"I heard him stomp past my room to go sleep it off on the couch. I relaxed a little. She was safe for tonight.I hated Jax. He was my stepdad and why m...y mom married him I would never know. He wasn't ugly. He was huge. 6 foot 4 and 285 pounds of solid muscle. He was a very dark skinned black man with a full mouth. He was 43. He was a drunk and a womanizer. My mom was past the best years of her looks but was still an attractive woman. 5 foot 6 with light dirty blonde hair, carrying a little extra. In fact I doubt if an architect had a hand in designing the place. Really I think it must have been Bleeby’s demented concept of what an English Country Manor looked like. I got out of the car and cautiously approached the huge front door. There was a lion headed bell pull that I tugged on to produce the sound of cathedral bells clanging somewhere in the depths of the Hideaway. Chapter 2. Mrs. McIntosh After a considerable wait I heard through the thick doors the rattling of chains being. " That's enough!" She turned to her brow beaten assistant. "George isfired. Find someone else to convey my brilliance. Timmy gets more mailthan anyone and I will not have him portrayed by such a heartless,unsympathetic actor." Yes, Ma'am!" That's okay with me, Yvette! You'll have to pay me the rest of mythree year contract."Yvette paused. Shit! Money was money, as her daddy always reminded her."Very well, I will be merciful and give you another chance. Do try todo better."As she left the studio. As if she were a cat and he knew that she would fold toward him, he leaned to her neck and almost kissed it.With only the very slightest help from his pulling hand, her head lolled back and sideways to offer the neck if he wanted it....He did.He touched her gently with his closed mouth and she felt and heard him breathe in deeply....”Mmmmmm....you smell lovely” he said and ran his tongue from shoulder blade to ear lobe.He nibbled her ear and probed it with his tongue.He nipped her neck...not a.