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"Oh, no, you don’t," Frank laughed, throater in ot work to do before we blow this shit hole"

Despair and pain ive Frank that last victory

"Even if I neverto prison The police have my statement and the rape kit"

If I died in this hell hole,at a lifetie, I was pretty convinced that he was never going to let ain, anyway, so I had nothing left to lose

"I’s can happen before a rape trial, and this country is all about innocent until proven guilty You were just an out-of-control kid, and I a h some troubled tirandeur, and I could do littleto htbut by soiven the slutty way you were dressed when you left You tried pinning it on me because you were pissed at my efforts to instil soave to the police"

"You should walk away, Frank I’m not a minor anyone"

I could tell fro ait Every ti a little more control away from Frank The only way he knew to take it back was to punish me

"So, you’d leave your mother to take your punishment, would you?" he sneered

"My mother died the day she walked away and let you rapeain It bloody hurt but another hit in the torso would have knocked me out, ht a lesson, and we both know you wanted it"

"Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that," I ain and held it up to o You and I are going to that stink hole of a gy it for days, and they haven’t opened it since you left You’re going to clear out your stuff and leave a letter explaining that you were never cut out to live in such shitty circumstances You’ll ask everyone to respect your wishes and leave you alone When we get back, you’ll admit to the police that you cried wolf, and you’ll move back hoht under my nose, and fro to use it

"Then I’ll stick this in Cor until I find someone whothe knife on Frank, but I couldn’t have hi the people I had loved before I had a chance to do it

"Okay," I said quietly, trying to feign defeat "Let’s just get this over with"

"Patience, princess We’ll wait until this evening Then we’re gone I thought I’d have more time, but those little shits are relentless I need to shut this do and get you home"

He’d be lucky if I was still conscious by then I was in a pretty bad way, and I needed a hospital, not that he’d noticed He seemed to keep himself busy for the rest of the day Occasionally, I could hear hih I couldn’t ht ulped it down thirstily Then cried out in agony when it hit my stomach and I vomited violently After that, I learned to sip it The relief it brought was tempered by the pain I endured every time I sed

As soon as Frank left the room, I allowed my delirious mind to drift back to O’Connell I turned my face on the pillohich was stained withhis cocky, panty-dropping grin