He wasn’t phased, just scrutinizing me with caution.
As he should have been.
“I was under the impression…” I said while taking one step toward him. “…that he was orphaned when mommy and daddy were gunned down after a play. Imagine my surprise to find out that, not only does he have two parents, but that you’re running some sort of father-son sex slave ring.”
His only answer was a sneer, so I squirted him in the face.
“This isn’t just for cleansing, by the way. I never got around to telling you this, but Ilovegames. We’re going to have a little interrogation and every time you lie, I’m going to squirt you in the face.”
“Come on, this is ridiculous—”
“But, I must warn you,” I interrupted with a waggle of my index finger. “The stakes get higher. Once I run out of water, things get… serious.”
Callen pulled against the restraints with a series of curses and vein bulging. To no avail, of course.
“I can’t wait any longer. The anticipation is literally killing me!” With zero shame in my hustler game, I plopped my ass on Callen’s lap and did a little wiggle against his groin. “Let’s get started.”
I aimed the gun and let loose an assault of water straight into Callen’s ear. After two or three, he nearly jumped out of his skin with a bunch of angry sputtering.
“Woof! I’d ask if that’s what you sound like in bed, buuut I already knowwhat sort of nasty grunts you make.”
“Get off of me,” he ground out.
“What was that?“ I cuffed my ear for emphasis and wrapped my other arm around his neck. “You want me to get off on you? It’s kind of rude to ask a lady to take care of herself, but if that’s what you’re into—“
“Who are you, you psycho bitch?”
“You don’t remember me?” I said in mock offense.
“I’ve never seen you a day in my life.
“Well that’s where you’re wrong. You don’t have to worry about that yet. I have plenty of blasts from the past to help jog your memory.”
I hopped off of Callen’s lap and went back over to the table where all the fun shit was laid out like a serial killer buffet.
Luci?I thought.If you can hear me, I really need to talk to you. So, yeah. Please find me?
There was a sheet covering my grand display, but I didn’t want to reveal it quite yet. I wanted to wait for Luci to show up. If he would forgive me enough to do so.
“Right now” I said to outloud, “My water gun is full of holy water. I have some things I want to know, and if you lie to me when you answer, I’ll know. Then I’ll squirt you. It’s all fun and games until I run out of water.“
I pulled a few more flasks out of my bag and lined them up on the table. Each was made of different material to be sure they could contain the liquid inside of them. A piece of blue painters tape was stuck across the front of each with the contents scrolled in my abysmal handwriting.
I stood off to the side and waved my hand dramatically in front of them like I was that hot bitch on Wheel of Fortune. My collection ranged from chemicals as harmless as peroxide to acids that would eat through flesh in a matter of seconds.
I was expecting horror. Terror. Begging. Instead, Callen’s face said he was ready to call my bluff.
“What is this about?” he asked.
“Well I can’t just give you the answer. What sort of fun would that be? So, Callen, truth, or dare?”
He spent the first thirty seconds trying to kill me with his stare before he finally growled, “Dare.” The defiance was meant to intimidate me, maybe even to throw me off.
It only made me ready to play.
“So be it. Dany, I dare you to hurt Joe’s daddy.” I pulled the knife from the sheath at my thigh and stabbed it into the top of Callan’s left hand.
But Callen? He wasn’t so easily unnerved.
