Page 111 of The Devil's Reward
“What are we being detained for?” Mom demands furiously.
“Carrying illegal substances in your bag,” the agent tells her briskly.
“That’s ridiculous,” my father scowls. “We’re not junkies.”
“Care to explain these?” the agent demands, pulling a set of handcuffs from the bag.
Rose and Sage burst out laughing, while I just sigh. “A whole lot of fun,” my father says blandly. “Your wife never cuffs you up, huh? That why you’re being such a dickhead?”
The agent ignores him. Then he pulls out a small flogger. “Feels really nice when you’re in those cuffs,” my mother tells him sweetly. “Might even help you sort out why you have your head so far up your ass.” Rose and Sage are bent over laughing even more, and I just hang my head. Macy is staring at everything in confusion, but I’ll worry about that later. Right now is not the time for sex-ed.
Out comes some clothes, and then finally he pulls out a ball gag. I groan and cover my eyes, and because I just can’t right now. This entire thing is like an out of body experience.
“Wife can make too much noise when we really get going,” my father says casually, looking the stunned agent right in the eyes. “You’re probably one of the big silent ones aren’t you? Ohh, I understand. You can’t make your wife get loud enough to need one. You need a few pointers? I can give you some.”
“Shut up,” the agent grits out, quickly stuffing everything back in as he checks the lining and the pockets. When he finds nothing, he nods at the other agent. “It must be in that one,” he tells him.
Peyton steps forward, and from the look on her face, I know this isn’t going to get any better. The agent opens the bag. On top is just clothes and toiletries, but when he moves those out of the way, his eyes widen. He pulls out the largest dildo I have ever seen. I quickly slap my hand over Macy’s eyes and turn her around. “Hey!” she protests. “I want to see.”
“No,” I snap at her.
Peyton slowly grins at the stunned agent. “You’ve never seen one this big, Agent?” she purrs. “Then again, I doubt you’re anywhere close. Want a picture for later? You know, something to use as a reference when you’re home alone?”
Rose and Sage are laughing so hard their faces are bright red. “Damn girl,” Rose gasps out. “I want to know where you got that.”
“I dare you to buy that for Bullet,” Sage gasps out, wiping tears away from her eyes. Rose grins wickedly.
The agent isn’t done though. Next he pulls out a couple smaller vibrators. “You never know what you’re going to be in the mood for,” Peyton says carelessly. “Want pictures of those too?”
When he gets to the bottom, he pulls out a large, black butt plug. “Damn, girl,” Sage laughs.
Peyton grins slowly. “What can I say, I like them big,” she says easily. The agent looks like he’s not sure whether to be intrigued or horrified. “Did you need me to tell you what that’s for, Agent? Or, if you’re a visual learner, I can demonstrate,” Peyton asks sweetly.
“No, thank you,” he answers uncomfortably, rushing to put everything back in the bag, but when he gets to the dildo, he shudders before he quickly flings it inside.
“See, we have nothing,” Dad says angrily. “You did all this over a bogus scan.”
“We have to make sure,” the agent in charge says stiffly. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”
“Inconvenience?” my mother yells. “Do you have any idea what this did to us? The emotional toll this has taken? Especially on my five-year-old granddaughter? You should be ashamed of yourselves.”
“Bunch of assholes, the lot of you,” my father agrees loudly.
“You both need to calm down,” the agent warns, hand going to his gun in reflex.
“Bunch of idiots, all of them,” my sister agrees, glaring. “You should have made sure you had the right people before you went and embarrassed us.”
“They’re not the brightest around here,” Rose agrees, also glaring at them.
The agent’s face is getting redder and redder by the minute, and none of them give up. “All of you need to shut the hell up or I’m arresting you for badgering,” the agent warns.
Nope, that’s not enough of a deterrent. Which is exactly how, only a few minutes later, I’m reaching for my phone to call Shadow as the agents haul my parents, my sister, Rose, and Sage off to a cell.
Looks like I’m going to need that bail money he’s always talking about.
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