Page 12 of Protecting His Woman
Chapter Four
“You’re a piece of shit, but you know that, right?”Annette said.
Damion sat on a chair.The Thames’s had provided another barn with a single window for Annette to recuperate while Vicki made the decision on what was to happen to her mother.
He had given Vicki the news on Saturday.It was now Monday.He was aware that on Sundays, Vicki took the kids to church and would often let them hang out at the park, where they would have a small picnic.
Damion wasn’t interested in making small talk with her family, so he kept his distance.Also, she had a decision to make.
Vicki didn’t see him, but he saw her.He always kept an eye on her.
Nearly everyone knew Vicki was off limits.It was why Jude was currently undergoing punishment in one of his “chambers.”
Neil had given Jude to him, and it was now up to him to decide what happened to that piece of shit.Damion had wanted to end him quietly, but that felt too easy, and he wasn’t interested in easy.So, for now, he was in a dark dungeon, with rats to keep him company.He hadn’t been given any food or water.
He saw Annette shaking.She had a full cast on her hand.From what Neil had told him, the doctor had to clean the dirt from the hand, then it took several hours to reattach it.She might not have full function in her hand.Not that Damion cared.
“Do you realize your life hangs in the balance of a decision made by your daughter?”Damion asked.
Annette continued to shake.The withdrawal was already attacking her body.She had been on a drug high for over three weeks, and now she was crashing.This was part of her punishment.Her whole body had to be on fire.
Damion looked at her, and she was so skinny, flesh on bones.There were bruises all over her skin, and it smelled like someone had pissed on her.The clothes she wore had stains on them, and he was pretty sure most of them were semen.She hadn’t taken a shower.She was filthy.
“Vicki will do the right thing,” Annette said.
“Really, because I also happened to mention that you were going to sell her virginity.”
That seemed to make Annette look even paler and this made him smile.
“Fuck you,” Annette said.
“You know, Neil doesn’t like you.He never liked you, and he didn’t even realize you were on his property.”He tutted.“He is desperate for you to become his property so he can do whatever he wants with you.”
Annette visibly shook.
“Didn’t you and him ...used to be a thing?”
Damion smiled as he recalled Neil had once been a good guy.The nice guy, back in the day, he’d been the kind of guy that would take his girl’s books and hold her bag.He’d hold doors open, and call everyone Miss and Ma’am.He’d been a good boy.
That all changed when he caught Annette, his girl, being fucked by two teachers.He’d changed.Gone from being the good guy, and overnight, he was looking very much like a man who could take over from his father, the leader of the Thames family.
“Fuck you.”
Damion laughed.“Until we know Vicki’s answer, you’re going to have to wait to see what happens to your life.”
“My daughter loves me.”
“Yeah, she probably does.But she has bills to pay, a house to keep, five kids to take care of, and whatever debt you have coming in.Vicki has to keep cleaning up your messes, and I promise you, Annette, with each little thing she has to do that prevents her from living her own life, you start to look less like a mom and more like a burden she wants to be rid of.”
Damion got to his feet.“I wonder what her decision will be.”
And with that, he left.
Neil was outside, waiting for him.
