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He’s in my basement. Because that’s where Caden’s been keeping him for two months. He tortures him whenever he feels like it, just to avenge you.
I’m shaking as we walk down the stairs.
“Oh my god,” I gag as the smell of piss and sweat hits me. Then Sawyer comes into view. He’s only skin and bones.
“Caden,” Sawyer rasps. His ankle is shackled, and the chain is nailed to the floor. “Please.”
“I brought you a little present,” Caden smiles wickedly.
When Sawyer sees me, he retreats into a corner and starts to cry. “No, please, please…”
“Get up,” Caden snaps.
“Please…” he sobs.
“Get the fuck up before I cut off another one of your fingers.”
Sluggishly, he gets up, helping himself by leaning against the wall.
“I brought Billie so you could apologize to her.”
“Caden,” I grab his arm as I feel my face twisting. “This is…too much.”
“Help me, Billie.” Sawyer falls forward, not able to stand on his own two feet, and wraps his arms around my legs. “Please, help me.”
Caden is on him the next second, grabbing him by the back of the neck and pulling him away before throwing him against the wall.
“Don’t fucking touch her,” he seethes. “You will never touch her again, you hear me? I said I brought her so you could apologize. Now get on your knees andapologize.”
I’ve never seen such fury on his features. Even when he hatedme,he never had that kind of rage toward me.
“I’m sorry,” Sawyer cries. “I’m sorry, Billie. I’m sorry for what I did to you. I never had the videos in the first place. Caden had deleted them…I lied. I’m bad,bad!” He hits his palm against his head and then slams his head against the floor. “Bad! Bad! I’ll never hurt you again. Never, Billie. Never.”
I struggle to swallow. “Caden…what have you done to him?”
He appears so relaxed now that he gets to talk about what he did. A playful grin tips the corner of his lips. “Ah, well, see. I’ve been a little on edge these last two months. Sawyer here might have been a way for me to simmer my anger.”
Sawyer is naked and so thin I’ve been avoiding looking at him, but when my eyes go to him again, I notice the cuts and bruises.
“You tortured him.”
“Little bee,” he sighs. He lets his head fall forward and brings it back up. “When will you fucking understand that no one touches you without paying the consequences? He did more than hurt you, he took you away from me. For Two. Whole. Fucking. Months.”
He grips the back of my head, his fist closing on my hair, forcing me to look up.
“I’m glad he finally apologized and told the truth. Sawyer never had the videos. Okay? I deleted them that same day I told him you’d never go on a job again. I want you to know that.”
“Okay,” I rasp, the position uncomfortable and cutting my voice. “Okay, I trust you. If you say you don’t have them anymore, then you don’t.”
“Good. Now what happens to anyone who touches you?”
My eyes widen slightly. “Don’t you think he’s been through enough?”
“Little bee.” He shakes his head, that unhinged smile scaring me to my bones. “Just answer the question.”
After a few seconds of silence, I give him what he wants. “They die.”
“That’s right. Sawyer trapped you. He beat you up, threatened to rape you. Or have you forgotten?”
