Page 96 of Below The Surface
Charles’s mouth goes slack. “You weren’t lying.”
“Nope.” Casey holds Charles’s head still while Kendra unstraps the muzzle.
Charles starts thrashing, but Casey keeps a steady hold while Kendra fights with trying to get the gag in Charles’s mouth. I join them and hold Charles’s nose shut, then punch him in the bleeding thigh. Man didn’t have a prayer to keep his mouth closed then.
Kendra shoves the gag in Charles’s mouth and gets it strapped to his head.
“We went to a sex shop to buy that. Also, got a few other things.”
“I noticed.” Kendra smirks. “We’ll have fun with everything.” She smacks the riding crop across her hand.
“It’s going to take all of us to get him in the new chair. Or we can drug him again.” Casey looks from Charles to the new chair and back. “If we drug him again, he might not wake up when I want him too.”
Charles bucks in the chair. Saliva drips from his chin.
Casey taps his bottom lip with a finger, then pulls it away with the look of disgust. “We’re drugging him.” He walks to the far wall and comes back with a syringe. It doesn’t take long for Charles to pass out once the needle goes into his neck. At least it doesn’t seem long.
Casey and Kendra clip the zip ties, then we all help get him on the chaise lounge. It’s sturdier than the other chair. We all zip tie Charles down.
“Do you want to stay?” Casey asks once he’s satisfied Charles is secure.
“Hell yeah,” Hayden answers. “I want to see this fucker pay for what he did to you two and your friend and everyone else he fucked up.”
Casey snorts and nods, pulling one last zip tie tighter around Charles’s ankle.
“I’d like to stay, too,” I say.
He nods again. “You stay out of the shots. We don’t want either of you on camera. As soon as we go live, no one takes off their masks until we kill the feed.Turn offyour ringers.Nospeaking. Do you understand?”
“Yes,” we both answer.
Why the fuck am I so turned on by Casey being all badass again? Oh, that’s because Casey is badass.
“Twenty minutes till live,” Kendra says.
“Are you ready for this?” Casey asks. He takes the few steps to her and takes her hands.
“Yeah, I’m so ready for this. I’ve been ready for years.”
They put their heads together and I can’t hear anything else they say. Hayden watches them the same as me. I can’t imagine what it’s going to feel like for them to take out the man that essentially tortured them through their childhoods. I know what I’ll feel like if someone takes out the men that raped my sister. Relief. But deeper than that. My soul could relax knowing the men that hurt her were fully punished.
Casey and Kendra pull away. There are tears, but the pair seem happy. I’d be.
Charles groans awake and starts flopping around. Thankfully, this chair is so damn strong. Strong like Casey. Strong like Kendra. Strong like my sister.
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CASEY
I pull in a breath and shake out my hands.
“Live in three. Two. One.”
I wink at Dallas, who’s sitting against the far wall. He and Hayden have a great view of the show and I hope they enjoy themselves.
I hit the button that brings on all the lights. Then wave at my audience.
“Hello my lovely, beautiful little freaks. We have a super special show for you tonight, and I hope you’re ready.”
