Chapter 19: Until I am satisfied 1

Laying on his bed, empty thoughts filtered through his mind as he gazed out into the sky from the skylight rooftop, the stars twinkling, eerie sounds from the environment piercing his skin, and the light from the moon illuminating the big black canvas, mapping out a pattern. The uneasiness he felt faded, as he sat up silhouetted in the shadows by the dull lights, pondering on life. The anger welling inside of him was inexplicable and his thoughts for revenge caused his teeth to cringe up.
Charles did not understand why he could not put himself to sleep. He had tried tossing around, no position just felt comfortable enough to drift into sleep. His perturbed mind was conflicted between his revenge and the feelings he had gradually begun to grow.
Closing his eyes, the pain came rushing back to his mind. Just before he got into Chelan college, he was a freshman at Hills' view College, the only mistake he made was crossing paths with her. He remembered the evil grin she gave when she promised to get back at him. He had little idea about her, but he remembered her name was Tamara, everything about her was the same person Jessie was. Her hair color, the glee in her eyes, her skin tone, her smile, the only difference being that the recent smile he felt she gave off, had more warmth and innocence.
His conflicted mind knew one thing, he was going to get back at her to find his peace. Even if he could wash all the hurts away, he was not going to wash off the embarrassing talks he got from his friends and family. Neither was he ever going to forgive for the part of his Family's company shares he lost.
After leaving Hill's view college, he lost connection with her, even as the thoughts of revenge remained unwavering. He had no track records of her, but the last he heard, she was in a coma, and that was before he met Jessie, who he felt was her, probably suffering from memory loss as she could not remember him at Chelan college.
Reaching out for his phone, he dialed Rebecca's number,
"Hello baaaby", Rebecca picked up after a few rings, emphatically stressing the baby.
"How are you doing?", Charles inquired, trying to sound concerned.
"I'm fine, been thinking of you all day"
"Hahh...", he scoffed inwardly, "can you come around?"
"Umm, let me see..", Rebecca replied, like she was in her thoughts, checking her activities, "I will be there in ten", she said after a brief second.
"Okay, I will wait", Charles voiced out as he hung up.
In exactly ten minutes, Rebecca stood at the door of Charles' house, pushing on the electric bell.
"Ding, dong...", Charles heard the bell ring and he stood up, making his way to the door.
" Hey, just on time", he said to Rebecca who stood outside with a wide grin.
"What if I say I have been around?", Rebecca quizzed with her fingers curling around her hair that fell on her cheekbone.
" I don't know ", he answered, " but I won't be surprised if you were hanging around though..., maybe at a club", he murmured.
"Mmhmm...", Rebecca hummed making her way inside like it was her second home.
Rebecca moved to the fridge and took out an apple, biting on it, "don't tell me there's no food here?", She grumbled trying to keep a cute face.
"Maybe I was waiting to eat you", Charles grinned, moving closer to her.
The lights that shone brightly in the Kitchen weren't a deter to Charles, as he got to Rebecca and places her on the slab, spreading her legs apart.
" You have no idea how much I've missed your warmth", Rebecca said to Charles whose arms were spread around her waist.
His hands that were curled around her waist, gradually made their way to her chest, raising the t-shirt that she wore. Palming her left breast and fiddling with her nipples simultaneously, he brought his lips to her neck, licking it.
"I love this so much Charles, can you please not stop?", Charles heard Rebecca say, which made him bite lightly on her skin.
"Ahh...", She moaned softly in response to his action.
Pulling her closer to him, he let his fingers slip into her, sliding in and out vigorously. His actions were getting so intense, and he carried her to his room, pulling off his shirt. He continued his actions till he felt he had reached her peak, just as he was about to get into her, he came to a halt.
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At the Ranez home, Luciana hurriedly ran into her room, closing the door with a loud thud, she let herself fall to the floor, amidst sobs.
"Why did he have to do this?", She sobbed.
"Why?", She asked rhetorically trying to not let out a scream.
"I hate that I'm the cause, I hate that it's because of my existence... I hate all of this", Luciana listed on and on, clenching so tightly on her palms, trying to stab it with her finger.
"If all of this can end soon, every single one of it", she cried out, palming her face.
Jessie who was on her phone making her usual rounds of checking the house got to the sitting room and was surprised to find the TV on.
"Maybe Luciana must have slept off", she thought, "but then it should have been over here"
"I'll just check for her", she murmured internally making her way to Jessie's room. It was another night in the Ranez home and one where Mrs. Ranez wasn't around as usual because of duty calls.
Over the years, the girls learnt to stay alone as Mr. Ranez was always out for work in another country, and Mrs. Ranez who stayed with them was always on duty.
Just as she made her way to Luciana's room, a ring came on her phone,
"Hey Charles", she said, sounding enthused, "it's quite strange to see your call", Jessie cheered tucking her hair behind her ears.
"So, what is it that you want?", Jessie asked as she diverted to the Kitchen instead.
"I should come over to your place, this late?", Jessie voiced out with a confused expression on her face.