I take hold of his right hand and start with the pinky. The smallest of all the fingers. I press the other ones back and place it between the blades of the cutter, and squeeze. The movement pulls the blades together. The first squeeze cuts through the flesh, but now I have to do the bone. So I squeeze again until I remove the digit. I move quickly, catching it before it falls to the floor as blood pours from the wound.
“Nine more to go,” I tell him, showing him the pinky, using the bleeding end of it and smearing the crimson liquid on his face before tossing the finger to the floor.
I continue on with the others. One by one. At one point he passes out from the pain, and I take a page out of Luca’s book and stab him in the shoulder. His body jerks awake, and I get back to work.
Once I’m done with the fingers, I step off the stool and roll my shoulders, slow and deliberate, working out the kinks.
My eyes drift over to Luca and I see the shape Abraham is in. I was so caught up in my torture that I never noticed he had removed the sock from his mouth and cut his tongue out, along with removing his lips.
My eyes drift lower, taking in the carnage he’s inflicted on the man, and I have to say I am thoroughly impressed. How he’s still breathing is a mystery.
“I wanted to drag this out,” I tell the son. “but I have better places to be. However, there’s one more thing that has to go before I kill you.”
He lifts his head with effort as his eyes plead with me to stop. His skin is pale from all the blood loss, but he still has more to be purged from his body before I’m done with him.
I take hold of his flaccid cock; he’s so weak at this point he doesn’t have any strength to fight.
“You know what comes next? Don’t cha.”
I place his cock in the cutters and clamp down, once, twice, and then a final time. I could’ve done it with one go, but, I wanted to drag out that pain just a little bit. I drop the appendage to the floor and I hear the three men behind me groan in pain.
“Fuck, I felt that,” one of them says.
“Luca, I’m done with this one,” I say as I drop the cutters to the floor, pick up the discarded knife, and stab him repeatedly in the stomach before plunging the knife into his heart, leaving it there.
By the time I step back, both men are hanging limp from the chains.
I step over to the table and pick up a towel and wipe the blood from my hands. I’ll use my room here to take a shower and change clothes before I leave.
“We just need to take them to Cassie to dispose of them permanently. Then I’ll get some prospects to clean up the mess down here,” I tell Luca, who’s cleaning his hands as well. “You can get a change of clothes from me and a shower in one of the empty rooms.”
Hank steps forward. “I’ll handle the bodies.”
I just stand there for a moment. Stunned and thankful for his offer.
“Just let Vee know I’m sorry,” Hank adds quietly. “About what happened.”
I know he is, and fuck, I wish he would’ve gotten his head right earlier. But I think what happened to Vee scared something inside of him. I step over to him and place my hand on his shoulder.
“If you love her, Hank… really love her… then prove it to her.”
Hank doesn’t look away. Not even when Luca steps up beside me.
“But don’t do it unless you can accept that wanting her means accepting everything that comes with her,” Luca speaks up. “Including her having a relationship with Luke and Doc. She’s suffered enough pain for you to worm your way back into her good graces, only to not be able to share.”
With those final words, Luca turns and heads to the door. “I’ll meet you upstairs,” he calls out to me.
Silence fills the room again.
Hank takes a deep breath. “I do love her. I fucked up. I’m not sure about the sharing, but I’m willing to try. To work on myself. But I’ll honor her wishes.”
I squeeze his shoulder once more, and then I turn and walk out of the basement without another word. It’s time to be with my woman.
Chapter 38
Vee
Myeyesflutteropen,and I feel cocooned in a blanket of warmth as I gaze up at the ceiling. The sheets are tangled around my legs, but it’s the large bodies nestled tightly to my body that has me smiling.
