A BOY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD – CHAPTER 16
© Sadie Rose Bermingham 2006
"Another weekend, another chapter. There is a double warning on this one; it's a very, very sad chapter, although no one actually dies... I'm the not the porn version of J K Rowling just yet! Also there is some non-consensual activity at the heart of this segment. I've tried my bestest to make it un-gratuitous but it's there and it happens so anyone who isn't into that maybe ought to skim over that part. I will apologise that there actually isn't a great deal of SEX in Ch 16... because I don't want to waste the time of anyone just looking for a wank. This ain't a wank chapter, sorry guys and gals. I will try my hardest to make up for that in the next one which, very, very possibly, will be the last proper chapter before the Epilogue. I can hear you sighing with relief even now. I know I am!! LOL
"So without further ado... I give unto you..."
FROGS AND SNAILS AND PUPPY DOGS' TAILS...
(PS – the usual terms and conditions apply regarding the copyright. I will rip off/out the genital parts of anyone who violates my statutory rights as Author of this nonsense! xx.Sadie)
ANT:
I swear to God that when I get back to England I've had it with boys!"
Terry exchanged a long look with Isolde as they reclined on the day bed watching Anthony Wright pace up and down the bleached and polished boards of the inner decking. The younger man ran both hands through his dishevelled hair, shaking his head slowly as he stopped stalking back and forth for a moment and caught his breath. They had been listening patiently as he vented his spleen for the past few minutes and now Isolde leaned forward and purred; "Sit down Antoine, you are overwrought. Everything will be all right, if you only deal with this calmly."
"I've screwed everything up!" Ant protested, turning to stare at her with haunted eyes. "I only ever wanted him to... to be happy with me. And now he hates my guts!"
"You should never interfere in someone else's life, Anthony. You know that." Daniel lit a cigarette in a long, ebony holder and sat back in his sculpted, leather swing-seat with a little frown, exhaling a stream of smoke.
"Like you couldn't help yourself interfering in mine?" Ant asked him sarcastically, turning to face the old man with another shake of his head.
"You first came to me willingly, as I recall," Daniel responded, unruffled by this hostility. "You needed my money and you needed my guidance more. I offered both freely. I do not regret doing so."
"You think I abducted him?" Ant almost yelped. "You think I got everything I deserved, don't you?"
Terry nodded vigorously in the background but Leland just treated him to a patient smile.
"I don't think that, Anthony. I know you better than that. But I think maybe that you were a little too hungry for his gratitude. Boys like Rayne are rarely grateful for anything, and when they are it never lasts for long." The old man took another long pull on his cigarette holder.
"You don't know anything about him," Ant argued.
"Nor do you," Leland retorted at once. "You forget, he worked for me before. And he was a stroppy little bitch on an older man's leash back then as well. Neither you nor Barrington LeVey could keep a tight enough rein on the child."
Ant stopped pacing finally and say down on the edge of the day bed. Isolde rested a hand on the back of his neck and massaged him steadily there as he cradled his forehead in his hands.
"What happened to this LeVey bloke?" he asked wearily.
Leland blew a little huff of smoke through his nostrils and sighed deeply.
"He was found dead by the Police at a friend's house. Wilde was with him at the time."
Ant looked up at once, the shock very clear in his pale eyes.
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying nothing," Leland responded coolly. "The coroner's report said it was a massive heart attack, but there was an extraordinary amount of alcohol and cocaine in his system and the boy was coked up to the eyeballs!"
Ant turned to look at Terry, but the big, burly Londoner just nodded his head in accordance with what the boss had said.
"How long ago was this?" Ant wanted to know.
Terry shrugged vaguely.
"'Bout three... four years, maybe more."
"Jesus Christ!" Ant breathed, looking to Leland for confirmation. "You think that Rayne gave this bloke the cocaine?"
"I have no earthly idea, Anthony," the old man sighed again. "I just see that he does not appear to be good for the life-expectancy of those who try to adopt him. The track marks on his arms seem to indicate that he has not lost his appetite for self-destructive behaviour. His short temper supports this theory. I know all about junkies, Anthony. I know what they are like and I don't want to see you get hurt."
"If he wants to go with PJ then perhaps it will be for the best to let him go," Isolde murmured, still stroking his back and his neck soothingly. "You still have your little blond doll to play with, do not forget."
Ant rubbed the heel of his hand against his forehead, feeling the beginning of a headache. Thierry was sleeping soundly in his bed now, as a result of the lengthy and very energetic anal sex he and Ant had shared this afternoon. Thierry was certainly persistent in his efforts to cheer Ant up and ultimately the older man had stopped resisting him and allowed the blond to suck and then straddle him on the bed. Initially he had believed Thierry to be nothing more than a submissive plaything for any dominant male who wanted him, but the boy certainly knew what he wanted from a lover and was not too shy to demand it either. The memory of watching and enjoying the French lad as Thierry rode his cock and rubbed himself eagerly to his first climax made Ant hard again.
He was being an idiot, he decided ruefully. Whenever he had come out to the Cap before, the holiday had always been about the chance to fuck lots of beautiful young lads. Dan's boat was heaving with them at the moment. You could not throw a cocktail stick without hitting a sexy, teenage boy and there were even more out there in the clubs, all ripe and waiting to be plucked. Ant felt unbearably horny once more but he also felt defeated. He knew in his heart that Isolde was probably right. Thierry would do anything for him, and not give him grief about it either. So why did he still wish that it was Rayne curled up well-fucked and exhausted under his duvet?
"I guess," he muttered with a shrug of his shoulders.
Daniel Leland smiled and blew a smoke ring.
"Good boy," the old man declared in a satisfied tone.
ACROSS THE MARINA:
"He 'is' coming back, isn't he?" Mikkal asked seriously as Aldo skulked in the kitchen, watching the handsome Finn fix a round of mint daiquiris. "PJ wants him at the party this afternoon. If you've upset him again then you can go look for him and sort it out right now!"
"He'll come back," Aldo said, with more confidence than he felt. "He's just cooling off. He said something about picking up the rest of his gear from the other boat."
Mikka looked relieved. He turned with a tray of drinks balanced on one hand like some kind of elegant nude sommelier and pointed to the plates of nibbles laid out on the counter.