“You’re still horny?” I stood up and he grinned at me.

“I’m never satisfied until I hear you screaming out my name.” He winked at me and pushed me towards the bathtub. “Bend over.” He bent me forward and I felt him lift my dress up. I heard his intake of breath as he realized I had no panties on. “You really are a bad girl, aren’t you, Maddie? You’ve been waiting for me to show up all night so I could f**k you.”

“I…”

“Shhh.” He growled and I felt his fingers running across my wet slit. “I don’t want to hear you saying anything until I hear you screaming out my name.” I whimpered as I felt him slip a finger inside of me and I rested my arms on the bathtub. I then felt the tip of him running up and down my slit, and I tried to push myself back into him so he would finally enter me, and put me out of my misery.

“Please.”

“What?” He growled into my ear, as his tip teased me.

“Enter me,” I whispered slowly.

“What? I can’t hear you.”

“Fuck me, Logan,” I groaned, unable to take the incredible pleasure he was giving me with his fingers and manhood. “Please.”

“What?” He slipped the tip of himself into me, and I moaned in relief but groaned as he withdrew from me again.

“Fuck me, Logan,” I cried out a little louder.

“What?” He started to slide into me again.

“Fuck me, please!” I cried out.

“What’s my name?”

“Logan,” I moaned.

“Tell me again.”

“Fuck me, Logan!” I screamed as he slid into me fully. I felt him slide in and out of me quickly, and he held onto my h*ps as he filled me up completely. He slowed his pace and I moaned out, wanting to feel all of him again. “Don’t stop.”

“What?” He growled.

“Don’t stop, please.”

“Don’t stop what?” He started to increase his pace again, and I was lost to the pressure building up inside of me.

“Don’t stop f**king me, Logan!” I screamed out as he intensified his pace. He slammed into me and I cried out, not believing just how wonderful it felt to have him filling me up. It was even more wonderful than I had remembered.

“Say it again.” He paused for a second, and I moaned out. I was so close to orgasm that I couldn’t stop myself from screaming.

“Don’t stop f**king me, Logan!” I screamed out even louder this time, as I felt myself cl**axing. I looked around briefly to smile at him, and I was shocked to see that he had opened the door. He stared back at me with a closed off look as he orgasmed into me, and I shuddered as he grabbed my br**sts and I felt him filling me up with his warmness.

“What the fuck?” My dad’s voice boomed into the bathroom, and my eyes widened in shock as he stared at the two of us in the bathroom. I froze and tried to stand up, but Logan held my h*ps as he finished coming into me. He released me after a few seconds and I stared at him in shock and anger. “Get off of my daughter, you f**king piece of shit.” My dad walked into the bathroom, shouting. His fist was up, as if he wanted to punch him.

“I was just leaving anyways.” Logan stared at me. “I think I got what I came for.” He smiled at me cruelly and walked out of the room. He paused for a moment and looked back at me with cold eyes. “It was nice being friends with you, Maddie.” And with that, he turned around and walked away.

Chapter 11

Logan

I walked down the stairs slowly. I could feel the stares of everyone at the party on me and I wondered if they had all heard Maddie screaming out my name. I kept my head high and looked straight ahead. Fuck these people. They weren’t anything to me. I couldn’t wait to leave this godforsaken town. They were all just as bad as each other. Anger and sadness ran through my blood. How could Maddie have done this to me? I was still in shock and disappointment that she had introduced me as her friend. After everything that had happened and everything she had said. She had told me that she was proud to be dating me, that she was so excited for me to meet her family as her boyfriend. It had taken a lot for her to convince me to even come. I was the one who told her I didn’t think it was a good idea, but she had convinced me that my ideas were antiquated and that her father would respect her opinion and choice and that she wasn’t embarrassed about dating me.

I guess she had lied. Jared had been right. I wasn’t good enough for her, and even she knew that. I walked past Maddie’s mother, and she stared at me with shocked eyes and a tight smile. I gave her a twisted face and walked out of the front door. As I walked to the main street, I stopped and turned to look back at the familiar house. It seemed so foreign to me now. I looked at the house and all I could feel was pain inside, and this time it wasn’t the angry, bitter pain of my father, but the sad, heartbreaking pain of despair and lost hope. As I walked down the street, I realized that Maddie had used me. I had been her teenage crush, and she had made that crush a reality. She had come onto me with abandon, getting me to f**k her and fall in love with her and then she had crushed me with no care. What did I matter to her? My feelings were just part of the game. Now she could go back to school and tell all her stupid, spoiled friends that she had a summer of fun, taming the town’s bad boy, and once she got him, she left him.

I was a bigger fool than I had ever thought I would be. I walked down the street and towards the bus stop and shook my head at how eager and excited I had been to see Maddie. The evening had started with me thinking that this was the start of my new beginning and transition to a new life. Maddie had inspired me to become a new man, and I wanted to prove myself to her. The fact that she had trusted me and believed in me made me want to become a better man for her. I clutched the necklace in my pocket and held onto it tightly. How could I have been so stupid? My father was right: the mayor and his entire family weren’t to be trusted. My head was spinning as I stood waiting for the bus. Maddie’s rejection of me was hard to accept and I stared blindly into the lights of the passing cars. I pulled the necklace out of my pocket and studied it, glad I hadn’t given it to Maddie before I realized just how much of a liar she was. The small dainty pearl shined up at me, and I held the necklace gingerly in my hands. It had belonged to my mother. It was one of the only pieces she had owned, and I had been planning on giving it to Maddie that evening as a token of my love to her. I knew that she had been upset that I hadn’t told her what I had been doing all week, and I knew that she had wanted to talk about what the plan was when she went back to school. I was worried that she thought that I didn’t care because I hadn’t been able to see her for the last week. We had spoken on the phone every night, but I had been so tired most nights that I had fallen asleep on the phone. I had wanted her to know that she was my everything, and that I wanted to be with her every night. Everything I was doing was so that I could be a man who could provide for her, a man she could be proud of and rely on. I wanted to be a better man for Maddie, and I wanted to give her the most precious thing I owned to show her that she was now the most precious thing in my life. But the joke was on me, because it didn’t even matter. I didn’t matter. And now it was all over. I could still see the look in her eyes as she realized I had opened the door and her father had witnessed her screaming out my name as she orgasmed. I don’t think I would ever forget. It was bittersweet, and I knew one person that would be happy about what had happened. Jared would be exhilarated to hear that we had finally gotten some revenge on the mayor. My heart constricted as I realized that the revenge had been at the cost of Maddie and her self-respect, but I tried not to think about that. She was the one who had played me. She had hurt me more that she would ever know. And the pain she had inflicted on me had turned me into a man I never wanted to be. I still couldn’t quite believe I had concocted that plan so quickly and carried it out. It was as if I couldn’t help myself. I couldn’t think past the blinding pain and hurt. I wanted her to see how I felt.

I was happy to see the bus arrive, and I got on, paid my fare, and sat down at the back of the bus, vowing to never come to this part of town again. My days visiting Manor Road were officially done forever. I never wanted to see that house again. It was all part of the nightmare that I wanted to put behind me. I arrived home about an hour later, and I was grateful to see that my father was asleep on the couch for once. I ran up the stairs to my room and closed the door quickly before Jared and Vincent realized I was back. I really wanted to go to my field but I had no way to get there, and I didn’t want to take Vincent’s Mustang.

I lay on the bed and turned on some music and I stared at the wall, wondering where it had all gone wrong. Was I forever damned to a life of unhappiness? What had I done to deserve this life? I wasn’t that bad of a person. I didn’t even want to be a bad person. I just wanted to pursue my dreams like everyone. I wanted to love and be loved. I wanted someone to look at me for me and not judge me because of what they heard about me. Maddie’s face flashed in my mind; I had really thought she was different, but when it all came down to it, she had been just like all the rest. She had gotten to know the real me, I had opened up my home to her, and yet it still wasn’t enough. I flinched as the scenes from the night kept replaying in my mind. This wasn’t how our story was meant to end. I pulled out my mother’s necklace again and placed it on my night table before turning off my light and allowing the darkness to take me to a better place.

***

“Logan, you up?” Vincent knocked on my door the next morning, and I groaned and rolled over, keeping my eyes closed. “So, how was last night?”

“Vinny, I didn’t say I was up.” I glared at him. He was staring at me with a worried expression, and I sat up in the bed. “What do you want?” I snapped.

“Joey got the call.” Vincent’s eyes were excited. “Tonight’s the night.”

“Tonight. Fuck.” I jumped out of bed, unblinking. “We’re not ready.”

“We’re ready.” Vincent’s voice was calm and sure. “We got this, bro.”

“Tolstoy hasn’t gone through shutting off the alarm yet.”

“It’s the garage.” Vincent shrugged. “Most garages aren’t connected to the alarm system.”

“We don’t want to take that chance.” I pushed past him. “Where’s Jared?”

“He went to check the mail.” Vincent followed me down the stairs. “The address is supposed to be in a letter.”

“Are you f**king joking?” I walked out the front door. “It’s in the mail?”

“Yeah, that’s how they do it.” He shrugged. “We’re ready for this, Logan.”

“I don’t know.” I shook my head and winced. I felt like shit, my head was pounding, and I was filled with trepidation, sadness, anxiety, and anger. Not the best combination for the biggest theft of my life. “I think we should drop it.”

“What?” Vincent looked at me in shock. “What are you talking about?”

“I don’t think this is a good idea.”

“Where is this coming from?” Vincent looked at me thoughtfully. “What happened last night? How’s Maddie?”

“It’s over with Maddie.” My tone was final. I didn’t want to discuss it with anyone.

“It’s over?” Vincent sighed and looked away as Jared approached us.

“What up, bros?” Jared said excitedly and held up the letters in his hands. “Did Vinny tell you that today was the day? The day we become millionaires.”

“We need to talk,” I snapped. “I don’t think this is a good idea anymore.”

“Why not?” Jared looked at me like he thought I was crazy.

“Logan and Maddie broke up.” Vincent made a face. I glared at him.

“What?” Jared looked at me with a shocked expression. “How’d you guys break up?”

“You were right,” my words were light. “I realized she was a bitch and so I got my revenge.”

“Oh my God, Logan.” Jared looked worried.

“I don’t wanna talk about it. It’s done.” I clenched my fist. All I wanted to do was punch the wall. I still couldn’t believe Maddie had done that to me.

“Well, this is for you.” Jared handed me a letter, and I looked at the envelope in irony. It was from Maddie, and it looked like the invitation she had been going on about the other night. I’m not sure why she felt she needed to send me a formal invitation to a party that she had already been begging me to attend for a week.

I was about to throw it in the trash but decided to open it first. I guess I wanted to relive the misery and memories of the night before. I ripped open the envelope and pulled the invitation out. I rolled my eyes at the formality of it all; you would think she was getting married, not just having a summer party. A dart of pain flashed through me at the thought of Maddie getting married. I didn’t want to think about her anymore. She’d find a nice guy now, one that Daddy approved of. That would make them both happy. She’d find a guy who didn’t have issues and had a lot of money. Someone in her class. I was about to rip the envelope up when I saw a small post-it note stuck in the envelope. I pulled it out, and the blood ran from my face as I read it. I dropped the invitation onto the ground and read the post-it note again to make sure that I had understood it correctly. As I read it again, time seemed to stand still, and I looked up at Jared’s and Vincent’s faces in shock.