Chapter Four
In the transfer sector in the dead of night…
The haunting vision of the girl in bondage at the whipping post won’t quit Sydney’s mind, no matter how she tries to focus on other cases or even her own life—her friends, her boyfriend, her sketching.
When her boyfriend, Jacob, returns home, he’s horny, and she tries to push him away with playful banter. But he is insistent—which makes her think of Melinda’s Samuel and how insistent he must have been to win the girl’s compliance. Jacob moves in behind her as she’s opening the drapes to the evening sunset. A bright vermilion glow washes over her body, while Jacob’s hands run eagerly over her breasts, and along her belly. He kisses her earlobe, then tongues the rim in a leisurely tease. Every nerve in her catches fire. She can f
