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surprised by his gleaming white teeth, clearly
visible because of his wide grin. She thought he must be around
thirty years old.
    He took off the restraints and accompanied her to
the bathroom again. He held her hand all the time, visibly
assessing her body.
    When she was
finally alone in the bathroom she felt relief. I need a cold shower, she thought. In a rush she took off her clothes and turned
on the cold tap as far as she could. Thousands of ice-cold droplets
covered her feverish body. Instead of it being a shock, it felt
incredibly liberating. She was ready to explode.
    For more than
ten minutes Emely kept turning around
under the cold water, breathing deeply. When she started feeling
cold she soaped her body, rinsed it quickly, and rubbed herself
down with a towel. She looked at her wrist that was red from the
restraints. Again her stomach began to churn. Oh no, I must think clearly, she told herself.
    She
remembered how John had spied on her through the keyhole earlier
and she quickly got dressed. She fixed
her hair a bit and then knocked on the door to say she had
finished.
    The door
opened and she saw John staring at her breasts. Pretending not
to have seen anything, she said in a
calm, deep voice, “Have you thought about my proposal,
John?”
    He said nothing.
    “ We could
make a deal .” Emely said this as if it
were a completely normal, everyday business discussion.
    Unexpectedly
he grabbed her neck and held her like
that all the way to her room.
    “ John, please
don’t!” she shouted in pain.
    He pushed her
so hard that she fell roughly onto the mattress. Before she was able to defend herself, he grabbed
her left hand and fastened it to the metal frame. Then he began
tearing her clothes off.
    “I have other ideas,” he said. “You’ll like
it.”
    Her clothes
flew around the room and soon she was
completely naked. When she was about to scream, he put his hand on
her mouth. “No point in shouting. The house is in the middle of the
woods and there’s no one anywhere near.”
    Emely closed her eyes and gritted her teeth. She was
afraid that screaming would only increase his anger.
    But when he
lunged on top of her she did scream and
wanted to push him away with her free hand, but to no avail … he
was too heavy. While gripping her firmly, he was letting out
strange noises. Then he licked her with his slimy tongue.
Disgusted, she tensed her muscles in the hope that this would make
her feel as little as possible.
    When he tired
of feeling her up and licking her, he
unbuttoned his fly and revealed himself proudly.
    “John, please don’t, don’t do this!” she
begged.
    In spite of
her pleading , he roughly spread her legs
wide open, penetrated her within a second, and took a deep
breath.
    She gritted her teeth in order to muffle the
pain.
    He kept
thrusting into her as if she didn ’t
exist, all the while grunting like an animal.
    She
moaned during quiet intervals, hoping it
would end soon. His rhythm got faster.
    Not long now, she told
herself. You can take it, not
long now.
    With every
passing moment feeling like ages, she
finally said, “Stop!”
    Just as she
was about to scream, he began convulsing
and grunting. That lasted a few more seconds.
    He remained
on top of her with all his weight so that she was able to
use only a quarter of the capacity of her
lungs to breathe. She lay still, as if not alive.
    Emely
gathered her strength and said, “John, I’ve never enjoyed it so
much. You really are special.” She could not believe she had said
it, did not know why she had said it. But her mind was telling her
she had to get him on her side, irrespective of the price. In
reality, given half a chance, she would have killed him.
    He rolled over like a log, still breathing
deeply.
    “ About that
proposal I mentioned —”
    “ Shut
up , you bitch. Keep that poisonous tongue
of yours still.”
    He fastened
up his pants and jumped off the bed. He
took the restraint off her hand.
    “ Quick,