Enthrall (Book 1) (Enthrall Sessions) by Vanessa Fewings

Author:Vanessa Fewings [Fewings, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: VMK
Published: 2014-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

I SAT ON THE BENCH watching the carp swim around each other, making hypnotic ripples in the pond, several of them coming up for air. We had something in common, it seemed.

Within this very hour my life had been turned upside down, when Richard had guided me into that dungeon via the coolest secret stairwell I’d ever seen, I’d expected to find Cameron waiting for us, wielding some form of leather paraphernalia. Or even wanting to talk about that toy.

I’d not expected this…

With what had felt like a party game, Cameron had cracked my psyche wide open, allowing me to see my life differently for the first time. Turns out I’d been dragging a whole lot of baggage around with me and didn’t even know it. Which probably resulted in my sketchy trust issues. Apparently, I’d always been a member of the fucked-up crowd.

Those ivy strewn high walls on either side of the garden separated us from the world. I wondered how many people out there went about their daily lives telling themselves the knot inside their stomach was normal, like the one I had inside me now. I caressed this nagging ache, the one I thought I’d gotten used to.

It felt good to be outside and lose myself in the distraction of this well-tended garden that was a lush-green haven. I wasn’t any good with naming flowers and only recognized that spray of daisies growing along the wall to my right. My mom had loved daisies though we’d only ever had the plastic kind. Something Richard would scoff at, no doubt. Still, money was tight, needed for everyday essentials like high-end cocaine for mom’s dirty little secret.

I’d found her stash once. Luckily she caught me right before taking my first lick of the stuff. At seven years old that wouldn’t have ended well.

I didn’t want to think about that old life now, not when the promise of love loomed on the horizon. Richard’s bossiness was so alluring, so protecting, and so addictive.

Every morning I couldn’t wait to get to work just to be near him.

Cameron strolled toward me, his dark sunglasses making him hard to read. I rose to greet him and he gestured he wanted me to sit.

“Lunch.” He lifted the brown paper bag and handed me the Perrier water. “Hope you like sparkling.”

“Thank you, Cameron.”

“You can thank Richard.” Cameron joined me on the bench and handed me the bag. “It’s a chicken salad wrap. It’s from a deli down the road. They make everything fresh. Richard drove out especially to get it for you.”

“Ooh, thank you.” I peeked inside.

For me.

We both stared at the pond and for the first time in my life the silence didn’t feel awkward.

He crossed a long leg over the other. “I really should come out here more often.”

That silence returned once more as though proving to itself as much as me that all its power had gone.

“Five hundred dollars for your thoughts,” said Cameron.

I giggled. “It’s a penny for your thoughts.”

He twisted his mouth.

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