Chapter 4
Ana sat on the curb in front of the school waiting for Todd to pick her up. She’d spent the remainder of the day in the nurses office, after Lizzie had suggested that she tell them she had period cramps. This wasn’t too far from the truth, since she was bleeding, and her insides felt like they were on fire. She was feeling a little better now, but she didn’t think she could go to the dance studio that Todd had promised to take her to.
Todd’s car pulled up to the curb and she stood up to greet him.
“How was school today, Bella Ana?” he asked, hugging her.
“It was okay. Classes were good, but the people are kind of mean.” She said, trying hard not to cry. Todd squeezed her comfortingly.
“It will get better.” He promised. “I’m sure everyone is just jealous of how pretty you are.”
Ana forced a smile.
“So, ready for dance?” he asked.
“I, um, I got my period today… I don’t know if I can dance.”
Todd frowned, briefly, then shook his head, “Not a problem. We’ll just go when you feel better.”
Ana was relieved. Then Todd got a pensive look on his face. “How would you like to meet some of my friends? They are all anxious to meet you, I’ve told them so much about you.”
Ana shrugged. “Okay,” she said.
They drove for about 10 minutes and then Todd parked the car in front of a bar. Before they got out of the car, Todd turned to Ana with a serious expression. “Now Ana, this is a place for adults, so I want you to listen to me and do exactly what I tell you to. Even if it’s something you don’t understand, you have to obey me.”
Ana nodded, not really getting why Todd was telling her this. Of course she would listen to him. She would never disobey him after he’d been so kind to her.
They got out of the car and went inside the building. Todd introduced her to his friends Jim, Marco and Evan. Jim looked about 60, tall and skinny with graying hair. Marco was Todd’s age, and was medium height but rather large, with a beer belly and a bushy mustache. Evan was much younger, and had tattoos all up and down his arms. Ana was a little surprised. She’d expected Todd’s friends to be more like him, clean cut, middle aged, business men. But these men seemed nice. Todd took the last seat at the table and pulled Ana onto his lap. She winced a little as his knee bumped her throbbing crotch, but no one noticed. Todd brushed a stray hair behind her ear.
“So, Ana,” Marco asked, “do you have a boyfriend?”
Ana shook her head.
Jim chuckled. “Pretty young thing like you, I thought all the boys would be fighting over you.”
Ana smiled. “I just started school today.” She explained.
Jim nodded. “I know if I were a boy I would love to be with you, to kiss you and hold you… heck I’d even like that now,” he chuckled, to show he was kidding, but Ana was pretty sure he wasn’t.
Todd laughed, “Why don’t you go sit on Jim’s lap?” he suggested to Ana. She knew she didn’t have a choice, so she got up and walked over to him. He lifted her up so she was sitting sideways across his lap. One hand rested on the small of her back, and the other on the inside of her thigh. She looked to Todd for further instructions. “Go ahead, give him a kiss.” He said. She obeyed, going for a quick peck. But Jim wanted more than that, covering her mouth with his and shoving his tongue inside. He tasted like cigarettes and alcohol. His hand slid up her thigh and under her skirt.
“Such a pretty girl,” he whispered in her ear. “Oh the things I would do to you.” Ana kept her face expressionless as his hand gently stroked her panties. He licked her neck and whispered, “I want to fuck you Bella Ana.”
Evan cleared his throat. “My turn,” he said, smirking. Jim gave Ana one more kiss and then handed her over to Evan. He pulled her onto his lap so that she was straddling him and facing him. His hard cock poked into her, and he ground his pelvis against her. His hands slid under her shirt and up to her bra. “Mmm soft little titties,” he chuckled. “Have you had any of this yet?” he asked Todd.
“Not yet, I thought you boys would like to try her first, seeing as I can have her whenever I want,” he grinned hungrily at Ana. Her bottom lip quivered. She’d trusted Todd. Now he was treating her like a piece of meat just as those boys at school had. Was he this way with Sofia? She was less than half his age, had he coerced her to have sex with him and marry him? Had he passed her around to all of his disgusting friends too?
Suddenly she wanted to vomit. She’d been so excited for life in America. Now, after little more than a day here, she felt like she would have been better off if she’d died in the car crash with her parents. She started humming her mother’s lullaby in her head to take her mind off this torture.
Finally they were in the car on the way home. Todd drove with one hand on the wheel and the other stroking Ana’s thigh. “So many people love you, Bella Ana, who should we choose?” he asked. Ana looked at him, confusedly. “Who would you like to give your precious gift too?” he asked. Ana stiffened. He meant her virginity. But she wasn’t a virgin any longer, and anyone who fucked her would know that. She didn’t know what to say. Todd took her silence for indifference. “Well, I guess we’ll just go for the highest bidder then.” Now the tears rose to Ana’s eyes. Todd wasn’t giving her away, he was selling her.
When they got home, Ana ran straight for the shower. She sat down in the tub and let the steaming hot water run over her, burning her skin and masking her tears. She scrubbed and scrubbed but she didn’t feel clean. She wished she could take a knife and peel away all her skin and grow it back new and fresh. She wished she could burn the feel of men’s hands out of her body. She sobbed and sobbed until there was nothing left in her. Then she took the razor from the tub side and began shaving her legs. She accidentally nicked her knee with the blade, and a stream of red blood trailed its way to the drain. She watched it in rapture, totally awed by the pureness, the cleanness that was under her skin. She clenched the blade in her hand and sliced it quickly across her leg. A deep red line appeared and then was washed away by the water. She did it again, and again, until she was laughing with euphoria at her discovery. She made six cuts in total, until she’d forgotten her shame and emotional anguish and only felt pure physical pain.
She got out of the tub and put on her clothes to go eat dinner.
