Page 77 of Seasons of Love
"You might want to leave now," I said.
"Who the fuck are you?" he asked. "Aiden, who the fuck is this? Call the police."
Aiden came over and put his arms around me. I felt all of his tension disappear like a cloud of smoke.
"This is my boyfriend. Please leave."
Dick's face went all red.
"Do you know what you're doing? I will come through on my threat. Just watch your precious reputation go down in tatters. Let's not mention Mommy and Daddy. All those poor loser kids they keep throwing money at? All gone at the touch of a button."
I held up his phone.
"You mean this button?"
I threw the phone at him and he scrambled to unlock it.
"Don't bother," I said with a chuckle. Aiden looked at me, and I nodded. It was done. All done, and he was free.
"What the fuck did you do, you asshole?"
Aiden moved so fast I couldn't hold him back. He grabbed Dick's shirt off the floor and threw it at him.
"You leave my house right now and never even think of me again. Since you won't have my number on your phone and your memory is shit, I know you won't call me."
Dick put his shirt on and walked toward the door, but he still wasn't ready to give in.
"Do you think I'm that stupid? I have more than one backup of these videos. This isn't over."
"That's where you're wrong, Dickhead," Aiden spat.
Go, baby. Was this the wrong time to get horny for my boyfriend?
"Buy any new socks today?" He asked.
Dick frowned.
"Thank you for giving us such easy access to everything on your laptop. We found some interesting things there. I'm not one for kink-shaming, but you have some fucked up stuff on there. Don't worry, we didn't delete it, we only made copies for ourselves."
Dick's face was a picture. I just put my hands in my pockets and enjoyed the show my man was delivering.
"Oh, you didn't think I could play the same game? I guess you underestimated the ‘silly, overemotional romance author,’ to quote your words. All the videos you made of me without my consent are gone. Do you know what will happen if you ever try to contact me?"
"You'll release the videos?"
"No, Richard. Unlike you, I wouldn't take something private and show it to the world. But I do have some interesting information about your work practices, your clients, and your finances, that I also copied from your laptop. If you ever come for me, that information will be handed to someone who will know exactly what to do with it. Somehow, I don't think seventy square feet is your idea of a nice retirement accommodation.”
I walked around Aiden, stopping to kiss him on his head, and opened the door for Dick.
He walked away without looking back.
As soon as I closed the door, Aiden was on me. I took him by the backs of his legs until he wrapped them around my waist.
"You were fucking fantastic, baby. I'm so proud of you," I said.
"That was so nerve-racking, but it felt so good. Better would have been to punch him."
I laughed. "Not worth it. Besides, I can think of better things for you to do with your hands."
