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God, how I miss that woman.
I return to the present. To the pathetic nymphomaniac doing anything and everything to get my attention. “You’ve crossed a terrible line.”
“Yeah, well, I’m happy I did. At least you’re angry. That’s something.” She lifts her chin defiantly, daring me to do it.
I glance over at Alessia, my jaw tense.
“She saved your precious shrine, you know,” Anabel whines, as if Alessia did something abhorrent. “I don’t know why, but she did.”
I tense my jaw, trying to manage the wrath of losing a memory. It’s as if someone cut off one of Marissa’s limbs.
After a long minute, I finally pull the gun off her head.
She exhales audibly, her mouth remaining agape. I can’t tell if this woman is having an orgasm or is just relieved – that’s how bat-shit she is.
I step into my private room and carefully pick up what’s left of the card. Ashy pieces crumble in my hand, and I want to shoot her all over again. I can’t help that my eyes already feel bloodshot, and I slump onto the bare mattress. This woman was everything to me.
“It’s the same thing day in and day out, Leandro!” Anabel clings tentatively to the frame of the door. “You’re obsessed! Let her go. You have five hot women right in front of you. I’d be the best wife you can imagine. I’d suck you off every morning and every night, if only you’d let me. Give me power, Leandro! Let me live again!”
I shut my eyes and shake my head. This is the most unattractive woman I’ve ever been around. On paper, she has perfect proportions, full lips, exotic features. But her personality is insufferable. And no one gets to fill Marissa’s gap. I belong to her, spirit and body. Forever.
“I hate you.” Anabel storms into the room and punches me in the arm in a desperate attempt for my attention. I don’t even feel it.
“Anabel.” Sia walks up to try and calm her. A spark of life ignites inside me that I haven’t felt in a very long time. Her bare legs are toned – perfect calves, juicy thighs – and the towel leaves room for my mind to wander. Gazing up to her face shows a set of green eyes looking down on me. Such a familiar take. Her hotness, her kindness. She just wants to be loved.
I squeeze my eyes shut to dismiss those thoughts.
“Leandro, we’re sorry.” Sia shivers as she pulls away a sobbing Anabel. “We’ll go back to our cage.”
The words cut deep. I don’t want to be their warden. I can’t help the situation. They’d be dead in a matter of days out there on the streets. They were supposed to be six feet under alongside their despicable husbands. But they weren’t the ones who took Marissa from me, they didn’t deserve being put down. I stare up at Alessia coldly, gun hanging slack in my hand as it dangles over my knee. “You should’ve pulled the trigger,” I say.
She swallows hard but remains strong as Anabel turns into her embrace. “If I had, those four women down there would’ve died.”
My eyes widen.
“All three latches were locked tight. There would’ve been no way out,” she says.
I’m stunned. She’s right. But what other end is there for them? I can’t let them roam free.
I get up and walk past them, making way to the back of the house, looking out the window to where I spend most of my time in the biting cold. The clouds loom overhead like a grey blanket, and my hopes to chase the women today fizzle into bleak nothingness.
This life has nothing left to offer.
Thump.
A body hits the floor, and a door slams. My blood runs hot with anger. “Now what the fuck?” I stomp toward the women, my boots nearly crushing the wood floor. Then my chest weakens – something I haven’t felt for years.
Alessia is on the floor with a scrape on her arm – the soles of her feet black with dirt, the towel streaked with greenish black mud from my boots. And my private door… it’s shut with Anabel on the other side.
I grasp the knob, already knowing it’s locked. “Anabel,” I say sternly, my panic bleeding through.
“I have to do this,” she cries. “Even if I die for it. I can’t take it anymore!”
I’m frightened to my core. For the loss of my love.
Alessia groans as she gets back to her feet.
I shoulder the door hard, but I purposely built it not to budge. The lock was supposed to be unbreakable. My key is in the car. Fuck.
