The Alphabet Game the Complete Alpha Series a to X, Y, Z (32 page)

SHAME OF GREGORY SON

GREGORY SR ASKS FOR LENIENCY OVER SONS SEX SHAME

My cheeks burn as I hunch over the papers,‘Oh my God. Gabe, I am so sorry.’

He puts his arms around me, ‘Don’t be. I can weather this. Does Issy know the tape is out?’

‘She does now.’

My phone rings. I’m surprised to hear my stepfather’s voice once again down the line.

‘Stella, where are you?’

‘I’m at Gabe’s house.’

He sighs. ‘I need to come and see you. Can you see me and your mother alone?’

‘What for?’

‘You need to know some things Stella, we can’t avoid it any more.’

‘What things?’

‘Stella. Can you not sound like a sulky teenager just once? I can’t do this on the phone. Can we come over? It’s urgent we see you.’

‘Fine, but I’m not seeing you alone. Gabe and Ronnie are here. Anything you have to say, you can say to us all.’

‘Fine,’ he mimics. ‘Give me the address.’

There couldn’t be a more awkward scenario if you tried. Gabe, Ronnie and myself sit at one side of the lounge facing the imposing form of my stepfather, who is at the side of my glamorous mother. My mother had wafted in by kissing both my cheeks but saying nothing. She looks at my stepfather, obviously needing permission to speak.

He lifts his finger asking her to wait. Twat. Then he looks at Gabe.

‘Before we say a word I want to know
exactly
what happened with you and my daughter.’ His voice is veiled with threat, but I think he forgets he’s addressing Arnie’s son.

Gabe just nods in understanding. ‘I get that Sir, I’m glad of the chance to be able to tell you.’

Mitch’s shoulders drop as he hears the ‘Sir,’ satisfied that Gabe is showing him respect. It makes me sick but I understand why he’s doing it. Gabe has my stepfather worked out.

Gabe explains how he tried to stop Issy from doing the film and how he ended up in it with her to no avail. He tells Mitch how his own father has blackmailed him ever since.

Mitch looks at my mother and nods.

I almost reel in shock as my mother actually appears animated.

‘Darling. This thing with Arnie Gregory goes back farther than you can imagine. I think you misunderstand Mitch, you always have. He’s not Arnie’s partner, not like you think. He’s just been trying to keep him in sight, for years.’

‘You expect me to believe that?’ I roll my eyes and look away.

My mum sits back, easily defeated. Mitch sits forward.

‘Do not look at your mother like that. It’s the truth. This all stems back to our school days, the whole damn lot of it. We’re an obsession to him, toys to play with. That’s why I’ve been asking you to back off. I’ve been trying to find a way to free ourselves of that man for years. Nothing’s ever worked. Do you understand that Stella? NOTHING has worked. In all those years. He just comes back bigger and stronger.’

‘Why? Why would he be so fixated on you and my mother?’

Mitch’s eyes darken. ‘Because he thinks your mother is the love of his life. He’s obsessed with her, always has been.’

My eyes widen and I look at Gabe, then my mother. ‘Please tell me you never did anything with Arnie Gregory.’

‘Of course not darling. He was just someone who went to my school. I had no idea for a long time that he felt anything for me. Until I met your father. Just before the wedding Arnie told me how he felt about me, but of course I didn’t have any clue and I tried to let him down gently, but,’ she breaks off.

‘The damn man has been in our lives ever since.’

The colour drains from my face, ‘Mum. Mitch.’ I look from one to the other and swallow. ‘When Arnie threatened me the other day, he insinuated that Dad’s accident, that …, that it wasn’t an accident at all.’

My mother’s hand flies to her mouth. She looks like she’s going to be sick. Ronnie gets up and hurries her to the bathroom.

Mitch sits with his head in his hands, ‘Oh dear God. I had my suspicions. Arnie tried to get in touch after your father’s death. Of course your mother found it strange, she’d never really known him that well. She thought of me and looked me up to see if I’d been in contact with him. I hadn’t but it put me on alert. My marriage was over by then. Your mother and I kept in touch and slowly things began to rekindle for us. When we announced the wedding he called your mother. Asked if she would meet him. She turned him down again and he said she’d made another terrible mistake.’

His voice sounds thick. ‘We were expecting retribution so we decided it would be best to put you in Boarding School, out of his way. It was the same with Issy. She thinks I was a useless father but I left her safe with her mother, or so I thought. We’d been expecting Arnie to exact some form of revenge once you were out of school. I thought he’d arranged for you to deliberately seduce Issy into the porn industry, Gabriel. I apologise.’

Gabe shakes his head,‘Not necessary.’

‘I didn’t know you resented me so much Stella that you would plot against me. I thought you were just being a stereotypical stepdaughter. I didn’t mind you being angry and blaming me for you being sent away, if it kept you safe. But when Arnie told me you’d taken a job at his law firm, Oh My God. I knew you were in acute danger then. That’s why I tried to get you to leave. He rarely visits New York these days. I thought it would buy me time and keep you safe.’

My mother walks back in and sits down, armed with a glass of water.

She inhales, her breath shaking as she does so. ‘What have I missed?’

‘I’ve just caught Stella up on the reasons for our actions.’

‘Surely after all this time, he knows you’re not interested mum?’

She shrugs her shoulders. ‘He’s not mentally stable Stella, plus he’s a powerful man whom people rarely say no to. Anyway now can you tell us everything that’s been going on darling, so Mitch can see if we can extract anything from this whole mess.’

We tell him about the botched set up. I didn’t think it was possible for Mitch to look nervous, this formidable man, but he does.

‘I need my daughter’s phone number Stella. I need to tell her everything too.’ I take the number from my mobile and give it to him.

He inputs the number into his own phone. ‘Fuck this is a mess. I’ll find this Robyn Kewley. Give me any information you have on her. I’ll bring her here with my bare hands if I have to.’

I nod.

‘We’ll be back in the morning. Is there anything else we need to know before I get out of here and try and sort this damn mess out?’

I look at Gabriel. He nods.

‘I’m pregnant,’ I tell my mother and stepfather, ‘though Arnie has no idea.’

My mother starts to sob and it saddens me that I have no idea if these are tears of joy or just frustration that I’m pregnant to a Gregory, thus attaching us to the venomous spider with yet another silken strand.

Chapter 5

Ronnie wanders in,‘Hey guys, I’m off to stop at my parents tonight. I need a break and I think you need some time on your own.’

‘It must be bad if your parents seem the better option,’ I laugh.

Ronnie shrugs her shoulders.

‘I’m sorry. This shit is ruining everything for everybody.’ I go to hug her, ‘I forget what he did to you.’

She shrugs my arms away, ‘Yeah, well Harry might have gotten away with it, no proof and all that, but I won’t forget. You’re not the only one with revenge plans. I’ll get him one day.’

Gabe scowls, his mouth pinched. ‘He’s been discharged from The Priory. His presenting slot starts next week. Attempted murder and not a fucking thing we can do about it. He just comes out smelling of roses.’

I nod. ‘Look, we don’t know for definite that he did it. We’re presuming because of the tape and the fact he was resident at the same time as Ronnie, but it could have just as easily been a member of staff. We’ll get the answers Ronnie, but first we need to get Arnie. I hope Mitch can get hold of Robyn Kewley quickly.’

A cab beeps outside. Ronnie picks up her small luggage. ‘Well that’s for me. I may stay there for a day or two. I’ll ring you tomorrow.’

‘Okay,’ I sigh, ‘Take care of yourself.’

‘You too,’ she says and then she leaves.

‘Don’t take it to heart, she’s been through a lot,’ says Gabe.

‘I know, but she’s my only real friend and I don’t want to lose her.’

‘You won’t, but she needs space and you need to give it to her. She’ll feel safer at her parents, that’s why she’s gone there.’

‘Her parents are useless.’

‘Maybe so, but when push comes to shove, when you feel shit, who do you want?’

‘Your mum.’ I sigh.

I wander to the bedroom, shrug off my clothes and climb under the covers. Gabe wraps himself around me.

‘You need to try and get some sleep.’

‘Easier said than done.’

‘Well I’m going to work on relaxing you.’

I huff. ‘You’ve no chance, I’m as tense as a coiled spring. It’s like I’m waiting for a bullet through the window or a bomb to go off.’

‘Stella, you need to let yourself relax. It’s no good for either you or the baby and you need to have your wits about you the next few days, otherwise you’re going to fuck up.’

‘Well that just makes me feel a whole load better, thank you.’ I turn over with my back facing him.

I startle as his hand starts to stroke down my back, sweeping down the outside of my thigh, then brushing down my stomach, getting ever lower.

‘Sod off, you can’t get round me with sex.’

‘You need to relax Stella, turn over, let me help you.’

‘No.’ I say though there’s a smile on my face.

‘Stella.’

I turn over. ‘What?’

‘Open your legs.’

‘You’re so bossy.’ I spread them.

He leans over and kisses me, inserting his tongue in my mouth. Then he whips the pillow from under my head.

‘What are you doing?’

He sits up and pushes the pillow under my back widening my legs, then he comes up and lies at my side, his fingers pushing into me greedily.

There’s something different about how he’s touching me though, he curls his fingers inside me, and I look at him.

‘Sssh, just go with it. Relax.’

I lie back and close my eyes.

Gabe touches me inside, massaging the inner skin in slow lazy circles.

‘Gabe, I need to pee.’

‘No, it’ll go off, just stay with it.’

Indeed it does. The sensations inside are indescribable, the nearest I can get to it an inner tickle or a feeling like my insides want to sneeze. Gabe starts tapping his fingers against the inside of my pussy and I can barely stand it. I feel my breasts engorge, my nipples rock hard.

‘What is this? What are you doing?’

‘Its your G-spot, or the official term for it is uterine orgasm. Its a U, for you. Now shut up.’

I feel him taking it in turns to rub me with his index finger, then change to circles and then move on to tap, tap, tap. I feel a massive pressure come over me as my orgasm builds and as I hit the wave and ride it, my body squirts out a small amount of come.

‘What the hell?’ I gasp.

Gabe runs his hand through my wetness, massaging it into me and then moves over and pushes himself into me. After such an intense orgasm the feel of his cock sliding in makes me want to come again. I want to be filled and fucked. My pussy is hungry.

‘Your first G-spot orgasm. Soon, on another occasion I’m going to do that whilst I make you come with my mouth on your clit, which they call a blended orgasm, but you’ll have to wait until we’ve finished the alphabet for that.’

We’re moving alongside each other, our breathing getting heavier. ‘I need to come again Gabe, so, so much.’

He turns me so I’m sitting astride him. ‘Use me, ride me. Take what you want.’

I thrust myself down on him hard and ride him, up, down and around. I push my hand in my hair, I want to take him so deep. He starts to thrust up hard and I feel myself build and then deep shudders push through my body as I explode around his cock, my core clenching around him as my orgasm peaks.

I collapse at the side of him, trying to catch my breath.

He curls himself around me again, turning me onto my side.

‘Sleep, now,’ he whispers, and I do. For a few blissful hours I have peace.

When I wake the next morning I hear voices in the kitchen and walk in to find Gabe and Mitch deep in conversation.

‘What’s going on?’

He turns to me, brow furrowed. ‘We’re going to see Robyn Kewley tonight, Mitch has arranged it.’

‘I’m coming too.’

Gabe shakes his head, ‘There’s no need. Why place yourself in danger?’

I inhale a long breath, ‘There’s every need. There is no way I’m staying at home.’