The man sat down at the bar and looked around. There were so many people here tonight. He ordered a drink and just sat back and watched them come and go and flirt with each other. After a while, a beautiful woman walked up and sat beside him.

"Care to order me a drink?" she asked with a purr in her voice.

"Who can resist a request from such a beautiful woman?" he asked as he smiled at her.

He ordered her a drink and they sat there talking for an hour before she asked him to dance. What he didn't know was what he was really getting into with this woman. He didn't know that she had a psychotic stalker. Not until halfway through the dance.

"What the hell do you think you're doing with my woman?" a harsh voice asked.

Kevin turned towards the voice. There stood a man almost his height and well-muscled. Kevin wasn't worried though. He knew he could take him as he was in great shape as well and this guy looked really drunk. However, he was hoping it didn't go that far.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know she was taken," Kevin answered.

"Billy, I am not your woman. You are obviously drunk and I have told you repeatedly that I am not yours. We broke up six months ago. It's time for you to move on. I am tired of this. Now go away."

"We didn't break up. You just decided to give it some time and never came back. I have been here. You belong to me. And I refuse to let a punk like this get his hands on you."

Kevin let go of her and started to walk off when Billy stopped him.

"Where do you think you're going punk? We aren't done talking yet."

Kevin looked at him and said, "We are done and you are going to let go of my arm. I am not going to fight you over anyone. It isn't worth it. The lady obviously doesn't want you and has said as much. But on top of that, I didn't know she was with anyone in the first place."

"You think using some big words on me is going to stop me from pounding your face into the ground? Come on outside, Mr. Bigshot, so we can settle this," Billy said.

Kevin just shook his head and knocked the guy’s hand away. He walked towards the bar and paid his tab. Then, he proceeded to leave the bar with the man and woman arguing. He thought it was over until a few minutes later when he was unlocking his car he felt a blow to the back of his head. He fell on the ground, feeling his head spinning. When he was rolled over, he saw Billy over top of him with a knife in his hand.

"I told you we were going to settle this, punk. I meant it. You can either fight like a man or I can cut you up right now," Billy snickered.

Kevin kicked out and landed his foot square in Billy's knee. Billy cried out in pain and crashed to the ground. He dropped the knife and Kevin dove for it. But Billy grabbed his leg and pulled him back. The man flipped him over and started punching him in the face and gut. Kevin fought back and landed a good blow to the man's gut. He rolled off and Kevin saw him grab the knife from where he landed.

Kevin got up and turned to punch the guy but the guy was there slashing with the knife. It caught Kevin's arm and he felt a sharp, hot pain go through his arm. The man slashed out again and Kevin dodged it. Then, he punched the guy in the chest and went for another blow when the guy kicked his feet out from under him and rode Kevin down to the ground. The knife came up and Kevin grabbed his wrist with both hands. He managed to turn the guy’s wrist so the knife wasn't pointing towards him at the same time the guy thrust his body down to shove the knife in Kevin's chest.

Kevin heard the guy make a shocked sound. He shoved him off and looked at him. The blade was sticking out of Billy's chest and blood was gushing out. Kevin took off his shirt and started packing it around Billy’s wound. He screamed for help. A man came running and when he saw the blood he started screaming at Kevin.

"You son of a bitch! That's my brother! You killed him! You killed him!"

"I didn't do this on purpose. He attacked me and I was just trying to stop him from killing me. Stay here with him. I will go get help," Kevin stammered.

Kevin ran back in the bar and told the bartender to call for help. The lady saw the blood on his hands and ran outside hollering Billy's name. The bartender called the police and Kevin slumped against the bar in shock.

When the police got there, Billy had already died. The ambulance carted him off. Billy's brother came into the bar escorted by the police. The minute he saw Kevin, he flew into a rage and tried to get to him, but the police held him back. They took Kevin's statement and took him to the jail where he was held overnight.

The next day he was arraigned and a trial date was set. In one months' time, he would know if he was still a free man or not. What was he supposed to do? Was he supposed to let that man kill him? And over some woman he had just met? Kevin was afraid for his life. That man's brother had threatened to find him and kill him as revenge. Had threatened to torture him in ways he couldn't even begin to imagine. All he could do was wait.

Renee walked into the living room with the popcorn in hand. She sat down beside Kevin and set the bowl in her lap. She looked at him and smiled. This was their two year anniversary. She loved him more than life itself. He was the perfect man for her. He was six-foot, blonde-haired, and green-eyed. She loved his eyes the most. They were such a bright green. She got lost in them all the time. He would ask her what she was looking at so intently and she would laugh.

Kevin smiled back as he leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. He had something very special planned for tonight. This woman was the one he planned on being with forever. And he just hoped she felt the same. He met her a year after his trial and he was found innocent. To his surprise, she had not heard of the incident or him. So, he had never told her about it. He hoped she never found out about it because he loved her and was afraid he would lose her if she ever found out about what he had done. What he had been capable of.

"So, what did you pick out for us to watch?" Renee asked him.

"I picked The Lucky One because that's how I feel about you," Kevin replied.

"Aw. You are just too sweet. I love you so much," Renee said.

"I love you, too. So, do you want to watch the movie, or maybe we can skip it and…." Kevin trailed off, winking at her as he said this.

"Kevin, you are terrible. I would love to see this movie first. And then I will do things you can make a movie out of," Renee laughed as she ran her hand up his thigh.

Kevin felt an immediate thrill run through him. Everything she did was a turn-on for him. He leaned in and kissed her deeply. She leaned back and he moved forward pressing against her. She wrapped her arms and legs around him pressing herself against him as hard as she could and pulled his hair out of the ponytail. She ran her hands through his hair and kissed him harder. The feel of his hair was so silky and Renee loved it when it ran across her body. Kevin knew this and broke the kiss to move down to her neck and let the hair run across her neck and chest. She moaned and he ground himself into her.

Renee tugged on the bottom of her shirt and he moved back and watched as she removed her shirt and bra. Then he removed his own shirt and started to kiss her breasts as his hair fell around his face and onto her. They kissed and caressed each other until there was a noise coming from the kitchen.

Kevin sat back and looked at Renee. He put his finger over his lips and she nodded. He got up and moved slowly towards the kitchen. Renee sat up and waited but when she heard the noises of a struggle she went running to the kitchen. Kevin had a man sitting on top of him punching him. Kevin was fighting back but the man had the upper hand. Renee ran over and tried to grab the man off of Kevin. He elbowed her in the chest and she fell back trying to catch her breath. Then, he started slamming Kevin's head into the floor which knocked him out. He then turned towards her and she tried to slide away.

He grabbed her and drug her over to a chair. He took the rope that was sitting on the table and tied her to the chair and started touching her breasts while he did. Then, he grabbed Kevin and tied him to a chair. Then, he came towards her. She had finally caught her breath and she screamed.

He laughed and said, "Scream for me, baby. No one is going to hear you. The good thing about the house you chose to live in is that its miles from anyone else. Thanks for that by the way."

The man continued petting on her bare breasts as she hadn't thought to put her shirt back on when she had heard the commotion in the kitchen. He unbuttoned her pants and she tried to kick out but he merely sat in her lap so she couldn't. She wouldn't give him the satisfaction of screaming again. He undid the rope around the chair and jerked her up where he tied her hands behind her back. She struggled but it wasn't much use. It just made the rope pull tighter.

He pulled her pants down and sat her back in the chair. He pulled another rope out and tied it through the chair effectively tying her upper half to it. He pulled the pants completely off and tied her ankles. Then he waited for Kevin to wake up.

When Kevin woke up, his head was pounding, and he wasn't sure where he was. He groaned and looked around. His eyes sprung open as he saw Jesse sitting in his kitchen. He looked around and saw Renee sitting naked and tied in another chair. She had bruises setting in on her face, breasts, and stomach.

"Welcome back to the world of the conscious, Romeo. We've been having some fun while waiting for you to wake up. But, now it's time for some real fun," Jesse said as he untied Renee's hands from the chair.

Kevin saw her hands were still tied behind her back. There was a rope around her ankles but it was loose so there was space for her feet to move apart. Her head was lolling back and forth as the blows to her face had probably knocked her almost unconscious.

"Jesse, don't do this. She has nothing to do with what happened," Kevin pleaded.

"An eye for an eye, you bastard. You took what I loved so I'm just returning the favor."

"Kevin, what's going on?" Renee asked, pleading for him to help her with her eyes.

Kevin felt like someone had just landed a thousand blows to his heart. He had never told her about killing Billy. He had been acquitted as it was self-defense. But Jesse had always promised to get him when he least expected it. He had thought he had given up when he had moved away. He had been wrong.

"So, you haven't even told your precious woman who you really are? She doesn't know you're a murderer, does she?"

"I'm sorry, baby. I moved and thought that had been left in the past. I'm not a murderer. Jesse's brother was psychotic and wouldn't leave his ex-girlfriend alone. I wound up meeting her one night at a bar. Billy didn't like that I was spending time with her. I tried to walk away but he followed me to the parking lot. The psycho pulled a knife on me. I wound up turning it on him and he died. I was acquitted."

"My brother wasn't psychotic. You were messing with his woman!" Jesse yelled.

"A woman who clearly didn't want him," Kevin spat back.

Jesse punched Kevin. Renee tried to shove Jesse with her shoulder but he just slapped her. She fell back and hit the floor. She had no way to brace herself as her hands were tied. She twisted so she hit her side. Her head hit the floor and she was seeing stars.

She felt herself being dragged across the floor. Renee tried digging her nails into the floor but all it did was make them bleed. She started to cry as it hurt like hell. She felt dizzy as he flipped her on to her back. Her hands were pinned under her and she felt the blood from her broken nails on her back.

She pulled her legs up so she could kick Jesse. He moved to the side and grabbed her ankles, pulling them down. He laid on top of her. She knew what he was going to do as soon as his hand reached in between them. She heard him unzip his pants. She began to struggle but he was too heavy and she couldn't get any leverage with her hands pinned under her.

"I like it when you struggle," he said, his hot breath in her face.

She felt him pressing against her and she screamed in his face as she head-butted him. That just made her dizzier and him angry.

"You'll pay for that, bitch."

"Leave her alone!" Kevin yelled. "It's me you want to hurt. Not her."

"But this will hurt you and I don't like men," he laughed.

He pushed himself inside of Renee and she bit her lip until she drew blood again trying not to scream. She turned her head and saw Kevin struggling against the ropes tying him to the chair. He was screaming obscenities at Jesse and threatening to kill him.

Jesse didn't slack up but instead laughed at the pain and anger he saw on Kevin's face. Kevin wound up toppling the chair over and couldn't get himself back up. He was trying to use his toes and the side of his arm to push himself but he wasn't getting very far.

Renee couldn't stop herself from crying but she would be damned if she gave him the satisfaction of screaming from the pain she felt at him ripping her apart. She grew tired from crying and where her head had been hit so much. The last sound she heard was him groaning in her ear as he came inside her. She wanted to die.

Kevin kept struggling to get to Renee. He felt helpless. He couldn't even protect the love of his life from this monster. She kept looking at him through her tears, her eyes pleading for him to help her. He was moving himself a little bit but it wasn't enough. When she passed out, he was thankful because at least she wasn't experiencing what he was doing anymore.

"I like her. She doesn't scream but she still struggles," Jesse said.

"You bastard! I will make you pay for this. I've seen you so it's not like you can deny it's you." Kevin said, seething with anger.

"To what crime? I think your girl is coming with me. She won't be saying anything. And it'll torture you even more knowing I have her and doing who knows what with her," Jesse said as he smiled.

"No!" Kevin yelled as Jesse picked Renee up and slung her over his shoulder.

He heard some rustling throughout the house. Then he heard the door open and shut. He kept pushing himself and it took hours but he finally got to the wall with the phone on it. He kept trying to rock himself and he finally got to his knees.

He threw himself backwards on to the floor and he felt the chair crack. A few more hours and he'd finally broken it enough to get his hands loose. He pushed himself on to his side and got on to his knees. He scooted himself over to a counter and awkwardly pushed himself into a doubled over position.

Knocking the phone off with his chin, he sat back on the floor and felt for the numbers. He dialed 911. He gave them all the information they asked for and just sat there, feeling defeated.

He hadn't been able to help the love of his life when she had needed it the most. What kind of man was he? When the police came, they cut the ropes from around him. They questioned him about what had happened. He was getting irritated because they weren't looking for Renee. Jesse could have killed her by now for all he knew. The police had roped off the crime scene and were taking pictures and evidence while all he could do was sit there and wonder what was happening to Renee.

Jesse picked the girl up off the floor and took her in the living room. She had passed out. He grabbed the shirt that was laying on the floor. He'd see if he could find a skirt to pull over the ropes. He put the shirt over her head and pulled it down. He wasn't too worried about Kevin getting to him anytime soon so he could take his time.

He went through the house looking for anything valuable and took it. He was just going to kill the girl but he figured it would hurt that jackass more for him to take her. He'd keep her and he could fuck her anytime he wanted. So, he was going to take some of her things and head back to his place. They'd have to go on the run. He needed his stuff for that.

Once he had everything he was going to take stuffed into some pillowcases, he went back downstairs. He heard Kevin yelling and cussing. A sick smile curved his lips. He threw the girl over his shoulder and left. Hell, this wasn't his first rodeo with the police. He knew how to hide.

He got to his apartment and left the girl in his trunk. He had put duct tape over her mouth. He lived in a part of town where people didn't see or hear anything when the police came knocking. He gathered up everything he could carry and threw it in the backseat. He went to his bank and emptied his account. He had been saving up for a while to run because he had been planning on killing that bastard.

He drove for hours, and every once in a while he would take a break to run in a store. He had to ditch this car. He'd need to get some fake identification for the woman in the trunk. He already had his, right down to a birth certificate. At one point, he pulled over on a deserted road to get her out of the trunk. He had heard her start kicking the trunk.

She'd tried to run but he'd overpowered her and she couldn't do much with her ankles still tied. He put her in the passenger seat and threatened to kill her if she tried anything. She had finally settled down but she kept crying, which was getting on his nerves.

Once they had left the state, he rented a hotel room with his fake id and went back to the car. He told her if she didn't keep quiet that he would kill her and go back for Kevin. She was to do everything he said from then on. She simply nodded. He untied her hands and loosened the rope around her ankles. When he took the duct tape off her mouth, she spit on him. He slapped her.

Her head was reeling after he slapped her. She tasted blood. He yanked her out of the car and into the room. She had to use the bathroom but she didn't want to say anything for fear he would hit her again.

"I'm going to let you get cleaned up. I'm right outside the door so don't think of doing anything stupid, okay?"

Renee nodded. Jesse sat her on the bed and took the rope off of her ankles and then stood up. He watched her for a minute to make sure she wasn't going to try anything. She looked at her ankles and saw the blood on them where she had struggled against the rope. She slowly stood up and walked over to the bathroom. She tried to close the door but Jesse shook his head.

"At least give me a little privacy to go to the bathroom. Where am I going to go?" Renee queried.

"Leave it open just a crack then. Just enough so I know you aren't trying anything stupid."

"Like what? What am I going to do besides try to kill myself? You only took me to upset Kevin. And you've threatened several times to kill me. So, what difference would it make if I did kill myself? You'd be rid of me and you could run without a burden."

"Nah. Then they'd find you and Kevin wouldn't suffer anymore not knowing what happened to you."

"Then dump my body somewhere they won't find it. It's better than being with you," Renee spat.

"I like you. You're spunky. I think I'm going to keep you for a while first. Now go take a shower." Jesse said as he took his shoes off and sat back on the bed.

Renee had to figure out a way to get out of this. She went and got in the shower. She turned the water to the highest level of heat she could stand. She slumped onto the floor of the bathtub, letting the hot water hit her as she cried. Her body was bruised and her lower half was hurting from the assault. She saw blood running down the drain from in between her thighs. She couldn't live like this.

Why was he keeping her? Was he just going to continue to beat on her and rape her everyday? He couldn't keep her tied up all the time so how would he stop her from trying to run or scream? If she went docile, would he let her go then? Apparently, her being her usual self was something he liked.