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Olivia stood there silently, the pain of her hand disappearing as a new type of pain, fueled by horror and sheer terror, slid its way into her soul and made itself at home. Slicing it's way so bone deep she didn't think there would ever be a time she wouldn't feel its presence.
Judge Carmichaels eyes slid between Colin’s and Olivia’s as he smiled slyly. “Well, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Olivia. Have a good time. Colin,” Carmichael said dismissively, before turning on his heel and escorting his plus one back to their table.
Olivia stood still for a second, feeling sick, her heart pounding in her throat before she gently sank back into the seat. Struggling to regain control of herself. Her blood pressure was skyrocketing. Eye's watering, Olivia fought back desperate breaths, she shot back up out her seat almost immediately. Standing up from her chair and excusing herself. Not giving Colin any reason to delay her.
She hadn’t even looked at him while she sat down.
Rounding the corner and hastily making her way into the lush restroom, she pushed into a stall. She gasped, bending over the toilet, and began dry heaving in pure panic. Her tears fell hotly down her cheeks, and she pressed a trembling hand tight to her stomach, waiting a minute before standing up and grabbing tissue. She dabbed at her eyes carefully before exiting the stall.
Olivia walked slowly to stand in front of the mirror, lamenting her lack of clutch that held her face powder.
She wet her fingers and carefully pressed them under her eyes, trying to hide the fact she’d been crying. Giving herself a once over in the mirror and a few minutes to breathe deeply, she waited to leave until she felt calm. Shaking her head firmly, she turned and walked out the door, and straight into judge Carmichael.
Who’d been standing rather close to the entrance of the ladies' restroom.
Olivia stumbled back a step as her eyes widened in shock, and her back hit the door hard, making her feel trapped. Her blood pressure skyrocketed once more, and she felt goosebumps dot her flesh as the sick, dizzying feeling came back.
“Excuse me, Judge Carmichael,” she said, as she tried to step around him.
She gasped in fear as he quickly stepped in front of her, blocking her escape. She glanced around nervously, seeing no one in the little area with them. Her arm came up to wrap around her torso protectively, suddenly feeling very naked.
The only noise was the strains of instrumental music from the ballroom bleeding out into the surrounding area. Her eyes flicked back to the judge nervously.
“So, that’s where you disappeared to? I’d been calling Gypsy for weeks trying to get another appointment and she said you were gone. Poof, disappeared into thin air,” Judge Carmichael said nastily.
His lip curled as he regarded her from top to toe, his eyes lingering on her breasts. “How much did it take? I guess the money you were getting from me wasn’t enough, eh Kat?” he spit out angrily and took a step towards her.
Olivia blanched, feeling the blood drain from her face. The man had an evil look on his own.
“Get away from me. I don’t know what you’re talking about and you’re scaring me,” she whispered, desperately hoping that she sounded as weak as she currently felt. Thinking maybe the vulnerability would throw him off.
During their sessions, she was always cool, confident, and in control. She never showed weakness, never showed she couldn’t handle herself. Her mouth was her greatest asset in the underground world. It was how she was able to get by without using sex, unlike a lot of the other women who didn’t have that luxury. Carmichael took another step towards her, placing himself into her personal space. She recoiled, her fingers itching to slap him.
So, she did in a fit of desperation, feeling cornered.
His face cracked sharply to the side, her slap resounding loudly through the tiled area. Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, Olivia went to step around him. Seeing her trying to flee he hurriedly stepped even closer, leering at her. His eyes were excited as he caressed his jaw almost lovingly.
Truly panicking now, Olivia's eyes welled with tears and her breaths came in short, burning in her lungs. Glancing around again, she still didn’t see anyone. She'd made the wrong move.
Oh God, why would I do that? she thought.
Her skin crawled as a different heady type of fear set in, and she swallowed bile, trying to inch to the side away from the door. Suddenly terrified, he would push her through it and follow her inside. Though she was strong, she knew she wouldn’t be strong enough to overpower him if he chose to violate her.
“I would’ve paid more, you know. If you’d just opened your cunt mouth and asked. The things I would’ve done to you,” his voice dripped with disdain.
Olivia’s head tilted back and to the side as he got so close to her his breath brushed over her collarbone. She gaped at him in horror, pushing against his shoulders and trying to step back, but trapped tightly against the door. Her heels clanked against the wood loudly as she shuffled anew, trying to escape. He grabbed her upper arms roughly, leaning in further.
“Get the fuck away from her before I cause a scene,” Colin said from behind the judge.
Olivia felt a dizzying wave of relief wash through her, causing her skin to break out in goosebumps. Her lip trembled, and a shocked tear rolled down her cheek as she turned to face her lover. Finally.
“Colin!” she said on a choked cry, mortified to be found in this position yet relieved. She rushed to his outstretched hand with a quiet sob. Thankful that Carmichael hadn’t had time to push her into the restroom.
“You’ll be hearing from my people Carmichael,” Colin said, not even trying to mask the threat in his voice.
He gave him a cold look over the bridge of his nose. Unwilling at the moment to break this man physically and risk himself going to jail and upsetting Olivia, he would just have him removed from his seat.
Unbeknownst to Olivia, he recorded their interaction. Knowing something was horribly off when he was speaking with the man earlier, and her reaction to him.
