Her Salvation (Cadance and Rayne) Page 4

  What have I done? What am I doing here? Panicking now, she began to walk away from the hotel. Unable to make herself go in. Walking by several groups of people, she never looked up. Focused on the ground under feet she jerked her head up when someone said her name.

  "Cadance?" It was Rayne she must have just passed him because he stood slightly behind her.

  "Cadance, what is it? What are you doing here?" Nodding at the other four men with him he waved them on to the hotel.

  "I...” she started. Now that she was standing in front of him, she didn't know what to say.

  "What? If you needed me for work you should have called me." He told her as he came to stand in front of her. He wore a pair of jeans and black t-shirt. People continued walking by them, some even bumping them as they passed.

  Taking her arm he led her to the edge of the sidewalk. "What is it Cadance?"

  Looking down at the ground she took a deep breath and looked back up into his eyes. "I'm ready", she said.

  Hoping she meant what he thought she did he asked, “Ready for what?"

  "I’m ready to be with you." Nodding she said, "Yes, I want to be with you."

  Seeing the smile light up his face she pulled back as he tried to kiss her.

  "First I have to tell you something. There’s some things you need to know about me. And then if you still want to be with me we can be together."

  Looking at her serious face he said "Ok, let’s go back to my suite where we can talk."

  Guiding her into the hotel, he took them up to his upper level suite. Using the key card to open the door he held it open for her to move ahead of him into the room.

  Walking into the small living area of the suite she sat in one of the two wooden chairs. A couch sat between them. He moved to sit on the couch next to her chair.

  "What is it?' he asked again. "Tell me."

  Swallowing she asked, "Can I have a drink please?"

  Standing p he moved to the bar and asked what she wanted.

  "Tequila please", she said hoping the alcohol would help.

  Fixing the drink, he walked to her and handed it to her. She gulped it down in one drink.

  Sitting back down on the couch he waited for her to speak.

  Setting the empty glass down on the table beside her she turned to face him more fully.

  "You had asked me before about my family”, at his nod she continued.

  “You know my mother and father both died. Well what you don't know is that when I was ten my mother remarried. She married a man that she thought could give us a better life. He was kind and generous. He was ten years older than her but, she didn't care."

  Gulping she dropped her eyes to her clasped hand, where they rested in her lap. "Soon after they married my mother learned that she had cancer. They tried chemo, radiation, everything. Nothing helped. What I didn't know, I was so young, was that she hadn't slept with my step father since several months after their wedding."

  "Well while she still lived, when she lay in the hospital bed he decided to turn his attention to me. He began raping me every night, he knew that I wouldn’t tell her as she lay dying. How could I?"

  "Oh my god I am so sorry" Rayne said standing up and coming to kneel in front of her, reaching for her hands... "Where is he I’ll kill him."

  "Wait", she told him, pulling her hands back. "That’s not all. After she died he decided that he would prostitute me out to his friends. He would have card parties and bring as many as eight or nine men over every night."

  Turning her face to look at the wall she said, "They all took turns with me. Sometimes more than one at a time. This went on for two years, until I met Jacie."

  Looking back at him she smiled, "Jacie's mom took me under her wing, treated me just like her own daughter. Jacie and I had become good friends but we never got to have sleep overs like other kids. My stepfather would never let me out of the house at night and I would always make up some excuse why she couldn’t come over."

  Dropping her eyes to his face she said, I didn't want to take the chance that he would do the same to her."

  Turning her eyes back to the wall she said, "Well I guess Jacie's mom became suspicious she came to our house one night and brought her husband, Jacie's dad. It just happened to be one of the nights of the card games.

  They banged on the door but none of the men heard, they were too drunk. When they didn't get an answer they barged in. Jacie's dad grabbed a coat rack by the door and fought off the men in the living room. Her mom ran up the stairs to my room.

  Holding back a sob she said, "She said she heard the sounds of the man on top of me. His grunts of pleasure and the bed creaking as he moved on top of me."

  Smiling she said, "I'll never forget her look of rage as she burst through the door. She picked up a small plastic chair and began beating the man over the head with it, knocking him off of my naked body."

  "She continued beating him over the head and then started beating the chair against his naked groin. His cries of pain filled the room."

  Wiping away the tears on her cheeks she said, "By that time I’d covered myself with the sheet and Jacie's dad had come in the room. I thought between the two of them, they would kill the man. They beat him until he lay unconscious on the floor."

  "Jacies mom came and wrapped me tighter in the sheet and picked me up. The entire time she kept repeating you're ok, I've got you now."

  "When they took me downstairs I could see that the only one left was my stepfather, he looked much the same way as the guy upstairs had."

  Looking back at him she said, "You see what I was? What I did? If it weren't for Jacie’s mom I'd probably be selling myself on the street now."

  Leaning up to kiss her mouth he said, “That wasn't your fault the only one at fault is you stepfather and the men that took advantage of you. Did they put him in jail?"

  Nodding she said, "Yes, yes they did. He was convicted and sentenced to three consecutive life sentences."

  "Good, not enough but good", he told her placing another kiss to her wet cheek. Pulling her up he sat in the chair and pulled her down onto his lap, she leaned her head against his shoulder.

  "What of the others?"

  "Some of them they found, the others I couldn’t identify. They let Jacie’s mom and dad foster me and they moved us away."

  "I will have to meet her parents", he said squeezing her tighter. "I want to thank them for saving you. Whatever they want I will give them", he told her as he kissed the top of her head.

  They sat that way for a long time, soon he heard her breathing slow and she drifted off to sleep.

  Being careful not to wake her, he stood up and carried her into the bedroom. Placing her in the large king size bed, he pulled back the covers and put her in it. Pulling the tan sheet and burgundy comforter over her he leaned over and kissed her cheek, leaving her to rest.

  Chapter 6

  Leaving her asleep in the bed, he walked into the living room. He felt like punching something. The rage he felt over everything that had been done to Cadance almost choked him. Fists clenched at his sides he looked around the room unseeing. That man has to pay for this.

  Picking up her purse he pulled her phone out and retrieved Jacie’s number. Calling it from his own phone he was relieved to hear her hesitant, hello.

  "Jacie, its Rayne. Do you remember me?"

  "Yes", was her reply. "Is Cadance with you? IS she ok?"

  "Yes she is and yes I think she is ok, and I think now she will be even better."

  "What do you mean, now she will be even better?"

  Letting out a deep breath he said, "She told me Jacie, she told me what was done to her."

  All he heard was silence on the other end of the phone.

  "Jacie?"

  "Yeah, I'm here. I can’t believe she told you." she said. After a short pause she continued, "You better not hurt her. If she shared her past with you then she must really care for you. Like I said the other night if you hurt her I'll kick
your ass."

  Laughing now he said, "Don’t' worry, I won't." Glancing back through the bedroom door he said, "I need to know who it was. I need to know his name."

  "Why he's in prison, he'll never get out."

  "Yes but things can still happen in prison."

  "What!?"

  "HE has to suffer for what he did, sitting in prison is not enough."

  Jacie was speechless for a few minutes. Rayne looked at his phone to make sure that the call hadn’t been disconnected.

  "I agree I've wanted the man to suffer since she told me. Ok, it's George Daken. Her stepdad was George Daken."

  "Ok thanks and Jacie, I love her. She’ll be ok now."

  "Make sure she is, she's suffered enough”.

  “I will I want to repair your parents for saving her form him. Ask them for me anything they want. Anything at all.”

  “Just love her. All they want, all we all want for her is for her to find happiness”, she said as she hung up the phone.

  Dialing his dads number Rayne waited for him to answer. Hearing his voice on the other end of the phone he said, "Dad I need the number for that cop friend of yours."

  "Why? What’s wrong?"

  "It’s just for a friend they want to asked about parking tickets or something."

  "Ok", his father said and gave him the name and number he'd asked for.

  Hanging up the phone he quickly dialed the number his father had given him. HIs conversation quickly over, he returned to the bedroom to check on Cadance.

  She was still asleep, the horrible memories she'd had to relive to tell him about them, had wiped her out.

  Pulling off his shoes, he climbed into the bed beside her. He stayed there watching her sleep. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes two hours later was his smiling face.

  "Well hello beautiful. I thought I was gonna have to kiss you awake like prince charming."

  Smiling she stretched. She felt better than she had in years. The few hours of peaceful sleep she'd gotten there, had been more helpful than any of the restless nights she'd always had.

  Sitting up on the side of the bed she turned to look behind her and asked, "Where's the bathroom?"

  Motioning to the door on the other side of the bed he said, "Right in there."

  "Ok, thanks." She quickly stood and walked into the room. It like the rest of the suite was shiny and elegant.

  White marble floors and counters gleamed, the walk in shower to her right had four shower heads positioned throughout it. Walking passed it she saw the toilet at the end of it, a large Jacuzzi tub sat just on the other side of it. Marble surrounded the tub and there were two steps made into, leading to the edge of the tub.

  Finishing, she flushed the commode and walked the first of the two sinks. They were inlaid into the marble counter. After she'd washed her hands she walked back into the bedroom. He wasn't there any longer.

  Walking into the living area she approached him, hesitantly. He stood at the bar pouring them a glass of water.

  "Here you go", he said hand her the glass as she walked up.

  Holding his in his right hand, he placed his left arm around her waist and pulled her to him.

  "Everything that you told me before, will stay between us. You don't have to worry about anyone finding out." At her nod of understanding he placed a kiss to the top of her head.

  "Now, what would you like to eat? Anywhere you want to go. I want to take you out to eat in a nice restaurant." Leaning back he looked down at her.

  "I don’t know. What do you want? "

  "It doesn’t matter to me. The hotel has a good restaurant if you just want to eat there."

  "Yeah that sounds good. Let’s do that." She glanced down at her dress and was thankful for the flowing material. Even though she'd slept in it, the dress looked like it had just come off the hanger. Her hair was another story.

  "Do you have a brush I can use? A comb?"

  Smiling he said, "Yeah they'll both be in the bathroom."

  Stepping back she turned and walked back into the bathroom. Using the brush she quickly ran it through her hair, leaving tot flowing down her back. On instinct she grabbed his tooth brush and brushed her teeth.

  Looking up she blushed to find him watching her. Slowly he began to walk towards her. Taking the toothbrush from her hand he put it on the sink, placing a deep kiss on her mouth. She was glad that she'd already cleaned her mouth out with water.

  Pulling him tighter against her, she retuned his kiss. Wrapping her arms around his neck she pulled him down closer to her.

  Reaching down he put his hands under her armpits and lifted her to sit on the marble sink. Continuing the kiss he positioned himself between her legs, lifting them to wrap around his waist.

  Feeling him between her legs, she started pulling at his shirt. Pulling it up and over his head, quickly returning her mouth to his she resumed kissing him. Mingling their lounges together in her mouth, he reached around to unzip her dress. Letting the sleeves fall down to expose the tops of her breasts.

  Picking her up, he carried her into the bedroom. She kept her legs wrapped around his waist until he laid her down on the bed.

  Pulling back he slipped the dress down over her legs, tossing it into the floor. He soon removed his clothes and joined her under the covers on the bed.

  Chapter 7

  Hours later Cadance, her head on his chest, felt the laugh that rumbled through it. "Well I guess we can get some room service he told her." He trailed his fingers down her naked shoulder and arm.

  Looking up se smiled and said, "That sounds wonderful I'm starved.

  Leaning up she wrapped the blanket around her, leaving him the sheet. Taking the blanket with her she rushed into the bathroom. Finishing there she returned to the bed.

  A little later they ordered room service, staying up most of the night talking and making love.

  The next morning Cadance stayed in bed while he went to the new building site to meet with the contractors again.

  That day and the next were spent in their room. He would leave for a few hours each morning and rush back to be with her.

  Wednesday night they were due to return, not wanting to leave their sanctuary he paid for another night, leaving them to drive to work together Thursday.

  Arriving with him in his car, Cadance blushed inking of what people would say. Taking her hand as they walked to the door he said, "Don't worry about anything. Remember my daddy owns the company." Grinning he kissed her full on the lips and grabbed her hand to walk in to the elevator.

  Arriving at their office he kissed her again at her desk.

  "Gotta get back to work now", he said pulling back from her. Turning he glanced back at her and went into his office.

  Sitting down at her desk Cadance powered on her computer. She was wearing the chevron dress again, Rayne had sent it to the drycleaners at the hotel and it looked brand new. No wrinkles anywhere.

  Rummaging through her desk drawer she tried to find and envelope to mail a letter from the stack on her desk.

  Darn, she thought, all out. Standing up she walked down the hall, passed the coffee maker and went to the supply closet there. Opening the door she flipped on the light switch and walked in, leaving the door open behind her.

  Searching through the supplies she finally located the envelopes and reached to grab a stack. She felt arms come around her, thinking it was Rayne she smiled.

  "What are you doing?" she asked.

  "I'm getting a sample of what my cousins been getting" she heard Sebastian say.

  Trying to jerk away, she found she couldn't. His arms, even though they looked puny, were like bands of steel around her waist.

  Moving his left hand up him brought it to her right breast, squeezing it through the thin material of her dress.

  Pushing her with him, he turned her and walked her to the short set of filing cabinets by the door.

  "Stop", she yelled pushing against his hands.

  Laughin
g he said, "Soon." Pushing her forward he pulled her dress up, holding it against her back in one hand. Pushing his hips against her naked flesh he rocked slightly, she felt the rough material of his suit digging into her flesh.

  Tears running down her face, she cried “No, stop. Please don't." She had just begun to get over all that had happened to her before, how would she live if she had to go through it again?

  Ignoring her he began to fumble with the front of his grey pants. Trying to get away again, Cadance screamed, "RAYNE! Help, someone please."

  "Shut up", Sebastian said slapping her exposed backside.

  Cadance cried out at the sting of his hand on her bare flesh, this only seemed to arouse him more.

  Still fumbling with his pants, he jerked around when the door banged open. Cadance hadn’t even known that it was shut, so focused on fighting him off.

  Rayne stood in the doorway wearing the black suit he'd put on that morning.

  "What the hell do you think you're doing?" HE said as he rushed at Sebastian. Grabbing his cousin by the throat, he slammed him into the wall beside Cadance.

  Jerking up Cadance let her dress fall back into place.

  She watched as Sebastian's face began to turn red, his hands clawing at the hand Rayne had around his neck.

  "You will leave this building today and never come back, do u hear me?" he asked his face still contoured in rage.

  "If I EVER see you near Cadance again I will rip your fucking head off do you hear me?" he asked tightening his hold.

  "Rayne", Cadance said walking up and putting her hand on his shoulder.

  "Stop. You'll kill him. Stop."

  Watching Rayne for a little longer she was relieved when her words seemed to penetrate the rage he felt.

  Letting go of Sebastian he let him drop to the floor.

  Wheezing Sebastian said, "you’d take this bitches side over your own family?' He held his hand to the red area on his neck, his face was still red but had lost the purple tinge that it had begun to have.

  "She is a part of my family. Remember that the next time you even think of talking to her. Now get out of this building before I change my mind", stepping back he pointed at the open supply room door.