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CHAPTER 23


James was sitting on the side of the bed, his hands still securely cuffed behind his back, when Gemma entered her parents’ bedroom with the pizza box.

“James?” she said, “I have some...” she dropped the pizza box on the floor and ran across to him. “James.” She threw her arms round him and burst into tears.

“It’s okay,” James said.

“No, it isn’t,” Gemma said, looking into his eyes, “It’s awful.” She sniffed and realised that he was not tied to the bed or anything. “Why didn’t you just walk out of here?” she said.

“Handcuffed, no clothes,” James said, “Plus, Rebecca has pictures of me naked on your parents bed. She said she’d show them to your mom or dad if I didn’t do as she said.

“So we just have to get her phone then,” Gemma said, going back to the discarded pizza box. “She’s got stuff on me too.”

“Rebecca used Amelia’s phone to blackmail me,” James explained.

Gemma offered James a slice of pizza. “So we just need to get both phones,” she said. “Take the pizza.”

“Handcuffed,” James said, “I can’t hold it.”

Gemma held the pizza out while James leaned forward to take a bite.

“We have to get Tiff and Jess out of the way first,” Gemma said, as she watched James eating the pizza as best as he could.

“Not going to be easy,” James said.

“Well, we have to sort it before mom and dad get back,” Gemma said, “And you need to get out of her...” She paused and glanced at James’ naked body, “Fully clothed if possible.”

“Not going to be easy,” James repeated.

Gemma retracted the pizza and dropped it back in the box. “It was awful,” she said, “Rebecca made me go to the pervert’s house and...”

“Pervert?” James interjected.

“He’s a pedophile that lives across the road,” Gemma said, “Rebecca’s pally with him and...”

“That makes sense,” James interjected.

“Will you stop fucking interrupting me?” Gemma screamed.

“Sorry,” James said.

Gemma realised she had shouted at the only real friend and ally she had. “No, I’m sorry, James.” She crouched down and kissed James on the mouth.

“It’s okay,” James said, “Carry on with what you were saying.”

“She made me put my school uniform on and...”

“I wondered why you were...” James stopped himself. “Sorry, I did it again.”

Gemma sighed. “She made me put on my school uniform and go over there to his house. He took me in and we talked for a bit. He sat on the sofa in his living room, which needs a cleaner, and made me sit on his lap. I should point out at this point that Rebecca sent me there without panties. As I sat on his lap, he lifted the back of my skirt so that my bare buttocks were on him. It was creepy but not as creepy as when he put his hand on my...”

Slow down,” James said, “Are you going to tell me everything that happened there?”

“I have to tell someone,” Gemma said, “It was awful.”

“Just the highlights, please,” James said.

“Well, he touched me on my... you know...”

James nodded. He knew.

“And then he took pictures of me. Some of mew in my uniform and some of me taking it off. Then some naked ones of me. Then he made me finger myself while he took more pictures. Then he took me to his bedroom which was as filthy as his living room and he had full sex with me, no condom. Then he used his tongue on me and...”

“Hold on,” James said, “I said the highlights.”

“These are the fucking highlights,” Gemma screamed. “Then he made me suck him off before he let me go.”

“What happened in between the highlights then?” James wondered out loud.

“He made me watch porn with him on his computer,” Gemma said, “And when I say porn, I mean... you know with children... well, about my age I think, you know fourteen, fifteen, something like that.”

“James swallowed. “He really needs to be reported to the police,” James said, “Why has nobody ever...?”

“Because nobody knows,” Gemma said, “Apparently...”

Gemma stopped when the bedroom door opened. “Rebecca walked in. “Have you two finished your pizza?” she said, “Because I have something else for you to do.”


To be continued...