His Best Friends Daughter- BK1 TPBS 1st draft

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"Where to start..." Ben ran his hands through his hair wishing this was a thing of the past. He never thought that Gregory would dare show his face ever again. It seemed that he was wrong but he had something he was thankful for.. he and Red weren't alone in helping Anna this time.

"I'd like to say take your time Ben but..."

Ben smiled wryly "It's ok Damon. I get it. I was the same when Red first told me of her suspicians. I drilled that girl for hours over everything she thought and saw."

"Why are you so protective of Anna?" Lucas asked.

"The girls have the same birthday. Our mums shared a room. I was three at the time and going to meet my younger sister. When I got there I claimed them both. Oh everyone tried to tell me I wasn't related to Anna but I apparently bit her father when he tried to move me away from her while she was sleeping"

The three men laughed at the image Ben presented them with. It was easy to think of a three year old doing that.

"So.." he started " What Michael told you, well like I said, he told you fuck all really. Gregory put Anna through hell. He was the typical predator who made her feel like she was useless without him. He trained her to rely on him for just about everything. He convinced her that she was an idiot and her grades were suffering and that's how he started to spend time with her. He worked on her day to day until she was pretty much a shell of who she used to be. She became nervous at making decisions about anything."

Ben broke off for a moment before continuing, he held the floor with three extremely angry men listening to every word he said.

"At first... at first he'd just touch her arm or shoulder. When she stopped feeling that was weird he moved onto her back until he was able to rub her all over it. Then" he blew out a breath he'd been holding while he spoke 'then he moved onto her legs... I don't think I need to explain what he did there..."

The three men shook their heads while none could find the words to speak.

"This all started when she was thirteen. He was a new teacher at school and she was his immediate target. He pretty much... groomed her for the next year until the day when he invited her to his home for more study. Now you have to remember that he had complete control of Anna and anything he said was law to her."

"Fuck, I think I need a drink." Maxon got up and went to the cabinet and poured out four drinks. Each one was downed by four very pissed off emotional men before Ben resumed speaking.

"We're not sure exactly when he started to train her but if the year previous was anything to go by then he would have started with little things... at least, that was how it appeared. Anna can't remember anything about those earlier visits but when... fuck... when she was" he cringed 'my sub' she was completely trained to be and do everything I wanted her to do."

Ben started to shake and Damon quickly stood up and rolled the office chair over to him and made him sit down.  He knew there was more to come but his protective side needed to check on Anna.

"Maxon, get Ben another drink. I'll be back shortly."

He ran. He ran up the steps to the bedroom and sighed a sigh of relief to see that Anna was sleeping peacefully on the pillow where he left her.

Red looked up at him as he came into the room. One look at Damon's face told her everything she had to know about how he was feeling. She watched as Damon crossed to the bed and moved stray hair from Anna's forehead before leaning down to place a soft kiss in its place. She knew his emotions were running high.

He stood back looking down at her, not wanting to return to the office but knowing he had to. He looked across at Red who was watching him with an intensive look. A silent message passed between the two and Red nodded as Damon said "Thank you." No more needed to be said.