“When I was younger, there was only my sister, my mother, and I. Father never really loved us. I could tell he only loved our mom. I thought maybe we did something wrong for him to not show us any affection, or for him to tell us that he loved us. There definitely weren’t any hugs or anything resembling one. The only thing he used to do for us was make sure that we always had nice clothes and that we looked the part. I don’t think our mother realized what he was grooming us for until she disappeared.” She took a breath and looked me in the eyes. I could see the look of hurt and anger before she swiped that away, hiding it behind her mask that slipped back over her face.
“I know why my mom disappeared. Or, at least I am pretty sure I know why. Obviously I never told anyone, and I think Stana is going to be pissed at me when she finds out I kept this secret for so long. Rage probably will be too.The night he came back, I couldn’t even believe my fucking eyes. I remember watching them play together when they were younger and wondering where he would appear from. You would have never guessed where I followed him and father down to one day.” She laughed, and it wasn’t a nice laugh at all. I got the chills from it.
“Father dragged him into a room by his hair. There was my mother on the bed, looking a mess with ratty hair and a bruise on her cheek. Rage was thrown into the room and father slammed the door shut behind him. But not before I saw the look of simmering anger in his eyes that were looking directly into mine. He did not want me to know about any of this. He said as much when I ran into my bedroom and he came in not twenty minutes later. I was ten, but I will never forget the look in his eyes. He looked like he wanted to murder me. I could feel the rage strumming through his body when he got close enough. After that, I never let myself be alone with him.”
Riley stood up and let me take all of that in. She walked over to the window and stood there. How she was so strong after all of that, I didn’t know. Her back was ramrod straight and she looked like she wanted to bolt and run away from everything she just told me. Getting up, I went to stand behind her. Riley got the goosebumps from me tracing lightly from her tank top straps, down her arms and to her hands. I had to tread lightly with her because I could see her breaking right in front of me and I would be damned if anyone other than me would be the one to glue her back together. Grabbing her hand, I pulled her away from the window and to the bathroom. She raised her eyebrow at me and I laughed while turning the bath water on.
“You are going to take a nice, relaxing bath while we talk more about this idea you have in your head that you aren’t good enough for me,” I demanded and she started to take her clothes off. Huh. I didn’t know it would be that easy to get her to listen. There were oils in the basket I saw when we first came in, so I went out to get them for her. By the time I got back, she was in the tub looking like a damn wild mermaid that needed to be tamed.
“Come join me, Bullet. There is enough room for both of us in here.” Fuck.
Riley
Reese wanted out. That was all there was to it and I knew it wasn’t time yet. So I pushed her back down again. As much as I wanted her to be able to come out and have some say in our life, I was scared she would freak Bullet the fuck out, and I didn’t want that either. I mean, here I was, in the bath that he ran for me. Who could resist that?
“Come join me, Bullet. There is plenty of room for both of us in here.” He looked like he was surprised I would ask. After my huge release of information, I just wanted to be held. Granted it was probably wrong of me to be using him, but at least I wasn’t using him for sex. That made me feel a smidge better.
“I got these oils that were in the welcome basket on the table. You want some in the bath?” Bullet asked. I shook my head, laid back, and waited for him to join me. Closing my eyes, I thought about what Bullet said about me not thinking I was good enough for him. He didn’t understand what it was like to have to share a brain and body with someone else that is completely psycho.
Hey now, that is not very nice. I am sane. Sometimes.
I internally rolled my eyes at her opinion. There were times when I enjoyed Reese’s company in my head. This was not one of those times at all. Feeling him tracing my hair out of my face, I opened my eyes to see him giving me a look I didn’t really want to decipher right then. I noticed he was gloriously naked though.
His body was insanely perfect. His six pack abs were straight-up lickable and he had this perfect little happy trail that would lead me to an incredibly hard cock that was as perfect as the rest of him. Not too thick and not too long. Just perfect, really. I should not be looking at him like this. I shouldn’t be leading him on for something that will never happen the way he
