Page 108 of Liberate Us

His eyeswidened, his hold on my wrist loosening a touch at my confession. “What?”

“I went tothe doctor’s and found out I was three months along. We had a threesome threemonths before. We never used condoms, so there was a chance that it could havebeen yours. I told Aaron that I wanted to get a DNA test when it was possiblebecause it wasn’t fair to either of you, not to know who the father was. Hesnapped and...” I swallowed hard. “…he was pissed that I even suggested such athing.”

“No.” Willopened the door and shoved me into the room. “You’re lying. You can’t mean thisshit. You can’t stand there and tell me that I possibly had my baby killed.”

“What?”Bile rose to my throat. “What the hell are you talking about?”

Pricefollowed us, his laughter ringing through the room.

Will shutthe door, closing me in with them.

I backedup, something on the floor catching my eye. “Oh...” It was a body, and it wasunmoving. Recognition dawned on me, a sob breaking through me. “Mom.”

“She feltjust as good as you did.”

My heartsank at Price’s words. “What does that even mean? What are you talking about?What did you do to her?” I screamed, rushing toward my mom’s still body. “Oh,Mummy. I’m so sorry.”

Her eyeswere wide and unblinking. Her face was bloody and bruised. Her clothes weretorn and tattered. I knew without getting the details that she was tortured andraped before she died. Sobs wracked through me.

“I’m sosorry,” I whispered, brushing my hand over her eyes and closing them.

“Enough ofthis,” Will bellowed, pulling me away from her.

I yelled,shoving against him. Before I knew what was happening, Price had my arms abovemy head, holding me down.

“Your momscreamed for you,” Price sneered, staring down at me with his dark eyes. Eyesthat held no remorse for the things he had done.

The dooropened, pulling my gaze away from him.

Two moremen filed into the room. Recognition dawned on me. They were there that night.They attacked me and left me for dead.

My stomachtwisted, unsure as to what would happen next. Will was unstable. Price was outfor blood. And these two other guys, were just there because they clearlywanted to get their fill of whatever the situation called for at the time.

“You know,I always wondered what you would feel like after you’ve been used up.” Willpulled a switchblade out of his back pocket.

My heartpicked up speed, my eyes never leaving the blade.

He ran thetip of it over my collarbone, between my breasts, and down the center of mytorso. He stopped when the blade reached my swollen stomach.

A whimperleft me, my breath coming out in short bursts of air. “Please don’t hurt them.”

“Hurt them?Nah. I’ll do better than that.” He placed the blade on the ground beside me. Ihad a moment where I thought I could reach for it, but he had been too quick.In a rough move, he ripped my leggings down over my ass and off of my feet.“Hold her legs.”

“No.” Istruggled against him as the two guys knelt on either side of me.

They eachgrabbed one of my legs, spreading me open.

Bile roseto my throat, memories of that night coming back.

Pricetowered over me. “You remember that night, Princess? I sure do. Your husbandwatched you get violently fucked whileyouwatched him bleed out. Do youstill have nightmares from it?”

My eyeswidened. “You...you were there.” I recognized the other guys, but I didn’tremember seeing Price. My memories of that night were fuzzy, but I knew a thirdman had shown up. Or maybe he had been there all along and my brain blocked itout, trying to protect me.

Price onlysmirked, his eyes flicking down the length of my body. “Still hot as fuck tooeven while pregnant.”

“Hold her,”Will barked, picking the blade up off the floor.

“Please,Will.” His words shocked me out of my memory. “You don’t have to do this.”

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