Page 92 of Ruin

“Good, Autumn wants everyone over tonight for dinner-” Cain stops talking when both Lileah and I laugh.

“Look at this, the man never let us anywhere close to his apartment, and now-”

“And now this man can throw you down there for a night just to piss you off. Be here at seven and don’t be late.” The line goes dead, but Lileah and I continue to laugh.

“Give me the list,” I turn to Trixie and she looks at me with wide eyes. “I’ll be nice, I promise.” I wink, but it doesn’t make her feel any better.

Going to get some water.

“Is she okay?” Lileah asks, and I watch Trixie walking away.

“Yeah, why?” I ask looking down at the list.

“When I picked her up, she looked off, and I heard her wince out in pain when she got out of the car.” I look back over at Trixie, and turn to Lileah.

“She does kickboxing, she’s not good.” I chuckle to myself, and get back to the list, but the silence from Lileah makes me look over at her.

“Something felt off this morning, and you four always say follow your gut, and my gut is saying something is wrong.” I lick my lips and watch Trixie walking back over towards us, and I look over her body, she got most of it covered up today, but it will be naked tonight, I’ll look at it better than.

“You got kickboxing tonight?” I ask her as she sits down.

I went this morning.

I give a slight nod of the head, and get back to the list. Should I think something is wrong because Lileah has a feeling? But what could be going on with her, her dad seems like a nice enough guy, I mean her step-brother is an asshole, maybe I need to look into him a little more.

“Can I drive with you to Cain’s?” Lileah asks, pulling me out of my thoughts. I give her a nod, there is no way she needs to be anywhere alone at the moment. “I’m going over to the girls, meet you after class.” She walks away, and I take the list off Trixie, and start writing a few things down.

Six blowjobs in one night.

You stand naked in my bedroom, so I can see you whenever I want.

I get to fuck you over and over again, but you don’t get to come.

You can’t touch me.

I’ll add more later tonight while I give her a five-minute break, I can add to the list. I put a star by the top one and lean in closer to her. “Your mouth better be ready for me tonight.”

She looks at the list, then puts it back into her bag. I take her hands in mine, and look down at the tattoos on her hands. “You designed my tattoo?” I ask, letting go of her hands.

I’ve started it.She digs through her bag, and pulls out the drawing pad, and opens it to the page.There is still a lot to do.I take the pad from her to have a look, she really is good at this, and the tattoo looks amazing.

I look through the pad, and stop at the outfit she’s designing, it’s not her style, so I turn the page to her.

Lileah asked me again for a prom dress, thinking I would try something. I’m playing around with three ideas.I continue flicking through the pad and stop at a page which gets my attention. The smile on my lips is so big right now.

I wanted to see what it would look like.

I move in closer to her, wrapping my hand around her neck softly, and pull her in closer and kiss her lips, then whisper. “It looks fucking amazing.”

I feel her lips curling against mine, as I kiss her again. This woman is mine, and I’m never letting anything happen to her. She’s mine now, and I will always protect what’s mine.

TWENTY-FIVE

TRIXIE

The week has beena mix of sunshine and storms. I mean, Declan isn't Mr. Sunshine, he's a mixture of a storm and tornado, with a hint of sunshine. The storm I'm living with is Robert.

He hasn't hit me in a few days, which is good, because my body is still hurting from when he hit me last week. Declan asked about it, but I told him it was kickboxing, which I’m not sure if he believed me or not. He even said that I need to get a better coach because this one isn’t doing a good job. Declan said he would teach me, and I told him I was happy where I was, it’s making my body strong. It was the only lie I could think of so fast.

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