Gingerly I perched on the very edge of the bed, as far from him as possible. He actually looked hurt, but shrugged a little and turned toward me.
"Ok Heather. I just wanted to say....well, there's a lot I'd like to say, but nothing you want to hear right now."
I continued to stare straight ahead.
"But there's one thing I have to tell you...something you should know in case you're thinking of going to the police".
I turned toward him then, startled. That was the
last
thing I wanted to do! But then, I don't suppose he could have known that.
"I have copies and printouts of all the pictures you sent me, all the letters too. All of our conversations are logged--remember our roleplays? Oh, and those wavs..."
I had no doubt that he'd kept and logged everything. Of course. The perfect crime. The bastard. The most fucked up thing about this whole night was that no matter how I'd been brutalized, no matter how scared I was I had only myself to blame and I knew it. Maybe I should have called this story Stupid Bitch Gets What's Cumming to Her. That's exactly how raw and ugly and sordid this sorry ass tale has been. And so true!! Damn, that title rings so true!
It really sickened me now, knowing he had my pictures--the sexy ones especially that I'd teased him with. My face burns even now when I think of him looking at them...remembering....gloating.
"I know you said no...a lot, and that I really raped you. Maybe I'd go down for it", he said lightly with a shrug. "but would you really want all of that coming out? It would you know...."
I was shaking my head. "I'm not...I won't" , I whispered.
He kept talking as though he hadn't heard me. Maybe he hadn't; or maybe he just
wanted
to say these things to make me continue feeling helpless. He really had no clue as to how little his evidence meant to me....at least in any legal sense.
"...all of it. Not just the roleplays, but everything. Everything you ever said to me. Like I remember this one conversation we had when you said something like 'you gotta find me first!'...that was so damn cute...."
I'd heard enough and blurted, "I said I WON'T!!" quite loudly this time. In a little lower, but still nearly hysterical voice, I continued trying to convince him. See, I wanted him assured that he could walk away from this--it seemed the only way he was going to let me go.
"You don't have to keep telling me these things!! I'm NOT going to the damn cops! I never was! Nothing
you
said convinced me. I just....I don't want anybody to know." I knew I was telling the truth.
Nobody
could know about this....I would die.
Looking somewhat relieved he began easing closer to me. I still didn't like how he was looking at me. Not at
all.
"Well cool! Now that we've got
that
settled...." I didn't like the sound of his voice either. Him arm went around me....like we were on a
date
for godssakes.
Trying to wriggle away from his one-armed embrace I fairly whined, "Chuck....please. I need to go now....I
want
to go now! OK??....CHUCK!!"
Without warning he'd pulled me to him firmly, gripped my face, then forced a kiss on me. "Gee," I thought sarcastically as I tried to twist my head away, "our first kiss". I shoved at his steadily advancing chest...he was getting too close...pushing me backwards.
I managed to break the kiss..."DON'T!!!!".....he ignored me, bearing his body down on me till I was on my back. "NOOOOO!!", I wailed pitifully. "Get off me, Chuck!! Dammit Please get OFFF!!!" Still ignoring my pleas, he was holding me down with his body while kissing me roughly....my lips, my neck...groping at my breasts, pinching the nipples. Having the luxury of not being tied up this time, I was trying to shove him off me or away from me as hard as I could; twisting under him in a pathetic attempt to scoot out from under. All my efforts, of course, were useless. My struggles had turned him on again, and he was much stronger than me. I didn't have a chance.
I could feel his hardness against me as I fought that brief and losing battle, amazed that he was hard again, despairing that he'd
never
let me go. He was breathing hard, holding me down with one arm as he urgently undid his jeans, a wild look in his eye.
I tried again. "CHUCK NNNOOO!!! NO MORE...." I was starting to cry again. "You PROMISED!!!"
"I promised not to hurt you..", he muttered while jerking at
my
pants now. "and I won't." Pulling them off me easily and shoving them impatiently aside, he forced himself between my tightly clenched legs and lunged forward. When I screamed, he clamped his hand over my mouth but kept going. I couldn't believe it. Just when I thought this nightmare was over there I was, helplessly pinned under him while he raped me again.
At least he wasn't brutal this time. He didn't hit me or threaten me or even call me a bad name. I suppose he thought he was being romantic.
*****
When he finally took me back to my car (it was still there, keys and all), he'd barely gotten his car stopped all the way when I quickly opened the door and scrambled out before he could stop me. As I slammed the door I could hear him saying "Heather, wait", but I wasn't slowing down for anything. I didn't want to hear anything more he had to say. I never wanted to see him again.
Before he could try to pursue me I was in my car and peeling out of there as I wished I'd done as soon as he approached my window an eternity ago. As an after-thought I even flipped him the birdy finger as my tires squealed. I know...it was terribly juvenile and a bit redundant in this case, but for a few seconds it made me feel a little better.
It didn't look like he was going to chase me. I drove around for a while, radio blasting, muttering to myself like a lunatic. When I was sure I wasn't being followed I pulled into Wal-Mart's parking lot and sat there a long time before going in. Reaction sat in and I began shaking uncontrollably. Alive....alive...the word reverberated in my head over and over. I was alive....I'm alive.