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I’d fucking kill him myself. There wasn’t a shred of Harold that was worth saving. His existence was a pestilence that I intended to rid Scotland of. Somehow.
The trilling of Harold’s phone pierced the air. What if it was Cam or Katie? Would they give me away? Perspiration beaded at my neck as I waited.
‘Yes, they’re gone,’ Harold said into the receiver. ‘You’ll be thrilled with these two. Someone has already logged them as runaways from the foster parents. No-one’s looking for them.’
My eyes darted back to the kids. If they left here, they’d all but disappear. It would take Cam at least thirty minutes to get to me if he came. Would they be gone by then? I didn’t have any weapons to take care of Harold myself, and he would be armed.
‘You can make your way here and be quick. I don’t enjoy babysitting. Same as always. I’m alone. You can pull right in with the van.’
I moved to another stack, closer to the kids, wanting to get a clearer picture of their faces. If Cam couldn’t get there in time, maybe it would be useful to the police. Maybe they could find them somehow.
My foot caught against the pallet as I crossed, sending me to my knees hard, landing with a crack that reverberated throughout the space. My phone flew from my fingers, skittering across the cement floor and coming to a halt in the open.
Harold’s eyes went to the phone, before lifting to me. Hatred, mixed with glee, crossed his face as he stalked toward me. I tried to run, but waves of pain shot through my knee as I stood. A terrible crunch rang out as Harold brought his foot down on my phone, crushing it beneath his heel.
‘Well, well, well,’ he said, gaining ground fast as I hobbled away. Pain shot through my scalp as I was yanked back forcefully by my hair, the ground grazing at my skin as he dragged me over the floor and into the open. ‘Look what we have here. I should have known you’d be the one to figure me out.’
Harold threw me to the floor before landing a solid kick into my ribs, my breath fleeing with the force of it. A cough wracked me as I curled up around my stomach.
‘You just couldn’t accept your place, could you, Maeve? Couldn’t just stay on your knees sucking my boy’s dick like the whore you were born to be?’
Another kick bruised into me as tears sprung, wetting my cheeks.
‘But what do I do with you? Blow your brains out or sell you on. I’m sure they’d take you.’ Harold reached down and flipped me onto my back, straddling my chest as I flailed beneath him. He pinned my arms with his knees as he pinched my chin hard enough to make me yelp.
‘You look so much like your mother. She was a slut too, always teasing me but giving her cunt to your dad instead. She knew what she was doing. But I took care of her, just like I’ll take care of you.’
I closed my eyes as his hands went to my chest, kneading at my flesh and making my stomach lurch.
‘I knew I’d get my hands on you, eventually. You’ll scream around my cock one way or another, shame you chose fear.’
‘Not in front of the kids,’ I whispered. If I got him to move me, maybe I could run. Desperation gripped me as he adjusted himself in his trousers. A mouthful of sick ascended my throat, making me splutter.
Harold’s laugh made every muscle in me tense. ‘They may as well get used to it. It’s the only life they’ll know.’
The girl’s sobs increased as she watched us. Fuck, I needed time. Time for Cam to reach us. With a yank, he freed my top from under his thighs and grinned as he pulled it over my chest. I fought as hard as I could, working to unseat him from my chest, but I was stuck.
The air in the warehouse was cold, and the floor beneath me was even colder. When he pulled my bra down, the tears came anew. He twisted a nipple mercilessly as I cried out from the pain.
‘Stop,’ I begged, my eyes going to the door.
He followed my gaze before a sadistic grin crossed his face.
‘Do you think he’s going to come to your rescue? That he’ll storm in here and save you? Don’t be so fucking pathetic. He might well have enjoyed sinking his dick into your tight cunt, but he doesn’t love you. I worked hard to beat that shit out of him.’
Harold leaned down and pressed his tongue flat against my neck, licking his way up to my mouth as I turned away, sickened by him.
‘Do you think he doesn’t know about all of this? He doesn’t assist me?’ he whispered in my ear. My mind raced. Could he have known? Could it all have been a lie? Was I really the gullible idiot my brothers had told me I was?
No. I knew Cam. He wouldn’t have allowed this if he’d have known. I tipped my head toward Harold and caught his jaw with my teeth, baring down until the coppery taste of blood filled my mouth.
‘You fucking bitch,’ he wailed, pulling himself upright. Punches rained down on my face and body as I choked beneath him, his full weight on my chest. Pain blossomed from his strikes, bone crunching and flesh bleeding. The far off lights of the ceiling swam as my vision dulled.
I stilled as he pulled his gun and held it to my temple. The warm barrel dug into my head as I screwed my eyes shut. It would all be for nothing.
‘You think you know Cam, but you don’t. He’s just been keeping you sweet with his lies until I was ready to put you to use. Filling your head with lies for access to your cunt. Seems you want to expedite the end of your existence, though. Fine with me.’
I prayed for the bullet when he undid his zip.
