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“I'm going to show them all that you're just a dirty whore. That the only thing that's changed is your client base. I'm going to take Mikala from you. And in my house, she won't even be allowed to speak your name. She'll grow up and forget who you are.”
Panic rose in my throat. I could feel it choking me. If I'd been thinking properly, I would've realized that there was no way for Elroy to expose me to social services without exposing himself. Maybe he could have Mikala taken from me, but he'd never get custody over her himself. And I would have realized that I could fight it, could fight him. But he'd always known which of my buttons to push. Shame was a powerful jailer.
“What do you want?”
He smiled. “Money. We don't have to talk a figure right now, since you seem a little stressed, but it's going to be a big one.”
“I don't have any money.”
“I know that, Briana.” He said my name in that sickly sweet tone that set my teeth on edge. “But your little boyfriend Dorian does.”
“No, no...” I sat up, shaking my head. “I can't get money from him. We're not together anymore. And even when we were, it wasn’t like that. I couldn’t get you money from him even if I wanted to.”
I was starting to babble and forced myself to pull back. I had to stay in control.
Elroy’s expression dipped from masochistic glee to anger. He raised a hand, and I flinched.
“It’s okay, Briana.” He smirked. “You can always work it off like you did before.”
Ice snaked through my veins. This couldn't be happening.
