Garden of Sins

“Oh, and before you open any of the pictures, unzip my pants, baby.”

Your head snaps back up and you stare at me in disbelief. Your eyes sparkle, anger rising up in them, and your breathing accelerates before tears gather in your eyes once more.

All of a sudden, you are on your feet and smash the cell phone against the wall with force.

“FUCK YOU, CADEN!” you scream at me in tears. “I thought you loved me! What the hell is wrong with you?!” you explode. That’s not good and not polite. Breathing heavily, you stare at me. Motionless, pain, anger, and disappointment dance through your eyes. “Are you trying your best to drive me away?” You are so sweet, Alayna, as if you think you still have a choice.

Without breaking eye contact, I stare at you and feel the anger coursing through my veins, even though you can hardly tell. Maybe you can see it in the spark in my eyes.

“Pick it up,” I demand roughly. Your eyes clearly say Fuck you! yet you pick up the phone. “Give it to me.” Close to crying, you slam it into my hand. “What am I going to do with you, Alayna? You haven’t been a good girl. Maybe we should make it a foursome some time, so you can see how a good girl acts. A live performance. Melissa would certainly take part because she does everything for us, without limits, without thinking, without complaining. She always says: Yes, Carter! Yes, Caden! Okay, Carter. I’ll do whatever you want, Caden. But you… I don’t like that, Alayna.”

You swallow and frown.

“I’m not a puppet, Caden, and if you want Melissa so bad, why don’t you go get her?”

“Really? You’d let me do that? You have no problem with that? Baby, you really are the best.”

You gasp and step away from me towards the garage door. “Fuck you,” you whisper in a trembling voice as you abruptly turn and sprint towards the door. Your shoulders shake because you are close to collapsing.

“Stand still,” I demand with restraint. You actually stop and clench your hands, but you don’t turn to me. “Turn around,” I demand tersely.

“No!” you reply forcefully before continuing. I frown.

What the hell? Are you leaving?

It certainly appears so when you step outside into the sunshine. And now, I’m going to give you a gift, Alayna.

I’m letting you go. For now.