Chapter 8

CHAPTER EIGHT

A very woke slowly. She was sore and exhausted. Suddenly remembering why she was sore. She jerked fully awake and sat up.

She took in her surroundings, noticing she wasn’t at home in her own bed. When she started to get out of the bed, the door opened, and a beautiful woman came in carrying in a tray with food and juice.

“Oh, good! You’re awake. I brought you breakfast. Devlin will be back in a little while. He and Thomas had to escort Donovan to a meeting. How are you feeling?”

Avery couldn’t help but stare at the woman in confusion. “Where am I? Who’s Devlin? Better question is who are you?”

“Oh my God! I’m so sorry. I’m Delaney. I keep forgetting he has everyone call him Knight. So, now that that’s cleared up, how are you feeling? I put some tylenol on the tray too in case you had a headache.”

“Um, where am I?” Avery repeated her question.

“Oh, crap. You asked that. I’m sorry. Knight brought you back to his place last night. By the time we got back from Boston, you were out. He didn’t want to take you back to your place after the horror you already went through, so he brought you back to his sanctuary.”

“Wait a minute! Knight was out of town with his girlfriend until Laney called him, against my wishes, and he brings me to his place so his girlfriend can play fucking nurse maid to the fat chick?”

Avery couldn’t help the tears that were streaming down her cheeks at the embarrassment of the situation. Everything her mother, stepfather and sister had ever said to her rushed to the surface, making her feel trapped.

Seeing the ensuite bathroom, she ran in there, slamming the door and locking it. She slid down the door to the floor and curled up in a ball and sobbed her heart out in the bathroom.

She jerked awake when she felt arms pick her up off the floor. She yelped when she was tossed onto the bed then turned over onto her stomach.

When she tried to scramble off of the bed, she was pulled to the edge where she was then placed onto her feet then pulled over Knight’s lap. She yelled out when he started spanking her ass through her flimsy robe. She received ten smacks before he let her up, forcing her to sit in his lap sideways, facing him.

“That’s a warning, Tiffany. You disrespect yourself like that again, or me, and the next ass whipping will guarantee you won’t sit down for a week.” Knight advised her, his voice dark and angry.

“Tiffany? That makes you Chucky. Chucky never spanked Tiffany. What do you mean disrespect me or you? How the hell do you think I did that asshole?” Avery fired back, glaring at Knight.

“Maybe if Chucky had spanked Tiffany’s ass, then the movies would have been more fun to watch! Now, on to your disrespect. You accused me of being in Boston with a girlfriend after I had my face between your legs, my tongue in that sweet pussy of yours. Then made the accusation I would have the same woman playing nurse maid to you. Let’s get some things straight. Yes, I am an asshole, but I don’t fuck around if I’m in a relationship. I never make a promise I won’t keep. I went to Boston with my brother and Thomas because my sister was assaulted. That woman you accused of being my girlfriend is in fact my sister. She heard about your assault and wanted to come and be here for you since she had just been assaulted and felt that you would have been more comfortable talking to her than me.”

Avery felt the color drain from her face at Knight’s statement. She was horrified at what he had just revealed to her.

“Oh my God!”

“Now, I accept the blame for not leaving you a note about who Delaney is or where you are. That’s on me.” Knight advised as he gripped her chin to look into her eyes.

“I-I’m sorry.” Avery sniffled as she got off Knight’s lap and paced the room for a few seconds.

Her mind raced with how horrible she must have looked when she went off on the poor woman. Covering her face, she walked to the far wall and slid down to the floor and wished the floor would open up and just swallow her.

“She’s not angry with you. She’s upset with me.” Knight admitted as he moved over to where Avery was sitting and slid down the wall next to her.

Avery looked over at Knight, studying him. While he looked clean and refreshed, she could see the dark circles under his eyes and the five-day old beard stubble on his face. It made him look darker, more dangerous.

“Can you tell me what happened last night, Avery?”

“Been a stressful week.” Avery sighed deeply as she leaned her head back against the wall.

“I’m sorry.” Knight leaned his head against hers on the wall.

“I got home, fixed a light dinner of crackers, meat slices, cheese and a glass of wine. I went to soak in a hot bubble bath for a bit. I had just gotten out of the tub and got my robe on when the doorbell rang. I went and answered it, didn’t see anyone there. As I backed away to close the door, that’s when I saw the dead cat laying on my doorstep. I quickly shut the door and ran to my room to grab my phone when this figure in a Jason mask jumped out of the closet and attacked me. Kept calling me a whore while he beat on me.”

“He wore a Jason mask?”

Avery chuckled at the confusion in his voice. “Yes. Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th movies. I love horror movies. The night I met you I was thinking a ‘B’ rated horror flick was better entertainment than the guy was.”

“I’ll take your word for it. What made you run to Lania and not to the police?”

“Because when my car was vandalized earlier in the week, the officer told me that it was probably retaliation because I either cheated on a good man or I was a tease. I didn’t feel safe calling the cops for that after the car incident.” Avery admitted softly, not looking at Knight.

“What was the officer’s name?”

“Dennis Green. I went to high school with him. He’s friends with my sister.”

Knight kept Avery occupied for most of the day until Delaney returned from Donovan’s penthouse upstairs. When she came back down, he couldn’t help the smirk when Avery apologized to his sister. The two women became fast friends.

After letting them know he was going to go upstairs to talk to Donovan and giving them strict orders to not leave unless he was with them, he went to his brother’s.

Letting himself into his brother’s place, he went into the kitchen and got a beer before sitting on the couch next to an amused Donovan. Seeing the smirk on his brother’s face, he flipped his middle finger as he took a drink of his beer.

“Rethinking the use of your precious sanctuary for the luscious Ms. Avery?”

“No. But we do have an issue. Well, two.” Knight advised his brother before taking another swig of his beer.

“What kind?”

“I think Delaney and Avery are being stalked by the same person. Their situations are too much alike. That may be why we can’t find the fucker in Boston. We also need to deal with Officer Green. Avery called the police when her car was vandalized, and he tried to make her feel like it was her fault.”

“Fucking asshole! How is she?”

“Scared. Embarrassed. She thought Delaney was my girlfriend.”

Knight couldn’t help but chuckle at that thought. His cock started stirring at the memory of her ripe, round ass under his hand as he spanked her ass.

“That situation fixed?”

“Yeah. Delaney is with her now. Getting ready to head back down.”

“Stick Thomas on Green. Next time he’s headed to Morris’s, we’ll deal with him. I’ll give Morris a call.”

“Thanks. I’ll let you know when Delaney is on her way back up.”