Page 20 of Dirty Little Convict
I sigh and nod. “Just ask me whatever it is you want to,” I say dejectedly.
“I was there for you when Kincaid was sent to prison but you never told me why he was sent there.”
Guilt churns inside me. “My mom manipulated me into lying to the cops. She found out I was sleeping with Stone and Huxley.” Molly’s eyes widen in surprise but I don’t let that derail me. “Mom wanted to love Kincaid but she loved her drugs more. When they met she was clean for a year, but after they got married Kin’s companies were thriving and he was away a lot, so she was lonely and depressed and turned to drugs. Her addiction got out of control. Kin and I got close as we cared for her and tried to get her help and somewhere along the way, I started looking at him differently.”
“You fell in love with your stepdad?”
I nod. “Kin cut her off from all the accounts so she couldn’t buy drugs. He sent her to rehab. When she got back, she hated him for trying to help and took off for a while. I was left with Hux, Stone and Kin and one night, I went downstairs and he was just there looking so fucking good I couldn’t hold back anymore. I dropped to my knees and… well you can imagine what happened and because karma is a bitch, my mom chosethat night of all nights to come home. She found me naked and on my knees with her husband's cock down my throat.”
“What the fuck,” she breathes out.
“Yeah. She kicked Kin out and because he’s a good man he left without an argument. The next day she gave me an ultimatum. I either go to the cops and say Stone raped me or tell them it was Kincaid.”
Molly gasps and reels back. “What the fuck!”
“Kincaid never touched me,Itouched him.” Tears prick the backs of my eyes. “I refused and she went nuts. She said she would tell them it was Stone. She thought if she blamed Stone, Kin would pay her whatever she wanted to keep his son from going to prison. I couldn’t lie and blame Stone so she pushed me to say it was Kin. She thought all his assets would go to her but what she didn’t know was Kin had everything in a trust and it would all go to Stone. She never got a single fucking penny.”
When a lone tear rolls down my cheek, Molly leaps off the bed and rushes over to me to wrap me in a hug. “I’m so sorry, Len. I had no fucking idea.”
“I was a fucking coward,” I choke out.
Molly pushes me back and grips my shoulders while holding my gaze with a firm look on her face. “You didn’t do anything wrong. Your mother manipulated you?—”
“I tried to go back and tell them the truth but they told me it was victim guilt and that they wouldn’t allow a rapist to go free.”
“You were in love with him and as terrible as it sounds, he wouldn’t hate you for choosing to save his son.”
“Molly, I was eighteen. I knew better than to lie to the cops but I did it anyway, and I ruined their lives. I stayed silent for years because I was a fucking coward and let an innocent man rot in prison because I was too weak to stand up to my drug addict mother.”
“Lennon, you aren’t weak. You are the strongest person I know and you never give up.”
“They’re gone. I have no idea where they are. I thought after I told the cops what happened with Kincaid that they would release him and they would come find me again but…” I can’t finish the sentence thanks to the giant lump in my throat.
“You are Lennon St James and you do not quit! If I had known you weren’t in any danger, I swear I would never have reported you missing. I am so sorry, Len.” I pull her to me and hug her tight.
“I love you for caring enough to do that for me,” I say quietly.
“Let me help you find your guys.”
I pull back and look at her. “How the hell are we going to find them if the police can’t even locate them?” The detective I spoke with has been trying to locate Kincaid to bring him in for questioning and to let him know I recanted my statement. I have a court date set to appear for wrongfully accusing someone, but my lawyer says I should get off with a slap on the wrist given I was coerced into lying by my mother. Knowing that doesn’t make me feel better though. She was a piece of shit and I should have known better than to lie.
My lie ruined not only their lives but mine as well and now, I am left broken and in pieces because they are gone again and this time, it wasn’t because they were forced to leave, it’s because they wanted to.
“You do know that my boyfriends have really good connections, right?” she says smugly.
“And?” I press.
“Brayden knows a PI who is willing to help us find them if that’s what you want?” My eyes widen in surprise.
“Seriously?” My tone is thick with emotion.
“Len, you’re my best friend and I would do anything for you like you would me. Let me help you find your guys.”
“Thank you,” I force out past the lump in my throat.
“Say a little prayer, babe, because we might need some help from the man above.”
I snort. “We are the last people he is going to help. You’re fucking your stepbrothers and I’ve been fucking my stepdad, stepbrother and his best friend.”
