CHAPTER TEN
“What’s the matter, David ? Too chickenshit to be here in person to do your own dirty work?” Laura huffed before she grunted in pain as Cyrus punched her in the stomach.
Laura refused to give them what they wanted. She knew exactly what they wanted her to do. It was the same thing that Jon wanted their entire marriage when he would hit her.
They wanted her to cry out. Beg for mercy. They wanted to break her. Make her nothing. She refused to give them that glory. She fought far too hard and for far too long to become the woman she was today.
“You will break, Laura Renee. You’re too weak like that whore of a mother you have. You’re not my daughter. I have several children, your brother being the first of many. Your mother was a whore who cheated on me when I turned to another when she didn’t want to do her wifely duties. You’re the product of an affair your mother had with another Marine. If it wasn’t for that bitch you have for a grandmother, I would have sold your ass a long time ago.” David seethed on the tv screen, glaring at her full of hatred.
“Eh, explains why I’m smarter than you two put together. I’m going to add to your torture for making me take up for the incubator, but you want to call her a whore? Have you looked in the mirror dude? You cheated on Mom every fucking chance you got. Asshat standing next to me is proof number two. Shane was proof number one. I actually like her. Two for two isn’t so bad since it’s obvious Dom and Shane take after their incubators while tweedle fucktard and tweedle cuntface take after you.”
Soon as her statement was completed, she was grunting as Cyrus and Ziegler rained a series of blows about her body. All she could think in the process was ‘damn that was probably going to leave a mark’ or ‘that’s going to hurt for a bit’.
“Once you’re gone, I’ll be able to bring Dominick to heel and he will come to our side of the track, Laura. He will be working for me,” David commented, smirking her way.
“The only thing you’ll ever get from Dominick, if you manage to kill me, is a bullet to the head. That man despises you more than I do and that’s saying something. You’ve tried for years to bring him to your way of thinking, and you’ve failed each and every time. Like always.”
“What’s really going to be fun, sister dear, is once you’re gone, sending your body back to that husband of yours. I’m going to rejoice in watching him break in knowing he couldn’t save you. Then I’m going to make sure his entire team is taken, have my fun with them, then I’m going to force him to watch as we take your children and then allow our boys to have fun with them. There’s not a fucking thing you can do.”
Laura started laughing. She leaned her head back and roared more with laughter as she used her arm to attempt to wipe away the tears from laughing so hard.
“What’s so funny, bitch?” Maria glared at Laura for her laughter.
“You! The fact you think you or any of your minions will be able to get even a millimeter close to my kids. Right now, they are so closely protected, you’d be lucky to even get a whiff of their scent and that’s a huge if on that. You forget who my teammates are. Not only them, but who my husband is.” Laura laughed, coughing as her body became wracked with more pain.
“They aren’t that smart since they haven’t found you yet!” David sneered at Laura, shaking his head. “You forget, little girl, I was a Marine for twenty plus years.”
“A Marine, yes. But you weren’t special forces. You weren’t Recon or a Raider. You failed those tests. You worked on the ground to air task force. You don’t know how those boys operate. Your own son was in the Army, which pissed you off and you had no idea how his team operated. You were pissed he became an Army Ranger. It’s fucking hilarious.”
“Don’t worry, little girl. He will pay for his insolence. He will see the error of his ways and take his rightful place beside me.” David grinned at Laura as if he had a secret.
“Keep telling yourself that, old man. I can’t wait to see the look on your face when he puts a bullet in your face.”
“Enough! We don’t have time for this bullshit. Cyrus, you promised him a show. Now show him how you plan to break her. Stop pussy footing around and get down to business.” Maria demanded, breaking the banter back and forth between David and Laura.
“Ah. See Cyrus. She’s proving you’re her lackey. You’ll never be on even ground with those two. Daddy-o plans to make Dominick, his legit sperm child take control of the family business. Must suck doing everything for them and never making it to the top.”
“You think you’re so smart, bitch,” Cyrus growled at Laura, getting into her face.
“Yeah? Answer me this, you claimed he loved your mother but was forced to marry mine. Why didn’t he marry her when he finally grew a pair and divorced mine? He married that waitress, Christine, instead. Brought her into the family business. Where’s your mommy at, sunshine?”
Laura didn’t have time to brace when Cyrus roared his anger and started raining down more blows on Laura’s face and other parts of her body. She’s lit the proverbial tiger’s tail on fire with her question. Maybe the darkness will overtake her now. She’s caused dissention in the ranks whether they realized it or not. Her kids were safe for a little while longer.
“Enough, Cyrus! Beating her, waterboarding her, and all the other shit you’ve done hasn’t broken her. There’s only one thing that will finally make her break. Time to destroy her precious belief that a soiled woman is still a woman. Take her dignity the only way a real man knows how.”
Well fuck! Guess they were going to break her after all.