Chapter 6: The Power Shifts
Over breakfast, we both knew, there were some bills that needed to be paid with her and her two friends.
Julie and I dried each other off, dressed, and headed into the dining room. Rachel and Sherry were there, dressed in t-shirts, Daisy Dukes and heels, as was Julie. They had actually prepared a nice breakfast/dinner -- steak with mashed potatoes and green beans. The steak on my plate had already been cut into bite-sized pieces. There was a sealed bottle of orange Gatorade at my place as well, as if the sisters wanted to prove that they weren't trying to drug me again. The girls were all eating salad, so there were no knives anywhere. They were taking no chances of me getting hold of a weapon.
The food was very good. ANY food probably would've tasted good, considering I hadn't really eaten a meal in almost 24 hours. I slowly chewed and savored each bite.
Despite the nice meal, there was a distinct lack of
bonhomie
at the table. I sat at the head, surveying the scene. Nobody spoke. Julie sat to my left, glaring fiercely across the table at the two sisters. Sherry, to my right, returned her angry stares. Rachel sat, looking petulant, as if someone had killed her new puppy. Each had a reason to be angry at the others. Sherry had entangled her friend and her sister in her sick fantasy. Julie had spoiled Sherry's game. Rachel had had her new toy taken away from her. Both of the sisters were mad at Julie because she'd gotten an extra sex session from me that they hadn't.
It was left to me to break the silence. I felt nothing but seething hatred for the two sisters, only a modicum of sympathy for Julie whom I'd just fucked -- no, made love to -- in the shower nearly an hour earlier. "Go ahead and paint yourselves as Julie's victims if it makes you two feel better. Keep in mind, girls, there's only one victim here -- ME. And now we're going to figure out a way that you're going to pay for your little prank!"
Sherry looked concerned. "You're not going to go to the police with this, are you, Mike?"
I shook my head. "Probably not. Who would believe such a crazy story? What am I going to tell them? 'Excuse me, but three hot girls I've known since we were kids drugged me, tied me up, and spent all night giving me sex and blowjobs against my will.' Somebody's bound to say, 'You and three hot girls? Sex? Blowjobs? I'm kind of missing the bad part here.'
"I supposed I
could
come back in a day or two with a few of
my
friends, follow Sherry and Rachel into the building and then do to you what was done to me... but I'm not that sick or that callous. As I said, I would never wish a rape on anybody. I've got a feeling that Rachel would probably
enjoy
a gang-bang. But I
do
want to do something that
will
go on hurting... at least in your heads. I want to make sure you
never
forget what you all did."
I paused. "Wait a minute. I have an idea. Rachel, please get me some lined paper and a pen."
She looked at me, confused, as if I had no right to make such an appeal. This time I lowered my voice into a more menacing tone. "I'm not going to ask you again nicely. You spent all night making demands of me and making me feel like shit. It's my turn now. MOVE IT, Rachel!!!!" She quickly jumped up from her chair, ran into her room, and in no time returned with paper and pen.
The three girls glanced at each other nervously as I spent about ten minutes in silence, writing. I read over what I'd written, reviewed, corrected, initialed, and then finally signed the bottom. I then addressed them:
"What I've written here is a narrative of everything that happened, starting with the moment Sherry met me on the street yesterday afternoon and leading up to me waking up this morning untied. Each of you is going to read this over, but without making any corrections to it. You're then going to sign it. I'm going to put this in my pocket, walk out of here and put this someplace where only I know where it is." The girls gave each other sick looks. Julie, obviously the most remorseful, hung her head in shame.
"Thank your friend Julie for this, ladies. She actually gave me the idea. She suggested to me that before I ever got to the police, you three could possibly concoct a cover story to protect each other. This is my insurance that it won't happen. I actually think that if I walked into a police station and showed them this with your signatures on it, I'd be able to have you three convicted of enough crimes to keep you in jail longer than Manson's girls. But because we've grown up together, I'm going to cut you a break -- a FAR bigger one than you deserve from me.
"From this moment forward, we don't exist in each other's lives. You don't come to my band's shows. You DO NOT speak to me. Anywhere. Any
time
. You don't even make eye contact with me on the street. In fact, if you see me coming, you cross to the other side of the street. Break these rules even once, I go to the cops and your parents with this, and all three of you go to jail. Rachel's just starting college, but her life will be over before it even really begins. You other two, well, that's your problem. You're both old enough that you should have known better. Julie has already said she would take the consequences of whatever I decided to do." She nodded her assent.
"I figure the statute of limitations for what you did is, what? About seven years? Enough time for all of us to get on with our lives and careers. If you sign this, and live up to the terms I've just outlined, at the end of seven years I'll destroy this paper. The slate will be wiped clean. It'll be as if last night never happened.
"Understand this, ladies -- this is a one-time-only offer, and it's not in ANY way negotiable! Agree to ALL of it, RIGHT NOW!!! Otherwise..." - I got up and motioned towards the door of the master bedroom - "... I lock myself in there and call the police."
Without hesitation, Julie sprang to my side and signed, underneath my signature. She then pushed the pen towards the uncertain Sherry and said "Don't even read it, neither of you. I trust he's written what actually happened. He couldn't make up anything worse. Just SIGN the fucking thing, damn you! You DESERVE to go to jail for thinking this whole thing up!" Sherry sneered at her friend, but quickly signed, as did Rachel. None of them read it through. I folded the confession up and put it in my pocket.
I couldn't resist one last dig before leaving. It was totally out of character for me, but I absolutely wanted to have the last word on this episode.
"Rachel, Sherry -- over here, please." They both hesitated.
"NOW, bitches!!!!" They both hurried over.
"On your knees.
Both
of you. NOW!!!!" They looked at each other, but complied.
In their little world, women dominated. I think that Sherry and Rachel were so surprised because