woman,
Rebecca. She was sweet and charming. What we didn’t know is that behind closed
doors Black was a sadistic fuck who used her to get what he wanted.” Stephen
stopped explaining and allowed Cadeon to take over.
“They were together for five years, but he did enough damage. We do not
abuse women. This is not what the club is about. We’re possessive, and the club
is designed for us to be with like-minded men who feel the same urges when it
comes to their women.” At the last part Stephen felt uncomfortable. He never
knew any of the urges he heard men talk about. Cadeon was still talking.
“Behind closed doors, Black was beating his wife, and any man who talked
to her he was taking it out on her. She became his slave without thought. The
punishments he dished out, she took. There was nothing to her. She didn’t talk
to anyone unless he forced her to. It was too late when we all noticed the
changes. One night they came to the club. Someone spoke to her, and Lloyd went
ballistic. He locked them in a room and started hitting her, kicking her. We
saw it all on the monitor before any of us had time to react. Anyway, since
then she’s been trying to regain her life one bit at a time. We don’t know
everything that happened to her, but Lloyd ended up in jail serving time. He’s
not allowed any contact with her.”
Cadeon finished his explanation. Stephen
was sick to his stomach remembering the events. He got angry, but he’d never
take it out on a woman.
“How we managed to keep this club out of the media still surprises me,”
Stephen said. “At the time, Black had tried to blame his whole personality on
the club. He tried to make his defence based on multiple brain-washing in turn
making him believe that beating a woman was the right thing to do.”
Lucas cursed, and so, too, did all the other men.
“I’ll contact James and let him know what’s going on. Black is still a
powerful man. If I know him like I think I do then he’s already on the steps to
getting out of jail.”
“Wouldn’t his money have gone to Rebecca because of the divorce and his
being in prison? She’d have to help him,” Lucas said.
“No. The money remains with Lloyd. Rebecca got nothing in the divorce
settlement. I would guess that his oldest son from his previous marriage would
be handling all of the business until Lloyd got out. But Rebecca didn’t get a
penny of his money. The moment he was arrested she had nothing to her name.
Everything she has now is what all the members of the club have banded together
to support her. We look after our own,” Stephen said. “The son needs looking
into. I’ve denied his request to join. The rumour about him is that he’s as
sick as his father only worse. He likes to cause pain. Lots
of it. I’m talking seriously kinky, verging on being kicked out of the
kinkiest club.”
“I’ll handle the son,” Sean said.
“Are you ready for that?” Lucas asked.
“Yes. You’ve given up, and I need to fill my time.”
Stephen watched the two men, curious about the tension between them.
“Right, until we know anything further, petitions and applications will stop.
I’m not dealing with this shit without this behind us.” He tossed the files
into the trash can.
“You’ll need to talk with the rest of the men,” Cadeon said.
After the meeting in his office Stephen gave a brief talk before leaving
for the night. He wasn’t interested in being at a club where he felt like he
didn’t belong. At home he sat down in his sitting room staring at the
television. He hadn’t turned the unit on. The thought of sitting down and
watching something left him depressed. Looking at the whiskey decanter he
considered losing himself to the alcohol haze that would allow him to sleep
without dreaming.
He thought about Ursula. Stephen wanted to be able to go to her at a
moment’s notice and knew if he drank that would be impossible. Turning away
from the drink, he took a cold shower before