I can’t get there fast enough and he throws the door wide.
Four men walk in. One’s tall and lean with pockmarked skin, his neck crawling with prison tats. Another’s missing two fingers. One drags a baseball bat across the tile with a softscrape-scrape.And the last is big. Not gym big. County big. Solid. Silent.
My blood goes cold.
Bobby claps his hands. “Alright, guys. Let’s have some fun!”
Charlotte’s still standing there. Oblivious.
Goddamn,dumb little thing doesn’t even know she needs someone to babysit her. I quit watching and look what happened.
But it’s too late now. I’ve already done the math on exits.
I’m inside. I’m boxed in.
And Charlotte?
She just invited hell inside her fucking home.
“Grayson, man! This where you been?” the tattooed guy says, his teeth crooked, the rings on his fingers catching the overhead light.
Country boy scans the room, already making himself at home. “Nice place... sort of.”
Then he spots her.
His chin juts toward the hallway. “Who’s that snack?”
I follow his line of sight.
Charlotte didn’t hide.
Crossed arms under her tits, which only push them higher, and cheeks flushing pink like she’s either flattered or nervous.
She should be scared.
I force my voice flat. “That’s Piggy. Don’t let her innocent face fool you, her cunt stinks. She gets around.”
Charlotte scoffs under her breath. I’m sure her insecure self will ask later if I meant it.
I don’t look at her. I can’t. I want to scream at her to cover up. Hide.
This is what I get. The only girl I ever let myself want. Let myself pretend was mine. And now, I’m about to watch her get torn apart.
Bobby chuckles. “Hey, hey, hey. Don’t be cruel to my new little peach. Come here, sweety.”
He pats the couch like he’s callingover a dog.
And like agoddamn fool, she goes.
Her eyes flick to me, begging me to say something, to do something, to reassure her she didn’t fuck up.
I give her nothing except: “Piggy. Don’t. Go to your room.”
She hesitates.
The men laugh.
The tattooed man whistles. “This ain’t no child, bro. That’s a whole meal, barely able to stand with those tits weighing her down.”
