Our Little Secret by Jenna Ellis

Author:Jenna Ellis [Ellis, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK

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I feel bruised after my conversation with Scott, and it’s even harder having to process these feelings all alone. He was furious, of course. Then upset, then angry, then dismissive and then nasty. He called me a bitch several times, and I am. It made it so much worse that it all happened somewhere so beautiful.

I call Tiff straight away and, in typical Tiff style, she presents me with a long list of Scott’s faults and how delighted she is that I’ve finally seen the light. I don’t tell her about Edward, or what’s been happening to me here. I know as soon as I hear her voice that she wouldn’t understand; and it’s that, rather than the conversation with Scott, that really makes me cry. I’ve never felt so cut off or alone.

Exhausted, I return to the house and mooch about, feeling at an utter loose end. I root around in the fridge, but I’m not really hungry. The heat doesn’t help.

In the evening I turn on all the lights. I try not to get too scared, but I can’t help going through a whole psychodrama about what might happen if someone breaks in. I picture myself in all sorts of scenarios in which I’m tied up and forced to answer questions about the Parkers, for which I have no answers.

I’m anxious that the Parkers think it’s perfectly OK to leave me all alone in the house like this, with no means of contacting the outside world. Is this how it’s going to be when the boys are here? We’ll be all alone here? Will I ever be allowed to take them out? And if so, will they give me a car? But even if they do, where would I go? I think of the drive I took with Marnie – how far it was until the next town. There’s nothing around here at all, except the other houses along the long road to the gatehouse. But I can’t imagine any kind of neighbourly scenario in which I pop round for a natter. People are in Thousand Acres because they want to be private. Besides, even if I wanted to go and visit a neighbour, I’m not sure I’d be able to get out of the big gates guarding the drive.

Telling myself to be grateful for what I have, I retrace my steps to Marnie’s room. I don’t know if I’m searching for her, or if I’m just searching for someone to talk to, but her room is locked and the corridor remains dark.

In the main gallery, the light comes on and the door automatically slides open, as if it’s been waiting for me, and I stare at Marnie’s portrait. Now I’ve met her in the flesh, she seems even more enticing. I stare at her breasts, remembering how she touched me and applied the nipple-tassels. How she stared right into my eyes as I fell into her embrace and our flesh touched. Her eyes stare at me, as if she knew, even then, what she was doing.

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