“What?”
“Yes, that’s right. Dominic was my dom first. I was only in it for the fun, but he wanted more, so I bailed. Turns out I found a better dom right here, at the club Dominic introduced me to.” Daisy put her arm around Tyrone. “My man knows how to control everything. Unlike your pathetic excuse for a dom.”
“Shut up about Dominic!”
She slapped me across the face again.
“He’s a much better man than you’ll ever be,” I said to Tyrone, and I spit on the floor. “You’re nothing but a drug gang.”
“A man’s gotta earn his money,” Tyrone said, and his fingers clenched around my jaw. “You’re one heck of a bargaining chip.” He released me again.
I thought I heard enough. These confessions were all I needed. Time to use the safe word.
I snorted. “I’d like to go home now.”
Daisy burst out into laughter, and Tyrone just stood there with his eyebrows raised.
“Did you think it’d be that simple?” Daisy said. “With you here, we can make all the demands we want. Heck, I might even be tempted to cut off one of your nipples and send it as a souvenir to Dominic. I wonder if he’ll be sending me the real cash then.”
I ignored her taunts. I knew they had it coming for them. It was only a matter of minutes.
“What? Cat got your tongue?” She came closer and stood right in front of me, looking me straight in the eye. “I bet you didn’t see it coming that I was his lover, did you? I had a lot of fun with you Dominic, once. Back then I went by a different name, too. It was a long time ago. Shame he’s so overly attached and has puke worthy self esteem.”
She grabbed my hand, and I tried to jerk loose, but to no avail.
“You know, I can’t even believe I ever like Dominic,” she said. “I mean, he’s goddamn stupid. He didn’t even recognize my voice when we came to exchange you for the money. Come to think of it, I did put up a wonderful performance. Had him fooled the entire time.”
I spit in her face, and she flinched. Grabbing her arm with my free hand, I twisted hers, until she screamed. She let go of my hand, and I made a run for it. Tyrone blocked the way out.
Grabbing a chair that was in the middle of the room, I slammed it into him. He stumbled backward, giving me room to ram open the door and run out. They were right behind me.
I ran as fast as I could, but my heels were reducing my speed. I squealed when Tyrone tackled me from behind.
He was lying on top of me, and I screamed as loud as I could. I wrestled him on the floor, but was no match for him. He held me down and hissed. “You came here to expose us, offering a petty deal. Guess I should make use of that.” He started unbuckling his pants, and I tried to crawl away but he sat on top of me.
“Don’t you fucking touch me!” I yelled.
Daisy caught up and came to stand behind me. She grabbed my arms and pinned me down to the floor.
“My master wants his pleasure now, just like you promised him. A good exchange for the money we lost, don’t you think? At least, for now.”
I screamed and tried to scratch her, but I couldn’t reach her. Tyrone was ripping open my shirt. Then suddenly, the giant doors of the warehouse opened and agents started swarming in.
“Freeze!” They yelled. Guns rose up in the air.
Tyrone stopped and looked up. Daisy’s eyes widened.
“Put your hands in the air!”
Tyrone did what they asked and dropped off me, his bare butt sticking out. Daisy made a run for it.
One of the agents fired and Daisy shrieked, dropping to the floor. He’d hit her in the leg.
Tyrone bellowed, and his hand reached toward his pants. There was something glimmering underneath. A gun.
“Don’t move!” the agents said.
Tyrone still snatched his gun from of his pants, but before he could fire, the agents had shot him in the chest.
I winced and closed my eyes as it hit him. I heard the pounce when he fell down on the floor, head first. For a few seconds I just sat there, my hands on my ripped shirt, tears running down my cheek. Tyrone lay on the hard concrete floor right in front of me, his lifeless body still scaring the shit out of me.
A female stepped forward from the crowd of agents. Sharon. She grabbed my hand and helped me up.
“I’m so sorry it took us so long to get to you. Are you okay?” she said, hugging me.
I think I am. He didn’t do anything to me yet.
I was lucky I’d escaped in time. Sharon and the cops were here to rescue me. Unbelievable. Who I thought was my enemy, turned out to be my friend, and the one who said she was my friend, turned out to be evil. Life was incredible, cruel and laughable.
I looked to the side, seeing Daisy screech in agony from the bullet wound in her leg. I wasn’t sorry for her. She looked pathetic and she got what she deserved.