“I can't get through this hole.”
Lucy put her feet to the wall and kicked a few more bricks away. “Big enough now, fatty?” she quipped.
Grigori squirmed through the hole and ran along the side of the house with Lucy. When he saw the coast was clear, they ran to his car and sped off up the driveway.
*****
“I killed him,” she said shakily. They'd just reached Grigori's mansion.
“He deserved it. He was going to kill you.”
“But what about the police?”
“They won't call the cops. They know you shot him in self-defense. Don't worry, nothing will happen to you. Would you mind telling me what he did to you?”
“He put me in that horrible damp basement. You saw it. It wasn't fit for a pig to live in. In the middle of the night, I felt something that really freaked me out. Something fury crawled over me. I thought it was a rat, but it turned out to be a cat. It hadn’t been there when I was put down there, so I wondered how it had gotten into the basement.”
“How?”
“Through a hole in the wall. I hadn't seen it the first time I looked because it was dark. The hole was quite small, but the house is old and the bricks are rotten, so I managed to make the gap big enough to get through.”
“I ran to the road, managed to get a ride, and eventually got back to my dad's house. He told me you'd gone to Iakov's. He pleaded with me not to leave, but I had to make sure you were okay.” Lucy reached for him and pulled her to him. “I need you. I never intended to fall for you, but I did, despite your brutality toward my father.”
He held her and kissed her gently on the lips. “And I need you. Is the gun your father's?”
“Yes. When I insisted on going, he gave it to me.”
“You're quite a lady. Tough as old boots,” he said. “I came to the house thinking you were still there. I was going to offer myself in exchange for you,” Grigori said.
“I saved you a job then, didn't I?” Lucy said as she put her arms around his neck.
“Yes, you did.”
They embraced, and he kissed her passionately. The thought that he might have lost her hadn't really hit home until now. Now that he held her in his arms and smelled her scent, he realized how lucky they had been.
“You'd better call you father,” he said.
He walked upstairs and left Lucy to call Lenny. When she was finished, she shouted to Grigori.
“Where are you?”
“Upstairs, waiting for you.”
When she got to the bedroom, he was lying naked on the bed.
“Grigori, you don't seriously expect me to screw you after the night I've just had? I'm tired, and I'm filthy.”
“You know where the bathroom is. Go and clean up. You can sleep after I've finished with you.”
She looked at him and began to undress. His cock seemed to grow with each piece of clothing she took off. When she was naked, he was hard and throbbing. “I love your body. It's so sexy,” he said.
“And dirty. See you soon,” she said as she headed for the bathroom.
“Don't be too long. I'm desperate to fuck you,” he commanded.
Lucy stood under the shower and thought through what had happened. She'd been lucky. Thank heaven for cats, she thought. Despite escaping, she'd killed someone, and that didn't feel good. She was also worried about being charged with murder. Listen to Grigori, she told herself. He's probably right. After all, Lord knows how many people he's killed.
When she was finished, she walked back into the bedroom and knelt on the bed next to him.
“What do you want, Grigori? What do you want with me?”
“I want to fuck you.”
“No. I mean do you want a relationship or just sex now and then?”
Grigori didn't hesitate. “I want a woman in my life who I love and who I can take care of. I want that person to be you.”
Lucy felt a lump in her throat. He'd said exactly what she'd wanted him to say. “Take me, Grigori. I'm all yours.”
He pulled her down onto the bed and entered her immediately. He didn't want foreplay; he needed to feel her body wrapped around his as he made love to her. His lovemaking drove her wild. His thrusts were so strong, she came time after time, clinging to him like a limpet to a rock.
When he took them over the edge, he shouted her name and she whispered “I love you” into his ear.
They spent the day in bed. He managed to satisfy her twice more before she was so exhausted she fell asleep for hours. When she woke up, she heard voices downstairs. She put on a robe and went down to see who it was.
“Dad,” she exclaimed.
“Thank god you're safe,” he said as he embraced her. “You have no idea how much I love you.”
“I know, Dad. Me too.”
“I only stopped by to see how you were,” Lenny said. “I'll be on my way. I know you two have something going on, so I'll leave you to it.”
“Lenny, before you go,” Grigori said, “I'm sorry about the incident the other day. It was stupid.”