I searched around me as best as I could, looking for anything I could use as a weapon. Distracting myself from the panic threatening to take over. There was nothing within reach, but there was a stepladder not too far behind me with tools on one of the steps. I couldn’t tell what they were, but they looked big. If I could scoot back, I could pull the ladder over to make the tools fall. Hopefully, a hammer would fall within my reach, and Icould bludgeon him with it. Or a sharp screwdriver I could stab him with. Maybe a box cutter.
I’d fight with everything I had as soon as I had a chance. It didn’t matter what he might be doing to me that would distract him enough for me to fight back. I could handle whatever he did. I just needed to survive.
He made quick work of opening my belt, then fumbled with the button on my jeans. “Tsk-tsk. Of all days for you to wear jeans, darling. You’ve been teasing me with your skirts for so long. I was looking forward to flipping your skirt up to taste this cunt you’ve been hiding from me. That’s what I was fantasizing about just this morning. How does that sock taste, by the way?”
My heart thudded, dread filling my belly.Breathe. Gotta keep breathing.
“Yeah, you taste it, don’t you? I jacked off to thoughts of you. Imagining you in your bed, your skirt rucked up around your waist, your cunt bare for me, your Texas longhorn watching over us. I came on that sock, saved it for you. Can you taste my cum, Jenna?”
Vomit rushed up, burning and pooling in my mouth, mixing with his cum-covered sock, gagging me. If I choked on my vomit and died, would he still rape my dead body? Tears streamed down my face and my body jerked in his grasp, my stomach heaving against my will, trying to kill me.
Liam, please come now. I need you!
He’d come. I knew he’d come soon. I just had to survive until then. But I was seriously choking and drowning in my own vomit. And his cum.
Breathe. In. Out.
Snake Eyes smiled at me. His sinister smile, not Daniel’s smile. Both were terrifying.
“That’s right, darling, I’ve been watching you for a long time. Do you remember when we met in the park?”
Oh God, itwashim. Buzzing rang in my ears and my vision blurred. I couldn’t have answered him even if I wanted to.
Pain burst through my cheek before I even registered his hand moving. The metallic taste of blood mixed with vomit and cum-covered cotton.
Breathe. In. Out.
I nodded.
“The moment I saw you…the way your eyes widened in fear…the way you tried to skip away, but smiled at me as you did. You couldn’t take your eyes off me. You were so tiny and fragile, I was careful not to bump you too hard, but even still, with that little touch, you panicked. Do you remember?”
I nodded quickly, hating how easily he’d made me compliant.
“I knew then how much fun you’d be, and I was right. It’s been a pleasure getting to know you, Jenna. Watching you in the park. Watching you work. Watching you squirm. Following you home and seeing the lights come on in your apartment. First the living room, and then you’d walk into your room, and I’d see you for a few minutes before you closed your blinds, and I’d jack off right there in my car outside your window, imagining you just like this.”
He squeezed my breasts and brutally pinched my nipples, pain shooting through me. “You’re even more beautiful than I imagined.” He sank his hand into my pants, grabbing me, and pushing them down, and my underwear too.
I couldn’t help the whimpers that tried to escape. I tried to focus on the ladder.Distract him. Make noise.I tried to think about how I’d smash him in the face with the tools. I’d smash his nuts too. I tried to think of anything but the feel of his fingers on me. In me. But it hurt.
Where are you, Liam?
He pulled his hand away from between my legs and his heavy breathing paused. Against my will, my eyes snapped back to himand—No! I squeezed my eyes shut, but the image of him sucking on his fingers still played in my mind.
“Your cunt tastes almost as good as your fear.”
My stomach lurched again.
“So skittish, my love. You always knew it was me, didn’t you? In the bushes, you and that mutt both knew. And at work, I saw you looking for me. Always so responsive to me, I love that about you.”
Oh God, I did know. How could I know and still end up here?
He sighed heavily. “I’m sorry I have to end this so soon, but you pushed me to take a risk doing this in here. You’ve been well worth it, though, darling, and we’re not done yet. I’ll always remember you just like this. It’s a shame someone so beautiful is going to die so tragically.”
Liam!
Black spots danced across my vision.
“Breathe, darling. In and out through your nose. You can’t leave me yet.” His hand smoothed down my body like he was trying to caress me.