45. Revelation

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

“It started the day I was turning fifteen. It was my birthday party and everybody else was having a good time except for me. I remember my eyes being trained on the door the entire time. I kept hoping that my real dad would show up and the stupid thing was I had no clue who my dad was or how he even looked like. When no one was paying attention, I sneaked out and decided to take a walk to clear my head. I wish I never stepped out that night. I heard the screams first and at first I was conflicted about whether I should run away or run towards the source of the screams. Something compelled me to pick the second option and soon enough I was running towards the alley. By the time I reached there the girl was passed out and there were three men hovering over her with a knife. They had raped her and now they wanted to murder her in cold blood. I screamed at them to stop but they just laughed. After all they were three and way older than me. But they gave me a choice either to confess to the rape and the girl lives or if I don’t then they would kill the girl with me along. I didn’t want the girl to die so I picked their choice. My parents didn’t want the people to know that their firstborn son was a rapist so they dealt with the matter underwater and the next six months of my life were spent in a correctional facility in Atlanta. Do you know what’s the stupidest thing? its how it was so quick for people to believe a fifteen boy had actually raped a sixteen-year-old,” his jaws clenched and out of impulsion I reached out to run a hand through his right cheek.

“You did a brave thing Dominic. Many people would have just walked away rather than spend six months in a correctional facility. So did you ever tell anyone the truth of what really happened that night?” it was hard to imagine the ruthless Dominic always exhibiting a cold exterior could do something like that for anyone.

“No. No one would have believed me anyway,” He paused before taking a deep breath, “She wasn’t the only one. There was another girl at the facility. The head warden kidnapped her and locked her in the basement. He would rape her and despite her screams every single night all the inmates were too scared to make a move. Then one night he caught me while I was trying to sneak in. Since that day he would take me from my bunk, tie me up in a chair in the basement and make me watch him rape that seventeen-year-old girl every single night. It was terrible Nicole. Everywhere I went I would see the evil glint in his eyes and her looking scared as he yanked her hair. My father- Reed’s father- negotiated with the facility and I was going to be released after three months instead of six but I couldn’t leave her there. Luckily my dad knew another warden there. So on the day of my release while the head warden was busy with me signing off my release forms, the other warden and my father sneaked her out. One of our neighbor’s had no family so he took her custody. It took her a lot of therapies to return her to a less troubled life. At least after that, she joined the same school Andre and I went to. Funny thing at first she hated me and she didn’t want to be seen walking with me in school. But I understood because she had come to know that the reason I was at the faculty had been because of rape. Despite her bright smiles I know she is still troubled by what happened to her,” he finished.

“It’s Anna, isn’t it?” I asked quietly.

“We should probably go to sleep. It’s almost morning,” he suddenly grew defensive as he stood up.

“What you did for Anna was great Dominic,”

“No, I should have done it sooner,” he stated in exasperation.

“Stop blaming yourself Dominic and I’m pretty sure Anna would be upset if she finds out you are still blaming yourself over that,” I advised him.

“William asked me to divorce you so I can I have the hotels,” Dominic suddenly stated.

“Oh! I’m sorry Dominic but why the hell are you telling me that? You know that I won’t sign those divorce papers, right?”

“Why not? Does this have to do with the blackmailer you were talking to earlier?” he said and I felt my face pale up. Were there no soundproof walls here?

“What are you talking about Dominic? What blackmailer?’

“I heard you over the phone Nicole. I want you to tell me the truth who is after-“I cut him off with a kiss.

If he didn’t stop talking then we would all end up dead before I could blink an eye. He pushed me away as a look of shock crossed over his eyes. For a moment he just looked at me and soon enough he was kissing me with a fire that ran down my body, awakening a desire that I have been trying to fight ever since that night when we met at my club.

“You wanna hit the bed?” he asked breathlessly.

I meekly nodded as he suddenly hoisted me up, my legs on his waist and my lips unable to have enough of him.

“Nicole if I don’t make love to you right now I’m going to live my life craving you,” he stated suddenly.

“And if I don’t let us make love then I’ll live my life regretting not making use of this moment. Just promise me it’s just going to be this one time and we’ll never talk about it ever again. After this, its just Dominic and Nicole, two people who cannot stand each other,” I didn’t want the fire coursing through my veins to die down. I wanted him to quench it so that this endless craving could stop numbing my body.

“Let me put the baby in the crib,” he placed me down before carefully placing the baby in the crib.

That night we made love and when the sun arose we fell into a deep exhausted but satisfied slumber. I had never felt so alive and whole before. After this we were obviously going to be at each other’s throats and not in the sensual or literal sense.