Chapter Thirteen
“Alexa, your driver’s here,” Cindy from the animal rescue said.
Alexa nodded and waved before running down the sidewalk and out to the car. She was anxious to get to Gavin. She didn’t like being away from him for long.
She stopped halfway to the when a man she didn’t know opened the back door like Manny, her driver, would do.
“Who are you?” she asked.
“My name’s Thomas. Your other driver was busy, so Mr. Barcina asked me to pick you up.”
“Gavin told me to only go with Manny, so I think I should call him.”
The driver nodded. “That’s fine, miss, but I’ve got another person to drive, and I don’t want to be late.”
“Oh. Maybe…”
“I could be fired for being late,” he said.
Now she felt bad. “I’m sorry.” She walked to the car and patted the man’s hand. “I wouldn’t want to cause you to get in trouble.”
“Thank you, miss.”
She was confused by the look in the man’s eyes. It almost looked like regret, but she couldn’t understand why. Not until she slid into the dark interior of the vehicle, and he closed the door behind her. It took her a moment to notice the man on the seat across from her and scream. It was the evil man from the auction who creeped her out.
The car started going, but she lunged toward the door handle and yanked.
The man laughed. “It’s locked, dear.”
She crept as far away from him as she could. “What do you want?”
He shrugged. “I just mainly wanted you and that bastard to know I could get to you easily.”
“But why would you want to?” she asked.
“Because I don’t like being defeated, and that bastard Barcina took something from me.”
“Like what? I’m not that special.”
He chuckled. “It’s not you per se. It’s your innocence and that cherry that I know he took.”
She felt bile creep up her throat. “This is all about my virginity?”
“Yes. There’s nothing like taking a woman for the first time.” He closed his eyes and smiled.
Oh, God, the man was crazy. “Do you do that a lot?”
“As much as I can.”
“Do they want you to?”
“Maybe a few.”
“So, you r … rape the others?”
“Yes.”
“How can you get away with that?” she cried out.