A Hope and a Chance(67)
Author: Jennifer Foor

Buffy looked like she was ready to cry. I kept walking, determined to find Hope before she had to face them.

The ladies room was just off the main dining area. As I ambled toward the door listed “ladies”, an older woman was stepping out. Without any regard for who might see me, I rushed inside.

I could hear Hope’s sniffles even before I approached the stall. Lucky for me there were no other women inside. “Baby, it’s me. Are you okay?”

I heard the door unlock and crack open. “No,” she said as I entered and closed the door behind us. “Did you see who he’s with? I don’t get it. She knows what he put me through. She saw the bruises he gave me before, before I sent her the pictures. She knows he used to make me have sex with him, Chance. I told her how I hated it.”

“He what?” I started to rush out of the stall with all intentions of killing the fucker, but Hope seized my arm.

“Please, Chance, don’t! He can’t hurt me now, not ever. Don’t risk being sent away again. I just got you back,” she pleaded.

“Fine, but we should have called the police before. In addition, Hope, as far as your friend goes, she deserves him. She obviously only cares about herself. Let the money-hungry bitch get what’s coming to her,” I suggested.

“It’s not like I wish for her to get hurt. Even after all the lies; I wouldn’t want that to happen.”

Hope and I stopped talking when we heard the door opening. I climbed behind her and stood on the toilet in case they looked under the stalls. When I heard the voices, I knew everything was going to play out differently.

The female was giggling, while the male voice was mumbling between kissing sounds. “Trevor, wait! You shouldn’t be in here. We’re going to get caught.”

“Fuck them. My father will raise Hell and they won’t do a thing about it,” he said.

Slow moaning sounds came from outside of the stall. “Oh, that feels so good. Don’t stop, Trevor. Oh yeah, you know what I like,” she purred.

I pulled Hope into my chest. This was unreal.

Suddenly, we heard the door to the next stall open and their bodies began slamming against it. More nasty sounds were being made and I was sure Hope was about to lose her dinner. I leaned down and pressed my lips against hers while I covered her ears with my hands. I knew it didn’t help much, but I was trying my best to keep her sane.

Their next words made me cringe. “I should have picked you from the beginning, Rylee. That little bitch friend of yours was a waste of my fucking time. I’m not even going to count how many times she denied me,” Trevor said.

“Mmm, I tried to tell you that, baby,” Rylee replied.

“Stop running your mouth and start sucking my dick. I need to cum.”

This little punk was going down, just as soon as I got my girl out of this bathroom.

I could see the shock and pain on Hope’s face as I climbed down from the toilet and slowly opened the door to the stall. At the very last second, it creaked.

Hope and I turned around to see Trevor and Rylee looking back at us wide-eyed. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Trevor said while trying to re-button his shirt. “Now you decide to put out in bathrooms, Hope?”

Hope couldn’t restrain me. My fist went right into Trevor’s jaw. He managed to keep his balance and smile before coming at me. “Don’t you ever fucking touch me you cock-blocking prick. You can have your little bitch and her church-going attitude. I don’t fucking want her,” he said as he took a swing at me.

Despite the fact that I was directly in front of him, I was able to duck making it so he only clipped me on the edge of my shoulder.

I hadn’t even noticed the girls trying to separate us, but when my sister spoke, everyone froze. “What the hell is going on in here?”

“Nothing to worry your pretty little head about, blondie, not unless you want in on this.” He motioned to his body.

I raised my arm to hit him again, but Buffy jumped in front of us. “Let me tell you something you little fucking prick. You’re lucky that I didn’t cut off your little dick and feed it to the birds for what you did to Hope. You’re scum, and you deserve nothing in life. Now you’ve involved my brother, and I’ve reached my breaking point. If you so much as look at either of them again, I will call my friends, who will call their friends, who happen to have ties to the mob, and they will never find your body parts when they’re done with you. Do you fucking understand that?”

Trevor’s eyes were huge, and he started to say something back, but Buffy hauled off and smacked him clear across the cheek. “Come on, you two, we need to get away from all this trash.” Her last words made her look at Rylee. My sister obviously knew exactly who she was.

Once outside of the bathroom, Buffy turned around and made sure our clothes looked okay. She faced Hope. “Your father wanted me to give you your purse and tell you that your food is boxed up and waiting by the exit. He said he had no idea that they were here. As soon as we sat down he told the waiter to pack your things, and to go and to tell Chance to take you home. He said he is so sorry, Hope, and I believe him,” she explained.

Hope nodded her head while I reached my arm around her and marched us out of the building. For the record, at this point, I didn’t give a shit who was watching. Hope was safe with me, and I wanted everyone to know it.

38

Seeing and hearing Trevor and Rylee was horrible. How did I end up in that bathroom at the same time they decided to get it on in a public place? I had the worst luck ever.

Thankfully, Chance was with me and managed to get a good punch in before Buffy tore Trevor a new ass. The situation had been intense, but I’d never wanted to laugh so bad in my life. Rylee looked like she wanted to die. Just when I didn’t think I could love Buffy more, she gave me another reason.

Once Chance and I got to my car, he insisted on driving us home. I didn’t argue with him over it, because it was pointless. I kept replaying Chance punching Trevor in the face, and every time I felt exhilarated. Maybe it was wrong of me to want that bastard to pay for what he’d done to me and probably many other girls. It really hurt me that Rylee would want to be with someone like him after she had known firsthand what he’d done to me.

“You okay, baby?” Chance asked.

He took my hand as he continued down the lane of the Country Club. I noticed him making quick glances at me when I didn’t answer him right away.

“I’m fine. I should have never assumed they wouldn’t be there. It’s a weekend for God sakes.”