Coretta didn’t hesitate in answering. “I had to fulfill a previous order, sir.”
That seemed to somewhat placate Thomas. His voice lost its sharp edge, but his mood was still cloudy. “Leave us.”
Coretta bowed her head and softly shut the door.
Thomas motioned for me to follow and I shuffled the short distance into his special dungeon, the one that he jealousy guarded, in which he would take others to torture. I had finally gotten in with Marisa, but I was only a sideshow then. Now, I got the feeling that I was the main event.
“I wanted to do you in this place at least once,” he said. “Before events overtake us and you’re no longer available.”
That stopped me in my tracks. Gisele held my secret, and Hilary too I think, but it wasn’t in Gisele’s interest to blab, and Hilary was constantl
