Curved For His Pleasure ( Book 1 in the Gavel Series )

" Dad please don't make me do this, I really don't want to do this...please, PLEASE! " the panic was clear in Carah's voice and her facial expression but Mr Carlon Mitchell wasn't having any of it. " Now Carah it's for charity everyone else's daughters are participating and I would like it if mine were too " I release an exasperated sigh " dad the other three are doing it, isn't that enough? " he slams his fist on his desk and looks up at me " Carah please just do this for me, it's one night, one date with a wealthy bachelor and he donates the money he bid on you to a charity in need, your sisters agreed with no argument, honey come on think of the children at the orphanage " I roll my eyes, he knows right where to hit me when he wants me to agree with something, I love kids and will do anything within reason to help the unfortunate ones. I sit back in the chair across from him " fine dad, but is there a way you can make my date first on the docket so I can get this over with as quickly as possible please " he smiles and sits back in his chair as well " thank you honey, I knew you'd come around. Now go get ready and meet us at the Manor Lounge for 8 30pm " I leave in a huff and as soon as I exit dad's office and have my hand on the doorknob ensuring my swift escape from the house I hear thee single most annoying sound in the world. " Caruuuuuuuuh " I roll my eyes to the heavens as my three sisters descend the staircase and make a beeline for me at the front door. I steady my breathing and turn around to face them, " Carolann, Carene, Carelle how are you, I was just leaving see you guys later " I try to rush out the door but Carene now has her hand pushed flush against it so I can't open it. " Aren't you doing the auction sister " Carolann asks " unfortunately " I reply under my breath. They now have me surrounded and Carelle stretches out my name the way she does and she knows damn well I hate that s**t " Caruuuuuuuuuuh won't you come and get ready with us we should all arrive together and present a united front " I close my eyes and grit my teeth " I don't have any clothes here so I'm just going to go home and get ready and meet you guys there ok " I try to open the door and Carene pushes it back closed, I shake my head waiting for the other shoe to drop. My sisters hate me and I hate them, there's no love between us and the only one who can't or won't see it is my dad. Bless his heart he thinks we can all be one big happy f****d up family. " You knoooow you could come up and try to find something of ours to wear.....I mean that is if you weren't such a fat b***h " Carolann says, I close my eyes and sigh. There it is, what they really came down here and cornered me for. I turn and lay my head against the door, " can you please get your hand off the door so I can leave to get ready for this charity auction.....please " they sneer in unison it seems and Carelle says " she wont even defend herself, she knows she looks terrible and she's accepted it, this isn't fun anymore " I dont engage, I never engage, I've come to realize that when I answer them they just get more hurtful, vicious and vindictive. So I let them insult me till they get tired and then I go cry in my car. Carolann sighs " daddy's greatest disappointment " Carene " just wait until she doesn't even bring in ten dollars tonight " Carelle joins in " we'll just have to make it up between the three of us for daddy won't we " they all walk away laughing and talking about their outfits for tonight. I sigh open the door and run to my car before their evil mother sees me too. I get in my car, lock my doors and rest my head on my steering wheel, I hear a knock on the window and when I look up it's queen b***h herself staring in at me holding an iced coffee and motioning for me to roll the window down. How stupid does she think I am, she's drowned me in iced coffee at least 50 times, i shout and tell her the windows don't work on my old model car I can't open them sorry " gotta go bye " I start my car and right before I move off the entire cup of coffee hits my window. I roll my eyes again and drive off, wave at Lionel the security guard at the gate and pull into traffic. I cant wait to finish school and move far away, start my catering business and leave these people and their bullshit behind. I'll miss my mom and dad. But I can't keep grinning and bearing it I'll lose my s**t and kill one of them. I'm Carah Liegh, 20 years old finishing my last year at community college. I'll be 21 in three days and I can't wait. That makes me legal age to do and be anything I want, especially get away from my dad's evil ass wife and children. My dad is Mr Carlon Mitchell, 3rd richest man in Baulder City. He's married to Merlene Mitchell and they have 3 daughters Carelle 22, Carene 21 and Carolann 20, yup her and I are the same age only difference is months and mothers. My mom was his secretary and a moment of weakness between them cursed me for life. Dad owned up to it and he claimed me from birth, he pays for my education but that's all his wife will allow, so my day to day living and any other expenses fall to me. But I'm not complaining I kinda like it that way, I feel more independent and grounded. His wife and children blame me for everything and have spent the last 20 years letting me know exactly how much they hate me. The forced weekend visits vacations over the past 15 years have been horrible and I learned very quickly that it was better for me to keep my head down and say nothing. I got less torture if I just grinned and bared it. Dad really thinks we can all get along if we try hard " HA! " I shout out in the car. I sigh and turn into the driveway of the small 2 bedroom house mom and I share, dad secretly bought and furnished it cause he was forced to fire mom after Merlene found out about us. It's modest and we love it, it has everything we need and we're not out on the street so I'm grateful. Gotta go inside and find a nice dress and shoes to wear to this stupid auction I have literally zero desire to participate in. Since my sisters are involved I have to pack my b***h encounter kit. I get out a duffle bag and pack a towel, extra clothes and shoes, shampoo, first aid kit and money in case I had to buy something I didn't pack. Over the years my sisters and their mother have taken every opportunity to shame and embarrass me. So I've taken to putting together a bag with all the stuff I might need to counter their attacks. I go thru my closet and come upon the dress my bestie Katrina just gave me to wear on my birthday it was a beautiful gown. Black my favorite color, floor length with a slit up to my knee and a dip between my breasts with spaghetti straps. Thank you Kat you've saved my life yet again, she really is the best friend a girl can have. I remember something and drop a sewing kit in my b***h encounter kit. I hear a ding from my cellphone and when I check it's my bestie Kat " what's up chica " she screams in my ear, I put the phone on speaker and walk around getting myself ready for this stupid benefit auction. " How'd it go hun, did you get him to let you off the hook? " she asks, I sigh and tell her " not even a little bit babe, I have to go and I'm going to have to wear your birthday gift to me, it's literally the nicest dress I have " she sighs and says well at least you'll get a nice dinner out of it, these wealthy bachelors dont eat at dives and diners " I chuckle and admit she's right. " Gonna hit the shower and call you right back Kat " she says ok and we hang up, I took a quick shower and now I'm standing in the mirror looking at myself, towel on hair up in a messy bun. Mom's black and dad's white so I'm a mixture of the 2 with dark caramel colored skin, dad's grey eyes, mom's long curly hair which I've recently dyed blue and purple and I like to cook and eat food so I'm not a size 2. Everyone says I'm beautiful and I'm curvy and they love my skin but all I see is a chubby not sexy at all young woman. I sigh and turn away from the mirror, sit at my little table and start to get ready, last thing I do is shimmy into the dress Kat got me, look I'll admit I look nice. it comes down over my D cups, I don't wear a bra cause.... spaghetti straps, the dip comes right between my breast with just a peekaboo at the sides of my girls, the waist is sinched in like I'm wearing a corset but I'm not and then she just flows to the floor showing a little leg where the slit is. I look decent " Thank you Kat, you always come through even if you dont mean to " gotta get her something awesome for shitmas. I hate Christmas don't judge me, it's a horrible holiday if you're forced to spend it with people who don't want you there. I grab my BEK my little wristlet and head on out the door. " Oh honey you are breathtaking, lemme snap a quick pic to satisfy my motherly needs " I giggle " thanks mom, when did you get in, I didn't hear you " she takes like 15 pics and says " I heard your shower running so I didn't wanna come disturb you, figured I'd wait until you came out " she looks me over and said " some lucky man doesn't know what a treasure he's gonna be bidding on tonight " I roll my eyes " mom I have to get past the b***h squad intact first then well see " a sad look crossed her face and she sighed " If I had known they would make you so miserable I never would've fallen for your father and his charms " shaking her head she starts to wring her hands and I walk over and hold them " mom you couldn't have predicted any of this and I don't and never will blame you, how were you to know that Merlene and her children would turn out to be so hateful " " I'm ok, three more days and I can get as far away from them as I want " she starts to full on cry now at the thought of me leaving town " aw mom I'll be back and I'll visit every holiday and mother's day ok, please don't cry " she takes a deep breath and stands to hug me " ok honey, now go on to that auction and kick auction butt " I laugh on my way out the door and wave bye to her. On my way to the Manor Lounge I hope and pray I'm not placed with my sisters, if I am there's no way I'm getting across that stage unscathed, they'll do their best to make sure I look disheveled and ridiculous tonight. I park at the back so I don't garner the attention of the press covering this event and make my way through the staff entrance saying hello to a few people I know. I ask where the guests are supposed to assemble and a nice usher points me to the main banquet hall where weddings and huge parties are usually kept. I thank him and turn to head over there when I slam into a brick wall and fall right on my ass. I shake my head and a hand stretches out to offer me help getting to my feet, " thank you so much, I'm very sorry I should've paid more attention to where I was going " a deep voice replies " no I'm sorry " he said " please forgive me Miss......" I extend my hand and finally look up to see who I'm talking to " uh Carah..Carah Leigh " I shook his hand and make some dumb excuse about being late and scurry off to the banquet hall. Fuck he's gorgeous, olive skin, broad shoulders, muscular and sexy as hell, beautiful green eyes and black tousled hair like he just rolled out of bed and walked up in the place, lord where was he hiding, that's a beautiful man. I'm flustered and need to cool down for a bit but I make my way through the throng of people looking for my father. I see him backing me talking to a few of his investors and I reach out to tap him on the shoulder " hey dad " he turns and looks me up and down " hey honey you look exceptional, see that wasn't so hard was it " I roll my eyes and tell him I'd be laying low till the auction started. I go out to the balcony that leads to the garden right outside the banquet hall and look out at the night sky, checking my watch I look up, turn around and come face to face with the b***h squad. " Well, well, well if it isn't our bastard sister actually looking like a human tonight " I drop my head and swear under my breath. " Hi guys, I was just going back inside " I say as I try to side step around them and go back inside " ah ah ah " says Carolann blocking my way, next thing I know they have me penned in like a rabbit surrounded by three wolves. " Caruuuuuuuh who lent you this dress, cause I know you couldnt possibly afford it on what you make at that shitty little baker shop you work at " I let out a long breath " it was an early birthday gift from my friend " I reply " don't lie, you don't have any friends, where did you steal it from Caruuuuuuuh " Carolann asks. I duck under Carene's arm and as I near the door to the hall I hear a snip and feel one of my dress straps drop forward. I gasp and look down and sure enough one of those bitches cut my dress strap and the three of them are now laughing and walking away. I refuse to let them see me cry and I walk into the garden and go around the side to reach my car at the back entrance. I open my trunk and get my kit out. They cut it in the middle so I can't stitch it back on, I think quickly and get out a scissors and a lighter. I cut both straps off and burn the frayed edges successfully making the dress strapless. I decide to sit in my car until the auction starts so I don't have to see them again cause God knows they'll try again they realize I fixed it. I rest my head back close my eyes and pray to God this thing goes smoothly. Dad calls me and tells me to get over to his side the auction is starting and his girls are going first and as requested I'm first in line to be auctioned off for this dinner date for charity. I make my way over to dad ignoring my sister's faces when they realize I fixed the dress, chuckling and relishing my small victory I make my way up to the stage and walk into the middle of it beside the MC for the night. " Gentlemen and ladies, if you will direct your attention, wallets and bank accounts to the stage, our first bachelorette is ready. Her name is Miss Carah Leigh, daughter of our fearless leader Mr Carlon Mitchell. She's 20 years old and a soon to be graduate, Miss Leigh enjoys reading and cooking. If I may say so myself she's not too bad on the eyes either isn't she ". A few catcalls and whistles come from in the audience and I blush and drop my head, standing there wringing my hands. " We will start the bidding off at one thousand dollars, can I get one thousand five hundred " a voice from the back of the crowd says " Fifty thousand dollars " causing everyone to gasp and I look over and see my sisters jaws drop. I try to look out into the crowd and see who it is but the lights pointed at the stage have me blinded. " Do I hear fifty thousand five hundred anyone...anyone, going once, going twice, sold to the gentleman at the back of the room " I stand there in shock until someone takes my hand and leads me off the other side of the stage. I dont wait to hear what my sisters outcome is, I head straight to the doors and make my way out to my car. Whoever he is can call me to set up the date as they have all my info on the auction card. I really don't want to be around when my sisters get off the stage. I text my dad and let him know I left early and am on my way home. I know he'll be upset but I don't care, I'm just trying to avoid the B squad. As I unlock my car the same deep voice from before stops me in my tracks " aren't you even going to go meet the man who so generously donated to a cause that your card says is near and dear to your heart? " I turn around and meet those green eyes, " he can call and set up the date whenever he wants, I'll show up. I just have to get away right now, I didn't even want to be here tonight " He grunts " neither did I but I'm kinda enjoying myself now, well nice to meet you Carah, travel safely " I turn to say thank you but he's already gone. Dark and sexy, that's what I'll call him from now on, cause I didn't even have the good sense to ask his name and I've met him twice. I shake my head and get in my car. When I get out of my car and go inside the house my cell dings, it's an unknown number and I open the message. " Can't wait to take you to dinner beautiful, have a good nights sleep " I raised an eyebrow, wondering who he was and what has my dad gotten me into. I get ready for bed and find myself wondering if dark and sexy bid on someone tonight and who the lucky girl was. Before I know it I'm off to dreamland.