Chapter 56
Daniel
I pass through the doors and head towards the basement.
The closer I get, the angrier I get. Opening the door, I find Teni handcuffed to the chair.
Arrogance and entitlement drip off him. Bruce is seated across from him, a soft glare on his face that I know is a false pretense.
Clearly, Teni thinks it gives him an edge, but he’s grossly mistaken.
Stepping further into the room, Teni sees me and scoffs. “What the fuck is this nonsense man?” he shouts at me.
I get closer to him. My glare isn’t pretense; it’s fucking blatant and clearly shocks him.
“Why the fuck am I here?” Agitation drips from his tone. Bruce scoffs.
I move to the back table and pick up the taser that’s lying there and grab a chair, now seated facing him.
“First of, you are going to tell me the name and address of your friends you sent the pictures too.”
“What pictures?”
A sad chuckle escapes me.
“You think you are here by mistake?”
“Yes. I didn’t take any pictures, and I certainly didn’t send pictures to anyone. You have this all wrong. Anu took those pictures. She wanted to be wild,” he sneers.
Motherfucker. I immediately turned the taser on him. His body jerks and I continue.
“Stop,” Bruce quietly says.
I stop.
He’s drained and panting.
“Now, let’s start again,” I say in a calm tone, though the rage behind my calmness isn’t hidden.
“Names and addresses of your friends you sent the pictures to.”
He immediately starts to call out names. Turns out, the pictures have been sent to five people in total. Bruce takes down the information.
“Now, tell me why you did it.”
He turns away from me. I forcefully grab his chin and turn him back to me. He fights to get out of my grip. I tighten my hold.
“Tell me why,” I sternly repeat and release him.
“She dumped me, and my father lost his business deals with her family.” His face shows evidence of the anger he feels towards her.
“You mistreated her.”
He rolls his eyes.
“She is too high and mighty. Can’t even cook well, and probably can’t have children.”
“Why then are you upset she broke up with you?” I sneer, he should be happy but something lingers.
“Because I was doing her a favor by dating her. She should be thankful, no one wants her.”
I laugh at his arrogance.
“I fucking want her, and adore her. I wouldn’t change anything about her. It’s clear to me that you are jealous of her.” I lean closer to him. “Did you rape her?” He looks away.
I grab his neck. “I won’t ask you again.”
“No!”
I’m not sure I believe him. Something else happened.
“Why didn’t you? I know you wanted to humiliate her, so why didn’t you?” I point the taser at him.
He starts to shake before I pull the trigger.
“It wouldn’t be rape, I’ve fucked her several times before,” he shouts.
His words recharge my anger, and I point the taser at his dick and pulled the trigger again. He yells from the pain and looks close to passing out from the shock of the taser. But I don’t give a fuck. I’m more than happy to wake him up and rinse and repeat. Bruce pulls me back from him.
“We need information from him,” he says.
Asshole is crying and has peed on himself. He is well shaken now.
“Start talking, and before you do, if you had intercourse with her without a sober consent from her, it is rape. So, what happened?” I shout in his distress and fear dripping face.
He pants, tears running down his face. It still isn’t enough for what he put Anu through. I have seen first-hand her mild crisis. What her friends described was ten times worse, and this motherfucker should be glad I didn’t see it, but I can feel the gravity of her pain.
“I drugged her and took her to her room. While undressing, she started talking.”
“What did she say?” He shakes his head, and I point the taser. He shakes in the chair. Bruce lowers my hand and he starts to talk.
“She said ‘Daniel, I love you, you can fuck me from Chicago to Timbuktu, but I need to sleep.’
‘Daniel, I don’t feel good.’
‘Daniel, I will suck your dick and swallow, just let me sleep.’
‘Daniel, you can feast on me as much as you want, but please, let me sleep, I don’t feel good.”
I’m raging as he speaks. I want to choke him and hurt him. Bruce probably senses my mood and pulls me back a few steps away from him.
“What happened next? I know you were fucking jealous. Speak or, god help me, I will end you right here, and no one will ever find your body.” The menace in my voice is clear as I glare at him with intent to action my words.
“I wanted to do everything she never let me do to her." He shudders as he speaks.
I move closer, pointing the taser at his chest, glaring at him to keep talking.
“She puked all over me. So I cleaned myself up, wore your shirt and left.”
I punch him hard in the face. Bruce pulls me back.
“You left her, drugged, naked and in puke. I guarantee I will make your life miserable,” I shout at him and watch as the reality of my words dawn on him.
“You did all that, then had the audacity to send those pictures to me and to your friends. What exactly was your plan?”
“Please, forgive me. I know that it was the stupidest thing, and childish. I just wanted you to dump her and have her crawl back to me.”
I immediately punch him again in anger, drawing blood from his nose “She. Is. Forever. Mine,” I shout. “Your fucking plan backfired. I already forgave her before I found out she didn’t betray us. Like she told you; She. Loves. Me.” I turn to Bruce.
“Destroy him: drugs, career and everything.” His eyes widen. “Give him the royal destruction package.”
“Please, Daniel. I will apologize to Anu. Please.” His voice cracks in fear.
I return a sad chuckle.
“What you did made her want to die. You sent her pictures, telling her to break up with me or you would send them to her father, her brother and her students. You obviously gained access to her phone. How did you do that?” He turns away. “Talk! If you want an ounce of leniency.”
“She set her phone down with a friend and I took it while the friend was distracted. I know her password.”
“All because she was no longer interested in you, and your ego is bruised. So you drugged her and went to this length to humiliate her.”
“I’m sorry, please. I will apologize and never speak to her again.”
“Like I give a fuck about your outdated apology. Rest assured your dad will get the naked pictures of you in bed with men sucking your dick, and you smiling. Your friends are guaranteed copies as well. You can forget about your fucking job; they will receive the photos of you doing drugs. In case you think it ends there, it doesn’t, because I have more humiliation laid out for you.
” I lean close and lock eyes with him. “You are finished.”
“Please!!!” he yells, shaking in his chair.
Bruce and I walk out, locking the door.
“I will get to work on the friends he sent the pictures to. Hopefully it’s not too late.”
“Thank you.”
“Are you going back to the hospital?” he asks.
“No. First to our place to find the envelope and burnt it. A quick shower then back to the hospital.”
“Okay, keep me posted on her health.”
“Will do. Thanks, Brother.” We fist bump and I head out.
Once outside of the building, I find Zack in the usual spot. “Head home,” I say, getting in the car.
I scroll through my phone, it's a mental shield against Teni’s hatred and jealousy of us. I guess he thought I was the type of guy that wouldn’t want to fight for her and would let things slide. Well, he gambled wrong. No fucking way am I letting go of Anu.
I send a few instructions to Patrick, also letting him know I won’t be in today.
Zack pulls up in front of the building and I race inside, straight to Anu’s room.
I lifted her mattress. The envelope is the only thing there.
Taking the envelope with me to the kitchen, I light up one of her candles and bring the envelope close to catch fire.
I hold it and watch it burn to ashes. I take the ashes and flush them down the toilet.
One down, now we need to find the guys that MF sent the pictures to.