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“Remove those.”
Forcing my stare to the hallway just behind him, I lifted my hips from the bed and worked off my lace underwear.
“Legs spread,” he said darkly when I automatically closed them.
I ground my jaw and obeyed.
He tossed two phones and a wallet on the edge of the bed, and then the sound of his zipper sliding down filled the room.
I didn’t look.
“Touch yourself.”
My heart felt like it cracked in half when I did.
Because this was something I’d done countless times before. And it was something I would choose every time over having any part of him touching me.
But this was also something I’d done for Kieran.
This was something we’d done together.
And Mickey was tainting it.
I cringed when I heard him moan and swallowed the bile climbing up my throat.
Clearing my mind of what I was doing and the noises he was making, I repeated the words I’d told myself hundreds of times over the years, trying to make myself believe this was just another session, and he was just another client.
Lean back.
Drop your head.
Push your chest out.
Exhale slowly and shut your eyes.
Don’t show them that the pretty face they’re paying for isn’t real.
She died long ago.
Go somewhere far from here, somewhere you can anchor yourself to the last glimmer of happiness in your life.
Happiness.
That word would never touch my life again. Happiness wasn’t meant for girls like me.
Girls like me grasped the only thing we could find that kept us alive.
And for me? That was this. These moments that slowly killed me a little at a time.
My own vicious circle.
One I would continue to live until I died.
My full lips twitched into a wicked grin. A laugh tumbled from my mouth. The sound low and throaty, hinting at the madness within.
The laugh turned into a sharp gasp when my ankles were unexpectedly grabbed, and I was yanked away from the headboard. My eyes popped open to find Mickey above me, his cruel grin as foreboding as it was frightening.
“Did I forget to tell you?” He forced me onto my stomach, his strong arms pinning me down when I instinctively tried to turn over. “The doctor called this morning.”
