If You Make a Deal With a Shadow...

Chapter 14

"You saying I'm bad for you, that's fine. Sometimes bad is a good time. Don't you be shy. Let me change your mind."

- Change Your Mind by Trey Songz

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Aubrey unlocked the door to Austin's apartment before taking Junior's hand and walking in, Justin followed closely behind. "Why we at Austin's place?" he asked, looking around.

"Because this is where me and Junior are staying," she retorted as Junior looked up at the both of them curiously.

Justin responded with a loud laugh before shaking his head. "I knew you wouldn't be able to do it. Now, all I have to do is tell the court you don't have your own place and Junior will be m—" Aubrey turned around so quick that if you blinked you would have missed it.

She shoved him as hard as she could and he fumbled back a few steps. "I will freaking kill you!" she whispered low enough so that Junior wouldn't hear.

Justin was surprised to say the least. He never knew Aubrey to be violent at all. He was definitely shocked, but that soon changed as thoughts swirled through his head. He smirked evilly before grabbing her arm and dragging her towards the first bedroom he saw. She angrily protested, of course. "What're you doing?" she shrieked, but he ignored her.

"Stay right there, Junior. We'll be right back," Justin ordered as Aubrey kicked and yelled. Junior took a cautious step to follow them, but decided against it. He was too afraid so he went and sat on the couch. He curled up against his stuffed Michelangelo turtle and cried.

Aubrey scratched at Justin's hands, but his grip never weakened on her wrists. "No. Stop! What're you doing? Let me go—I'm sorry," she cried as he slammed the door to Austin's bedroom.

He tossed her on the bed like a sack of potatoes and climbed on top of her. Her eyes widened, but before she could start screaming again he covered her mouth. "If you don't want me to snitch then you'll do as I say," he told her.

She glared at him before turning her head from his hand. "Fúck you," she spat as she shoved against him.

He growled when she tried to bite him. He then leaned in closer so he could whisper in her ear and pressed his hand into her neck. "That's exactly what I'm gonna' do and baby? It's only gonna' hurt for a second," he leaned back and forcefully began yanking her cardigan off, leaving her in the black spaghetti-strap tank-top she had on.

Aubrey began to cry when she realized what Justin's intentions were. He was about to take her innocence away from her. She immediately shut her eyes and imagined she was somewhere else instead of Austin's bed. She just hoped like hell Junior didn't walk in.

He sat backwards but was still on top of her. He began shedding his own clothes and her eyes averted around the room, looking for a weapon. What she didn't expect was for the door to open when he was in the middle of unbuttoning his Polo shirt. He was yanked back quickly and thrown to the floor.

Payton? Raymond?

Aubrey sat up quickly in confusion before she felt another warm body collide into hers for a hug. She noticed it was a crying Austin. He had ran into the bedroom after Payton. He pulled back to look at her at arm's length and examined her with testy eyes. "Are you okay, hon? Where did he—"

"I'm fine," she said quickly and that's when Payton came over. He made her stand up without uttering a word and ran his hands down her body to make sure she wasn't hurt. Austin stepped back and watched with sad eyes.