Healing Hands

by Hoy, E. S

  Sophie filled him in the nights events, Marcus was furious she had met with the reporter alone, but he was glad she had waited for him to get back before doing anything else, he understood her reasoning for trying to deal with it alone but it was his job to take care of her now and that what he would do. Sophie asked him to open the envelope, he had seen most of the photos and knew sort of what to expect but this one was very different it was a photo of Sophie blindfolded as usual shackled to hooks in the ceiling, her back was bleeding from fresh slashes as a masked man in black leather was raising a cane to strike her, he heaved as he saw the look on Sophie’s face as she looked down at the image, the pictures were taken by a built in camera this one had been printed in black and white as though it was a movie set, what caught Sophie’s eye was the masked man in the corner smoking a cigarette enjoying the show, she shuddered as she memories started to flood back he had watched a few times she had no idea who he was but each time Jasper finished and ejaculated himself all over her, he would come over and burn her once on each thigh with his cigarette to leave his own mark, then kiss her back and lick a few of the wounds, he never spoke apart from to say thank you princess, the memory of this she had suppressed until today it all had been such a horrific experience the details had been blocked out for her own safety, she knew now who the message was from she played the tape.

  “Thank you princess” there was a long pause Sophie crawled back to the headboard Marcus listened intently watching each of her reactions, he was confused now.

  “you finally got rid of the one thing that has stood between us, you destroyed the monster I wish I could have watched you cave in his skull I hated him, he wouldn't share you, I can take good care of you now, I realise we have never truly met but I have an advantage as I watched you often and I have collected every report and photo our good friend the reporter has published of you he has done an excellent job of providing me with a taste of your current life, but soon you will want for nothing I will come for you, soon princess .”

  Marcus helped Sophie to the bathroom where she emptied the contents of her stomach violently, she was ashen and shaking, Marcus decided no talking tonight she needed rest and they both needed to digest this latest assault and involve the police first thing, he stroked her hair then carried her back to bed fetched her 2 sleeping pills, she had not spoken a word yet, he crawled in bed behind her and wrapped himself entirely around her body and held her as tightly as he could and they slept that way until the sun rose the next morning.

  Marcus woke up first the tablets still in effect on Sophie, he kissed her head and started planning the day he had until mid-day to get extra security in, deal with the police and speak to Don and Diane, he slipped out from under her and made some calls from the bathroom so not to disturb her, he was aware there were things she hadn't told him as he didn't know the burns were from a different man, she may have forgotten or was just too ashamed to speak of it, he would be patient and hear her story before making any assumptions.

  The police assigned a detective Collins to come straight over, he had sorted the mess at the boathouse and was extremely sympathetic to Sophie’s predicament, no details were given over the phone but they would be here in an hour, Don was sending Griffin and Hobbs back immediately to be extra bodies at the house, Diane was straight on to the airline to get a flight to Liverpool, Samuel would go and fetch her, she wanted to stay until this person was out of the way. Calls made he dressed in jeans and a shirt, Florence knocked on their bedroom door with a coffee each, he alerted her to their forthcoming visitors and told her to be prepared, she was distraught but went down to sort things out for the police arriving. Sophie started whimpering in her sleep her face creased up into a frown she was trying to curl up inside herself, his heart was aching his beautiful girl had made such a recovery this was like being back to square one but without any clue as to who they were dealing with.

  Sophie heard him coming he was smacking the cane against his hand rattling the shackles so she could hear him, the door burst open she saw nothing he always blindfolded her first and tied her wrists, he pulled her up by her hair and untied her hands replacing the ropes with the shackles, she was yanked upwards arms stretched out as wide as they would go her legs only just reaching the floor, she was naked apart from the blindfold, the door opened again and a man entered he stood in the corner saying nothing, then the cane was brought down sharply on her back, it was so sudden the next blow came and she could hear screaming and realised it was her, she could also smell cigarette smoke it made her gag then 3 further blows had her back feeling like it had been ripped apart, she felt Jasper ram his cock inside her she was tight and dry and it was a new pain to deal with, she blacked out for a moment when she resurfaced Jasper was ejaculating all over her legs then he left the room, the second man walked up behind her and knelt down she thought he was going to rape her but she felt a sharp sting on each leg, she could smell his cigarette smoke and it dawned on her he had just used it on her legs, she wriggled away from him the burns seemed to sting more than her back, the man stood then and licked her back a few times he leant in to her neck and licked behind her ear “thank you princess” the blackness swallowed her

  Sophie screamed and struggled to wake “baby it’s OK I am here it’s just me you were dreaming Sophie wake up” she opened her eyes tears streaming down her face and looked into the blue eyes of her angel she held up her arms to him and he yanked her into his chest.

  Sophie was drenched with sweat Marcus felt helpless he just rubbed her back calming her down but she was sobbing uncontrollably, he lifted her gently and took her to the bathroom, he set her on the stool and put the shower on, she was still sobbing, he stripped off and picked her back up removing her pyjamas he walked her into the shower and they stood there together under the warm water until her crying eased. Sophie had calmed down and Marcus set to washing her all over he was so sweet and gentle, there was nothing sexual in his actions he dried her off after with a towel and carried her back to the bed, he grabbed her underwear and joggers and fleece hoody so she would feel comfortable, he dressed her like he would a child, explaining to her the police were on their way and her mum was coming to stay, Griffin and Hodge would be back on duty as security. Sophie was listening but couldn't take it all in, she was thinking back to her dream this morning and realised it was a flashback but one she had never had before it was important she kept the memory of the man there to try and think of any clues he had given as to age or height, but all she could think of was the voice, she shuddered Marcus was brushing her hair for her and trying to put it in a ponytail as he had made it go all frizzy with the brush, she smiled at him and took the hair tie off him and quickly braided it out of the way, she held his face and kissed him softly “I love you” Marcus closed his eyes and relished the feel of her hands and her voice as this was the first time she had spoken, he breathed a sigh of relief she croaked out shakily “well last time I had someone wanting to kill me this one is in love with me I suppose that's a step in the right direction” she laughed mirthlessly, but at least the old Sophie appeared to be creeping back. They stood up and went downstairs holding hands Marcus had the envelope and recorder, as they got to the bottom step the doorbell sounded, “you go and get comfortable in the lounge baby I will bring them through” Florence stepped out of the kitchen to open the door only to find Dr Taylor was already there she smiled at Sophie “Florence could you take Sophie to the lounge please and then fetch a pot of coffee for us all, thanks”

  Marcus opened the door to Detective Collins and a second female officer that he recognised from that fatal night she had been very good with Sophie and he was glad the detective had thought to bring her today. “We are both intrigued and saddened to be here Dr Taylor, we had hoped to close this unsavoury case for all our sakes” the two men shook hands and the other officer was introduced as Sargent Freeman, Marcus led them through to Sophie.

  The de brief didn't take too long, Don was on link with Skype so
Sophie didn't have to go over it all again, they were sending a copy of the tape to him to have it analysed Detective Collins was pleased to liaise with Dons company as their resources would be useful because without a direct threat to Sophie’s person they couldn't do much until he made his move, they had absolutely nothing to go on but the first job was to haul Jake in for questioning and see what he could come up with. The atmosphere in the room after was sombre the other officer had moved to sit with Sophie and had held her hand during the playing of the tape, she was holding up quite well, she made a very sensible suggestion to try hypnotherapy for her memory it maybe something tiny it throws up but worth a try, she recommend one they had used based in Bangor and she phoned her then and there to arrange for her to go later on, Marcus would drop her there on his way to work and Griffin would be here by then so would wait with her and bring her home. Plans in place the officers left, they had 2 hours before they needed to go out Sophie had a couple of calls to make to John so went down to the summerhouse, Marcus went upstairs to change and called his dad again “what do you think dad what are we dealing with here?” Don cleared his throat “son this guy in some ways is more dangerous than Jasper, he has a strange idea they should be together and seems certain of it, he has not mentioned the fact she is with you so he doesn't appear to acknowledge you as a threat, that could go in our favour as he may not see us as an adversary so will just stick to his plan, whatever that may be, he gave us a clue that he can't do anything yet he is waiting for something, perhaps he is abroad or in the public eye, we need to think about that one. The only positive is he appears to love her so we know he doesn't want her dead.” Marcus interrupted “He burned her with cigarettes and licked open wounds on her back dad so I don’t think he will be buying her a box of chocolates and a bunch of roses” Marcus was boiling up inside frustration burning in his gut, his girl was in trouble yet again and he had no way of helping her, it made him feel so helpless. “son we can protect her none of us will rest until this is sorted and she will not be left alone for a second” Marcus had just let her go to the summerhouse alone he got rid of his dad quickly and suddenly felt panic he knew they had secured the water around the land with chains and fences CCTV was pointed at the Straits in both directions, an alarm would trigger if anything larger than a Pike got within 10 metres of their boundary but still he felt uneasy. Jogging down the lawn he relaxed as he saw her walking back towards him, even in a hoody and jogger she looked beautiful she could pass for 17 the way she looked at the moment, she smiled bravely at him and they walked back together arm in arm.

  Chapter 27 A week had passed since the tape had been delivered, the hypnotist hadn't turned anything up apart from the man seemed to be hairy, he felt very tall and heavy set which matched the shadowy image on the photo but so far nothing new, Marcus had her on sleeping pills so the sex was on hold for now as a dreamless sleep was more important to both of them. Sophie loved having Diane around they spent hours chatting and reminiscing about her childhood in Salford. It took Sophie’s mind off things so having her there was brilliant though her iPhone was vibrating constantly she was always in demand. Charlotte and Louise called in and they had a girlie lunch one day Florence loved having them all and made them cocktails it was lovely, Beatrice and Henry came for dinner at the weekend and stayed over that was nice Beatrice was lovely and had quickly taken to Sophie and was taking her role as maid of honour very seriously and she was having fun with Diane and Bruno with wacky outrageous ideas for their wedding. The week had passed without any contact from the mystery shadow man and every one had started to relax a little Diane had to fly back to London for an emergency on the Sunday, little did Sophie know it was a new lead on her father a man named Saul had answered one of her ads in a National paper he was leaving messages with her secretary so she needed to go and tend to it as she would not want to get Sophie’s hopes up if it was a dead end. Sophie was sorry to see her go as she was now stuck with Griffin and Hobbs at her side if she wanted to go out at all, but she knew it was necessary so didn't complain. It was Sunday afternoon the house was empty extra security were staying in the spare flat above the garage it had the monitors for the CCTV set up in there, Sophie was enjoying the September sunshine sat in the garden in a pair of tiny shorts and a tight strappy vest she was topping up her fading tan, she could tell she had lost some of the weight she had gained her stomach looked hollow and her ribs stuck out her boobs hadn't gone down though so she looked totally out of proportion, food was the last thing she wanted at the moment, all her appetites had dropped off though she was anxious to reawaken one of those tonight, she would refuse her pills tonight and pleasure her man, he had been so understanding every night wrapping her in his arms and holding her all night, she felt his arousal many times but the drugs meant she had no energy to help him with it. Florence brought her out a glass of Pimms “Dr Taylor has just got home Sophie he told me to bring this out and he will join you shortly, he has asked me to fix him a Panini can I get you anything dear, you haven't touched your food all week sweetie, you will fade away” Sophie smiled at her “OK Florence I’ll have whatever you are making for Marcus and I will try my best with it.” Marcus had had a quick shower and threw on a pair of shorts and T Shirt; he took the tray of food from Florence complete with jug of Pimms and went out to join his girl. She looked more relaxed than she had been all week, his heart tugged though as he took in her slight frame, he hoped to get her eating again soon it was so sad watching her return to the broken creature he had first met, her breasts still looked as large though and the fitted vest top she was wearing folded up to expose her mid rif had the usual effect on his cock, he walked over and placed the food gently on the table so he didn't make her jump. Sophie looked up at her gorgeous man he sat on the rattan chair next to her he was tucking into his Panini enthusiastically making appreciative noises, watching him eat turned her on but also reminded her of her promise to Florence so she picked hers up and took a small mouthful, mm it was tasty she took a larger bite and was licking drops of the relish off her fingers, she was totally engrossed and hadn't noticed Marcus had stopped eating, he was watching her with such desire she paused for a moment, then carried on eating enjoying the effect it was having on him, she noticed his erection twitching in his shorts, he was transfixed and finished his food in record speed to carry on his observations, she was so sexy when she ate it was so erotic the way she kept licking her lips he was a mass of hormones just watching her. As she finished the last mouthful and took a drink of Pimms to wash it down the glass was removed from her hand and she was suddenly hanging over his shoulder upside down on her way to the summer house which was closer than the main house, she was breathless when he dumped her inside and shut the door, he grabbed the bottom of her top and yanked it over her head pulled down her shorts and pants and picked her up wrapping her legs round his waist, she groaned into his mouth and he backed them up to the wall, he wrestled his shorts down freed his erection and rammed into her she wrapped her fingers in his hair tugging his mouth against hers and sliding her tongue inside him, he pulled his mouth away with a growl and went for her breasts sucking ferociously one then the other thrusting harder and harder hands gripping her thighs pulling himself into her , she felt the familiar pulsing and exploded around him shouting his name a few more thrusts and she felt his release he stayed buried in her while he walked her over to the couch still wrapped around him, he lay her back on the sofa hovering above her. “I have missed being inside you it feels so perfect like this is where I want to be forever” she smiled up at him and ran her fingers over his muscles, he still had his top on so she lifted it over his head so she could explore his body, she felt him lengthen again inside her and he slowly started to slide in and out slowly her eyes closed as she enjoyed every inch of him he stared down at her beautiful face then bent down to her nipples and gently circled them with his tongue, her nails were scratching up and down his back and he started to speed up the feeling was incredible she reached a hand b
etween them and stroked her nails underneath him along his scrotum he bit her soft breast as he felt a spasm of pleasure as she drew her nails back and forth over him harder and harder he thrusted and as he felt her spasm he reached down to press her clitoris and she pulsated underneath him he pushed up again on his arms giving himself a better angle then he fired into her spurting deep inside and she milked him every last drop.

  Monday was Marcus day off and he had tomorrow too so they planned to make the most of it by a trip to Chester, Griffin and Hobbs were sat waiting in the Porsche Cayenne, as Sophie went to get in the back Marcus stopped her “we are going in my other car” Sophie didn't know he had a second car and he trotted off with a big grin on his face she stood there in her pretty short sun dress sandals and shades hair in two braids wondering what was going to emerge from the garage, she was a little sex sore from their activities last night and this morning but she was happier and more relaxed that things felt normal again, she looked at the diamond on her finger it looked huge on her now her finger had shrunk a little and it didn't feel as secure, she really needed to keep up the other appetite as well if she was going to be burning so many calories with Marcus, they had been on a quick ride this morning too, so she had made sure Florence saw her eat up all the scrambled eggs on toast she made her after her shower and she had sent with her a freshly baked chocolate muffin for the journey. Sophie heard a loud low throbbing sound, she knew cars Top Gear was her favourite guilty pleasure and that noise sounded like an Aston, she was right it was a Vantage and a real stunner metallic grey waxed to perfection, she jumped in beside him squealing with excitement, Marcus was taken aback he didn’t know she was an avid car fiend, he promised to let her drive it sometime, she fidgeted with the seat until she got comfortable then put on Heart FM for some tunes.