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“Because,” I say, my voice deadpan. “I don’t know which of your to trust. I’m still deciding.”
He whirls on me then. “After all I’ve done for you, Fay – everything
I’ve given you-”
“Oh!” I say, laughing up into his face now, shaking my manacled hands. “Yes, thanks so much, Kent – you’ve been a real angel to me these past few weeks- I just feel so cared for when I’m being chained to a table in your basement –”
This sets him off.
I can’t help myself from smiling, a little, as he storms to the right, coming around the table. I try to turn, to watch him, but he’s too
fast-
Kent grabs me by the back of my neck, pushing me down so that my chest is flat on the table, my cheek likewise touching the cold surface. Again, he’s controlled enough to ensure that I don’t slam my head on the metal surface, but I can hear his breath coming
fast now, his chest heaving –
“God damnit, Fay,” he says, “I could make this so much worse for you – you’re treated like a damn princess in this house –”
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“Don’t you get it, Kent?” I say in response. “I know that you only
treat me well because if it got back to Alden that you weren’t, that he’d move to take me from you. And you like having me here in this house. Like having me as your little pawn, to hold as a threat against him.”
Kent pauses for a moment, and then I gasp and wince as he pushes on my neck harder, my face pressing hard against the
metal.
But then, to my surprise, he releases me.
I take a deep breath as I feel the pressure lessen on my neck,
feel him take his hand away. I hear him move back a few steps,
starting to pace behind me.
“This, Kent,” I say, panting a little, stretching my neck to soothe the ache there. “This is why I kept the note, taped it behind my desk, instead of giving it to you straight away. I kept it because I
know that this lurks around every corner – you treating me like an
animal.”
“Maybe,” I continue, my voice cold, “if you gave me the respect I deserve to begin with, I would have given you my allegiance from the start – given you the note, instead of keeping it as leverage in
case I needed it.”
I hear silence behind me as Kent stops pacing. For a minute, all I
can hear is the sound of my breathing.
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Then, I hear three slow steps as Kent comes up behind me.
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I feel him there, the warmth of him behind me, as he slides one
hand over my ribs and the other over my shoulder and collar bone
to wrap around my throat, pulling me upwards as far as I can go,
until my arms go taught against my chains.
“And I told you, darling Fay,” he says, his quiet voice itself a threat, “that respect in this house is earned, not given. So, let’s see if we
can teach you a little lesson.”
He lowers himself so that I can feel his taught stomach against
my lower back, his voice close to my ear now. “A little lesson,” he
whispers, “about respect.”
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