Chapter 2

Renee walked into the living room with the popcorn in hand. She sat down beside Kevin and set the bowl in her lap. She looked at him and smiled. This was their two year anniversary. She loved him more than life itself. He was the perfect man for her. He was six-foot, blonde-haired, and green-eyed. She loved his eyes the most. They were such a bright green. She got lost in them all the time. He would ask her what she was looking at so intently and she would laugh. 

  Kevin smiled back as he leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. He had something very special planned for tonight. This woman was the one he planned on being with forever. And he just hoped she felt the same. He met her a year after his trial and he was found innocent. To his surprise, she had not heard of the incident or him. So, he had never told her about it. He hoped she never found out about it because he loved her and was afraid he would lose her if she ever found out about what he had done. What he had been capable of.  

    “So, what did you pick out for us to watch?” Renee asked him. 

    “I picked The Lucky One because that’s how I feel about you,” Kevin replied. 

    “Aw. You are just too sweet. I love you so much,” Renee said. 

    “I love you, too. So, do you want to watch the movie, or maybe we can skip it and….” Kevin trailed off, winking at her as he said this. 

    “Kevin, you are terrible. I would love to see this movie first. And then I will do things you can make a movie out of,” Renee laughed as she ran her hand up his thigh. 

    Kevin felt an immediate thrill run through him. Everything she did was a turn-on for him. He leaned in and kissed her deeply. She leaned back and he moved forward pressing against her. She wrapped her arms and legs around him pressing herself against him as hard as she could and pulled his hair out of the ponytail. She ran her hands through his hair and kissed him harder. The feel of his hair was so silky and Renee loved it when it ran across her body. Kevin knew this and broke the kiss to move down to her neck and let the hair run across her neck and chest. She moaned and he ground himself into her.  

    Renee tugged on the bottom of her shirt and he moved back and watched as she removed her shirt and bra. Then he removed his own shirt and started to kiss her breasts as his hair fell around his face and onto her. They kissed and caressed each other until there was a noise coming from the kitchen.  

     

    Kevin sat back and looked at Renee. He put his finger over his lips and she nodded. He got up and moved slowly towards the kitchen. Renee sat up and waited but when she heard the noises of a struggle she went running to the kitchen. Kevin had a man sitting on top of him punching him. Kevin was fighting back but the man had the upper hand. Renee ran over and tried to grab the man off of Kevin. He elbowed her in the chest and she fell back trying to catch her breath. Then, he started slamming Kevin’s head into the floor which knocked him out. He then turned towards her and she tried to slide away.  

    He grabbed her and drug her over to a chair. He took the rope that was sitting on the table and tied her to the chair and started touching her breasts while he did. Then, he grabbed Kevin and tied him to a chair. Then, he came towards her. She had finally caught her breath and she screamed. 

    He laughed and said, “Scream for me, baby. No one is going to hear you. The good thing about the house you chose to live in is that it's miles from anyone else. Thanks for that by the way.” 

    The man continued petting her bare breasts as she hadn't thought to put her shirt back on when she had heard the commotion in the kitchen. He unbuttoned her pants and she tried to kick out but he merely sat in her lap so she couldn't. She wouldn't give him the satisfaction of screaming again. He undid the rope around the chair and jerked her up where he tied her hands behind her back. She struggled but it wasn't much use. It just made the rope pull tighter.

    He pulled her pants down and sat her back in the chair. He pulled another rope out and tied it through the chair effectively tying her upper half to it. He pulled the pants completely off and tied her ankles. Then he waited for Kevin to wake up. 

   When Kevin woke up, his head was pounding, and he wasn't sure where he was. He groaned and looked around. His eyes sprung open as he saw Jesse sitting in his kitchen. He looked around and saw Renee sitting naked and tied in another chair. She had bruises setting in on her face, breasts, and stomach.

    "Welcome back to the world of the conscious, Romeo. We've been having some fun while waiting for you to wake up. But, now it's time for some real fun," Jesse said as he untied Renee's hands from the chair. 

    Kevin saw her hands were still tied behind her back. There was a rope around her ankles but it was loose so there was space for her feet to move apart. Her head was lolling back and forth as the blows to her face had probably knocked her almost unconscious.

    "Jesse, don't do this. She has nothing to do with what happened," Kevin pleaded.

    "An eye for an eye, you bastard. You took what I loved so I'm just returning the favor."

    "Kevin, what's going on?" Renee asked, pleading for him to help her with her eyes.

    Kevin felt like someone had just landed a thousand blows to his heart. He had never told her about killing Billy. He had been acquitted as it was self-defense. But Jesse had always promised to get him when he least expected it. He had thought he had given up when he had moved away. He had been wrong.

    "So, you haven't even told your precious woman who you really are? She doesn't know you're a murderer, does she?"

    "I'm sorry, baby. I moved and thought that had been left in the past. I'm not a murderer. Jesse's brother was psychotic and wouldn't leave his ex-girlfriend alone. I wound up meeting her one night at a bar. Billy didn't like that I was spending time with her. I tried to walk away but he followed me to the parking lot. The psycho pulled a knife on me. I wound up turning it on him and he died. I was acquitted."

    "My brother wasn't psychotic. You were messing with his woman!" Jesse yelled.

    "A woman who clearly didn't want him," Kevin spat back.

    Jesse punched Kevin. Renee tried to shove Jesse with her shoulder but he just slapped her. She fell back and hit the floor. She had no way to brace herself as her hands were tied. She twisted so she hit her side. Her head hit the floor and she was seeing stars. 

    She felt herself being dragged across the floor. Renee tried digging her nails into the floor but all it did was make them bleed. She started to cry as it hurt like hell. She felt dizzy as he flipped her on to her back. Her hands were pinned under her and she felt the blood from her broken nails on her back. 

    She pulled her legs up so she could kick Jesse. He moved to the side and grabbed her ankles, pulling them down. He laid on top of her. She knew what he was going to do as soon as his hand reached in between them. She heard him unzip his pants. She began to struggle but he was too heavy and she couldn't get any leverage with her hands pinned under her.

    "I like it when you struggle," he said, his hot breath in her face. 

    She felt him pressing against her and she screamed in his face as she head-butted him. That just made her dizzier and him angry.

    "You'll pay for that, bitch."

    "Leave her alone!" Kevin yelled. "It's me you want to hurt. Not her."

    "But this will hurt you and I don't like men," he laughed.

    He pushed himself inside of Renee and she bit her lip until she drew blood again trying not to scream. She turned her head and saw Kevin struggling against the ropes tying him to the chair. He was screaming obscenities at Jesse and threatening to kill him.