Page 15 of Bella's Dom (The Doms of Madison County)

“My Dom asked me if I could help you settle in. Hannah, Jake’s sub, will be here shortly,” Cat said. “She’s anxious to meet you.”

Bella was tongue-tied. The whole situation was something she’d never dealt with. Being around Doms, with their subs, in a kink club.

Caden squeezed her shoulder. “Go with her, Sweetheart.”

Bella nodded and stood, taking the hand Cat held out to her. Cat pulled her along until they got to the room she’d used the night before.

Cat closed the door, leaned against it, and grinned. “So, what do you think of Caden?”

“Oh, well, we just met…”

“You think he’s hot?”

“Who wouldn’t?” Bella said, wrapping her arms around herself. She wasn’t used to talking to other women, especially about men.

Cat walked to her and squeezed her arm. “It will get easier.”

Bella’s brows snapped together in confusion. “What?”

“Being with other women, making friends. I didn’t have a friend until I came here, and then I met Janessa, and then Hanna came to live here.”

“Why?”

“My parents sold me to one of their friends. He abused me and didn’t let me out of the house for four years.”

Bella could tell there was more to the story but didn’t think it was right to ask questions.

“It’s okay,” Cat said. “It was a very bad experience. I was sixteen when my parents left me with him. That night he raped me for the first time.”

Bella’s hands covered her mouth, and tears sprang to her eyes and slid down her cheeks. “Oh, my God. That bastard.”

Cat smiled. “Yes, he was. He tortured me about every day until I got away.”

“Please tell me he’s dead,” Bella asked.

“No, but he’s in prison for the rest of his life. There were other girls and boys he’d abused over the years. The boys he let go, but the girls died before they could be saved.”

“I hope he rots in prison and then in Hell.”

Cat grinned. “I went to see him in prison.”

“Why?” Bella didn’t think she’d have the guts to do that.

“To get closure,” Cat said.

“That must have been terrifying,” Bella said.

“Not really. I had Macy with me the whole time.” Cat grinned.

“What?” Bella asked when she caught her smile.

“Before I left, I made sure a few of the other prisoners heard what he did to me.”

“Why?”

“Because the majority hate child molesters or rapists.”

Bella chuckled. “They’ll hurt him, won’t they?”

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