16 Chapter
“Michael, are you listening to yourself? I didn’t sign up for rape, much less gang rape. I certainly won’t be a part of that. I don’t understand you, you’re accomplished individuals, two of you have families of your own. But are you still bored with your lives? You don’t think it will last, do you? What happens if one of your victims doesn’t go along with it? Would you kill her? Come to your senses!”
“Nice speech, Ethan. But you don’t get to decide for us. There hasn’t been a single instance so far where a single woman hasn’t been satisfied and dissatisfied with us. You don’t understand the ladies of today. They don’t dream of princes, they dream of other things. Their husbands are not capable of giving them the pleasure that we give them. You’re not married, so you don’t know how boring it can be.”
2Michael, what I don’t understand is… Why did you get married? You could have lived the bachelor life and fucked around without remorse.”
“That’s enough, friends. Everyone has their own truth. Ethan hasn’t been with us in a long time, and he really doesn’t know what he’s giving up. If he thinks we’re so bad, then he won’t be a part of it anymore. The three of us weren’t so bad either, Ethan,” George turned to him.
“Ethan just doesn’t understand anything. Or rather what pleasure he’s giving up. We’re not putting our brains into his head,” Kevin interjected into the conversation.”
“Really. And you know, I’m very curious, what don’t I know about you yet? What are you capable of? Because when I woke up this morning, I found a note in my pocket that said, “Your friends aren’t your friends.
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“That someone knows a lot more about your antics than you think.”
“You’re no longer a part of this with us,” Michael confronted him.
“Great, I’m glad about that. How could I ever agree to anything?”
“Really how? But it doesn’t matter. Pen was still our target. It doesn’t matter that you’re not playing anymore.”
“No! She was an argument between us.”
“Ethan, that’s not for you to decide. There are three of us and one of you. She was and is our target. If you want, we’ll show you her ripped panties when it happens between us. Turn or no turn, it’s just a matter of time.”
“You won’t lay a finger on her.”
“Are you threatening us or trying to change our minds?” Michael asked him, when Ethan was about to take a swing at him, but he could barely contain himself.
“Yes, I’m threatening you. She won’t be your target.”
“Seriously? You want to stop us? Are you sure you can do this? We’ve done a lot better than you, and we’re very well-connected in this town.”
“I don’t care, you can’t touch her.”
“Ethan, I thought about backing off, but now it’s a matter of principle,” George replied angrily.
“George, you’re the instigator of everything. You forced Michael and Kevin into this. You’re destroying their families. You don’t realize it yet.”
“Ethan, you’ve always been so right, haven’t you? Or have you forgotten how you kept the biggest lists of girls you defeated. Have you forgotten how my sister ended up on that list?”
“George, that was a long time ago. It’s not my fault she fell in love with me.”
“Of course, nothing was ever your fault.”
“Cindy was a real whore, you knew that.”
“What? How dare you say that about my dead sister?” George roared and came at him with his fists. He punched him in the face, hitting the bridge of his nose.
“Idiot, what are you doing?” Ethan punched him too, but not in the face, but in the stomach.
Kevin and Michael didn’t try to stop them, instead waiting to see how this would end.
“I didn’t tell you anything when you seduced Lisi, and you knew I liked her. She then left, scared for what her parents would do to her when they found out she was spoiled. Her parents were religious people, and you knew that too.”
“Lisi, that’s right I remembered. And you still don’t understand why she decided to leave so quickly and drop out, do you?”
“What do you mean, George?” Ethan asked straight ahead, pulling away from him.
“I didn’t seduce her, Michael and I fucked her, or should I say raped her. She was crying so hard, she begged us not to. We were drunk out of our minds and high, we didn’t react to it in any way. She was eighteen, so we weren’t too afraid she would report us. But you know, about six months ago, we met up with her. And you wouldn’t believe the circumstances. She became a prostitute, a real prostitute. She even gave us a couple hundred dollars off. Can you believe that?” Ethan looked at Michael with disgust. He couldn’t find the words.
“Michael, is this true?”
“Ethan, why bring up the past.”
“Are you serious? Kevin, and you think this is normal? I thought you were my friends, and you’ve been in jail for a long time. I don’t know what else to say.”
“Ethan, you know, we were really jealous of you. You were always number one in everything. The star of the dance, the popular kid at school. ”
“And you invented this game to keep up with me at seducing girls?”
“Yeah, that’s right. You didn’t think we’d be herding assholes our whole lives, did you?”
“I have nothing more to say to you. I’m not your friend, and you’re not my friends anymore.”
“So? Do we have to cry now, Ethan?” Michael asked him.
“No, you don’t have to do that. But you need to rethink the way you think about life. I’ve learned a lot of things I wish I hadn’t.”
“You’re right, you shouldn’t have known that. And also that your dead bride was ours, too.”
“What? What did you say again?” Ethan ran up to Michael and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.
“Calm down, Ethan.”
“Tell the truth, tell the truth!”
“All right, if you want to know it. She and I crossed paths in the Dominican. George and I flew there for a couple of days, he had a business meeting and he asked me to do it.”
“How could you do that? You knew she and I were getting married, didn’t you? Why would you?”
“Ethan, she didn’t want to be with you. Believe us, she didn’t love you. She thought you were a loser. She told you fairy tales of love, of your future together.”
“No, you’re lying, you’re lying,” Ethan got angry.
“Ethan, trust us. She’s the one who called us to the room.”
“Stop it, I don’t want to hear anymore! That’s enough!”
“Now you know the truth.”
“I don’t want to know you anymore.”
“It’s mutual, Ethan,” George answered.
“Pen and I can manage without you, don’t worry,” Michael intervened.
“I warned you. If one hair on her head falls, I’ll kill you.”
“Ethan, Ethan, we’re not afraid of you. And you’re a liar. You’re so worried about her. And you say you’re not in love. So you lied to us.”
“That’s none of your business.”
“You know, Ethan. The more the merrier the game. Hurting someone you care about again,” George said.
“You wouldn’t dare,” he answered, and left the hall. He didn’t even want to take Beth with him, he didn’t care at all. After talking so frankly to people he thought were his best friends, he felt uncomfortable.
“How do I protect Pen from these freaks?” was the only question running through his head. After all, after today’s prank, she thinks he’s just like his former friends. She wouldn’t believe he wanted to help her, wouldn’t give him a chance to explain everything!
Tomorrow they will meet and he will tell her everything. But it won’t be until tomorrow.