Song: If I could be like that- Three doors down

Our eyes lock and I should have known that it would be him. He is one sick man. He holds his finger to his lips and smiles at me with a crooked smile, then winks. "Tell me you want more?" he says to her with a rough deep voice.

"Yes...please sir...give me more." She begs.

He uses the whip one more time and she screams out again. I watch as he walks behind her and places himself between her legs. I can't seem to take my eyes off of the two of them. When he enters her he grabs her hair and pulls her back into him and she screams out again for more. I for one am speechless. I have never seen this act and not sure what to make out of it. I mean I have seen pictures and heard about it but never seen it in full action. I step back out of the room and go back up front to drink some more with Marcus and Ashton.

 They both cheer when they see me. "Well...did you enjoy that nice piece of ass?" Ashton says with a shit eaten grin.

"Hell yeah." I grab another drink and down it. Then sit back and watch the girls dance on the stage. I keep thinking of what I saw, is that even normal. Why would anyone want to be beaten like that? I don't think I could ever hit a girl...not in any form.

Once Zane is done with his so called night he comes out and nods for us to leave. We all jump and head out the door. We don't say much all the way home. The very next day we go out and it's just the two of us. He took the Lotus out for a spin. This thing feels like a slice of heaven and he kicks it to full speed going around curves and in and out of traffic. I thought I might puke but I did well and hold it all in.

He pulls in at a park and we sit and wait. I don't say a word. "Hope you had fun last night." He finally says breaking the awkward silence.

I nod and look out the window, trying to avoid his stare. "Thanks for the night; I don't know what else to say."

"Yeah...about last night..."

I turn to look at him. "Sir all due respect you don't have to explain anything." I really don't want to hear what he has to say about what I saw. I mean if he wants to be that way with a woman...then by all means it's his business not mine.

"I know I don't." He acts like he is waiting on someone. "Let's get out I need some fresh air."

I get out and we walk over to a bench close to a play ground. He keeps watching the kids playing and I don't know if I should be a little freaked out over it or not. Is this guy some kind of sick pervert...everything runs through my head. If this dude is in sex trafficking then I am for sure out of here. "Son...if I can teach you one thing...don't ever fall in love. They all leave in the end. Me and that girl last night...she loves being fucked and then left alone. Do you understand what I am saying?"I have no clue what the hell he is saying, so I just nod my head and go along with it."I pay her well so I can do whatever the hell I want to do to her and then there are no attachments. She doesn't need a ring on her finger...she doesn't need to have anyone barking orders at her. And hell son...no woman can handle the lifestyle that we have. Once they find out what you do they fucking leave you. Hell do you blame them...no one wants to settle down with a guy like that."He talks from experience.

"Have you ever been in love sir?"

He looks at the sky and then back down. He stares at the kids that keep going down the slide and then over to the kids on the swing. Then his face lights up like he sees someone that he knows. "Yes...I fell hard in love with a woman several years ago and she left me. She took everything that I ever loved away from me in a blink of an eye. Like I said son...never get that close to a woman she will break you, bring you to your knees."

"I'm surprised you didn't kill her, sir."

He smirks. "I would have killed Addison...but there was something more special involved. You see that little girl over there in the pink dress." He points to the play area. There is a little girl with bright strawberry hair...she is laughing and full of happiness as she slides down the slide. She runs around and goes right back up. "That is my daughter Scarlett; she just turned three."

"Daughter. You were married once?" I asked a little surprised.

"No...almost. My job got in the way. One night we were out and this guy tried to put his hands on her one thing led to another and I killed the son of bitch. She was pissed, couldn't believe that I could take a life like that and not give it a second thought. And when I cleaned the body up like he never existed that took the icing on the cake. I think she was afraid that I would turn on her in time. I was in love with her but she...she couldn't let what I did go. I didn't know she was pregnant at the time till a few months later. By then she got married to some guy named Nathan and she...didn't even give her my last name denying me of all my rights...hell maybe it was better this way you know."

"She married another guy." I say in shock.

"Yes...hell I went to the wedding hoping that if she saw me she wouldn't go through with it but she never looked my way." He looks back up at the little girl playing. "She brings her here on days like this. Sit here, I will be right back."

I watch as he gets up and goes over to the woman. She is a knock out that is for sure, pure flawless; she is very thin and tall. Her dark reddish hair flows with the wind and it flies carelessly in her face. She doesn't seem too surprised at all to see him standing there in front of her when she looks back up. She quickly looks over to see where the little girls is at before turning back to look at him. She smiles and I see her mouth moving and then she quickly hugs him and let's go. I watch as her hand rest on his cheek and I can tell she is still in love with the man. They have a few more words and then she walks back over to the little girl and carries her back to the car. I watch as part of the life in him drains out. I hate that he can't spend time with his daughter.

Zane turns and nods in my direction and I get up and meet him back at his car. We get in and he speeds off."She doesn't even know about you does she?" I ask him.

He doesn't say a word at first and I feel that I hit a nerve...as he floors the pedal all the way down hitting record speeds. He shakes his head no. "No...she says that it's better this way. She doesn't want her to know me, to be involved in my world."

I don't bother asking him anything else as he flies down the road, all I can think about is him crashing into something. When he pulls into the garage I don't ask questions about what just happened and he for sure doesn't go into any more details. Instead he gets out and goes straight inside to fix himself a drink. He slams the glass down and heads to the workout room. There he gets on the mat and goes a few rounds with Marcus, letting him beat the shit out of him.  I watch for a few minutes in the doorway. It's like he needs this and I don't understand why anyone would want to kick the shit kicked out of them.

I move away from the door and head out towards the pool. As I am walking towards my room a voice comes out of nowhere. "He saw her didn't he?"I stop and turn to see Ashton sitting in the chair by the pool.

"What?"

"Her...Addison...he saw her didn't he?" He takes another swing of his beer.

I go over and sit beside him. "Yes...how did you know?"

"Because he came back pissed off and needs Marcus to put him back in his place. He does this ever so often...he just can't get over her. No matter what he does...who he fucks...she will always be the one that has his heart and soul."

"So you met her before?"I ask kind of hoping he will tell me a little more.

"She used to live her. God they were perfect for each other. She was so in love with him and he worshiped the ground she walked on. He would have given her anything. You should have seen him then. Hell he has slipped more and more to the darker side since she has been gone."

"So she left because he killed someone?"

"Yes...I guess you could say that. He was only taking care of what was his. He was obsessive over her and he still partly is."

"So why not kill the guy she is married to...then maybe she will come back to him?"

He laughs, "Believe me he has thought about that...but that will only make her go farther away and take off for good. He would then have no contact what so ever. He watches over them to make sure that she is being well taken care of. I think he hopes that one day she will give in and let him have something to do with Scarlett....but I don't ever see that happening."

"Why is that?"

He looks over at me and smirks again before taking a sip of his drink. "Really man...would you want a father that goes around cleaning up dead bodies and taking the life of others."

"I don't know."

"Exactly."

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Author's Note: Well there you have it...when Atticus meets Scarlett for the first time. Well...seen her. What do you guys think so far? Hope you are loving the story line?