Page 24 of Tease Me

“That’s how you got my number and onto the compound. You had your brother doing your dirty work for you. Did my sister even know you had a brother? Or was he one more secret you kept from her?” I return, needing to know how deep Martin’s betrayal ran.

“She didn’t know shit, Kendell. Both of you are two fucking stupid to know a damn thing about me. You only saw what I wanted you to see and that’s it,” he yells, his anger starting to overtake the pain he’s in as he moves closer to where I’m handcuffed to the radiator.

“Kelsey might not have known half the shit you did, but that can’t be said about me. I knew about your affairs and the abuse long before I even said anything to Kelsey. What you don’t know is that I was preparing everything in a file for her so I could hand it over and give her the tangible proof she’d need to get rid of your ass. I might not have my man’s skills, but I know my way around a computer enough to get the fuck kind of information I wanted on you,” I tell him as he continues to make his way over closer to me.

“What the hell are you talkin’ about?” Martin questions me, his voice hard and cold as it usually is when he knows he’s fucking lost and won’t win a round against me.

“I mean, I had photographic evidence of you cheating on my sister. Of the abuse she suffered at your hands. I was looking into your father and you. He’s just as fucking abusive as you are. Well, maybe not as abusive as you, but your mother still suffers at his hands. Don’t you think you’re fucking just repeating a fucked-up cycle and it’s gonna be broken by the son you created with my sister? I’m gonna make sure Gideon doesn’t turn out like you and your father at all. He’ll know nothing but love and be taught how to be a real man. Not a pussy who can’t fight unless he’s in front of a woman. If my man were here, you’d be nothing but a pussy and cowering in a corner,” I tell him, as he steps up to me and rears back before kicking me in the top of my thigh.

Martin’s so fucked-up from the gunshot wounds that he can’t even aim and land a kick where he’s intending to hit me. I watch as the frustration fills his face and eyes before he tries to hit me again. This time I’m able to move my body out of the way so he ends up flailing and falling on his ass. I’d laugh but with every passing second, the pain of losing my sister creeps in because I’m still defending her and she’s never going to wake up. Gideon won’t ever get to be held in her arms as she comforts him, hear her singing to him when he can’t get to sleep, or anything else that she’s done over the years of his short life. Now, Kelsey won’t get to watch him grow up, fall in love, or have a family of his own. He’s robbed his son and my sister of that. Martin is a piece of shit that deserves to die and I hope I get to watch it happen.

I watch on, helpless to do anything, as Martin manages to get back to his feet and then he launches an attack against me. This time, he holds on to the radiator to hold himself steady as he kicks out one after another. The entire time, Martin is laughing like a fucking maniac and there’s nothing I can do to stop him or protect my body from his attack.

“I’m gonna fucking continuing taking everything from you, Kendell. You’ll be left with nothing and no one will love you by the time I’m done with you. If you don’t end up in a body bag, then this man you claim to have will no longer want you. He’ll leave you behind like the trash you are. Kendell, you’re even worse than what Kelsey was. At least she was obedient when you weren’t around. I could train her to do what I wanted and then you stepped the fuck in and ruined everything as usual,” he growls out, his voice full of anger as he continues to lash out at me.

I have no clue how long Martin continues to lash out and kick me before he finally exhausts himself enough to stop and leave me alone. My eyes are barely opened as I watch him limp out of the room and head for parts unknown in the house we’re in. I definitely know it’s a house just based on the carpeting under my body and the window of the room we’re in. There might be bars over the window, but I can definitely see that it’s a house we’re in.

My gaze lands on Kelsey again. For the first time in years, my baby sister looks completely at peace. There’s no dark shadows filling her eyes or a weight sitting on her shoulders. Looking at my sister as death continues to suck everything from her, I realize that she’s finally going to be able to break completely free of Martin. He’ll never be able to touch her again, to fill her with pain, and humiliate her in ways I can’t even begin to understand. Kelsey kept so many secrets from me over the years when it comes to him and now I’ll never know the truth of how horrible he was to her. Part of me is grateful that I won’t get to know the details. The other part wants to know every single second he fucking hurt her because I want to give it back to him on a much worse level than he’s ever experienced before. Martin deserves to have his ass handed to him and as long as I get to watch it happen, then I’ll be perfectly happy with whatever is done to him.

I break down now that I’m fully alone. No one’s here to see the pain that’s filling me beyond capacity. I’ve tried to hold everything together for so long on my own and I can’t do it anymore. I’m unable to hold myself together in this barren room with nothing more than the radiator I’m chained to and my sister’s body on the floor next to me. I want to cover her up and continue taking care of her as I’ve done my entire life. There’s just nothing left for me to do. I can’t take her to the next journey she has because I have to remain in this world without her. I’m the only one Gideon has left and I will not let him down. I’ll fight with everything in my heart and soul to ensure he has the life my sister always wanted to give him.

My tears don’t stop coming as the sobs break free so bad that my chest hurts and it feels as if my heart is trying to rip straight out of my chest. I want to curl up in a ball, but I can’t. I’m forced to stretch out as my eyes linger on my sister’s body. The bruises are becoming darker and darker with every passing minute. It takes everything in me to rip my eyes from her lifeless body and look anywhere else in the room but at her. At the same time, I’m trying to fight off the pain that’s threatening to pull me under into that sweet oblivion. I honestly don’t know why I’m fighting it at this point. It would take away every ounce of pain I’m feeling about my sister and the pain in my body. Instead, I fight with every bit of strength I have to remain awake and semi-alert.

It takes a while, but I eventually hear the sounds of someone breaking into the house we’re being held in. Booted steps sound against the floors and I try not to get my hopes up that it’s Hawk and the rest of the Fallen Brethren. For all I know, it could be the men that Martin talked about as his back-up plans or whatever to keep the club away from me. I close my eyes and just listen to the sounds to determine if I’m about to be hurt even more by men I’ve never seen in my life or if it’s the men coming to save me. To bring my sister’s body out of this hell so Gideon and I can bury her and have a place to go visit. I want my nephew to know he’ll always have a place to go see his mom when he needs her the most.

Chapter Sixteen

Hawk

AFTER GETTING GREG in the van, the others joined us so we could finish walking up to the house where the girls are. I’m impatient and want to be there now. If I had only kept going instead of waiting for Titan and Cash to get him back to the van where Jay will watch over him. I’m pretty sure that’s why Savage, Trax, Reaper, and Rubber were at my side and surrounding me because there’s no way in hell they were gonna let me go off on my own where I could get hurt or worse in my attempt to get to Kendell. Reaper already knows every single move we’re gonna make before it even enters our mind. That’s why he’s an amazing President and there’s nothing for me to do but wait for the others to return so we can get the fuck up to the house and I can lay eyes on my girl. Make sure she’s okay and that we’ll be able to bring her and Kelsey back to Gideon.

“Let’s head out,” Reaper finally says as we take off and head toward the house.

It doesn’t take quite as long as I was expecting it to as we all keep our eyes open and look for anyone else lurking in the grass and bushes on either side of the road we’re walking up. Yeah, we’re not trying to hide at all. There’s really no reason when it’s only Martin inside the house. I can guarantee he’s not gonna be sitting at the windows and waiting for us to show up because he thought I would come alone to get my girl and that Greg could handle me. Greg really is nothing more than a piece of shit. He wouldn’t have been able to take me out let alone anyone else in the club. He’s shown where his loyalties lie already and it’s sure as fuck not with the club. Now, he’s gonna pay for that shit because he truly could’ve been something instead of choosing his brother’s side and staying close to him. He could’ve been a brother with the club if he’d only come to us and told us what was going on. I don’t know what the fuck Martin promised him, but we’ll eventually find out and he won’t be able to hold back from telling us the truth. Not when Titan, Savage, and the rest of us let our demons out to play.

“You know where you’re goin’?” Reaper asks in the comms as we all start to spread out to surround the house and go where we’re supposed to.

I head straight for the front door with Cash and Savage flanking me. Savage steps in front of me and crouches down to wait for Reaper’s signal. The second we have it, Savage kicks in the front door and backs up in case someone tries to shoot our way. I’m the first one through as I search each room I walk through for Martin. He’s nowhere to be found and I have a funny feeling we’re going to find him in whatever room Kelsey and Kendell are in.

Cash is right on my ass as we make our way down a short hallway. He’s not gonna let me go off the rails and get myself killed because I don’t hold back and think shit through if Kendell’s hurt. That includes anything that’s been done to Kelsey because it will hurt her immensely seeing her sister hurt at the hands of Martin when she’s done so much to get Kelsey away from the monster. Cash and I open the doors on either side of the hall until we finally come face-to-face with Martin. Well, kind of. The stupid fuck is hiding the best he can behind Kendell.

Kendell’s arms are yanked to the side of her body, the metal handcuffs digging into her skin. I take in every fucking bruise on her body that I can see and I’m sure there’s more hidden beneath her clothing. Especially when I take in how her shirt has been ripped down the middle and it exposes her chest and my vision instantly fills with red. Cash places his hand on my shoulder as I lift my eyes back up her body to find Martin pointing a gun at her head. I don’t let myself look anywhere else as I try to figure out how I’m going to get my girl out of this situation.

“You guys think you’re tough shit and that’s not the case. You’re a bunch of bitches who let women control you,” Martin growls out, his voice hard and cold but filled with laughter because he thinks he’s won this round.

“Really? We’re the pussies. I don’t think I’m the one hidin’ behind a woman. You’re not man enough to step out from behind Kendell and face me one-on-one. Why don’t you let her go and then we’ll work this shit out like men?” I taunt Martin to get him off his game so he loses control.

“You think I’m scared of you? I’m not. What I am gonna do is stay here where I know you won’t touch me at all because you wouldn’t wanna hurt the girl. All you pussy ass men are the same and worry more about a woman’s safety than your own. Why the fuck can’t you get your heads out of your ass and realize the only thing women are good for is cooking, cleaning, and fucking. And most of the time, they can’t even do that shit good enough,” Martin runs his mouth, trying to piss me off even more so we’re the ones fucking up.

There’s something Martin doesn’t realize though. We train almost daily with our weapons and can hit him where he stands right now. Cash and I won’t touch a hair on Kendell’s head as long as she doesn’t move.

“Kendell, are you okay?” Cash asks my girl because he knows if I pay attention to her right now, Martin will know what’s going on.

“I’m good. Sore and waiting to kill this fucker for killing my sister right in front of me. After beating her repeatedly since he stole her from the compound, he shot her in the head when she was practically passed out and couldn’t protect herself. So, if one of you could kindly rid this world of a piece of shit like him, then I’d be doing slightly better,” Kendell answers, her voice wavering and I know she’s ready to break.

My girl is strong as fuck and this has to be killing her worse than anything she’s faced in the past. For the first time in her life, she’s had all of the control stripped from her and she couldn’t do anything to protect Kelsey from dying at this fucker’s hands. I know she’s still trying to be strong right now, but tears are filling her eyes as she keeps her eyes on Cash and me. Kendell is pretending Martin isn’t even in the room with us any longer.

“Shut the fuck up, bitch! No one wants your fucking opinion on anything,” Martin yells, slamming the end of the gun into Kendell’s temple.

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