The Escort

09 - I'm here for you

Michael stared at Laura, he replayed her last sentence in his mind, hoping he'd heard wrong, but deep down he knew he didn't. He prayed to God that she was mistaken, that it wasn't his brother who did that to her, or to anyone for that matter.

"A-Alex... u sure it was Jermaine?"

Tears streamed down her eyes and anguish ached deep inside her chest, her hands trembled at the remembrance of her helplessness. She averted her gaze from his big doe eyes and nodded, feeling vulnerable and ashamed.

"Oh my God... Oh my God, I'm so sorry." Michael hugged and cradled her as tightly as he could, his voice a shaky whisper and his eyes glassy and wide in shock.

Laura's cries finally subsided and she reached up to softly stroke Michael's cheek "It's not your fault. It happened long ago."

"I don't care, I'm gonna report him to the authorities. This can't remain unpunished."

But as soon as he said that, his mind drifted to Hazel and the kids, to his brothers and sisters and how it would break the entire family.
His heart and his mind battled each other, torn between doing the right thing and protecting his own blood.

He looked deeply into her eyes and felt the urge to take care of the beautiful woman that was securely wrapped between his arms. He buried his face in her hair and laid loving kisses as she closed her eyes and enjoyed his warmth. This man irradiated so much love... She felt safe within his embrace, and most of all, she didn't feel so alone anymore.

"I should get back to work" she slowly pulled away from Michael and he felt as if he was having a limb amputated. He cupped her face and leaned down to kiss her. But it wasn't a lustful kiss, it was filled with tenderness.

Laura's knees weakened a little and when he pulled away and stared into her eyes with his big brown ones, she felt something strange building up inside her. Something warm and powerful.

She grabbed his hand and took him into the house with her. Naomi's eyes lit up when she saw they were back and she seductively approached them.

"Am I getting a double ration of sexy tonight?" She traced her finger down Michael's chest and Laura felt the instinctive need to rip her hand off.
But instead, she sighed and looked up at Mike. He saw the uncomfortableness in her gaze and slowly shook his head. "Sorry, Naomi... I've gotta bounce."
He didn't wanna leave her there, he didn't want Naomi or any of her guests to even look at his Alex... But he had no choice.

"I'll call you tonight... A'ight?" He leaned to whisper into her ear and Laura nodded. He chewed on his bottom lip, looking at her plump pink ones before finally standing up straight, turning to give his friend a quick hug and thank her for givin' them time to talk.

"You're always welcome, MJ. Take care and let's meet for lunch sometime. Don't be a stranger." She patted his back and he smiled walking away, finally leaving her mansion.

"Now... Where were we?" Naomi ran her hand between Laura's breasts.
She smiled through pursed lips, switching her mind into 'work mode'.

***
Michael's chest hurt. He had trouble breathing and his mind was going a hundred miles per hour. He fought the need to go back to Naomi's, get Alex and leave for Bahrein or some recondite, far away place like that.

How could his brother have been capable of such a heinous crime? He knew that Jermaine used and tossed women around like they were soulless accessories, but assaulting a girl? That was too damn much, even for him.

He ran both hands through his hair as he walked towards the large window, to mindlessly look at the clear night sky...

Alex was a tough girl, but she'd be helpless if a man was to attack her again. There was no way she had enough strength in her small body to fight back.