Damon (13 page)

“One night after the prom in my junior year of high school, Jorden, a girl
friend, and I went to a party.
I didn’t have a date to the prom, not that I could afford to go anyway, but the party was being given by someone I thought was a good friend. Alliso
n had invited me specifically.
There was alcohol there and older boys. Allison had an older brother and he had in
vited some of his friends too.
His name was Brody, Brody Gibbons.

“He started flirting with me.
I wasn’t stupid enough to think he wanted anything more than to show off to his buddi
es, so I stayed away from him.
He kept coming on to me until Jorden and I started hiding in the house
until her dad came and got us.
I had a sort of reputation of being somewhat cold, stand
offish.
I think he thought he’d prove how big of a man he was if he could have me.

“I d
on’t remember much after that.
I’d been drinking cola all night and Allison had brought me a glass into her room where
Jorden and I had been hiding.
I drank half and
Jorden the other half.
It wasn’t…
I ended up spending the night.
I woke the next morning alone and nake
d in the bed, Brody next to me.
He said that…he told me that the ice queen had been conque
red and that I’d won him a bet.
He even offered to share it with m
e if I’d give him another go.
I ran to the bathroom and cle
aned…I had to clean myself up.
My clothes were i
n there so I dressed and left.
I never said anything to anyone.”

“Mother fuck. He raped you.
I’m going to find that bastard and I’m going
to—”
Damon rose as though h
e was leaving now to find him.
Char
lie held her son close to her.
No one had ever come to her rescue before and she liked the feeling.

“No! It doesn’t matter anymore. I have Connor.
Because of that night, I got Connor and as far as I’m conce
rned, that’s all that happened.
He gave me a gift and I can’
t be happier with the results.”

“Does he
know about your son, Charlie?
I know that you are required to let him know about the baby here, but did he know that that night resul
ted in a child?”

She nodded to Devin. “Yes.
He found out shortly after my
mother…I’d been sick, you see.
I thought I had the f
lu and it didn’t seem to stop.
I went
to the doctor with my mother.
She
was pissed when she found out.
She demanded that I have an abortion, then she
threatened…she threatened me.
Once she found out who the boy was, she took me there
and demanded that he marry me.
Needless to say, that didn’t happen.”

“She told my momma that if she didn’t tell her then she was gonna make her
have an accident.
She said that I was a sin and that I didn’t need to be a…a r
ememberer of her being a slut
. Y
ou have t
o tell them everything, Momma.
I hate my grandma and she knows it.”

Charlie smiled
. Y
es, her mother did indeed know Connor hated her
.
She smiled at the memory of that phone call when she’d tried in v
ain to get her to give him up.
She’d gotten more than she bargained for when Connor had answered.

“Y
ou told her off, did you, son? Good for you.
When you and your mother marry Damon, I’
ll be your grandma.
I think you should st
art calling me that right now.
C
ome over here and sit with me.
I think your momma needs to pace, don’t you, dear?” Margaret said.

“That mean old woman told me that if I hadn’t been born, then she would have had h
er little girl back.
I told her that she could have had me too, but I didn’t think she sho
uld have me and momma anymore.
Told the old bat to go get…Momma?”

“Oh don’t stop now
. Y
ou’ve gone this far.
Wh
at did you tell your grandma?”
Charlie was going to
have to talk to Jamie.
Connor didn’t need encouragement when it came to speaking his mind.

“I told her to get away
from us and to leave us alone.
She was gonna smack m
e, but Momma grabbed her hand.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen my momma move that quick
before.
Well, ‘cept the time I was abo
ut to get hit by that bastard.
She moved quick like then too.”

“Connor. Jamie, please don’t help him.”
He grinned at her and then winked. “Anyway,
after that, she kicked me out.
I lived with Jorden and her family long enough to finish high school, then I packed up Connor
and we moved to another city.
We lived in a little apartment with some help from the government, an
d I worked and went to school.
It took us a long time, but I graduated from nursing school and had a good job at a large hospital
working in the ER department.
Connor was three and in preschool during the day and at Jorden’s house at night
when I had to work midnights.
We were just getting it together when Anthony Ormond came into the picture.”

“Yo
u’re an RN?
That
’s wonderful, isn’t it, Damon? And you did it in three years? I’m impressed.
It must have been difficult raising a kid on your own and going to school full time.”

Ch
arlie looked at Spencer oddly.
He’d said that as if he knew something
she didn’t.
She looked over at Damon and
he was glaring at his brother.
She started to ask, but Pi came into the room.

“Missy Dane, I have food.
I don’t know why you people eat out wh
en you come here to eat again
. Y
ou waste money on that.
If you want t
o spend money, you give to me.
Missy Dane say I can open restaurant when I have half money.”

“I told you that I would foot the bill if yo
u wanted to open a restaurant
. Y
ou’re the one who said half.
I swear, Pi, you
get more irritating every day.
If I didn’t love you so much, I’d send you back to China in a heartbeat.”

“Who watch baby for you? Beside, Mister Jamie love me.
He tell me that he no
t run house so big without me.
He not let you send me back.”

Charlie burst out laughing.
She knew without a doubt these t
wo went at it like this often.
She could also tell the two women were close, and that they
loved each other a great deal.
When she stood to go into the dining room with th
e others, Damon held her back.
She was suddenly very nervous.

He stood very close to her
after everyone left the room.
She wante
d to touch him, but held back.
He looked down at her as he held her hand and twisted her new ring around on her finger.

“Are you all right?
If you want, we can wait until later to…I wish we wer
e alone.
I’d very much l
ike to see you naked right now.
It’s everything I can do not to throw you over my shoulder and take you to the closest wall, room, hell, even this floor looks good right now.”

She burst out laughing again.
She didn’t expect that, him to want h
er after what she had told him.
Charlie reached up, wrapped her arms around his shoulders, and stepped closer to him.

“I feel the same way.
Do you think anyone would miss us if we locked the door and h
ad sex right here on the floor?
I need you very badly.”

His growl
sent a shiver down her spine.
When he pulled her body tight against his, she could feel his er
ection hard against her belly.
She felt her body respond to his; her nipples tigh
tened and her breasts swelled.
And the dampness of her panties told her she was wet and ready for him anywhere she could get him.

Damon kissed her then. His mouth opened over hers and his tongue moved in and out like she want
ed his cock to do to her pussy.
She rocked against him and felt his hands tighten on her hips then move
down to her ass and lift her.
Wrapping her legs around his hips was as natural to her as breathing.

“Christ, woman! The things you do to me.
I’m going to go down on you, but you h
ave to be quiet when you come.
Take off your pant
s and sit in that chair.”

The urgenc
y in his voice made her hurry.
When the zipper gave her a little i
ssue; she had to laugh at him.
She thought she could come
with him just growling at her.
When her pants were down, she didn’t even make it over to the chair befo
re he dropped in front of her.
His hiss made her remember what she’d had done today.

“I thought we were getting a h
air cut when I agreed to this.
Then I couldn’t thin
k past you seeing me like this.
I know it’s weird, but I…oh, Damon, please.
”

His finger push
ing into her made her tremble.
And when he kissed the bare area just above her slit, she th
ought she was would fall over.
He still hadn’t said anything when he inserted another finger into her.

“If I’d have known about this earlier, I…you have no idea how much
I want to taste you like this.
I want to open your soft lips and suckle at your
clit until you scream my name.
Then I want to fuck you, hard and fast
until neither of us can move.
Charlie, you’re soaking my hand, your juices ar
e running down my arm. I want to savor this gift.
I wa
nt to take my time eating you.
So for
right now, I want you to come.
I want you to come around my fingers and know that as soon as I can manage it, I’m going to slam my cock deep inside of you until you come so ma
ny times you pass out from it.
Come, baby, come now.”

She
grabbed his head and held on.
Her release slammed though her so hard it was everyth
ing she could do not to scream.
Ramming her fist into her mouth, she bit hard so she wouldn’t mak
e any noise.
When Damon leaned forward and li
cked her clit, she came again.
This time, she did collapse. Had he not grabbed her, she wasn’t sure what would have happened.

“Damon, if you savor me later, you may end
up
killing me.” His laughter made her sm
ile.
When he kissed her, she could feel hi
s hunger and it added to hers.
She wondered if it would always be like this between them and knew that it would be.

~~~

Anthony got back into his car.
Damned wo
man was going to pay for this.
He slammed his bloodied hand down on the steering wheel several times bef
ore he felt marginally better.
Taking several deep breaths, he closed his eyes to
review what he’d just learned.
He nearly hit the wheel again in frustration.

All he’d been able to get from the clerk behind the counter was that there were women running all the time and that maybe he should ju
st give up on finding this one.
Well that had been her opinion before Anthony had c
hanged it for her at any rate.
It had been too easy to get the woman to beg hi
m to not hit her anymore. And easier still to kill her.

Anthony hated to teach stupid women lessons, but if he was the onl
y one to do it, then so be it.
He’d train them one
bitch at a time if he had to.
He reached into the glove box and pulled out the
container of sanitary wipes.
He meticulously cleaned the bl
ood from his hand and forearm.
There was blood on his service ring and that made him want to go back in and hit the dead
woman again.
He took prid
e in his control not to do so.
He took all the wipes and
stuffed them into his pocket.
Starting the car, he drove t
o the local police department.
He would ask his fellow officers to help.