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“That’s right.I deserve all that I can get out of life, and that would include my daughter, because she owes me for making me have to be her mother.Do you have any idea what I had to go through to have her?It was difficult, no matter what that moron of a husband or that doctor says to you about it.Never again, I vowed.Never.For all the money in the world, would I never go through that again.It’s messy and hard on myself.That’s why she owes me.And she’ll continue owing me until I say differently.”
“Let me guess.She owes you because that’s what you deserve.”She nodded, thinking that she’d finally gotten him to understand, and she smiled at him.“That wasn’t a compliment, Meggie, but a dig at you for wanting things that you think you deserve.There are plenty of things that you deserve that I hope you get.If anyone deserves to have their life turned upside down, it’s you.”
“Why?Because you say so?That’s not how it works for me.I get what I want because I want it.There is no way that your way is going to ever affect me.I know my worth and know that I will get all of the nice things that I deserve.You think your little play on words is going to confuse me?Well, it’s not.As I said, I get what I deserve because I’m a good person and know how my feelings affect the world.”He laughed.It hurt her head when he did that, and she reached out to grab at him again to no avail.In that moment, she could have gladly killed him and never thought another thing about it.“I wish you were dead.You’re nothing to me and my daughter.You’ll see, she’ll come around when I talk to her.You tell her to come and see me so that I can talk to her.”
“No.”She hated that word more than any other word in the world.And the way that he said it was so final that she wanted to lash out at him in the worst sort of way.“She told you that she wasn’t going to speak to you again, and I’d believe her if I were you.She doesn’t think about you and what you’re into either.I believe she’s happier because of it.I know that she loves me, too.”Meggie told him that she didn’t know what love was.“She certainly does now.We love one another very much and are someday going to have children that we’ll raise together and love.”
Slamming her hands down on the table, she screamed at him.All he did was laugh at her, and she felt her head hurting; she was so angry.When he stood up, it was all she could do not to throw up on him; her head hurt her so badly.Trying to stand with him, just so she could get close enough to strangle him, he stepped back out of her reach and laughed again.
“You bastard.I hate you.And my daughter will come to me because I command it.”He asked her when she got her promotion to command anyone.Confused, she just let him go on about how she couldn’t command anyone.“You’ll bring her to me, then you’ll go someplace and die.I’ve had enough of you and your laughter.Do you hear me?I want you to go away and never come back.”
“Gladly.”He made his way to the door and stopped just before exiting.She was ready for anything that he was going to say to her.Meggie was going to kill him when she got the chance, and he’d better be bringing her Doone soon, too.Her head hurt so badly that she couldn’t think straight.Lying her head on the table after he left her in the room, she closed her eyes.
“Are you all right, Ms.McFarlen?It’s time to go back to your cell.”She said that she needed a minute or she was going to be sick.“You take your time, but know this: he’s not coming back, and neither is your daughter.She sent word that she was finished with you while Doc Dixon was in here with you.”
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.She’ll come here because I want her to.She’s my daughter, and she knows what’s good for her.If she doesn’t come, I’ll just have to kill her too, along with that husband of hers.”She no more believed they were married than she was going to spend any time in prison.“You tell her that I deserve to see her after being treated so badly by her so-called husband.That’s another thing.I want to see my husband too.The least he could have done was come here in my hours of need and get me out of here.”
“It’s time to go back to your cell.”She stood up but was so sick to her belly that she had to sit down again.Once he pulled her upright, she went along with him but leaning hard on his arms.She was going to be sick if she didn’t lie down soon, and she told him so.“I’ll have you back to your cell soon.That way you can be sick in your toilet.”
She was going to puke on the floor when she got back to her cell, she told herself.But they’d probably make her clean it up.They’d been making her clean her cell for the past week now, and she hated it.And them.
As soon as she was in her cell, she laid down on her cot.It wasn’t worthy enough to be called a bed as it was small and thin.The mattress on it was about the size of the bed, but didn’t quite cover it.With her head down on the pillow, she started feeling dizzy and knew that she was going to be sick.Getting up in a hurry, she nearly didn’t make it before everything on her belly came up, causing quite a mess in the commode.All she could think of was that she didn’t deserve this kind of treatment.
Once she emptied her belly, she crawled her way back to the bed.Once there, she laid her head down on the pillow and closed her eyes.Things were still swimming, but not nearly as badly as they had when she was in the room with the fucking bastard.That was going to be what she called him from now on, as she hated him with so much passion that she was literally sick from it.
“Fucking bastard doesn’t deserve to be in my presence.And he’d better make sure that he brings my daughter to me, or I’ll make his death a long and painful one.”She knew that talking to herself wasn’t the smart way to go.They’d told her repeatedly that there was a camera on her at all times that also had voice to it.She didn’t deserve that kind of treatment and told them so.Every day, she’d have more things to tell them that she didn’t want, and they’d just ignore her.Well, they’d get what they deserved, too, and it wouldn’t be a good thing.
She must have dozed off because when her tray of food was sent flying into her room, it woke her up.Not that there was anything good to eat on the tray, but she did look at it.When she got out of here and she would, she was going to have a nice thick juicy steak with a baked potato and all the trimmings.This shit was for the birds.
Eating the sandwich that she didn’t want made her belly hurt again, but not as badly as it had before.Lying back down again, she was ready to call it a day when they came around to get her tray.Asking about her daughter got her nothing in the way of what she wanted, but she’d keep asking them until such time as her daughter came to see her.Doone had better straighten up, or there was going to be hell to pay when she got out of this jail cell.And she would too, just as soon as Doone did right by her and gave her what she deserved.
That night, she had the most horrible dream.She’d been sent to prison, and all the people there were ignoring her needs.She also had to share her cell with the most dirty people, and she didn’t like that either.No one was giving her what she wanted, and there was no one there to help her get what she wanted either.Her daughter had abandoned her in her hours of need, and she didn’t deserve this treatment.Even in her dreams, she was turning against her, and Meggie was going to have to kill her too.It was what she deserved after her treatment of herself.
Chapter 9
Going to bed that night, Falkner decided that he was going to talk to Doone.They’d been sleeping together for a week now, and he wanted to know what her intentions were toward him.Laughing to himself, he decided that he wasn’t going to ask her what that was for fear of her answer.She could be quite vocal when she had an opinion about something.
When he heard the door to the bathroom unlock, he was already in bed.He was exhausted to the point of being too tired and wanted to snuggle next to Doone for another good night’s sleep.He couldn’t believe how well he’d been sleeping since being in bed with her, and he wasn’t going to mess that up if he didn’t have to.She asked him if he was all right.
“Just fine and dandy as a matter of fact.I was tired, but now I’m not feeling too bad since I get to hold you.”She asked him if he was satisfied with holding her.“I am until you want something different.What did you have in mind?”
“Making love to you.”He didn’t so much as blink at her, thinking that if he made the wrong move right now, it would be over.“I’ve been thinking about it for days, but there never seemed to be the right time for it.It’s like we’ve been going in different directions for weeks now.I don’t like that part about us working together, by the way.It makes it difficult to get to touch you when I need it.”
“I know what you mean.But talking to you whenever I want has made it less terrible.I love that we can sneak around and have a conversation without anyone knowing about it.”She grinned and told him that she loved that as well.“Then when we get together, even by chance, it’s nice to be able to accidentally touch you when I can make that happen.”
“The other day, when you accidentally touched my breast, I thought that I was going to have to run everyone out of the room and have my way with you.That’s all I’ve been thinking about since that day.”He asked her why she hadn’t said anything.“It’s been hectic at work, and all I want to do when I get home is sleep.With you.”
“I would love to touch your breasts and all of you.”He ran his fingers down her throat to her breast.Her nipple puckered under his finger, and he couldn’t believe how hard it felt.Adjusting himself in the bed, he was getting hard too.“Whenever I think of you, I have to go take a cold shower so that I don’t walk around with a hard-on for the rest of the day.You make me want to take you, whether there are people around or not.I need you.”
He kissed her then, thinking of the first time that he was kissed by her when her dad was around.Tasting the darkness of her mouth, he ran his tongue along her cheeks to her tongue and curled around her.She fit next to him like she’d been made for him.Lifting his head up, he looked down at her until she looked up at him.
“I love you, Doone.Very much.And I want to make love with you in the worst sort of way.”She nodded and wrapped her arms around his shoulders.“You make me feel like a better man than I think I am.”
“You’re the best man in the world as far as I’m concerned.”He kissed her again, this time wrapping his body around hers.She did fit him perfectly as she had been made just for him.Moving over her, his body atop of hers, he lifted up the bottom of her gown and made his way up her ribs to her full breasts.It fit perfectly in his hand, and he loved it.
Moving her gown up and over her head, he tossed it to the floor.Now that her breasts were bared to him, he teased them one at a time by tasting her nipples.They were hard and long, long enough for him to suckle into his mouth without taking in her whole breasts.Christ, he loved the way that she tasted.
Moving down her body, he played with her navel until she was holding him to her.He lovedthe pretty indentation there and would have stayed playing with her forever if not for her scent pulling him closer to her pussy.He wanted to drink from her there and have her come in his mouth.Moving down more on her body, he put the first leg, then the other leg up and over his shoulders to have full access to her womanhood.
