Page 159 of Petite Fleur

I swing the bat and knock everything on the coffee table onto the floor, grinning at the mess of broken glass now littering the cheap carpet that I'd just had my brains screwed out on.

“Now.” I add in. I swing the bat again, laughing happily when it collides with the TV, and the screen caves in.

Carlie jumps as if she’s afraid, but Sean moves to lunge at me.

Leon comes around the corner so quickly that I jump, but his anger isn't directed toward me. No, his gun and his fury are pointed at Sean. “Sit the fuck down!” He shouts at him.

It used to scare me when he had that cold, murderous look on his face, but right now, I’m nothing but turned on.

He spares me a glance and winks at me before focusing on the three again.

As I stare at these three, not even recognizing them and having no respect for them, the voices grow, screaming in my ears until all I can do to shut them up is swing.

I smash half of the kitchen to pieces, littering glass, plastic, and electronics all over the floor and counters until it's quiet in my head again, and I can focus on the jerks staring up at me in fear.

I've never known this feeling before; I've never been feared, but I like it.

“Tell me about Abby.” I say, dancing past them and smashing a hole in the living room wall.

Leon sits on the TV stand after pushing the shattered pieces of the TV on the floor, keeping his gun in his lap and his eyes on the three while he lets me handle everything.

“Maeve, this isn’t you. You’re being crazy.” Shelby says calmly.

I smirk and come up behind her, pressing my face against hers until her thick vanilla smell fills my nostrils. “Oh, this is me. What were you hoping for? Were you hoping I was still weak and pathetic? That you could boss me around, and as long as you gave me some shrivel of attention, I'd eat it up like astarved stray dog? It doesn't work like that anymore. You threw me out like trash after sleeping with me; now your words mean nothing.” I say in her ear.

I blush when Leon raises an eyebrow at me. I guess I just admitted that to him for the first time; it wasn’t like I was hiding it, but I don’t ask him about all the women he’s slept with.

I don’t think I’d ever want to know about all the beautiful women who throw themselves at him every day.

“Such a shame that you turned out to be a piece of shit, Shelby. I would’ve loved to watch my girl fuck you senseless.” He says with a smirk.

Shelby, however, has a scowl on her face. “Who the fuck is this? Maeve, who is this man?” She asks.

I "tsk" her, tapping the side of her face with my bat, and smirk when she jumps and tries to lean away from my bat. “That is my fiance and baby daddy. I don't know, it's confusing, but that’s not important right now. Tell me about Abby Marino.” I remind them.

Carlie chimes in, laughing sickeningly. “Nobody wants you, Maeve.” She says.

I laugh and sit up to move over to Carlie on the couch, gripping her hair so tightly that she winces when I yank her head back until I can stare down at her. “Answer the fucking question.” I say sternly.

I don’t think I’ve ever cussed in my life before; that felt so wrong coming out of my mouth, but it also felt so right.

What else would I have said in such a serious situation?

Leon clears his throat, making us look at him on the TV stand. He waves his gun around with a frightening smirk on his face. “I suggest you answer, my patience is wearing thin, and I'm already desperate to fuck my girl again. Maybe if you're really good, I'll let you watch before you die, but you have to behave yourselves.” He taunts.

I don’t know why I expected Sean not to be the first to speak, but I’m happy to be wrong. “What about her? We all hooked up at a party, and she freaked out the next day.” He lies.

I smack him in the back of the head, gripping his hair and forcing his head back until he’s looking up at me. “Try again. You and four idiots drugged her.” I say to him.

He laughs!

This jerk laughs at me.

“She must not have noticed Carlie and Shelby there.” He brags.

“What?” I ask.

I don't know why I'm surprised after finding out what they just did to someone named Colby, but I didn't expect this.

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