In The Dead of Night Book 1 & 2

Chapter Twenty One

                                                              Chapter Twenty One

I awoke in the middle of the night and turned over to snuggle up to Stacey but just found an empty side of the bed where she previously laid, I shrugged it off to her just needing to use the bathroom but soon after I heard a muffled crying followed by what sounded like whispering. I got up quietly and slowly stepped to the door, it was closed to but not latched, I carefully eased it open a crack and peered out seeing Stacey standing in front of a bloody gauged Kimberly. I watched Stacey getting up in Kimberly’s face taunting her about being a home wrecker, trying to come in between Stacey and myself, then she doubled up her fist and slugged Kimberly in the gut as she cried through the rag shoved in her mouth followed by Stacey taunting her some more about crying like a little bitch then kicking her in the shin, the shear sight of it kind of excited me in a way until I saw Stacey come out of the kitchen with a meat tenderizer. I coughed and stepped out into the living room as if I didn’t know what was going on, Stacey quickly hid the tenderizer behind her back glaring at me.

"Don’t worry I didn’t kill the little slut, just letting her know who the head bitch is in this house. Do what you want to her, I am going back to bed."

She stomped by me and back into the bedroom, the thought popped into my head "she still has the tenderizer and as angry as she is, even though she did say to do what I want, if I actually did act upon that urge was this a test would she use that tenderizer on me?" I shuttered at the thought, she is pregnant so it wouldn’t be a stretch to say she could be starting to become unstable with the increase of hormones. Instead I’ll use this chance to be nice to her, like I care, it will help her relate to me and begin breaking her down.

I walked over to her, watching her tremble, I removed a gag from her mouth then collected the first aid kit and returned back to her opening the kit. I began with peroxide and a clean rag cleaning all of her wounds gently as she tried to refrain from crying, but she flinched every time I raised my hand to clean away the blood.

"Kimberly it's ok, I am not going to hurt you, I just want to clean you up so you don’t get infection or anything. You know I didn’t want to hurt you before, all I have done from the beginning is try to take care of you and protect you but for some reason you can’t see that and it's ok. I guess I understand but in time you will see I am a good person, just trying to right an awful lot of wrongs in this town, the law around here lets to many people get away with far too many things and it’s not right so I punish those that need punished and honey you were just a victim in all of this. So like I said, I am just trying to protect you, please let me do that. I know Stacey is a hard case and kind of rough but to be fare did you see what you did to her face earlier? I mean damn girl you went bat shit crazy on her! If you will just take the time to get to know us without fighting us, you will love it here and you can become part of the family but if you keep up the way you have been, things aren’t going to get better for you. I can’t help you, if you don’t help me Kimberly; do you understand?"

She responded by spitting in my face and telling me that she would kill us both the first chance she got, I frowned and shoved the rag back in her mouth and taping over it to hold it in place.

You see Kimberly, I really tried to help you but you’re still blinded with hatred. It will pass though with time, you will learn all in good time; I can be patient."

I put some Neosporin on her open wounds and bandaged them, then kissed her forehead and bid her good night returning to the bedroom. As I walked in Stacey was sitting on the bed with her head down and the tenderizer in her hand, she looked up at me her face still swollen a little more than before.

"So how did it go Steven, did you get what you want? Did you screw the little slut, was it good did she satisfy you in ways that I can't?"

I watched her start to cry, I started to walk over to her to comfort her but then she screamed and lunged at me with the tenderizer, swinging it wildly. I grabbed her wrist restraining her from making contact with my head as she collapsed to the floor crying, I felt horrible dropping to a knee picking her up carrying her over to the bed and lying her down gently. The entire time she was slapping at me screaming for me to put her down, and not to touch her while she cried so hard that she was gasping for air in between breathes. I have never felt like a bigger piece of shit in my life, I sat down on the bed holding her closely.

"Baby it's ok, I swear she could never replace you, nobody on this planet ever could I love you so much Stacey I can’t even find the words to tell you that. I admit I was and am sexually attracted to her, I admit that 100% and I am so sorry for that. I guess I can’t help that, before you I never took interest in girls before and you opened me up to something so incredible, I mean oh my god and when I saw her I guess I just lost my head. Yeah I wanted her but in a different way than I do you, don’t get me wrong, I want you but I need you more and with Kimberly it's completely primal urge; she is nothing but a toy for me and a challenge too. See if I could break her down till she wanted me as much as I had her the first time I saw her, that’s it baby nothing more I love you with all of my being."

"Do you promise Steven that you don’t love her and that she won’t replace me and you’re soon to be child?"

"Yes baby, she is nothing more than another project."

"Alright if it’s just a project then I will help you with it and you can have her as many times as you desire, just so long as you don’t forget about me and your child and there is two conditions I am stipulating though that you must agree to before I agree to help you."

"Anything baby, what is it?"

"Condition #1 when you get bored with the little slut and your done with her, she is going to die by my hands, however I see fit to kill her however long I choose to drag it out. Anything goes; she is mine."

"I can agree to that, what else?"

"Condition #2 don’t you ever screw her in our bed, I don’t care where else you want to do it but not our bed."

"I have no problem with that either, it’s a deal Stacey."

I laid down next to her and she snuggled into me, lying her head on my chest. I felt all of her tension let go as she sunk calmly into my chest and fell asleep on me, the other hand I had too many things on my mind for what’s going down tomorrow.