Shattered Mask (Part 3)

Part 1

Part 2

When Kaidence came to she was in the basement. Hearing her mother’s screams, she sprinted up the stairs and found the door locked. She pounded and pounded, screaming and crying. The noise on the other side of the door stopped and she heard steps move towards her, then the bolts click: one, two, three. She stepped back to see her stepfather. His eyes were wild and he was holding a leather strap in his hand. When Kaidence tried to push past him he lifted his hand, the belt in the air. He paused. Kaidence looked at him defiantly, “Where is my mother?” He smiled a sinister smile but didn’t answer. She tried to move past him again but he pushed her. Hard. She stumbled down the stairs and tried as best she could to land without breaking a limb. Gus, her stepfather slowly descended.

“You just like ya mama, ain’t you gal? Both whores. I guess you need to be taught a lesson, too.” 

Kaidence knew what was next. She braced herself for the brutal violation that had been going on since she was twelve. At first she would fight, which never ended well. Now at fourteen, she just found another place to go in her  mind, sometimes pretending to be someone else. As he mounted her, she gritted her teeth in pain. No matter how much it hurt she refused to cry. Never again would he see her tears. Kaidence vowed that he would pay. Someday, he would regret that he was ever born a man.

Kaidence had begun reliving moments from her childhood ever since the police had paid her a visit and she was having a hard time trying to bury them. Her secrets were starting to ooze their way into her waking life. It would only be a matter of time before everything fell apart.

Shattered Mask Pt 2

Shattered Mask (part 1)

Kaidence sighed with disgust as she pulled another employee file from the stack. She had requested that her assistant provide hard copies with ID badge photos attached so that she could comb through each to see who would stay and who would go. “Whoever said being bought for millions by a major company was the dream, lied,” she said. Her voice echoed in the empty conference room. Kaidence Reece had managed to turn her grandmother’s recipes into a profitable small business that snowballed into an almost-household name. Nancy’s Notable Sweets started in her kitchen and in five years she had three stores in two cities.

After reading the exact same line on the same page for the umpteenth time, Kaidence gave up. She stood and stretched and saw that it was a little after eleven o’clock.

Perfect, she thought.

Twenty minutes later, she sat alone at a bar. This was the first time she’d been to this establishment. Kaidence made a point to never visit the same one twice. She had traded her modest business attire for a pencil skirt, four-inch heels, and a silk blouse that showed enough of her mid drift to remain tasteful.

“Hello, beautiful,” she turned around to see an average guy, wearing an average suit. He probably had an average job and lived an average life. She knew she was out of his league. Kaidene smiled.

“I’m Bruce,” he introduced himself. She extended a hand, “Hello. I’m Mya. Please, join me.”

Let the game begin.

To be continued…

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