Dom
AS I GET to the meeting point, Andre comes into sight, his van behind him. I look at him waiting on him to say one way or another. Please tell me you got her. When he nods his head, I don’t hesitate, my feet are in motion and I meet him halfway across the road. He turns and walks with me to the back of the van.
‘Chloe open up.’ He says quietly tapping, the adrenaline screams through my body and my heart races. It’s been too fucking long since I saw her last, tied up and beaten. When the door opens, I don’t even get the chance to speak because she leaps into my arms and wraps herself around me like a limpet. Sobs wrack through her body and she shakes uncontrollably in my arms.
‘Hey, baby it’s okay...it’s okay you’re safe now.’
‘We need to move. Now.’ Andre says into my ear.
I nod and holding Chloe tightly, I climb into the back of the van, sitting her so she straddles me chest to chest, I haven’t even seen her face yet because she’s been clung to me so tight. I pull my head back trying to see her. My heart breaks a little when I get a proper look. Her cheeks look sunken, she’s lost weight, and she looks like she’s been smacked around more than I care to imagine. I clench my jaw, my teeth grinding I try to hold the anger back. As the van jerks into motion she looks directly into my eyes.
‘I thought... they... were going to... kill you.’ She sobs the words out. ‘Is... Nan... Okay?’
‘Hey, hey stop. Don’t cry, it’s all going to be okay, I’m here now.’ The van picks up speed and before I know it we’re heading down a dark lane without the headlights on. Andre seems confident in his driving skills so I say nothing. When we come to a stop Chloe sits up and looks around, fear alive in her eyes. ‘Listen you’re safe now, okay? Chloe, look at me, I won’t let anything happen to you again, okay?’ Her head nods and she clings to me as Andre opens the back doors. I shuffle us to the end hop out, and carry her toward the small cottage which stands in darkness surrounded by the woodland around us. It’s pretty damn beautiful even in just the moonlight. Andre flips the lights on as I get to the front door. Looking around I set her down on the sofa. Andre stands looking awkward in the corner. And Chloe looks suddenly worried.
‘Where are we?’
‘In a safe place, where they can’t find us.’
‘Us? Is Nan here? Zoe?’ My heart drops a little as I swallow down the disappointment at what I had to do.
‘No. Nan is in a care home right now, and Zoe is fine too. She’s not happy with the situation but I did what I had to do to make everyone safe.’
‘What you had to do?’
‘My nan, I promised her she could live out her years at home.’ I swallow down the lump in my throat. I had spent a lot of time online and visiting the homes while Chloe was held hostage. Because I knew this moment was coming. Zoe was obviously worried about Chloe but she didn’t know the weight of the situation and still doesn’t. So I didn’t expect her to understand, she was angry over Nan, like really fucking angry. But gave me her blessing and told me that she loved me and that she knew I’d only do good by her. And she obviously wanted Chloe safe too.
‘And she couldn’t because of me?’ Chloe says and tears swim in her eyes again.
‘It’s not your fault, please don’t say that.’
‘Can she come here?’
‘No, she can’t, she needs care that we can’t give her like this.’ I motion around us.
‘I don’t understand Dom, what do you mean?’
‘Chloe, we didn’t get Patrick. I fought yesterday and every day before that, until we found where you’d been taken. Patrick wasn’t about to let me walk even if your dad paid the money. I was on the hook and he was going to fight me till it killed me. So it’s not on you Chloe, it’s on him. My nan is oblivious to my promise and we needed out from under Patrick...so.’ I shrug my shoulders.
‘I wish you had never met me.’ She sniffles. Well fuck that shit.
‘Hey, listen up. I’m fucking glad I found you, and I won’t have you thinking differently okay?’
‘So much has happened and if you hadn’t met me you wouldn’t be in this mess.’
‘And I wouldn’t have you.’
She giggle hiccups and rests her head on my shoulder. ‘I’m so sorry, Dom.’ I hug her closer and look around the room at our little hideout. Its basic but from what I can see we’ll be comfortable for a while. Andre clears his throat and I realise quickly I’d forgotten he was still here.
‘So I stocked the kitchen you have enough to get by for the next couple weeks. You’ll need to chop more wood for the fire but make sure to stay out of sight. There isn’t any signal out here so we can’t stay in contact. I will be down every three days. And I will keep you updated on your grandmother. I nod and stand as he walks toward the front door.
‘Thank you for everything, Andre.’ I pat him on the back.
‘Just doing my job.’ I wave goodbye and then it’s just the two of us. I go over and sit back down looking Chloe in the eye she frowns and squints a little.
‘Dom?’
‘Yeah?’
‘I know I’ve been gone a while but I’m sure you had two brown eyes when I left?’
***
Chloe
We spend the next few hours just sitting and getting caught up on everything that’s happened since I was taken. Well pretty much he did all the talking because not much happened to me while I was gone, other than stare at a grimy wall twenty-four seven. My heart broke all over again as he told me about the aftermath of the fight between him and Patrick’s lackeys. More like attempted murder in my mind. I can’t say or do anything but cry all over again as the visual of him being dragged through the door flashes in my mind.
I don’t know how long I’ve been curled up in his lap, but when I wake it’s morning already. I gently climb off his knee so not to wake him and make my way to the bathroom. I had every intention of washing this filth from myself as soon as I could when we had arrived. But all the emotions and crying, happiness and joy of being saved, left me exhausted. I turn the knob on the shower and take a moment to take in all the cabin trim lining the bathroom. It’s everywhere, but it was done tastefully. I take off my clothes and immediately throw them directly into the waste can next to the toilet. They don’t all fit, but at this point I don’t even care.
The water feels glorious as it cascades down my face and chest as I climb in the shower. I wash my hair not only once or twice but three times until I feel like it’s clean enough. I suds up a washcloth and make to clean my body. Looking down, I see brown water making its way down the drain. How long did Dom say I was there? Three weeks? A month? I scrub my body repeatedly until my skin starts to feel raw and turns bright red. I still don’t feel as if I’m clean enough, but it will have to do for now. I rinse myself, turn the shower back off, and grab the towel I’d seen hanging outside the curtain.
Wrapping myself up, I step out and almost end up right back on my ass on the floor of the shower tiles. Dom’s arms wrap around me and catch me halfway, pulling me up against his bare chest. I can’t help but to melt into him as his scent makes its way through my senses. I open my eyes and look up into his mismatched irises, there’s no time wasted before his lips are on mine and I’m savouring the sweet taste of his mouth.
My towel drops and his hand comes up to cup my full breast, squeezing and rolling my nipple in between his fingertips. I moan into his mouth, but this isn’t how I want our first time back together to go. He’s done so much for me and I need to show him how much it means to me. I pull away from his kiss and bring my lips down his neck, suckling as I go down his chest. As I bring his nipple into my mouth, I push him back until his ass hits the sink behind him. His right hand flies to the countertop to brace himself, his left entangling in my wet hair. I release his nipple and continue my way down, counting his abs as I run my tongue down the defined ridges. Lowering a hand, I push his sleep shorts down till they pool at his feet and bring his cock up, rubbing my way up it as I go down. Settling on my knees, I run my tongue from the bottom to top of his shaft and wrap my lips around his head. His hand jerks in my hair. I have no intention of teasing this glorious man, my head starts to bob up and down as I bring him to the back of my throat and back up again. Reaching my hand up, I massage his balls as I hollow out my cheeks and take him further into my throat than I ever thought possible. His hand tightens in my hair as I look up, his eyes boring down at me, and I feel him losing control, his hips coming off of the counter as he starts to thrust into my mouth in response. His legs stiffen as he plunges into my mouth, my gag reflex barely hanging on as he jerks and empties himself down the back of my throat. Our breathing is ragged and I wipe my mouth with the towel laying on the floor next to me.
‘That was…’ I start to say right before his hands swoop underneath me and pulls me up, setting me down on the counter next to the sink. His lips reconnecting with mine, he gives his dick a couple of pumps before lining it up with my entrance.
‘Dom! Chloe! Where are you guys?’ Andre’s voice booms through the little cabin. He sounds more worried than he did when I first met him.
‘Be out in a second.’ Dom yells back at him. He must have heard the same concern in Andre’s voice because he pulls himself away quicker than I expect and once again I almost land on my ass. Luckily I catch myself at the last second. He tosses a t-shirt to me and jams his legs into his shorts before rushing out the door. I soon follow and find them in the living room, stood in front of the fireplace. I know it didn’t take me that long to get out here but the look on Dom’s face tells me he knows whatever bad news Andre came baring.
‘What’s going on? Please just tell me? Do they know where were we are?’ I ask as I go into Dom’s arms and turn to face Andre.
‘Chloe, maybe we should take a seat.’ Dom says to me as he attempts to pull me towards the sofa.
‘No Dom, I’m not taking a seat. Please, just tell me what’s going on? Why are you back so quickly Andre?’ Dom’s arms wrap back around me.
‘Chloe, honey. It’s Zoe.’ Dom answers.