“I woke up with him on top of me.”
“Son of a bitch.” I squeezed her so tight I thought I might crack a rib. She really had the shakes now and I wanted to tell her she didn’t have to go any farther, but I suspected that she’d never told anyone about this and that wasn’t good.
“He threatened me, if I said anything to anyone, including my family. He made me believe that he had that kinda power and I believed him. I was so stupid.”
“No you weren’t, you were victimized end of story. What happened after that.”
“I didn’t say anything. The movie was almost done shooting. I spent the next two weeks throwing up every morning and again at night.”
“He even had the nerve to try to get me to go to bed with him after that. Of course I said no, and I avoided him ever since. When I first started getting those letters I kinda thought it might be him. It was some of the things he said.”
I fucking knew it. “I refused to work with him again and until now I’ve been able to avoid any weird questions. He went out of the country for a while and I was able to breathe again, until the letters started. I just don’t understand why he’s so fixated on me.”
I could tell her but that was another story. I just held her and reassured her that she was not to blame and that everything was going to be okay. In a perfect world I’d bring her his balls on a fish hook, but that shit’s illegal.
She fell asleep not long after and I left her to go drink away my anger. The shit didn’t work. I couldn’t sit still but I couldn’t leave her unprotected. So I made a phone call. “Drake I need you here on the Redeye.” He didn’t ask any questions, just called me back five minutes later after he’d made arrangements.
19
I checked on her for the next few hours until my boy showed up. “She’s asleep. I don’t expect her to wake up, but if she does she knows who you are so she won’t be afraid.”
“You found him, it’s bad.” It wasn’t a question so I just nodded. “Okay brother go do you, she’s safe with me.”
“I know!” I went back upstairs and kissed her forehead lightly so as not to wake her and left.
The fucker wasn’t that far away; just a few streets over in fact. That meant he knew where she was. But now I knew where he was. I stopped the car a couple houses down and walked. I put black paint on my cheeks and forehead and donned my night goggles just as the house came into view.
There was only one light on in the house but it was easy to find the box and cut it. I could hear noise coming from inside like someone knocking around in the front, so chose the backdoor.
The lock was a joke and I was in in less than a minute. I used his grumbling and cussing to follow his voice to where he was in the living room opening drawers.
He didn’t even know I was there until I was right on him. As soon as he turned I hit him in the throat and dropped him. I could see why she was afraid of him. He’s a big guy, almost as tall as me and twice as wide. But he was no match for me.
“This is for Tara you son of a bitch.” I smashed his balls with the heel of my boot and the scream got trapped in his throat. I didn’t stop until they separated, then I went to work on his ass.
I left the way I came and jogged back to my car, cleaning my face all the way in the off chance that some night bird was out for a stroll.
Drake was sitting in the living room with the TV on low when I got back. “Did she wake up?”
“Dude, you were gone for like twenty minutes.” We both looked at our watches before I headed into the kitchen to grab us some beers.
I gave him the bare bones of the story, leaving out anything that would embarrass her and sent him off to the guestroom before turning in.
I took a quick shower to wash away the blood on my hands and made sure my shoes were clean before climbing into bed with her. “Hunter?” I wrapped her up tight and kissed her hair.
“Yeah baby, it’s me.”
“I’m cold.” She pushed her groin into me and I froze. What the fuck was I supposed to do here? After the story she’d told I can’t imagine she’d want me pawing at her. But of course my dick was already on the rise.