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Ghost
After Chef brought nothing but the finest up for us and I made sure Timberly ate without asking a million questions each time she went to speck I hushed her till we went outside to the balcony with its glass floor we walked out over the city and sat on the lounger pulling her deep into my body and wrapping the shawl around her shoulders that Saskia had picked up for her. She hates her I can tell by the way she clicks her jaw when she looks at Timberly and the way her eyes turned black as I picked Timberly up. Well tough she along with Jenna will have to get used to it this is now my life Timberly Roe.
Out of no wear Timberly’s nails start to draw lines over my thigh she is nestled between my thighs her head on my chest and my hands on my knees it’s the safest place for them one holding my glass of Jager and ice Timberly’s Fejoia juice to the side of us she has had enough Devil juice for one night a smile licks at my lips as I picture the pout as I poured our drinks and hers being juice.
My body stills as her hand goes up the inside of my thigh and back again, closing my eyes I take in the gentle touch so different from what I used to.
“I see you ya know.” She says breaking the sound of the busy city below us
“What.” I ask her
“In that place they had me.” Lost shaking my head my hand finding her chin and tipping her head back, so I can see her eyes
“Where Poppet, when?” I ask her
“You came with The Reapers and got that girl Blue that photos are in Lilly’s room, he called her his Celtic Goddess.” My body stills anger bubbling dangerously close to rupture taking in a few deep breaths I try hard to stop the rage take over my body I can’t hurt her or allow her to see this side of me not yet anyway.
“Poppet.” My voice breaks letting me down. “It’s ok, he didn’t hurt me.” She says like that makes it ok. “ The men you beat up took me I came home from your place and was about to ring you and say sorry but I panicked and freaked out when I saw her so I went to get water and think it was then that they took me hit me in the head I woke up a bag over my face scared barely able to breathe they had kicked the shit out of me and drooped me on a cold concrete floor with a whole lot of other women that they drug and make dance for men train them to be sex toys for the rich, sick aye.” She says looking up at me shock in my eyes struggling to hold the tears back what she is telling me is sick it’s what they just did to Blue.
“ Mums drug lords well they starting beating one me threating me and well snake eyes walked in and well he kinda lost his shit shot Drake between the eyes and told the rest of them that they had fucked up and that you were the Devil and I was your old lady and if anyone touched a hair on my head that may god have mercy on their souls they all freaked out and some were real nice to me others not so much but to me you’re just Ghost not the man they all were saying you are.” She stops taking a sip of her juice and I skull back my Jagger ice and all cracking it under my jaw. “They are right Poppet but I’m much, much worse than the devil.” I say into her hair socking all in that she just told me.
“He came back after days of me being alone that’s when I saw you ya know on all the screens that were over the walls in his room you were kicking doors open and you walked from one with a lady with purple hair I was the door up from her Ghost I was screaming for you punching the door and screaming till my throat bleed and my voice was gone the skin on my palms raw.” I tuck her deeper into me
“Fuck Poppet, I did___” she doesn’t let me finish but finishes for me
“Hear me I know, it’s ok I went to my happy place then slide down the wall as the voices and dark came engulfed me I went to the one place I know that I wanna have one day.” Her voice picks up joy lacing it
“What’s that place poppet?” I ask her
“Well it’s a lake with the sun beating down one me banks filled with massive happy yellow dancing sunflowers with smiling faces and a jetty I sit in the sun my toes dipped into the cool blue water that is my happy place that’s where I go when the monster come and touch me and when the beatings happen and in the hotel of hell that’ and your eyes are what I held onto.” I know in that one moment I need to take her to my home on the compound and show her that above all else in this fucked up world we are meant to be together the gods had a plan and now it’s time to show her that miracles do happen
standing I pull her into me “Poppet I gotta show you something slipping her feet into the Ugg boots I pick her up grab the keys to my bike and take my lady home.