiling at her.“Well, let me see then.” Alena walks over to her, removing the cover and showing it to her. Georgina’s gasp tells me it is good, but not her sort of good.“Wow, not what I was expecting,” Georgina exclaims.“It is a nice tattoo, I think.” Jackson's voice is quiet.Walking over to her, I now am keen to know what it is.“Let me see then.” I take a look. Well, I was right. It isn’t Georgina’s sort of tattoo, black and white, a whip wrapped around a woman’s leg. Nevertheless, it is beautiful and sexy. An amazing tattoo.“Yeah, it’s alright.” winking at her, I laugh, not what I thought she would get. I expected a heart, flowers or something like that, not a whip. Walki
The next few days, I hide out at Jackson's work. I don’t even know why. I am just in that place where I don’t want to have to socialise with people I know. My phone rings, looking, it is Jackson.“Everything okay?” His question is instant.“Yeah, all good, just giving you and Alena some space at home, that is all.” I don’t want to trouble him with my problems.“Okay, well tonight, can you come home please?” His words are a statement more than a question.“Sure thing. I will set off now.” I hang up, walking out. I get in the car driving back. Getting in the house is quiet, sitting I grab a coffee. What was so urgent he needed me home for? About ten minutes later, Jackson walks downstairs.“You’re needed in the playroom.” He says.I nod, and he quickly recaps what is to happen. I nod, agreeing with his boundaries and her own boundaries as well. I follow him upstairs. He hands me the leather chaps; this whole thing is going to send her wild. Walking into the room, her eyes instantly look
Alena sits next to me, she is still so on edge.“I am sorry” I look up at her, why is she apologising?“For making you lie to Jackson, about the crash, for me lying to you about the crash, I was a fool, I shouldn’t have done it” I shake my head at her.“Kitten, that is all in the past, I need to learn to say no to you when you ask me not to tell Jackson” She smiles, I shouldn’t call her Kitten. The door opens, Jackson walks in, and we both look up at him.“I know Jackson, stop acting like everything is fine, I know it wasn’t an accident” Jackson laughs at her outburst, I knew he wasn't dumb and knew she listened.“Alena, I know you were listening, I am not a fool, we just need to try to work out who it might be” They look at each other, trying to work it out, I have an idea, one she will hate.“I don’t know what you think but, there has been talk about your mum Alena?” Wow, that glare, she hates the idea.“Not a chance, she doesn’t know me to want to hurt me” Jackson looks at me, then
After hours of packing, I begin driving back. Arriving home, I begin checking the cars, Jackson will be out tonight for a meal with Alena to celebrate her business, I love the idea of the whole thing. A place for women who have suffered abuse of all forms to get their courage, and strength back.Pole dancing lessons, lap dancing, everything to improve their self-esteem and confidence, counsellors and everything. She explained to me how had there been something like that she knew about maybe she wouldn’t have hidden away so long after Max, and it was Jackson who got her back there.Finishing the cars I walk in nodding to Jackson so he knows.“I want you to go with Alena to work, as a bodyguard if you're happy to, until we find out who is trying to kill her” I nod not a problem, I walk off and avoid seeing Alena, I don’t know how that will work once I am taking her to work and back though.The house is quiet, everyone out, sitting watching tv relaxing, and grateful because it means for
I don’t see him anywhere near as much as before.“So, you and Maria? Were we right or not?” No one is letting this go, everyone has always said she was with me for money, now I guess she proved me wrong and them right.“Yes, you were all right, turned out she has been with me the last three years just waiting for money”He laughs, shaking his head at my reply.“Well, lesson learnt, if the family warns you a woman is a money-grabbing bitch, run Marcus, don’t put a ring on it” I shake my head at his terminology, only he would think of something so crazy as that."He seems, different." He points towards the stairs."He will, he has gone without the lifestyle for years. Not only that but he found someone who not only wants it all, but married him as well." The words sting, I know marrying Maria was a mistake, but I still feel I love her."Yeah, where did that come from? I thought he had sworn and taken an oath never to fuck a woman again the way he was going." We both laugh, but he isn't
Jackson comes down with the girls, is it morning already? Apparently, so, I grab a coffee and sit back in the living room, Alena comes down not long after she and Jackson sat talking.“Right, I will check the cars, including Alena’s new one” I walk out to the garden, I still feel on edge, the cars all look fine, Jackson is clearly going around to check all the locks on the windows and everything else. Alena refuses to let me go with her, telling Jackson that she will be fine with the amount of people there.She is right, if anything is to happen, it will be when it is open and less busy. Mine and Jackson's day is spent adding extra security if it is even possible, the babysitter arriving, and we leave together, tonight is the launch of Alena’s business, it is a party so those interested can see what it is like getting there I look for the bar, I will only have one, but I will need it, as I feel ninety percentage of people will be women. Jackson soon comes to join me, he is smiling, wh
Waking up I go downstairs, Jackson sat with the girls, he looks at me, and I know he wants me to sit.“Stop now Marcus” I look at him confused.“Stop what?”“How long have I known you, Marcus? Like seventeen years, right? I can see you are blaming yourself for last night” I forget how well he knows me.“I should have broken his legs last time, phoned the police or something” I should have.“Past Marcus, it makes no difference now you are not to blame just forget it happened” His words anger me more than they should.“Just forget? Sorry, were you the one with her on speaking phone screaming as he got closer to raping her? Or the one who came in with half her clothes ripped off and a look on her face that was an acceptance it was going to happen. It is my fault Jackson, and had I been one minute later he would have succeeded” I hate myself, Jackson goes to argue, and I walk away, sitting in the living room, I totally fucked up.Sitting Alena comes down, not long after walking through th
Waking up I hear the music again, walking out Jackson is there in the hall, another morning where Alena is faking being happy, and okay. Walking down I see her body moving and smile, that isn’t faking, and she looks amazing, we sit at the table, and she sees us and smiles carrying on dancing.Sitting down, we eat, not really talking, yet looking at her, she is happy, I need to move out, no good can come from me staying here.“I will go get the girls” Jackson walks out, Alena has a smile on her face and it is wonderful.“That is the real you, when you were dancing before, you were detached, today you are there, it is so easy to tell when even your mind believes you’re okay, but you’re not” I won’t mention how sexy she looked, that would be going too far.“Thank you, yesterday helped a lot.” She smiles, and I am glad.“Jackson is lucky, honestly, anyway, I will be moving out soon, I am looking for a place, I have not decided yet if I am going to resign for another two years with the nav