Page 131 of Johnathan

“We’re not…”

Oh shit. It wasn’t a migraine. Everything she felt then was exactly the same way she’d felt that night in the bar. The night John was certain she’d been drugged. The same way she’s felt when Marco had injected her with something before he’d cut into her flesh.

“Did you do something to these cookies?”

“Obviously. God, you really are fucking insufferable. I don’t understand what he saw in you at all. Honey, put your shoes on.”

“P-Please Laura. Please don’t hurt Katy.”

“Why would I hurt her? It’s not her fault her father decided to shack up with the town whore. She’ll just sleep until I’m done making you pay for what you did.”

“W-What are you going to do to me?” She wasn’t even sure the whole question had left her mouth because her muscles all loosened and as she asked, her body fell to the ground with a thud.

Forty

“It’s so romantic, isn’t it? All the flower petals sprinkled around. Is this how your whore normally fucks you?” Abby forced her eyelids open, staring around in a complete state of confusion. She tried to stand up, but something held her in place. Blinking furiously to clear the fog in her vision, Abby’s stomach rolled at the sight of ropes bound tightly around her wrists.

Her gaze jumped around the room, until it landed on John. Oh no. He was tied up just like her, except he wasn’t in a chair. No. John was tied to their bed, his head lolling to the side. Bile forced its way up into her mouth and she fought with everything she had to stay still and silent. Laura was facing John, and she hadn’t noticed Abby was awake yet. She needed to use that to her advantage.

After a few more intentional blinks, the room stopped spinning. If John was in the room with her, where the hell was Katy? Why wasn’t she there too? Every ounce of her being was being torn in two, trying to think of a way to get to John and also make sure Katy was somewhere safe.

Saliva pooled in her mouth and tickled the back of her throat. Shit. She couldn’t stop the cough that shook her body.

“Ah, the sleeping princess is finally awake.”

“Laura. I don’t understand.” Her voice was hoarse, cracking from the dryness that had originally caused her to cough.

“I’m just returning the favor, Abby.”

Warm weight landed on his lap and pressed down into him. Abby must be trying to wake him up. She’d get no complaints from him, except maybe that his head was throbbing a bit. He fucking loved that she felt comfortable enough to initiate intimacy with him.

“You seem like a soft bitch, wanting all the warmth and romantic gestures. Of course, I can’t complain about the candles. Fire has always been a sort of addiction for me. It was thrilling getting to pull the alarm at Sal’s. Watching all those firefighters run in thinking they were going to be battling big flames. Instead they found poor, weak, doe-eyed Abby. I could have done some real damage if I had time to plan. It was all just too spur of the moment. I should have known you’d be like a cockroach. Fucking nuclear bomb proof. We’ll take care of that tonight. I stopped my knee-jerk reactions. This plan is Abby-escape proof. You won’t be able to ruin another family. I won’t let it happen.”

He didn’t recognize that voice. Were they watching something on TV before they went to bed?

“John, please wake up. Please. Don’t do this, Laura. You don’t have to do this!”

Laura? He instantly went on high alert. Why did Abby sound so panicked? John groaned with pleasure as she rolled her hips over his erection. Jesus, she felt so good. He needed to open his eyes and see her, but he was so fucking tired.

“Shut the fuck up, bitch. How do you think it felt to know that you were tearing my family apart, you whore? And every day I had to see your fucking ugly face and your disgusting scar on display… what the fuck did he see in you?”

“Who?” His skin crawled when he heard the tears in Abby’s voice.

“MY FUCKING HUSBAND! Knowing you seduced him and then, when it destroyed our family, you just got your happily ever after. Well, it will not happen. I’m going to have your man, and you can watch as he calls out to me in ecstasy. You can see how it feels to know your man found heaven inside some other woman’s pussy.”

“Laura, I don’t know what you think happened, but I don’t know your husband. I honestly didn’t even know if you were married. Honey’s dad has never come to school before, and I’ve only ever slept with one man. The one you are currently assaulting. Please stop before you go further. Please, I’m begging you. John doesn’t deserve this. Please!”

God, he hated hearing the tears in her voice, but nothing was making sense. He tried to reach out to her, but his arms didn’t move.

“Abby…”

“John. It’s not me. I’m so sorry. It’s not me, baby. Wake up! Please, John, wake up!”

“Shut the fuck up.” Abby’s weight lifted off his lap, and the mattress shifted as she moved away from him. “I should have known you’d need to be gagged.”

Her words washed over him and a sickening thought bounced through his mind. It wasn’t her voice.

It wasn’t her voice.

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