Jayden (Aces MC Series Book 4.5) (5 page)

"So can we talk about
personal stuff yet, this is like our second date?" I asked, trying to find
out some information about her. Sam bit the inside of her mouth contemplating
what I'd asked, "Well while you contemplate your answers, I'm going to
talk about myself. I've booked you for the hour and I'm going to have you for
the hour." I stated lying on the bed with my hands placed under my head as
I looked up at the ceiling.
"I'm the eldest of four children, and have a younger brother called Tyler
and twin sisters called Paige and Chloe. I'm twenty-two and enlisted in the
army at eighteen, after my training I was deployed to various places but my
last stint was in Afghanistan. I was engaged to be married but the very person
who was supposed to love me unconditionally dumped my arse when I lost my leg
in an accident at work. I've spent four months in rehabilitation learning to
walk again and have only just come back home after not telling anyone about my
injury apart from my sister Paige." I turned my head to look at Sam to see
her shocked expression, "So whatever your life holds babe, it can't be any
worse than that."
"Whoa, that's some story."
"Not a story, just my fucked up life. Okay, your turn." I rolled onto
my side to face her.
"Well I have only one sibling, she's seventeen and her name's Jasmine but
I call her Jazz. She's the most beautiful person in the world, inside and
out." I saw her smile as she spoke about her sister as I would Paige.
"So how did you become a working girl?" I asked genuinely intrigued
what would entice such a pretty young woman to work as a prostitute.
She glanced at her watch, "It's nearing the end of your time you'd better
start thinking about going."
She was right, it was a shame I'd only booked her for an hour. I'd have to book
a longer session in future or even better ask her out.
"Would you like to meet up for a drink?" I asked hopeful that she'd
want to come.
Her eyes widened and I mentally kicked myself knowing that I'd over stepped the
mark. She was lost for words again, her mouth bobbed up and down as she tussled
with what she wanted to say like she did the first time I'd met her. I felt
like a fool, I'd obviously read all the wrong signs. "That's fine babe,
look I'm gonna make a move, and I'll book you sometime later in the week."
"No Jayden please don't go like this, things are just...they're just
complicated at the moment."
"Do you have a boyfriend?" I asked wanting to know how big the
rejection had been.
She shook her head, "No I don't have a boyfriend it's nothing like that,
I've just got stuff to sort out. It's complicated to explain, you're just gonna
have to trust me."
I stood and collected my clothes throwing them onto the bed so I could sort
through. I tried to make the rejection look like it hadn't bothered me but it
stung inside. She'd obviously enjoyed the sex, she'd fucking cum both times
we'd fucked so I couldn't be that bad, and she'd also said that it wasn't
always like that with punters so she'd left me a little confused. I pulled on
my clothes conscious of the time and placed her money on the end of the bed.
I turned to Sam, "Thanks for a great time."
"Jayden please don't go like this, I really wish I could explain but I
can't." Sam bowed her head and looked at the floor with a sad expression.
I placed my finger under her chin and lifted her head so I could see her
beautiful face, "I'm fine Sam and you don't need to explain
anything."
"Can I see you again?" she asked almost pleading.
"Of course, I'll be in touch." I leaned in and placed a soft kiss on
her cheek.

I left her room and casually
walked through the lobby not wanting to draw attention to myself although
management were probably aware of the comings and goings of this establishment.
There weren't many places where you could rent a hotel room by the hour. I was
pulled from my thoughts by the vibrating in my pocket and removed my iPhone to
see that CJ was calling me. Swiping the screen, I glanced around the lobby
looking for a comfortable place to sit.
"What's up CJ?"
"Are you okay to talk?" I knew what he was referring to and ignored
his comment.
"Yeah, go on!"
"Well the family need a bit of muscle and want to offer you a couple of
weeks work if you're interested?"
"Doing what?" I noticed Sam exit the lift and adjust her clothing feeling
slightly uncomfortable in the tight dress she was wearing as she made her way
across the lobby.
"This and that, you know collecting money, offering a bit of
protection." CJ was being blasé about the whole situation and I realised
it was because we were on an unsecure line.
"Yeah count me in." I followed Sam's eye line and saw her eyes widen
as the bloke I'd had an altercation with yesterday walked into the lobby.
I noticed a short exchange of words before he grabbed her under the arm and
yanked her towards the main exit. I jumped to my feet and surged forward trying
not to gain too much attention to myself as I briskly walked through the lobby
not knowing what to expect. As I exited the building, I saw her get into a
brand new Range Rover, "CJ are you still there?" I asked hopefully.
"I thought you'd start talking eventually." He sniggered.
"I don't have time for this shit, I need you to run a check on a vehicle.
Do you think you can do that?" I asked impatiently.
 "Of course I can. Just text me the registration but I may need a couple
of days."
"That's fine."
"Anything I should know about?"
"I hope that it's just me worrying about nothing but I may need to trust
my gut feeling on this one. What do you know about a guy called Spyder? He
possibly works for that bloke you mentioned...Jackal."
"Doesn't mean anything at the moment but I'll dig for information."
"Thanks mate, I'd appreciate your help on this." I knew CJ was the
one to turn to regarding finding out information about people, he'd been doing
it for the club for years.
"Is it regarding the hooker?"
"Sam, her name's Sam!" I replied abruptly pacing the pavement
agitated.
"Okay, okay! Is it regarding Sam?"
"Yeah, I think she's in trouble."

Sam

"Put the fucking blindfold on
before I make you." Spyder was annoyed with me and I didn't know why. In
the past, I was able to calm him down but these days his aggression towards me
was becoming unbearable. I folded the material making sure it wasn't too large
to cover all of my visibility and tied it at the back of my head. This was the
ritual every day when the girls were taken back to the house, and this had been
my life for the past two years.
"Have I done something to upset you?" I asked but knew I should've
kept my mouth shut. Spyder wasn't in the right frame of mind to be reasoned
with but I at least felt I needed to try.
"Did you enjoy fucking army boy?"
"Army boy?" I asked, not understanding his question.
Crack! My head jolted sideways as his fist made contact with my cheek. I let
out a squeal and flung my hand to my face holding it to try and ease some of
the pain.
"Don't try and act all innocent with me, you know full well what I'm
talking about."
I didn't respond, I couldn't see his face but I knew from his tone that he was
pissed off so there was no point in arguing. I'd done everything that he'd
asked of me over the years, I'd been taken against my will, held to ransom, had
my families lives threatened and had been put to work having sex with strangers
in order for him to feed his habit and lifestyle. Never once had I tried to
escape or make contact with anyone about my situation, and this is how he was
repaying me. Spyder was top dog, this was his operation. He had his two
henchmen, Jackal and Pyet who were the enforcers but never had Spyder bothered
with any of the other girls. He'd taken it upon himself to drop me off and pick
me up from every client that he could, I assumed it was just safety reasons but
I had a horrible feeling that he may now want more.

I sat in silence for the remainder
of the journey, I didn't want to antagonise him. My face was starting to swell
from the contact of his fist, I moved my jaw from side to side there was
nothing broken but it stung like a bitch.
I felt the Range Rover slow down and park up, and knew that we were home. I
sniggered to myself, home! I used that word loosely, this wasn't home this was
a fucking prison, I was in my own worse nightmare.
I heard Spyder leave the vehicle and jumped when he yanked open the door and
grabbed me aggressively, dragging me from my seat. I scrambled around trying to
find my footing but he increased the pressure and pulled me across the gravel.
On entering the building, I looked around trying to make things out through the
gap I'd purposely left. I wasn't sure of the time but I could hear that some of
the girls were back already as their idle chit chat could be heard from the
corridor.

Spyder pulled the material from my
head yanking my hair in the process, I placed my hands at the back of my head
trying to free the material but he pulled hard taking a clump of my hair with
it. "Ahhh!" I screamed from the pain and thrashed around trying to
get free. I opened my eyes to see the scared faces of the other girls as they
watched in horror and almost sympathy but not one of them came to help me.
Spyder still had hold of my arm and surged forward throwing me onto one of the
dirty mattresses on the cold concrete. I bounced from the force and scrambled
around trying to claw at the floor to get some leverage to possibly get away.
Spyder grabbed at my legs and pulled me further down the mattress, he moved his
hands quickly to my ankles as I kicked hard trying to get free but he was too
strong. My nails broke as I dug them into the ground, I hadn't realised but I
was crying hard struggling to breath from the fear of what he was going to do
to me.
He flipped me over, "Stop it, get off me!" I screamed still flinging
my legs around trying to shake him off. I looked around the room franticly
trying to rally some support but my efforts were futile, the girls simply
looked away not wanting to make eye contact or cause a scene through fear of
being next. I had never felt so alone although I was in a room full of people.
I couldn't rely on anyone else, I needed to do this myself. I leaned forward
pounding on his chest and clawed at his face, the feeling of his skin under what
nails I had left gave me a small feeling of victory as I knew this would annoy
him. If he was going to do this and take what was not his to have, then I wasn't
going to allow him to have it so easily. I'd fight with everything I had, he
had already taken my dignity and pride so I didn't have much left anyway but
I'd try and protect this from him for as long as possible.
"You fucking bitch!"
Crack!

The room became hazy, and my eyes
struggled to open, I could hear a commotion around me but everything was
playing out in slow motion in my dazed state. My body felt like it was being
tugged, moved around but I couldn't do anything to stop it happening, all my
energy had been zapped from my body. I could hear whimpering but couldn't
locate where it was coming from or who was upset.

I must have dozed off, I woke with
a scare and could see faces in the shadows trying to talk to me and rouse me
from my sleep. I had an uncomfortable feeling below my waist and I was struggling
to open one of my eyes. I had only ever experienced pain like this once before,
when I'd been beaten because I naively helped one of the women to escape. I
learned very quickly and had since done everything asked of me.
"Sam, try and drink some of this." My head was lifted and something
was placed at my lips, before I knew it cold refreshing water was being poured
into my mouth. I swallowed hard, noticing how dry my throat felt and gulped as
I took in the liquid.
"That's enough, don't give her too much." I heard another voice say.

I tried to move my head but it
spun making me dizzy. "Babe you need to rest, you've been beaten quite
bad."
I moved my hand to the side of my face where a lot of the pain was coming from,
I could feel that my cheek and eye socket were badly swollen. I needed to get
up, I wanted to inspect the damage and then decide what I was going to do.
My right eye had now acclimatised to the darkness and I was able to see who had
come to my aid, Becky and Lisa were fussing around me with concern on their
faces.
"I'm okay, honestly I just need to get to the bathroom and assess the
damage." They glanced at each other briefly before bowing their heads.
"What's gone on girls, you know you can tell me anything?" I
whispered reaching out to rest my hands on their legs. I'd looked out for these
girls, they'd been with us for a couple of months now and they were both barely
sixteen but they reminded me so much of Jasmine that I wanted to protect them.
"Spyder was so angry with you Sam, what did you do?"
I wracked my brains trying to think of what I may have done in order to annoy
him but I just couldn't think of anything. I had never refused a punter despite
some of them being revolting and I had never stolen any money from him like
some of the other girls had done so I couldn't understand why he was being so
aggressive towards me.
"He mentioned army boy, several times. Who's army boy?" Becky asked
holding my hand.
I felt my tummy tighten at the mention of him but quickly gained my composure. "He's
just a punter, I've seen him twice like Spyder asked me to." I shuffled my
bum back slightly so I could sit up, and moved my hand to my stomach as I felt
a pulling sensation.
Lisa moved to my side and helped me, I gave her a reassuring smile trying to
portray that I was feeling better than I actually was.
"So what happened to me, I must have fallen asleep or been knocked out of
something." The two girls looked at each other and Becky bit her lip
indicating that she didn't want to talk. I glanced down at my attire and
noticed I was naked apart from a bed sheet that had been pulled tightly around
me. My clothes were beside me on the ground, I picked up my dress to see that
it had been ripped to shreds and then flash backs of my ordeal came swimming
back.
Lisa shook her head, "He brutally raped you Sam, I'm pleased he knocked
you out in away because you would've put up a fight and there's no saying what
he would've done then."
"He was possessed, I've never seen him like that before." Becky
placed her hand on my arm and rubbed it reassuringly.
"I'm only sorry for not helping, I wanted to, believe me I wanted to but
no one was prepared to help us." I looked at the two girls and smiled. I
knew what had happened to me, without even looking I knew I had bruising
between my legs because of the pain but what I was surprised about was that out
of all the women in the room only Becky and Lisa were prepared to help me last
night.
"You don't need to apologise girls, I know in here that you would've done
anything to protect me." I banged my chest with a clenched fist. "I
need to get up girls, will you help me?"
They nodded and placed their hands on my arms and in my armpit to help me balance
and get to my feet. Becky bent down to retrieve the sheet and helped to wrap it
around me to cover my modesty, not that it mattered after everything being on
show last night.
I hobbled to the bathroom ignoring the pitying looks from the other women, they
had no right to talk or even look at me after their lack of support last night.
I wouldn't care if I thought I'd receive the hiding of a life time, if I saw
someone being raped and savagely attacked I would do everything within my power
to help them.
"Thank you girls, I'll take it from here." They smiled and stopped in
their tracks allowing me to go into the bathroom alone. In here, I was able to
turn on the light and see the extent of the damage caused by the beating. The
bruising had already come out and my face looked a mess from the swelling, I
removed the sheet and looked at my body noticing every mark left from the
assault including the bruising between my thighs. I still didn't understand why
he would want to hurt me, if I was one of his most regularly used girls. I
obviously couldn't be sent to work now looking like this, punters wouldn't pay
money for girls looking like crack addicts and that their pimp had just beaten
the shit out of them or was that his plan? If I couldn't work then I wouldn't
be seeing 'army boy', which I think, would please him. I felt a fluttering
sensation in my stomach and knew it was regarding Jayden. I sighed as I pulled
the sheet up to cover my body, I'd already seen enough.