To Redemption (Whitsborough Chronicles Book 4)

by C. A. Rene

  “You did. When she told you what she saw your mother doing, you set everything in motion with your reaction, and then you taped it for insurance.”

  Her head slumps forward and Vin brings in a struggling older version of Marlana. He throws her down in the chair next to Marlana and I watch as she struggles to stay upright.

  “Is she drunk?” I ask Vin.

  “No, I found a needle and some other shit on the bed beside her. She’s a fucking junkie.”

  Tonya’s bleached blonde hair is severely damaged and standing straight on her head in a frizzy mess. Her face still has remnants of makeup that looks at least a few days old and her skin is an unnatural orange colour.

  Her head keeps falling forward and each time she struggles to pull it back up. I slap her too for good measure and watch as she literally flies off the chair and hits the floor. Her cheap faux silk robe flies open and I get a view of the hairiest, loosest looking pussy I have ever seen.

  I gag and point to her, “please tie her to the chair too.” I gag again, “I don’t want to see that again.”

  Vin heartily laughs as he picks up the junkie and slams her back into the chair. Between my slap and Vin jostling, she seems to have sobered up.

  “Vincent.” Tonya’s eyes widen and then they narrow on him with a blatant look of lust. “Gosh you filled out.”

  “Ew.” I gag again as her legs open and her robe falls open. “Hurry and tie her up. Tie those legs together, too.”

  Vin is still chuckling as he wraps the rope around her and secures it tight.

  “What’s going on?” She slurs and looks at me. “Who are you?”

  She still has yet to notice her daughter who is sitting right next to her. I shake my head at her with disgust. I don’t bother to answer because we have more pressing matters to talk about.

  “What kind of deal did you have with Robert Greene and coach Halbert?” I ask her.

  Surprisingly, she’s lucid enough to answer, “I fucked them both for a price.” She grins like it’s something to be proud of.

  Marlana begins to squirm, making noises behind her gag and her mother dearest finally sees that her offspring is tied to a chair.

  “See your daughter?” I ask her as I grab a handful of Marlana’s hair and tug her head back. “I will begin to hurt her if you don’t answer my questions honestly and quickly. Understand?”

  “Yes.” Tonya nods her head.

  “Good.” I nod and release the god awful cabbage head. “Now, what was your deal with Robert Greene and Halbert?”

  “I was both Robert’s and Halbert’s and when they wanted me I would have to go. I also brought them other ladies to enjoy.”

  “Now we’re getting somewhere.” I crouch down in front of her and Marlana screams through her gag. “Were these ladies willing?”

  Her eyes roll around for a bit and she looks to her daughter, “uh…”

  “Let me remind you,” I pull the knife from my pocket. “I will not hesitate to hurt your filthy bitch of a daughter.”

  “Okay.” She licks her dry, chapped lips and nods. “No, they didn’t always know what I was bringing them into.”

  “Were they all of age?”

  “Yes.” She nods. “I only brought them women.”

  “What about Shay?” I raise a brow at her. “Wasn’t she just a young girl when you stuck Halbert on her?”

  Her eyes widen and she turns her head quickly to Marlana. “You told them?”

  Marlana rolls her eyes and her head tips back.

  “She didn’t actually,” I twirl my knife in my hand. “But she was blackmailing her with the actual video of the rape. Did you know that?”

  Her mouth clamps shut and she looks at her daughter.

  “No answer?” I make sure the excitement I feel about hurting her daughter is evident.

  I stand up and grab onto Marlana’s ugly ass hair again and slice through it with my knife. Really close to the scalp. Then I hold up the large chunk and throw it at her mother’s face. Marlana is screaming through the rag and she’s a crying, snotty mess. Her mother gasps and tries to struggle against the rope holding her.

  “Still no answer?” I say to her as I grab her daughter’s chin to tip her head back. As soon as the tip of my blade touches Marlana’s throat, Tonya finally opens her mouth.

  “Yes! I knew! I knew!”

  “Why would you be bothered that a high school girl knew you were a prostitute?” I ask her.

  “I didn’t care, it was Robert that told me to make sure it stayed quiet. He didn’t want anyone finding out he was fucking whores. He told me to make sure no one ever found out. I could’ve killed her, she got off easy.”

  “Welp lady, now you’ve done it.” Vin chuckles from his seat at the kitchen table. Is he eating a fucking apple?

  “Easy?” I hiss at her. “You think rape is easy huh?” This time I have her coarse, frizzy hair in my grip and I pull her head back. My knife rests against her jugular and I press it into her skin.

  “It’s better than being dead.” Tonya pants as she tries to stay still.

  “Is that why it was so easy for you to rape Travis when he was just a child?”

  Marlana’s head twists around and she’s staring at her mother with shock in her eyes. It could be an act but to me it looks genuine. Marlana didn’t know what her mother did to Travis.

  “I had no choice.” She whispers.

  “We all have choices in life.” I bring my face in closer. “You enjoyed what you did to him.”

  She doesn’t answer or try to dispute me and in her defence I’m not asking, I’m making a statement.

  “So, I have a problem with that. I also have a problem with your daughter and her amateur porn filming ambitions. But you have to pay for what you’ve done, the damage you inflicted on other women, what you did to that young boy, and how you raised your daughter to believe rape and extortion are normal.” I flip my knife in my hand and then with it gripped tight, I stab it down into Tonya’s thigh.

  Marlana looks at her mother’s leg with wide eyes and begins to frantically shake her head. Her mother for the most part is calm but I have a feeling the drugs she shot into her system is dulling the pain and controlling the panic.

  Vin throws the eaten apple core over Marlana’s head and it lands in her lap. I roll my eyes and give him a pointed look. He shrugs his shoulders and leans in his chair, licking his plump lips as he watches me.

  Tonya begins to whine and I see there’s quite a bit of blood pouring out of her thigh, she’ll probably die if we don’t get her to the hospital.

  Shame.

  Marlana begins to cry again and I bend down to look her in the face.

  “Your mother, Robert Greene, and coach Halbert were part of a rape ring here in Whitsborough. I’m going with my gut here and choosing to believe you didn’t know. This will be your one chance to prove to me that you can comply and you are capable of change. One fuck up and I will gut you. Now, pay close attention to what I do to people who fuck with my family.”

  I turn back to Tonya who looks a little pale under her Trump orange hue. I rip my knife out of her thigh and chuckle when she screams. I cut the rope from around her body and she slumps forward, putting her hands on the wound.

  “Tonya, this is my town now. I decide who stays and who goes.” I yank her up by her hair and start pushing my knife into her gaping mouth. “You have to go, no child predators or rapists are allowed to stay.” She stays still, completely petrified of the knife I inserted in her mouth. I look up over her head and Vin has a look of complete rapture on his face. The look takes my breath as I shove the knife and hilt into her mouth, severing her spine.

  I tear my eyes away from Vin’s and look down into Tonya’s lifeless orbs. I throw her body to the floor and watch as Vin gets up and stalks towards me. Marlana’s muffled screams do nothing but heighten the moment. He stands in front of me and his thumb wipes along my cheek.

/>   “You have some blood on you.” I don’t know why but he’s set me off into a frenzy.

  I rip his shirt right down the center and begin to unbuckle his belt. He doesn’t stop me, just watches with a sinful smirk. I lick his infinity tattoo, and he groans tipping his head back.

  Marlana is quietly watching as tears run down her cheeks. I pull down his pants, leaving his boxers in place and push him into Tonya’s chair. He looks down and her body is in front of him, staring wide eyed to the ceiling, my knife protruding from her mouth.

  I drop out of my leggings and straddle him in the chair as I look over at Marlana. “Remember this big ass cock?” I ask as I pull him out of his boxers. She looks, of course she does. This cock is memorable, who wouldn’t want a final last look? “Remember this,” I pull my panties to the side and begin to sink down on him, “his big ass cock disappearing into my eager and wet pussy.”

  She whimpers as I ride the fuck out of my fiancé over her mother’s dead body. The blood on my hands transfers to his neck and face as I grind my pussy hard into him. He leans back a bit and then he’s a lot deeper.

  “You’re getting blood on me, Baby.” He growls as he pumps up into me. “Filthy whore’s blood.”

  “Fuck.” I lean forward and bite his lip into my mouth, clamping down as I near my orgasm. This one is going to be explosive. I pull away and release it with a pop. Then I grab his chin and smear more blood across his one day old scruff. The sight of the blood does it for me and I’m coming so hard around him, clenching him tight.

  “Shit,” he moans at the feeling of me sucking him inside.

  He releases a raspy groan when he finally cums deep inside me, his cock jerking and pulsing. I finally look over to Marlana and her head is hanging down, chin to chest and crying softly now.

  I stand up off of Vin and he adjusts himself back inside his boxers and we both dress. He grabs my face and presses a bruising kiss to my mouth. Once we’re both dressed, I take the gag out of Marlana’s mouth.

  “You two are the most disgusting people I have ever met.” She grits out, sucking in mouths of air.

  “Nope,” I point to her mother. “She is. But fuck it,” I bend down into her face, “I’ll gladly take second place.”

  “Why did you kill her?” She whimpers and begins to cry.

  “She helped ruin a lot of people's lives. You are on the fast track to doing the same. Consider this your one and only chance to turn your life around without her polluting it. Change, do good, and be someone worth living here. Or else I will be back, and after seeing everything I am capable of, I would suggest you heed this warning.” I stand up and go to the sink to wash my hands. “I am going to untie you and when we leave you will call Chief Moore here. Tell him everything, exactly what we did and why we did it. The most important thing you tell him is who did it.”

  I nod to Vin and he unties her. Once she’s free, she stands and rushes to her mother. Most people would look at her and feel pity that she’s now parentless because I took away her decrepit mother, but I see it like I saved her from a shit parent and I’m giving her a chance to make herself better. Some of us were better off parentless than with parents who would lead us into a life of corrupt depravity.

  “Sorry, gonna need this back.” I say quietly and pull the knife from Tonya’s mouth. “Call Moore as soon as we leave.”

  “Yeah,” she murmurs. “Just leave.”

  Vin grabs my hand and pulls me out of the house and straight down to the Hummer. Once we’re inside, he pulls the seatbelt across my chest and leans in to place a sweet kiss on my lips.

  “Let’s find out what happened to Andrew.” He says as he starts the vehicle and pulls away from Marlana’s house.

  I hope I never have to come back here again.

  13

  Ember is showering the blood from her skin when I hear the notification on our phones ping at the same time. A car is driving up the driveway, it’s black and nondescript, very much like an undercover police car or maybe something the chief would drive. I guess Marlana did what was asked of her.

  “Em,” I call into the shower. “We have company.”

  “Oh goodie.” I hear her mock squeal and chuckle as I close the door.

  I head downstairs and already find Emmett, Adri, and Travis standing on the front porch, forming a line. We may be fucked up and completely dysfunctional but we don’t let anything happen to our own.

  “This is the fastest I’ve ever seen the police work.” Emmett calls out as Moore steps from the vehicle.

  “So you know why I’m here?” Moore’s eyes brighten like he’s caught us.

  “Yeah,” Emmett calls out. “I just reported my cat missing an hour ago.”

  Travis coughs on a laugh and I cover my mouth to hide the smile. Adri steps forward and crosses her arms over her chest.

  “What are you doing here Moore?” She asks, her voice commanding and strong. Out of all of us, Adri’s surname is the most powerful. The money her family owns alone is leaps and bounds over anyone else’s. Her family put the most money into the creation of Whitsborough.

  “I just came from a fellow student of yours home. We found her mother murdered and she claims it was Ember Craven.”

  “Interesting,” Travis leans against the brick wall. “Warrant?”

  “Warrant? I’m not searching or investigating anything, I just thought her and I could have a conversation.” Moore placates with his hands out from his sides.

  “You mean you want to talk to all of us.” I correct him as I step forward into his view.

  “Ah! Vincent Greene. Yes, I will speak with all of you.” He nods.

  “Oh for goodness sake, guys!” Ember says from behind us. I turn to look at her and she’s standing there with her head wet and wearing a robe. “Let him in, this is just plain rude. Do we have cakes and cookies?” She’s saying as she walks towards the kitchen.

  “Fucking psycho females.” Emmett mutters as he walks by me and into the house.

  Adri and Travis follow behind and I wait for Moore to come into the house. He eyes me from head to toe and I meet his gaze with a stern one of my own.

  “Don’t try anything, Moore.” I warn him.

  “Wouldn’t dream of it, Greene.” He retorts. “I’ve seen what happens to the people who do.”

  I follow closely behind him and into the kitchen. Em is making coffee and humming at the counter. Emmett and the others are seated at the table, watching her with interest. Everything Em does is premeditated and I can only assume all this is as well.

  Moore and I both sit at the table and wait for Em to finish her show. Once she has her coffee and a muffin, she offers to the rest of us. We all politely decline and she shrugs as she sits at the table.

  “Your loss.” She moans over a bite of muffin. “What can I do for you, Chief?”

  “We received a call today from Marlana, you know her I presume?”

  “Oh yes,” Em nods emphatically. “Such a great person.”

  I once again cover my mouth to push back the chuckle that wants to escape. Even Moore can see through her obvious façade.

  “Her mother was murdered today.” Moore leans on the table.

  “The prostitute?” Em asks innocently.

  “Escort.” He corrects her. “Surely her profession shouldn’t dictate whether she lives or not?”

  “No, that is determined by someone’s actions.” Em says around another bite of muffin.

  “What could she have done to have this tragedy happen to her?” He inquires.

  “You’re the cop, Moore. Investigate.” She waves him off. “I’m not trained in such things. But if I were, I would start with her daughter, I bet she would be a mountain of information, not about how her mother was killed but what led to that conclusion.”

  “I will certainly take that into account. Is there any reason why Marlana accuses you of killing her mother?”

  “Again, I can’t help y
ou with that, but I’m sure with your superior investigative skills, you will connect all the dots.” Em says with a glint of anger in her eyes.

  “Well, it seems that’s all I will get at this time.” He stands and looks to each of us. “Thanks for your time.”

  I stand and walk him out as everyone else stays quietly sitting at the kitchen table. Once we get to the front door he turns and looks at me.

  “Be available for questioning.” He says as he slips his sunglasses over his eyes.

  I shrug and watch as he walks to his car. Looking at him as anything other than an extortionist and a fraud is difficult. He covered up some of the most heinous crimes against children and women all to keep his pockets fat. There will never be an ounce of respect in me for that man.

  “We need to take a trip to Andrew’s.” Em says from behind me.

  “Yeah, I have a feeling he’s avoiding us.”

  “Do you think Moore threatened him?” She looks up at me.

  “Maybe?”

  “I’m going to go dress.” I watch as she saunters up the stairs, debating whether or not I should follow her and have a fast fuck.

  My conscience wins out, knowing that Andrew is an important piece of the puzzle to keeping Ember from being killed.

  “The house is dark,” I whisper to Ember as we try to peer through Andrew’s front door. “The wife’s car is in the driveway but not Andrew’s.”

  “Do you think he skipped town? Without his wife and kids?” She asks me.

  “Nah,” I shake my head. “I don’t think he’d do that. Where was he meeting Moore?”

  “Behind the elementary school.”

  I pull out onto the street and drive towards the school. Maybe something there will give us a clue about what happened. I turn down the residential street that winds around behind the school and right away we see Andrew’s car parked on the side.

  “Fuck.” Ember growls under her breath as we park a few car lengths behind his. She grabs her knife in her hand and I do the same with the gun in my waistband.

  I have a bad feeling about this as we both get out of the Hummer and stride towards Andrew’s car. “Don’t touch anything.” I tell her as I walk up the driver’s side and she walks up the passenger side.