Free All In (The Blackstone Affair, Part 2) by Raine Miller

instead and helped her
step into the tub with me and got us settled. I sat in the back and
put her in front of me, her slippery bum resting temptingly against
my suddenly reawakening cock. I told my tackle to shut the hell up,
and to imagine Muriel the street vendor and her accompanying
mustache if he wanted more of Brynne’s divine fanny. That did the
trick. Muriel was hideous, and probably not even a real woman.
Maybe not even human. In fact, I’m sure Muriel is really an alien
scout sent here to sell newspapers and learn the language. I still
craved my Djarums. Piles of them.
    Brynne sniffed the air. “Do you smoke in
here?”
    “Sometimes.” I really need to stop doing
that . “But I’ll have to stop it inside the house now that
you’re here with me.”
    “I don’t mind it, Ethan. The smell of the
spice and the cloves is nice and it doesn’t bother me, but I know
it’s bad for you and I don’t like that part.”
    “I’m trying to quit.” I slid my hands up her
arm and then down over a breast resting just at water level. “With
you here I’ll do better. You can be my motivation, okay?”
    She took a deep breath and nodded. Then she
started talking.
    “I never went back to my high school again.
Only six months from graduation and I quit. My parents were in
shock at the change in me. It didn’t take long for them to find out
about the video either. They argued about what to do, and had very
differing opinions. I didn’t care. I was someplace else in my head
and very, very sick. It’s hard to admit about myself, but it’s the
truth. I was destroyed emotionally with no way to escape the
demons.”
    I kissed the back of her head and held on to
her a little tighter. I knew all about demons, the evil cocksuckers
that they were. “Can I ask why your parents didn’t try to press
assault charges on the three of them? I can’t imagine it would have
been difficult to get an arrest. You were underage and they were
adults…and there was videotaped evidence.”
    “My dad wanted them in prison. My mom didn’t
want the publicity. She asserted that my slutty reputation would
only drag our name through the mud and upset the social order of
things. She was probably right. But again, I didn’t care what
anyone did about it. I was lost in my head.”
    “Oh, baby…”
    “And then I discovered they’d gotten me
pregnant.”
    I stilled at that unwelcome news. Fucking
hell …
    “It put me over the edge. I—I couldn’t deal
with any of it. My dad didn’t know what to do about a pregnancy. He
started talking to the senator. My mom scheduled an abortion for me
and I simply could not handle any more. I didn’t want a baby. I
didn’t want to kill what was inside of me either. I just didn’t
want to be reminded of the incident and everything and everybody
reminded me. I guess if I’d felt better about myself I could have
figured things out, but then if I’d felt better about myself I
would have never gone to that party in the first place and ended up
on that pool table.”
    “I am so sorry...” I spoke softly but firm,
wanting her to really understand how I truly felt. “Listen, baby,
you cannot blame yourself for what happened to you.” I pressed in
close to her ear. “You were the victim of a crime and treated
abominably. It was not your fault, Brynne. I hope you know that
now.” I rubbed up and down her arms, drawing the warm water up over
her skin.
    She settled more into my body and took a
deep breath. “I think I do now, for the most part at least. Dr.
Roswell helped me, and finding my place in the world helped too.
But back then I was done. Done with living. I couldn’t see another
path for me.”
    All the warmth of earlier left me and I
braced for what was coming. Like a train wreck you can’t stop
staring at, I had to know what had happened to her but also didn’t
want to know. I didn’t want to go to her dark place with her.
    She shifted in the bath and twirled her
fingers in the water as she