Page 59 of The Making of Jonty Bloom
“I came in to see someone a while ago to complain about an ex-boyfriend pestering me. He keeps sending me stuff I don’t want. Today I found a packet with used condoms on my doormat. I was going to bring them to you, except he was outside my door when I opened it.”
“Is he still there?”
Jonty edged to the window, hid the phone, and peered out to see Brad grinning up at him. He moved out of sight before he answered. “Yes.”
“I can see your complaint on file. I’ll send a car.”
“Thank you.”
Jonty went back down the stairs. He wanted Brad to get caught, so he had to make sure he didn’t leave.
“I don’t understand why you’re doing this,” Jonty said.
“I love you.”
Three words that made Jonty shudder. No one had ever said that to him and it hurt that he was hearing them from a wanker like Brad.
“Are you taking your meds?” Jonty hadn’t known until the last time they’d met when he’d seen the prescription pills in Brad’s bathroom.
“All I want is for you to give me another chance.”
“You hurt me.”
“I’m sorry.”
“How do I know you won’t hurt me again?”
“I promise.”
Like Jonty would believe that.
“I miss you,” Brad said. “You’re so beautiful. Don’t you miss me?”
“You scare me.”
“Let me in and we can talk things out. Start again. Make everything right.”
“Tell me how you can make things right.” Jonty willed the police to hurry.
“I’ll do whatever you want.” Brad chuckled. “And you’ll do everything I want.”
“What if I don’t want to do what you want me to do?”
Brad laughed harder. “You know how much I like it when you don’t do what I say.”
You are such a fucking creep.Jonty shook and leaned into the door. “I don’t understand why you want me so much.” He really didn’t.
“Because you’re cute and you’re funny and because you don’t want me yet, but you will and that will make our relationship all the sweeter.”
Somehow, Jonty didn’t think telling Brad that hedidwant him would have the desired effect of making him go away.
“Why would you think giving me a bag of used condoms would convince me that you’re the guy for me?”
“I told you. I thought of you every time I jacked off. Every single fucking time. It was your face I could see.”
You are crazy.Jonty’s hands were shaking. “Since when did you jack off into a condom?”
“Ah, you caught me there. I might have been fucking some guy’s arsehole, but it was always you I was thinking of.”
