Bailey, Debbie - Sienna's Submission [Men of Kinsey] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) (15 page)

Maggie Torrent was a well-known and outspoken advocate for stronger laws and punishments for domestic violence. What also helped was that Crown Counsel Roderick Felton’s staff had miraculously found some of the lost photos from Sienna’s previous complaint. Even though the he couldn’t be prosecuted for the original case, the photos were introduced to show a pattern of abuse.

Sienna was also given the opportunity to speak.

Stepping toward the bench, she turned and looked at Mikhail and Sasha, and then she looked at Eric.

“Almost right from the very beginning you started hitting me. You didn’t start out with verbal abuse. You went straight for my face with your fists, and for twelve years, I took it because I was so afraid. Not just of you but of everything. But the last beating before I left, you said something to me that told me if I didn’t leave you’d kill me. You said that when you got home if I didn’t have dinner on the table and wasn’t ready to spread my legs that you would make sure I’d never see another day. I believed you, so I left.

“And I want to thank you for that threat, Eric, because I never would have found the courage to leave and start a new life. I never would have found the wonderful, loving men that I have today, and I never would have found… me.”

And she walked straight into Mikhail and Sasha’s arms.

“Take me home, please, Masters.” She winked, and they groaned.

* * * *

Jack and Sharon watched as Eric was led away in handcuffs. Everyone could see the rage on Jack’s face, but Sharon’s showed one of relief.

I knew she was strong enough to make sure he paid. I just wish that I would have been as strong. Maybe I can get her to help me with my dad. Now that Eric’s in prison, there’s only his fists to worry about. If I’m careful and don’t give him cause to hit me, I might just be able to get to Sienna before he kills one of us.

Jack glared at the woman who had just destroyed his son. He knew that someday he would make her pay. He would make Eric’s beatings feel like love taps compared to what he’d have done to her. First he’d have to find a way to get Eric out and someplace safe where no law could touch him. Then he would exact his payment on Sienna. He would also make sure that those damned Dalhousie brothers paid for their interference.

All the family he had left now was his stupid daughter, Susan. She might balk at first, but with the right incentive he could make her help him get Eric out. She may not be the smartest bulb in the box, but with her looks he was sure that he’d be able to bribe a guard or two. As long as she still worked for at Dalhousie Electronics he would have an in, and she would never suspect a thing. When Eric put that keystroke program on her computer he couldn’t believe how easy it had been to find out the information they needed. The longer she worked there, the more information he could gather to use to destroy those two bastards.

* * * *

Mikhail noticed the relieved look that had crossed Sharon’s face. He knew that someone had told Eric about the auction but he didn’t think, from the look on her face, that it was her. They had had Sam check in to all the calls to and from her office phone as well as her company cell phone. Nothing showed up. The only place that she would have been able to notify Eric was at home, and according to Sam, Sharon spent as little time as possible at her father’s estate. It seemed that almost every night after work she would go to the Healing House, one of the charities from the auction. It just didn’t make sense that a woman who spent so much time helping battered women would then tell a known abuser how to find his victim, even if the abuser was her brother.

Any time spent with Jack and Eric could not be good for her. From what they’d discovered, both men used her as a punching bag on occasion, and he was sure that somehow they were using her to get information about the company. He just didn’t know how yet. Damn, how could none of them not see it?

There was a leak somewhere in his office, and he’d have Ryder, Dan, and Sam check it out over the next few weeks.

But for now he just wanted to take their woman home and love her from head to toe.

* * * *

Ryder watched Amy flit around the room, speaking to everyone but him and his brothers. He knew she had a crush on them, but she would never be able to accept the kind of relationship they wanted. Dan had fallen for her at first, but he was realizing more and more that she would never be able to handle all three of them.

Maybe if we talk to our sister she would be able to help them find Amy a good man, or men, whichever she could handle.
Amy was such a sweet person, and after all that she’d been through she needed someone who was patient and gentle. Two qualities that neither he nor his brothers had a lot of experience with. Maybe with the right woman they would be, but Amy was not the right one for them.

THE END

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