Brock: A Bad Boy Romance (118 page)

              “Your mother was beautiful.”  Heather had complimented.

              “Yes she was, but you are even more beautiful.”  Bryon had said to her that night.

She sighed, wishing that Byron would come back soon.  As her thoughts of him continued, she heard the telltale steps of Ailen coming.  Heather picked up a book and tried to act like she was immersed in it.

              “Oh hey, I was wondering what you were doing.”  Ailen said as he came around the corner.

Heather looked up at him, acting like she hadn’t heard him.  “I’m sorry I was just reading this story.”  She said and held up the book.

              “I’m sorry; I’ll let you get back to reading.”  Ailen seemed to pout as he sat down on the other seat in the room.  He then got up and looked around the library a bit and found something on the shelf, he took it down and went back to his seat.  He opened up the book and began reading.

She looked at the book and figured she would have to read it now.  Heather opened it up to the first page, and hoped he didn’t notice it.  If he did he would surely know it was just a lie that she had been reading when he first came into the room.

Thankfully, he seemed fully engaged into the book he had plucked off the shelf.  She sighed a bit of relief about it, and hoped that Samuel would soon get hungry.  Heather didn’t like the way she felt with Ailen around her. 

Heather was distracted while she read, or tried to focus on the words of the book on her lap.  What she really wanted was for Byron to come home and for Ailen to leave, or at least stop trying to seduce her.

              “You seem quite distracted my Lady.  Is there something wrong?  Perhaps the overwhelming loneliness has gotten to you?  You know I could easily take care of you while Byron is gone, he won’t need to know a thing about it.”  Ailen said out of the clear blue.

She looked up at him shocked.  “I’m sorry if you think I would ever sleep with another man who isn’t my husband.  I’m not interested in that at all.  I would also appreciate it if you didn’t ask me again, or make comments that elude to it.”  Heather said bluntly.

It was his turn to be surprised at her words.  “Hmm, seems like you might need a bit more convincing than his last wife did.”  Ailen said.

Heather looked at him surprised and asked.  “What do you mean?”  She asked.

He laughed.  “I could tell that Byron hadn’t shared all of our past memories with you from the beginning.  If he had you would have thrown me out the door.  It is true we are friends, but it has been a bit strained since I had an affair with Priscilla.” 

              “How could you do that to your friend?”  Heather asked, her face showing her disgust.

              “She threw herself at me; I tried to avoid it several times.  I even tried to tell Byron it wasn’t me that began the affair.  But he didn’t care, and I couldn’t stand to see the pain in his eyes anymore.  Priscilla didn’t care; she would beg me to visit her continually sending men out to my place.  She even rode out on a few occasions.  I’m not happy to admit that I gave into her on a few trips.  Finally, I had to leave so she would leave me alone.  Once I came back and found out she was dead, I knew that I could peacefully approach Byron and explain to him.  But when I came I saw you here, and he was gone.  I don’t mind saying that you are even prettier than Priscilla was.”  Ailen explained.

              “So you slept with her and you’ve come to talk to him and explain how you should still be trusted?”  Heather asked.

              “I just want him to understand what happened.  Also I wanted to let him know that I didn’t sleep with her on purpose.”  Ailen stated.

              “But yet here you are again telling me that you would sleep with me?”  Heather didn’t understand his way of thinking.

              “Okay so you got me, I did it on purpose.  I wanted her and I want you.  Just like her, I will have you as well.”  Ailen said, his eyes sparking with a dangerous light.

              “I think you should take your men and leave now; you are no longer welcome in my home.”  Heather stated.  She tried to keep her voice calm and low though, because she didn’t want to upset Samuel.

              “You do know that even if I leave I can come back anytime I want and take this place by force.  I can take you by force if I wanted to right now.”  Ailen stood up and moved closer to her.

              “Don’t come any closer.  Samuel is in her too, you can’t have him see something done so brutally to the woman he thinks is his mother.”  Heather pleaded.

Ailen looked at the boy and hesitated in his advance.  It was enough time for Heather to put a little more room in between them.

              “He’ll get over it.”  Ailen finally decided his choice and moved towards her again.

She tried to get in a stance to protect herself, and remember everything that Byron had taught her.  He easily grabbed her though and had her pinned against the wall in a second.  Heather raised her knee up quickly and tried to get him in his privates.  She didn’t get a full hit, but hit to the side.  It was enough of a blow to get him to let go for a minute.

Heather moved away and looked for some sort of weapon to use.  They didn’t keep any in the study though, not since Samuel had begun to explore the room more by learning to walk.

Ailen advanced on her again quickly and knocked her down.  Now they were on the floor, he was holding her down and trying to move his mouth over hers.  Heather moved her head to the sides and yelled out “Stop, don’t do it.” 

She struggled and he ripped her top.  He grabbed her breasts forcefully, and then Heather saw a flash out of the corner of her eye.  The next thing she knew she saw Byron on top of Ailen.

              “Who do you think you are?  I heard her say no, and you just kept going, like a wild animal.”  Byron shouted as he hit Ailen hard in the face.

Heather got up and went to grab Samuel.  “Daddy.”  She heard Samuel yell.

Byron got distracted and looked over at Samuel; Ailen got in a punch on the side of his head and threw him off balance.  But Byron quickly got control of the situation and had Ailen back under him again.

He drew a knife and put it to Ailen’s throat.  “I should have done this a long time ago.”  Byron pulled the knife across his throat. 

Heather turned Samuel away from the view.  Byron walked up behind her and put his arms around her. 

              “Are you okay?”  He asked her.

She turned around and kissed Byron.  “I’ve missed you so much, I’m so glad you came back.” 

He kissed her back.  “What was he doing here?”  Byron asked her.

              “He came to see you said.  I just found out today that he had slept with Priscilla.  He tried to act like he was a good friend of yours.  I remember the stories, but you never told me about him and Priscilla, why not?”  Heather asked.

              “I didn’t tell you because the last I had heard of him was from Priscilla.  She blamed me for him leaving the country.  Saying that he left because he was my friend, and now she had no one to sleep with.  If she wanted sex she would have to find another man.  Like I wasn’t good enough for her, and I was her husband.”  Byron explained.

              “So what he said about her seducing him is that true?”  Heather asked.

              “It was a mutual seducing from both of them.  He wasn’t innocent in this at all.  But he was clearly trying to rape you now.  I should have killed him when I first found out about him and Priscilla.”  Byron said.

              “I’m so glad you are home.  Are you home for good?”  Heather asked.

              “Oh I’m not leaving again.”  Byron hugged her closer.  He leaned down and kissed Samuel on the top of the head.

Samuel looked up at him and said, “Daddy!” 

Heather smiled and laughed.  “I think he said mommy.” 

              “No way that was clearly daddy.”  Byron stated back and laughed.

              “How did you get back so much earlier than you thought?”  She asked.

              “I’ve missed you both terribly, and the battle was under control.”  Byron said.

He kissed her deeply.  “Is it about time for his nap?”  He asked.

              “Well he might not be too long for that, but we can always have the maid watch him for a bit.”  Heather said.

Byron grabbed Samuel and took him to the maid to watch and then picked Heather up and carried her up the stairs.  “I want to explore every inch of your body for hours.” 

She moaned at the thought of his touch.  It had been far too long since he had been home.  “I’m looking forward to that.” 

****

Heather sat at the table, her belly hitting the table.  She rubbed it and said.  “I sure hope the baby comes soon.”

              “Well you look like you’re going to pop any second now.”  Byron laughed.  “But you still look beautiful!”  He added.

              “Oh, I think it’s time now.”  She looked up at him as she felt wetness spread down her legs and looked at the floor.  “Get the doctor my water just broke.”

He ran out of the room and down to where they had put the doctor up as she had gotten closer to full-term.  Byron hadn’t wanted to take any chances of Heather falling ill while pregnant.  He had lost Priscilla that way, but not another wife.

They came back in the room and the doctor helped Byron get her upstairs.  Three hours later they were looking down at the face of their brand new baby girl.

              “What should we name her?”  Heather asked Byron.

              “How about we go with the name you liked?”  Byron said.

              “You sure you don’t mind?”  She asked.

              “No I like the name.” He answered.

              “Welcome to the world Keita.”  Heather cooed at the little girl. 

They picked the name which meant woods, since that was the first place they had met so long ago.

THE END

ENTRAPMENT

Chapter 1

“You can’t possibly think that you can get away with this, Lila. You can certainly try to get away, but they will not let you go easily. They have invested a lot of time in you. What’s to say that the grass is greener on the other side?” Melanie was the den mother for the girls and felt a certain kinship towards them. She was also unique in that she came from the same kind of life that they were now living. She lived to serve and she taught these girls that life was better when their men were happy.

“I know that I’m probably making a mistake. I miss who I was a few years ago before they came and collected me. I fought them every step of the way, but you showed me that the pain that I would endure was not worth fighting back. I was stubborn and I learned very quickly that my anger and mistrust was only going to get me hurt in the long run.” Lila Ames was a part of the flesh trade and she had her fair share of men putting her down. Her love life consisted of being used for the pleasures of others. She had just recently learned that she is to take a husband. “
I know nothing of this man that they propose that I stay with for the rest of my life. I’ve heard through the Grapevine that they’re only doing it to make sure that I am taken care of. I’m not exactly sure what they mean by that. It sends this cold chill down my spine every time that I think about it.”

“Give it some thought. I think that you’ll find that a good night’s sleep is all that you need to find another perspective. I don’t want you to do anything that you’re going to regret. I don’t want anything to happen to you. I think that I can say this on the behalf of the both of us that we are from the same cloth. I was exactly like you and I cringe every time that I think about that same girl living to please others. You have been passed around, but you have been lucky in one respect. I’ve made sure that you’ve gone to only those that have a firm hand. They’re also the only ones that don’t leave permanent marks on the merchandise. It’s too bad that Mr. Maxwell died, but I think that you know what that means. There is a proposal on the table from those that are controlling the flesh trade. They want to keep somebody in line and they need you to be their buffer. They also expect you to report back to them with anything that might seem suspicious.”

“I don’t know anything about spying on any one. If you’re asking that I take a look at his emails or check his phone from time to time, then I think that I could do that.”
I wanted my mother and even though I was 25, I still felt like I was in need of a mother figure. Melanie tries to fill that void, but she’s just as lost as the rest of us. She tries to fake it by using her authority to keep herself from falling back into old habits. I’ve seen her flirting with danger with one of the guards. I don’t know what she’s thinking and that can only lead to disaster. My dirty blond hair was over my shoulders and I probably looked like I wasn’t a threat by standing at only 5’3 and 120 pounds soaking

wet. I think that I had a strength underneath that I didn’t even realize. I wanted to bring that out in the worst way possible, but every time I tried, I would chicken out. It’s only now that I find out that I’m going to be married off that I feel that it might be time to make tracks.”

“I’ve done my best to protect you, but even I know that I have limitations. If you do this for them, they promise that they will finally let you go after a year underneath the same roof, as Jordan Holden. I do have to tell you that he is not your normal kind of man. He thinks that he hides his true self, but he’s sadly mistaken. I don’t want to over exaggerate, but Jordan is not a man that anybody takes lightly. It’s the reason why they want to keep a close eye on him. He’s known to go his own way, but mostly he does that for the benefit of those that he works for.”

“I really don’t like the sound of this. You have sheltered me from those more sadistic personalities. I am grateful and you have no idea how difficult it is to hear from the other girls about what they have gone through. I don’t know why you took a personal interest in me, Melanie.”
“Melanie has been damaged and I can see the way that living in captivity has taken its toll. She has become prematurely gray down the middle. She wore it like a badge of honor, but it was probably the reason why they wanted to keep her away from the business at hand. She had served her usefulness and now has taken an authorative role within the organization. I’ve heard about the mafia and how they held a steel grip on the flesh trade and the drug trade at the same time. I’d also heard of some kind of enforcer that could do the impossible.

“I think that you should at least have a talk with the man. Get a feel for who he is and maybe then you can make an informed decision. By running, you’ll always be looking over your shoulder and I don’t want that for you. I don’t want that for any of you.” Melanie was trying to tell her that dying was not a good idea. By going against those in control, she would become nothing, but a liability. She had seen that time and time again. She had watched those that she called friend disappear in the dead of night.

“I suppose, I could stay for a little bit longer. I don’t want to be constantly looking over my shoulder. If I can get that in writing about them letting me go after a year being with this man, then I might reconsider my position.”
“I’ve always wore my heart on my sleeve and maybe that is the reason why I get myself into these kinds of troubles. I’m attracted to the bad boy and Dylan had that personality down to a science. He was the one that convinced me to come along for a European vacation. I had no idea that he was the one that marked the targets. I never did see him again and maybe that was for the best. He had betrayed me. If I were to come face to face with him again, I have a feeling that things would turn ugly in a hurry.”
Melanie had laid out a dress for her. It was blood red and very slinky and would form to her body like a second skin.

“I’m glad that you have finally seen reason, Lila. It wouldn’t be good to get on these people’s bad side. They take this business very seriously. I’m going to let you get some rest and I believe that you will be having a visitor sometime tomorrow morning. I would love to tell you that this will be like love at first sight, but I can’t do that. I’m not even sure that he’s capable of showing that kind of emotion. To be honest, I think