Too much
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It was daddy asking about me coming home late. "You ok kid?"
" I'm fine, just working over." I texted back.
" Night." He said.
I wasn't used to daddy being protective of me, it had been a very long time. I liked it.
" Love you." I sent back.
Oh s**t, I sent that to Charles.
I quickly sent a follow up text, seeing he viewed it so quickly.
" That was for daddy, sorry...oops!"
I was so tired I didn't see the reply until morning.
" Most women do." Charles responded.
"Hey, I said that was for my dad, sorry wrong chat." I burst his bubble.
He text right back. "I'm sure, I'm mean after that kiss, I thought you were head over heels."
I sent him a poo imoge.
" Lunch today?" He asked.
" Personal or professional?" I responded.
" If I told you I would have to kill you squirt."
I sent one word," No."
He sent one word,"Professional."
" Ok, see you around 1pm?"
He sent thumbs up.
When I got to work my inbox was full. Lana had piled several new tasks on my shoulders.
I sent her an email,"Is this a test?"
She sent several more emails with tasks to complete by the days end.
I must have gotten on her shittier list, I think I was always on her s**t list.
1pm flew by, then 2pm, and 3pm. It was 6pm by the time I made it to the vending machine for dinner.
My phone email was full of new messages. I tried to get through them all. Charles asked me if I was ready to go, that was at 1245pm. I sent him an apology.
"Sorry, been caught up in my work. Make it up to you later." I said.
He texted me two thumbs up. The dreaded FU sign.
I ate some chips and a coffee and finished my messages.
It was 9pm.
I drove my dad's car today, so much for my carbon foot print.
By the time I got home, I lay down on my couch and drifted off.
My phone rang.
" I want to see you, can you come to my apartment?" Charles called me.
" I'm so exhausted, can I take a rain check?" I asked, yawning as I got off the couch and went to bed.
" Let me come to you then, what room is yours? I'll climb the lattice up." He teased.
" Mmm...no good. I'm in the pool house now." I closed my eyes again.
When I opened them, Charles was in my room, lying next to me in my bed.
" What the hell?" I cried startled by him.
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"Quiet now, I paid very well for you Josephine." The man's hand was warm, he covered my mouth. I tried to see his face, he looked fierce like a warrior in a movie I watched once.
His hair was long, light brown, sun kissed. It was in a bun in the back with curly tendrils lying around his shoulders.
He held my weak body effortlessly. His eyes were nearly black. I felt fear. What did he plan to do to me.
The tall man, my previous captor yelled to him,"Manuel! Wait!" He ran towards us.
Manuel cussed quietly under his breath, I felt him tense up. I thought he was going to give me back to the murderer.
I tried to fight him, to scream and kick, "I'm not going back, hell no!"
Suddenly a needle to my arm again. My former captor wanted to be sure I was compliant with my new owner. "There, there angel, daddy will take you home now. Buenos Suertes amigo." He said to Manuel.
I heard Manuel say under his breath,"Touch her again and I'll slaughter you you sick fuck."
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Charles covered my mouth. "Quiet, your daddy will shoot me." He laughed.
I nodded and snuggled closer to him.
He stroked my hair.
" I want to make love to you again, show you how to enjoy it." He admitted.
I smacked his arm.
" Stop teasing me."
" Jo, I can't stop thinking about that night, you were a virgin. I'm sure you didn't enjoy it."
" Charles Hudson you big flirt. You are spoken for."
He kissed me then. It was very sweet and tender.
" I am all that and you like me anyway." He said.
" Well, if I was your girlfriend I would be pissed if you were hitting on an old flame, or whatever we were back then? Just a convenient hook up."
He kissed me again.
" Don't talk about the real world, we can have tonight." He tried to rationalize this thing we felt for eachother.
" You are very bad, so bad Mr. Hudson." I swatted his butt.
He kissed my neck and pulled my hips to his.
" Just be quiet Jo."
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"Be quiet Josephine. Don't make a sound. I'm going to have to gag you aren't I?"
Manuel could hear me moaning. I was with Charles, not here in Mexico. I grabbed his strong arms.
" No gag, I'm sorry...please..water."
He gave me a big drink of cool water, then removed my clothes. I was naked and chained to his bed now.
"So beautiful, what did that asshole do to you my pet. Filling you with drugs?"
He kissed my dry lips. "Do not fear me, I have plans for you. You will be my wife. Yes, I will clean you up and make you my wife. I see you are very special."
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Charles moved my shirt up, up over my head and kissed my inner arm as he moved lower to my breasts, taking care to tenderly love each one, plying me with hot kisses.
Manuel flashed into my vision. He was doing these things to me now. No! I wanted it to be Charles, not him.
I knew it wasn't Charles, he never visited me in the pool house, my mind made him come to me there, make love to him there, not this big warrior.
" Shhh...Quiet now. I'm going to make love to you often my pet. I will show you how to please me.
Do not cry, please sweet Josephine. No tears. Let your body feel the pleasure I am giving you now."
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Charles stroked my inner thighs and whispered love words to me.
The hard thrust of him entering me suddenly shocked me back to Mexico.
I was crying now, big tears.
"No Josephine, I am him your lover Charles. Close your eyes pretty girl. Love me now. I am Charles."
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I let Charles love me there in the pool house. It was what we both wanted.
He told me he had been thinking of me like this here, alone in my bed.
I kind of felt bad for Lana.
"What about your fiance?" I asked as Charles held me in the after glow of our love making.
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" Shhh..sleep my pet, sleep. No questions."I drifted back to my previous life, the one I needed to think of, not this one, not Mexico.
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The weeks went by, Lana piled more and more work on my shoulders. I stayed late and came in early.
It was taking a toll on me. I felt my eye twitching from sleep exhaustion.
Then, after weeks of floundering in my new hell, I was called up to her executive office.
As I entered the room, I saw the woman from human resources there as well.
Lana stood and motioned for me to sit.
I plopped down in a big, over stuffed leather chair.
" This is very, very serious I'm afraid." Said Linda, from HR.
I sat forward and smiled.
" Ok, what can I do to help?" I had no clue, none whatsoever.
" Well, honestly...I'm sorry Miss Brennan, I'm afraid we need to part ways. Your productivity standards are very, very low.
It's like you are delegating everything to your assistant, I mean...you have really burdened her with too many projects.
She has been in my office three times this past week, in tears of frustration."
I wasn't aware until just this very second that Lana Hill had planned to fire me.
I stood up and brushed off my skirt.
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