Essence was lying on her bed in her room at her grandfather’s house trying to make heads or tails over all the things she heard this evening. Piper was sitting on a chair at the end of the bed not saying anything.
“He wanted to spank me when I was thirteen,” she stared at the ceiling wishing her tummy wasn’t rolling as much as it was. Her menstrual cramps had nothing on this pain.
“Yes.” Piper said quietly. “I don’t know what it means though.”
“Vadim has a kink,” she whispered unsure of how to even explain it. “Vadim likes to cause pain and then kiss it better.”
“You think when you were only a thirteen-year-old girl he wanted to beat you and then kiss you better?”
“Sounds like it.”
“Like kiss the booboos better. Like put his lips on your ass?”
“I don’t know.” She had a feeling it wa
