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But knowing these things didn’t defend me from him. When he sat down something about him had changed. Something about his eyes was spellbinding. They were clear and powerful again. He looked in good shape. It seemed being cruel was working well for him. I felt the eyes and ears of the nearest women locked on us. Brandon didn’t waste money on a coffee. Instead he sat down and smiled, and leaned forward on the table.
    “I’d love to kiss you. You look so very sad. It’d be nice to cheer you up.”
    I wanted to swear at him, to tell him to go to hell, but I just couldn’t risk it. I said nothing and he smiled as if he could read all of my thoughts.
    “You could cheer me up by telling me where my brother is and letting him go. My mother is worried sick.”
    “This is the brother who almost destroyed your college dream, am I right? Like you destroyed mine.”
    There we had it. This was all about Brandon’s college life.
    “Brandon… you did that to yourself. Now you’re taking revenge on me through my family. Please, don’t.”
    “Ashley, sweet girl. You don’t understand me at all. This isn’t about revenge for losing my college place.”
    He leaned closer across the table.
    “I know you were fucking Professor Ridgley. I know you fucked Cody.”
    “We were no longer an item then, Brandon. And those things are none of your business, whether they are true or not!”
    “Oh, they’re true alright. The problem is that you weren’t free to do those things, Ashley. You were mine then, and you’re mine now.”
    “Brandon…” I was about to argue, but what was the point. I looked into his fine big blue eyes and saw he was utterly convinced of what he said. His lunatic logic was a perfect circle. There was no way of reasoning with him at all.
    “What do you want from me, Brandon? What will it take to get my brother free and unharmed by you?”
    Brandon laid his hand over mine. I wanted to snatch mine away, but against my better instincts I left it there with his sickening hand on top.
    “Honey, I want what I’ve always wanted. You in my bed.  Your body entwined with mine and you doing exactly what I say. How’s that for clarity.”
    “That’s not me, Brandon. That’s not who I am. When we met, I thought you fell in love with me, not so you could make me into some puppet that you could control and destroy.”
    “I’m not here to debate with you, Ashley. Revenge was never an issue, not where you’re concerned. Ridgley, Dean Mayhew, Professor Cantor, they’ll get theirs one day. But this right now, is all about getting us on the right track…”
    I felt jealous eyes all around me in the coffee shop. Brandon had his hand on mine, looking at me with eyes of adoration. But it was all imaginary. Brandon wanted to own me like a pet, and when he had me, he’d toss me aside as he’d done with Amanda before me, to grow dusty and weak.
    “What do you want me to do, Brandon?”
    “That’s easy. I want you to come back with me now.  We’ll consummate our new start. I’ve missed your sweet little body, Ashley. I need you.” He squeezed my hand.
    I opened my mouth but I couldn’t say yes. His eyes had hold of mine, and I felt the lure of him, the words of his desire speaking to my body, making the unthinkable seem easy, maybe even like a good thing to do… he did have such a fine body, and his eyes were so dreamily tempting. It would have been so nice to feel his skin on mine once again, wouldn’t it… and it would have saved my brother, too. I looked away. I was an idiot, a desperate bloody fool. I was shocked to find he could still push all my buttons like that.
    “Brandon…”
    “I know you want me, Ashley. I see it in your eyes. I can feel it.”
    “Brandon I need time… You say this isn’t revenge, but you’ve got my brother held somewhere… I need to see him. I need to know he’s okay and I need you to let him go.”
    “You need, I need so there we are. That’s exactly why I did this,