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I start scratching my hands like crazy. Leo's about to learn something about me, and I'm scared of what he's going to do.
"You can see our items which have been sold, click the link." He takes a sip of his coffee, and I watch with dread as his finger moves, and I hear the click. "We have everything you need from young to old, white or black. This is your answer to a sweet shop for adults," Leo stops talking, and I look to the side to see what he's doing.
Nothing. He’s facing me.
“Sweet shop for adults, is this how sick these fuckers are?” Jackson pulls the laptop over to him. “Have you seen the time? I’m sure we both have work to do.” He closes the laptop. “I’ll see if someone can help me find an IP address or something. I don’t really know how to do this side of things,” Jackson says.
I have to tell Leo before he goes to work. If he finds out while he's out, or if Jackson finds out and tells him, then he might lose it with me, and I don't want that. Leo is trying, and I'm trying too.
“Before... erm… there’s…” I start tapping my fingers on the table. “I...need—”
“Hope, talk to me.” Leo puts his hand on mine to stop the tapping.
I point to the laptop. “There...is something...you need to know,” I whisper. I hear Jackson sitting back down and opening the laptop and sliding it over to Leo.
“Okay, what are we looking for?” Leo asks.
I take in a deep breath. "Look under…" I swallow the large lump in my throat, "limited edition, there is only one person on there," I tell him, and I look over as his fingers move around.
"We can provide one of a kind treats. If you want something, let us know, and we can find it. This little beauty was sugar coated by her uncle and was our most popular find. Her bidding broke all the records, lasted for months until one man made the biggest bid in history. Eight million dollars." There is silence in the room; even Jackson isn't saying anything, not one sound.
Leo pushes the laptop hard over to Jackson, I know there is a picture on there of a ten-year-old me.
Leo stands up and walks away from the table, Jackson stays where he is, and I wipe the tears from my cheeks.
Jackson clears his throat, and I swear I can see the emotion in his eyes. "Hope, I'm sorry this happened to you. Leo means it when he says nothing will happen to you again. Leo is a… hard man. Women are the last thing on his mind, and I meanlast. So trust me when I say, he won’t let them get you,” he tells me and walks over to the kitchen where Leo is.
So, now Leo knows that I was sold and now he's going to make it his mission to find out who bought me, and he's going to make them pay—only this timenotwith cash.
CHAPTER16
LEO
“I won’t letanything happen to you, I promise.” I sit next to Jackson and pull him closer to me. One of Jack’s men beat him today because he said no. I tried to help him, but I got grabbed by two other men.
“Leo, I don’t think—”
"Hey, listen to me, as long as I'm alive, I'll fight for you, and I'll take any beating that I can," I tell him as I can't bear to hear him crying. I've let him down a few times when I just couldn't help him. The other day after Jack was finished with me, I was so weak and tired that when they came for Jackson, I couldn't even stand up.
We both sit up as the door opens. “You’re with me.” He points to Jackson.
I stand up and push Jackson behind me. “Leave him alone. Take me,” I tell them.
“Well, the boss wants him.”
"He's not getting him." He goes to grab Jackson, but I kick him. "He gets me, or nothing. I won't let you take Jackson."
“Take him.” I hear Jack behind the man.
The man's hand wraps around my neck, and he pulls me closer to him. "Jack's had a bad weekend, so get ready to have some fun."
He pulls me out of the room, and my body begins to shake as I know that it's going to be darkness and hell this weekend.
“Her past makes ours look like a fucking playground,” Jackson says as he stands next to me.
“I know, I thought it couldn’t get more fucked up than mine. I did my best to keep you safe—”
He places a hand on my shoulder and squeezes. "Don't Leo. You protected me. You took it all so that I didn't have to. Yeah, some shit happened to me, but if it wasn't for you a lot more would have happened."
