Page 76 of Torment

Fuck this shit.She couldn’t do this anymore. She needed to get the fuck out of there.

Scarlet ran down the long hallway, passing all of the other bedrooms. While she ran, she tried to figure out how the hell she would be able to get out.

As a little girl, she and Willow would play in her grandmother’s bedroom. It was the only bedroom with a patio that overlooked the entire estate. There used to be a large trellis covered with the most beautiful pink bougainvillea that she and her sister would climb off of, pretending to be princesses trapped inside a castle. Hopefully it would still be there and Scarlet could use it to get out.

Just as she rounded the corner on her way to her grandmother’s bedroom, an elbow came from out of nowhere and knocked her right in the face, sending her falling flat on her ass. It felt like someone had hit her with a fucking brick.

“Fuck,” she groaned, placing her hand on the left side of her face. Her eyes watered, and one of them felt like it had been popped right out of her skull.

Still groaning, she managed to squint with her one eye. She looked up and into the blue eyes staring down at her.

Rex smirked. “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t see you there.”

Like fuck he didn’t see her.

“And where are you rushing off to, sweetheart?”

Scarlet pushed herself up from the floor, staggering a little. “I thought I heard someone yellfire, so I ran.”

He laughed. “I can see why he’s been obsessed with you all these years.”

“Who?” Scarlet checked her palms for traces of blood from her face, but luckily there was none.

“Brent, of course.” He leaned against the wall, pulling his one leg up, his hands tucked in his pockets. One would never guess he’d just almost knocked her the fuck out with an elbow. “It’s my understanding he’s been searching for you for quite some time.”

Scarlet pretended to be preoccupied with yet another tear in her stockings. “Yeah, well, it’s my understanding you’re one twisted son of a bitch—just like him.” Finally giving up trying to cover some thigh skin, she straightened and met his gaze. “You two should make the perfect evil couple, don’t you think?”

He pushed himself off the wall, his gaze slowly moving down her body like he was taking in every inch of her. “That would probably be true if I didn’t love pussy so much.”

“Well then, you’d make an excellent couple since Brent is the biggest pussy I know.”

Rex kept a straight face for all of five seconds before he burst out laughing. “Damn, that mouth of yours, woman.”

“I get that a lot.” Scarlet glanced over his shoulder and saw her grandmother’s bedroom door. If she could only get there, she would be able to get out.

Rex noticed. “You contemplating another escape plan inside that pretty little head of yours?”

She snorted. “Believe me, nothing inside this head of mine is pretty. “

He stepped closer, staring down at her breasts while biting into his lower lip. “Oh, you and me both, sweetheart.”

He traced a finger up her arm, and it made her damn skin crawl.

“Come on, I’m starving.” He wrapped his hand around her elbow and started to lead her down the hall. Of course the little bimbo Scarlet head butted earlier came running toward them, still clutching her bloody nose.

“You bitch. You broke my fucking nose.” The woman went straight for Scarlet, and Rex had to push himself between them. The crazy-ass woman tried to fling her fists around Rex, but the man was like fucking concrete—there was no getting around him.

“Calm down, Carla.”The blonde bimbo had a name.

“She attacked me,” Carla seethed.

Rex glanced over his shoulder at Scarlet, and all she could do was shrug.

He turned back to the raging woman. “Calm down, and go clean up your face.”

“But…Rex, she—”

A loud crack sounded and Scarlet flinched when Rex hit Carla hard across the face—so hard that she spun around from the force and landed face-first on the floor.

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