Dangerous Affairs

Chapter 5: thirty one days.

It's been a month, thirty one days.

Thirty one days since I read that letter from Liz, since I left Cameron, naked in his bed. I try not to think about it, I try not to think about anything.

"Hey baby you comin' ",Doug asked.

I've been staying with Doug, he's not charging me anything as long as I help him with his "orders".

"Yeah", I sat up on the edge of the bed.

Doug came up behind me and wrapped his tattooed arms around my waist and began slowly kissing my neck.

"Let's go get what deserves to be ours", he whispered into my ear.

I took Doug's hand and walked outside to the car. I sat in the passenger seat and reapplied my red lipstick, Doug was getting some things out of the trunk.

I opened the glove box and took out the black ski mask and black gloves I've been using for the last month I also found a small bottle liquor in the back, I took the top off and drank it down.

"Here you go", Doug said as he handed me my gun

I didn't respond, I just took the gun without saying a word.

We drove in silence for the first five minutes.

"What's with you", Doug snapped

"Nothing", I replied. That was a lie, I have never felt more lost in this world.

"I'm fine", I said moving closer to him.

I placed my arm around his shoulder.

Doug and I have been shooting up places where people owed him money, if Doug didn't get his money then he couldn't pay his boss and if his boss didn't get his money, he would be after both of us.

When we arrived at our destination there was no stopping us, we went crazy because we truly were.

"Give me my fucking money", Doug said as he held the gun to the mans head.

He put the money in the bag, but that didn't stop Doug from beating the shit out of him.

When we arrived back in the car it was silent, Doug's hands were bloody.

"You said in the beginning no one would get hurt", I stuttered

"Things change", he replied putting the ski mask back into the glove box.

"I don't want to do this anymore", I told him

"You don't have a choice", he snapped

I looked over at Doug

"You don't own me", I snapped

Doug grabbed my arm and pulled me close

"Let me go" I demanded

Doug had a tight grip on my body, he was kissing my neck. He ripped my shirt off.

"Stop it", I repeated

"I'm the one taking care of you so I'll do what I want", Doug said as he pushed me on my back into the seat. He still had a tight grip on my body, he spread my legs and entered me.

"I own you now", he mumbled breathless as collapsed on top of me.

Three weeks have went by since that

horrible day in the car. Doug went out with a night with his friends.

I walked into the bathroom and looked into the mirror. I had bruises all over my face and chest, Doug has became a violent person. He doesn't let work on the streets anymore "I can only be his" he says. I turned on the faucet and began to wash my face,

I heard someone knock down the door.

"Where the fuck you at Doug", I heard a voice. I turned off the water.

"Something came from the bathroom", a different shouted

A gun shot went off. I walked closer to the shower, I had to get out of here. I turned around I saw the window was opened. I climbed on top of the sink and shimmied my way through the window space, half of my body was half way thru the window when a man in a black suit walked in..

"In here" he screamed

I hurried and jumped out the window I fell onto a dumpster.

A black SUV similar to the one the night Liz and I were attacked pulled around the corner, I began running.

I ran towards the city, the SUV was still following me.

As I came closer to the city it became harder for the SUV to keep up because the traffic became heavier.

I finally lost the car long enough to hide behind an old building a block from the city.

Breathless I sat down, I felt sick.

"Baby?",

I looked up

"Aren't you na-", Everything went black.