Page 40 of Linc
“You think that will last forever?The rules of the game are to strike while the iron is hot because there is always a newer, younger, thinner girl waiting in the wings to take everything from you.I have an expiration date.We all do.Lincoln was my meal ticket when modeling fizzles out.He was waiting for me to come back from Milan for us to be together, but you ruined it.All of it!”She bangs the pipe on the table.Her voice is starting to get louder, and I can sense her desperation.Whatever she’s possibly taking is putting her on edge, or she’s having a full-blown mental breakdown.
“Please Linley, put the pipe down and we can walk out of here as if nothing happened.I won’t say a word and we can both pretend this never happened.”I plead.“Linc can come and speak to you, and y’all can work it out.”
She has a manic laugh, and it sends shivers up my spine.
“How much is he paying for your time?Surely, it can’t be as much as he pays me for mine,” she starts rambling and what she’s saying is confusing.Linc isn’t paying me but why did she say he pays her?“Blaire hooked me up with Lincoln after I did my first campaign for the covers of several magazines and landed the biggest perfume ad.She apparently only allows the bigger models to be on the arm of Lincoln since he pays top dollar for us.The sex after is quite a bonus, isn’t it.He sure knows how to use his dick.”
What is she talking about?Why would Lincoln pay for sex or pay to have models be on his arm?Bile threatens to come up at her words and the room feels like it’s closing in.
“Blaire puts us through the wringer when it comes to him.She only wants the best for him, but I think it’s because she’s fucking him on the side too,” Linley continues to spew more and I know I need to get the hell out of here.She is a ticking time bomb, ready to explode, and I don’t want to be anywhere near her when she does.“There’s rumors we know of, but no one knows for sure.I just know from my own experience what a great lay he is.Has he spanked you up yet or called you his good girl?Drea said the same when she was his arm piece before me.”She gives this salacious look like she’s finally gotten under my skin, and I hate to think of him with others.Especially since we just shared our first time together last night.
I’m sweating all over my body and my heart rate is so high that the vein in my neck is throbbing.I’ve got to get out of this room or it’s not going to end well for me.I’m running out of options and talking with her is like pleading with a concrete wall.She’s beyond listening to reason and it’s now or never to make a move.
Pushing off from the table and giving it a hard shove, I’m able to make her stumble back as I make a break for the door.
“HELP!SOMEBODY HELP ME!”I’m screaming at the top of my lungs as the exit door to the main hallway is getting closer and closer.Help is just on the other side as long as I can make it there.“HELP!”
The words escape me but all too soon, as my feet are tangled in my rolling chair that was placed under the massage table.Linley must’ve pushed it over to stop me from making it to the door.I stumble and my hands catch the ground before my face does.I groan as my wrist buckles from the sudden weight of the fall.
“Did you think I’d let you leave so easily?”Linley spits as she shoves my shoulder so that I’m now flat on my back.Her feet straddle my hips as she stands above me with the pipe still glued in her right hand.“The only way for us to be together is for you to be out of the picture.”
“Please, please don’t do this.He’s yours, you can have him,” I beg.I’ll say anything at this point.
“Too late.”
“This will ruin you if you don’t let me go, Linley,” I plead.“You’ll go to jail for this.”
“Everyone loves me.No one will ever believe that I did something like this.I’m the most sought-after person in the world,” she delusionally says.“Which means I can get away with murder.”
Linley raises her arms, and I let out the loudest earth-shattering scream as the pipe comes raining down.My arms shoot up to try and block the impact that’s coming for my head, and I feel a crack to my forearm as a white searing pain shoots through me.Linley repeats the action again and, even though my arm is on fire with pain, the next blow seems to hurt even more as she hammers my hand and fingers as I continue to block her hits.
Off in the distance, I hear screaming but I can’t think or take my eyes off of Linley, who’s continuing to pummel me.My body must be in shock because the blood that’s splattered on her makes me think I’m watching a bloody murder scene at the movies.All too soon, my arms can’t hold up any longer and I think my life is about to end with the next hit.My eyes are blurry, and slowly closing.I feel my body try to curl in the fetal position on instinct, but I’m not sure at this point.
This is it, I’m dying on the floor at my place of work over a man who’d taken my virginity last night.A jealous ex is going to kill me because I fell in love with the wrong man.
For a brief second, my eyes focus on Linley for the last time.She looks like a crazed lunatic with splatters of my blood sprinkled across her pale face.Is that all from me?Her eyes are completely dilated and she’s sweating like a stuck pig, huffing and out of breath.She must notice that my arms can’t support and block her attack because she gives a satisfying smirk before she raises the pipe one final time.My eyes start to close as I follow the movement of the pipe on its way down.It all happens so fast that my eyes can’t stay open any longer.They close before the pipe lands on my head, and I’m pulled into a black oblivion where my pain stops.
Linc
I’m sitting in my office, leaning back in my leather chair, staring out my glass window into the city.Thoughts of last night filter in and consume every inch of my attention; I stopped trying to work right after I sat down hours ago.Hanging around the apartment had me pacing while waiting until Everly was done with work, so I thought I’d head into the office to try to calm my nerves for a few hours.
The first thing I did was make a call to a florist and have twenty-four red roses sent to Everly’s work this morning.I wanted to make sure she knew I was thinking of her today.The florist was shocked at the number of roses but didn’t mind since the price tag was enormous, with such short notice.I made sure the note was to my satisfaction before getting off the phone.
Last night was by far the best of my life.Two dozen red roses for every hour of today that you are in my thoughts.I’ll pick you up after work.
Love,
Linc
Last night was amazing.No, more than amazing; it was magnificent, heart-stirring, spine-tingling.Everly was extraordinary, as she gave me the most precious gift a woman could give a man.Having lost my own virginity junior year in high school, I couldn’t appreciate the value of it at the time and I truly wish it was something that I could’ve given to her as well.But I’ll give her something that is just as precious.My love and heart.Something that no one has ever been given.I knew the moment I saw her at the courthouse, and then again at the bar that first night, that this woman would change me forever.She has become my whole world in such a short amount of time.
“Mr.Thorne, Anne is here to have a word.”Alex, the weekend secretary, interrupts my thoughts of Everly.I guess I need to get back on track so that I can get out of here on time to meet up with my angel after work.
“Send her in.”
Anne, one of the newest interns at the firm, has done well for herself.She’s a Stanford graduate and had impeccable references from her professors and some of my colleagues.She’s got a bright future ahead of her as long as she stays focused and continues to work hard.I have no doubt that we’ll be offering her a position at the end of her internship.
“What can I help you with today?”I ask and shuffle some papers on my desk to organize my newest case.
