"Who's on the phone?""Someone from the hospital, they're waiting for an answer." "Tell them to get fucked.""I thought you might take that stand, but I wanted to be sure before I did anything."I turned to head back to my boys pissed way the fuck off; like what the fuck? This shit was too unreal to be believed. If they only knew…then again, I could probably use this shit to my advantage if I played it right.I looked over to where my girl was sitting with her crew and she had eyes on me. I smiled and waved like my shit wasn't tight. If that bitch really couldn't remember anything but me, then she should remember that I hate her ass."What's up bro? You look like you're ready to jump off." Shayne was the first to notice the black scowl on my face when I got back to them."That was the hospital, apparently Mandy can't remember shit except for when we were together." I gave them the bare bones, which was about all that I had myself since I didn't give the caller a chance to tel
I barely overheard a little bit of what the boys were saying as I pretended to be interested in something in the gardens beyond the basketball court, after I'd heard what Jace's dad had said to him about that phone call.They hadn't even noticed me thank heavens or they would've noticed my reaction. So she was still alive, and now awake, that sucked. I was hoping she'd die, even after she'd been found, but it looks like she'd escaped once again.I was a nervous wreck the rest of the afternoon while the others laughed and played around me. Sian kept studying me though, so I had to put on my smiley face as I bided my time and counted down the hours 'til I could respectfully leave. I needed to go home and think in the confines of my room.Both of my parents had been acting strange this morning at breakfast, strange meaning they were almost back to normal, at least that was something. But now with her still in the picture instead of six feet under, who knows how long that will last?"C
"Hey, what have you found out?""Listen we're having second thoughts about letting you do this, we were in the middle of something very important; this high school drama isn't worth it.""First of all you're not letting me do shit. I don't know how many times I have to tell you this shit, you don't own me so don't believe your own fucking hype.""Son…""Nuh-uh dad, later for that." I turned back to the phone. "Now what did you find out? The sooner you get me what I want, the sooner we can get back to your deal, but I'm not leaving here until my boy is cool.""I don't see what the big deal is, his name hasn't even been called.""You don't worry about that shit, do the cops have any leads or not?""So far it doesn't look like it. So what now?""Now we wait and see.""For how long?""As long as it takes.""Kevin…""There's no discussion here, I'm still pissed that I had to find this shit out the way I did.""This is why there's no communication with the outside when you're wo
It feels like we'd barely got settled in here, before all hell broke loose. I didn't even really have my bearings as yet, so to speak. There was too much going on too fast, and that was before my sister got herself almost killed and the girl I suspected of having something to do with it ended up in the hospital.I was just starting to relax my guard a little, testing my feet in unchartered waters, and now this. I looked down at the phone in my hand.If I make this call it's gonna change a lot of things, so I had to be sure. The reason for my hesitance was so dumb though, but still I had to be sure.Back in my last school it had been harder, but here in a new place with no past judgments to live down, it felt like it was okay.That's what was bothering me though; the fact that I even had to think like that. I should be able to love who I want to love without having to worry about living down a stigma. And I shouldn't be such a prick that I'd let it stop me before.But to be fair sh
"I think I should do it." I'd just told Sian about Mandy and what they wanted me to do. I'd given it some more thought and I couldn't see any other way. She hadn't said one word the whole time I was speaking, and I couldn't tell from her face what she was thinking."You want to do it?""Hell no I don't want to do it, but it might be the only way to get to the truth about what happened to you that night.""Why don't you let the cops do their job? I have all confidence that they'd get to the bottom of it in time. If this is an excuse for you to go sniffing around your ex well you can just…fuck off Jace Saunders."What the fuck? She flew off the bed and headed for the bathroom but I flew off the other side and stopped her. "Where the fuck are you going?""Home, and you can have this back you ass." She tried taking off my ring and giving it to me."Have you lost your fucking mind Si?" What the fuck just happened here? One minute we were having a conversation and the next it was world war
"Jace, what's gotten into you?""What's gotten into me, I'll tell you what's gotten into me. You don't say shit like that to a guy like me, it'll get your ass hurt. Now who the fuck did you have in your head?"I had her bent over the bed with my hand buried in her hair as I fought with the zipper of her jeans. I pulled them down far enough to tear her panties in half and drop them on the floor before moving into her."Who?" I slammed into her as I pulled her hair back hard and she screamed. I was careful not to hurt her back, but that ass was mine.I didn't hold back when I slid out of her and went back in hard as fuck; neither did I loosen my grip on her hair. "Say sorry, tell me you're fucking sorry for saying that shit to me." I fucked her as hard as a dick was able to, hitting her ovaries with my shit.She fucking shook her head and pushed back against me while spreading her legs wider and cocking her ass higher in the air."No." Spoilt ass thinks she's bad, we'll see about that sh
"Is your dad gone again baby?" Her dad was one of those who thought that as long as he provided his daughter with every luxury known to man that it would compensate for his absence.She didn't have a mom and was an only child. She's been my baby since we were fourteen and will be for life if I had anything to say about it and I have plenty.She's the only thing I would die for, Jace comes a close second because he's fucking excellent people, but this baby girl, fuck it kills me to be away from her ass. "Yeah, he left yesterday morning." She always tries to hide the hurt from her man but there's no hiding from me, I know every little thing about her.I know how abandoned she feels, and that no matter what we mean to each other, I can never take his place. If he doesn't get his shit together soon, I'm gonna have to do something about his dumb ass. It was I who had made sure that the security on the place was up to par, me who stayed in her bed more than I did mine, which my mother hate
I had to take her home Sunday night so she could get ready for school the next day. I wasn't happy about that shit, but her dad was adamant that she come home. It was hard sometimes to remember that we were kids in our parents' eyes and still had to obey their rules.I respected him for his stand though, even though I hated like fuck to part with her that night. But it was nice to know that he cared like that.She wasn't much better when it was time for me to leave her. Her clinging shit was only making me feel like an asshole for abandoning her."Babe, I'll call you as soon as I get in the house, we'll talk until you fall asleep and before you know it I'll be back here to pick you up for school."She held on tighter, her little fists grabbing onto the back of my shirt. This fucking girl! "Sian, you're not making this any easier.""I don't want you to go." I wrapped my arms more securely around her and buried my face in her neck. I wonder how pissed her dad would be if I took her back
They looked around the room at each other until Logan nodded his head. I guess that was the go ahead because Mancini took point again."What we're about to share with you doesn't leave this room. We've come together along with some other friends that you didn't get to meet this time, to form a kind of group if you will.""Each of us serves a purpose in this group. It's also top secret, which you should understand." He looked at Track and I moved to stand in front of him. "It's okay Jace, he knows.""I'm not working for the government, no disrespect." I looked at the SEALs. The men in the room started to smile. I wasn't sure what the fuck they were, but it wasn't hard to tell that they were something. What with the compound that was more secure that the Pentagon."That's not who we are. What we propose, if we all agree is that you boys become part of our elite group. We'll fill you in on all the pertinent details a little later once you get on board. If not we can stop this lit
I just held her and let her get it out, knowing that she'd be right as rain in no time. "Come on baby, let's get you dried and dressed." I turned off the water and lifted her to take her out of the shower."Jace, do you ever regret marrying me?" I want to answer this shit for the one hundredth time. What is it with women? The guys were all complaining about the same thing, except for Alex who was always smiling these days, the fuck."Sian, just like I told you yesterday and the day before that, even if I live to be a hundred, I won't ever regret the best decision I ever made.""But we're so young." I rolled my eyes and dried her feet that she couldn't hardly see anymore. "Does that mean that you regret it because you're younger than I am?"That one always stumps her but she still asks the same damn question over and over. So I knew what was coming next. "But it's not the same for men.""That's not sexist or anything. I should start worrying as often as you ask me that. Maybe
Not scared like a punk, more like amazed at the shit these fucks can get up to. So when he so casually mentioned something that he should have no knowledge of, I got the sense there was much more left unsaid. I'm sure a man of his caliber wasn't just wasting his time on some kid that he didn't even know."I sense a catch.""No catch, I just think you're wasted on those fucknuts is all. Anytime you're ready give me a ring." He'd rang off after that but there was no mistaking the smile in his voice. I'm pretty sure he knew that I was going to look into him.And that was my reason for being hesitant about taking Jace with me. I'd got a glimpse of where those SEALs live and I have the feeling that shit would only give Jace ideas. He was already making noise about building a place like the one on the island where we all could live. The kid's a damn hippie at heart.***JACE***"Track wants us to go to Georgia to meet his sister. We're going this weekend if you're not too sick
I didn't feel shit when I put pressure on his neck. Everything was happening so fast. Sian was screaming, finally giving into the fear and Track was trying to talk me down."I told you not to touch her you fuck. Did you forget?" I tightened my arm around his neck, adding just the right amount of pressure and barely restrained myself from doing more "I'm going to break your fucking neck.""Jace no, let him go, he's not worth it." I ignored Track and twisted my arm quick, snapping Stanley's neck. "Call the cops.""Fuck Jace! What the fuck did I say?""Call the cops.""No, let me think let me clean this up. Shane, Alex bar the door make sure no one gets by..." I hadn't even heard the others rush in behind me. But turned to see them now with horror in their eyes. "He's not dead Track his neck's just broken. Call the cops." I dropped Stanley on the floor just as the men who were supposed to be watching the school came through the door."What took you guys so long?""He didn
For now, it was fine. For the next nine months I knew she was going to keep me on my toes. We had an appointment with the best Obstetrician of course, who'd been vetted to within an inch of her life before I agreed.I was trying to make it so that she only had to worry about school and giving birth, other than that I was there to pick up the slack. I had the fridge in our suite stocked with all the things she's been asking for lately and hoping for smooth sailing.I was getting used to waking up with her in the morning to hold her hair while she threw up. Then her horny ass would need a fix on the bathroom floor after a quick nap.Other than that, there was no sign that her tiny ass was even pregnant. Of course she's decided that she can get away with shit now, because I can't fix her ass, but I have other ways of keeping her ass in line.That Monday as soon as we'd reached the school yard the whispers started. It wasn't long before we heard the whole story of Mandy being dropp
Mom came down with a tray of something in her hands instead of letting one of the servants do it."Hey mom, how come you're doing this yourself?""I don't know. We didn't go to the shelter this year because we've invited everyone, so I guess I'm feeling a little bit guilty.""Didn't you donate all the food this year? I'm sure they don't mind us missing one year mom, we'll go for Xmas, and make everyone that's here today come with us.""Sounds good son. By the way, I'm going to let you off the hook for telling your dad before you told me.""Shit, mom...""It's okay, he explained. By the way her parents know so you two don't have to keep putting it off any longer.""How?""Veronica is a mother son. We both figured something was going on that day in the hospital.""Well, that's all good and well but Sian has decided she's never telling her dad. She doesn't want him to know she's having sex."Mom thought that shit was hilarious but the rest of my crew, except for Track,
With Mandy behind bars, all I needed was to find Stanley to tie her into the attack on Sian. I need that to put her away for the rest of her life.I'd been leaving clues and making anonymous phone calls to the cops for a while. Once I'd contacted the men she'd been extorting and told them the truth about her age, some of them were more than happy to come forward. The only ones that tried to hold out were the married ones. Some of them I let slide, like Cassie's dad. But the others I put the squeeze on.That's why I'd needed her phone and the stuff that she left behind when she got kicked out of her house. My team had already confiscated it all. That, along with the computer stick Liz had mailed me, were locked away in my safe. Everything except the phone which had been mailed to the cops. I was still protecting Carter, but I had to do it for Cassie's sake.The ones that did have sex with her when she was underage, their names had been handed over to the cops. There were going
I drove down the driveway slowly with the lights off. There was one light on in the house and I wasn't surprised that it was in Sian's room. I got out of the truck and looked around at the dark night.It would be so easy... But I couldn't do anything here, not where my girl's family slept. Instead I walked around back. How did she get in anyway? And how do I get in without alerting her to the fact that I was here. I wasn't left wondering long.The alarm hadn't been set because of the workers going back and forth, which was an oversight. No one expects to be robbed in this neighborhood, but still. I knew it wasn't on since the night I'd come back here for her medicine, but hadn't thought much of it. Missed that one.I walked up the stairs, being as quiet as I could and stepped into Sian's bedroom door. Mandy was sitting on the bed, the new bed that replaced the one that had been burned in the explosion."What are you doing here?" It was obvious what she was doing. The door to Si
I'd been so excited I'd forgotten to score some drugs. I hadn't seen a male anywhere in that stupid place anyway, that might've been willing to help me, so it was most likely a bust. I sat in the car and formulated my next move in my head. How can I get close enough to do what I have to do? There was no way to get onto the Saunders' property without being noticed.Unless...No they've had the same domestic staff for a while, they probably know each one on sight. How can I get there? I don't have anything suitable, anything that would disguise me until I got close enough. Close enough to destroy her, that bitch.I drove around for a while still no closer to a solution. Thanksgiving was in two days. Another thought hit me. It was something I'd learned about Jace and his family even before we dated. When he still used to act like I didn't exist. When I used to read anything I could get my hands on about the ultra-wealthy family. Yes, that would be perfect. I'd forgotten all abou