Predator Chapter 8 #2
“I’d like to get it over with now, please. Yes, I’m tired, but I can do it. As for permitting you to know what started this argument, I don’t think keeping it a secret from the club is necessary anymore. It’s time the whole damn thing came to light.”
Before she continued, she turned to me and smiled. “Studlicious, thank you for offering to do it, but I got this.” Then she turned to face Stalker. “And thank you, Ladykiller. I know you want to do it, too.”
“Studlicious? Ladykiller? Goddamn, their heads won’t fit through the door, calling them that, Daya. We’ll never be able to stand them now,” Bear said, grinning. When he winked at her, she gave a little chuckle, and a faint smile appeared.
“No worries. I’ll smack them in line if they get too insufferable,” she vowed. This remark earned her chuckles from everyone, except Jess.
“Where was I? Oh yeah, this morning Stryder and Jess overheard us say that taking care of Marshall would be retribution not only for Breezy but for me, too. Jess demanded to know what we meant. We asked them to wait until after breakfast, then we’d do it in private. We came in here with your permission.
“The news that caused the ruckus was my revealing that when I was fifteen years old, Marshall mainly did the same things to me as he did to my sister. I explained that I didn’t tell anyone because Marshall threatened to kidnap me and burn the rest of my family to death in a house fire while they slept.
He meant it. I couldn’t risk it. Plus, it was my word against his.
Luckily, he moved to another state after a couple of months, and I didn’t have to see him.
He never visited us in Tennessee again. My brother always went to North Dakota to see him.
His treatment of me pushed me to get strong and to go into the Marines, so I could always defend myself and my loved ones.
I blame myself for not saying something, though. If I had, he wouldn’t have hurt Breezy.
“Everyone in the room disagreed with me that it was my fault, except for my brother. He not only agreed about Breezy but said I was to blame for all the other girls Marshall is suspected of hurting after me. Jess claims I could’ve stopped it all.
He got heated, and then so did Stalker and Predator, but only because they were trying to protect me.
I had a flashback and ended up vomiting. ”
The silence was tense. I saw my brothers’ frowns. Their gazes kept returning to Jess. When they settled on Daya, compassion was there. Bull replied after a good thirty seconds.
“Christ, that had to be so hard to tell. And then, to have your brother blame you for his friend’s actions is uncalled for,” Bull said.
“Who are you to cast stones? It was your friend who did it to both your sisters. Why didn’t you know what he was doing? Why didn’t you report him?” Demon fired at Jess.
“It seems to me that the one to blame here is you for not picking better friends,” Bear added.
Jess sputtered, and his face was crimson again. Ignoring him, Bull returned to Dayanara.
“I want to clarify something. You said Marshall did mainly the things he did to your sister. What did he do differently to you?” Bull asked.
I watched my dolcezza swallow hard before answering. Stalker and I were back to holding her hands, but on top of the table.
“Unlike with Breezy, after several weeks of him doing a variety of things to me and forcing me to do things to him, Marshall went all the way and fully raped me. He took my virginity. Thank God my sister told Jess before he got that far with her.”
The fury her admission caused in my other brothers was instantaneous.
“Daya, honey, don’t you worry. When we get our hands on that cocksucker, I’ll make sure you have all the tools you need to make him suffer.
If you want anything special for the big day, let me know,” Payne said in his chilling, sadistic monster way.
He barely paused to let it sink in before he continued.
“I was technically a victim of a pedophile when I was young. I was a teenager, and she was a much older woman. She took my virginity and then did things that made me crave pain in order to get off and have satisfaction with sex. After her, I discovered she’d programmed me to be unable to have sex without causing pain for my partner.
Thankfully, I met my Jayla, and while there are still degrees of pain involved in our lovemaking, it’s much tamer, and I don’t need it to get off or be satisfied.
Hell, I can have sex without it a lot of the time.
That’s what my old lady did for me. I’m forever grateful.
It’s because of this experience that I oversee Warriors’ Haven.
The women are always shocked when they find out I had my own brush with some of their nightmares. ”
“Payne, we had no idea. I guess we don’t think of men suffering those things. Thank you for sharing that. I can see how you help those at the Haven,” Breezy told him. Her smile was utterly angelic and beautiful.
“I’m always here if either of you wants someone to talk to.
And you know Rylan and Aria are always an open ear.
Zara has treated many people who have been hurt in that way.
And if you want, Dr. O’Herron is a psychiatrist slash therapist who deals a lot with abuse and trauma cases.
He’s totally discreet. He works with Zara. ”
Before either woman could say anything, Jess’s mouth finally came unglued. I was shocked he lasted as long as he did.