My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 359

Chapter 359

Gianna | Age 16

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The cold metal of the chair dug hard into the backs of my legs. Thick leather straps were wrapped tight around my wrists and my ankles, holding me down so I couldn’t move a single inch. My heart was beating so fast and hard against my ribs it felt like it was going to burst right out of my chest.

I was wearing my favorite light blue summer dress. It had small white flowers all over it, but right now, the fabric was crumpled and messy. The doctor had forced my knees wide apart, leaving my legs parted while he stood right in front of me, shining a bright, blinding light down at me. He had a thick clipboard in one hand and a shiny black pen in the other, his cold gray eyes studying me like I was an animal in a cage.

“Let us talk about your focus, Gianna,” the doctor said. He didn’t look at my face; he just stared down at his notes He adjusted his big glasses with one long, pale finger, “Tell me about your reading this week.”

A heavy wave of dread washed over my skin, making me shiver even though the room was hot.

“I… I am focusing much better, Doctor,” I whispered, as I tried to pull my wrists against the heavy leather straps, but they didn’t budge, “I worked really hard on the pages you gave me.”

“Did the letters stay still?” he asked, finally snapping his eyes up to look at me.

“Yes,” I lied quickly, nodding my head so hard my hair fell over my shoulders, “They stayed still. When I looked at the big black letters, they didn’t flip upside down like they used to. I could see the line clearly from left to right. My eyes didn’t get tired.”

“And your hand?” he asked, taking a step closer and pointed the black pen right at my face, “When you tried to write your name, did the fingers obey the brain? Or did the ink still turn into a messy web of lines?”

I kept my eyes wide, trying to look honest even though my tummy was twisting with pure fear, “I wrote the letters in a straight line. I didn’t mix up the ‘b’ and the ‘d’ this time. The paper looked very neat. I am getting much better, I promise. The shocks… the lights… they are helping me focus.”

His long, pale fingers wrapped around a heavy black handle. When he lifted it, I saw the two metal prongs at the

end.

My eyes went wide, and a cold sweat broke out all over my skin. The fear in my chest turned into a choking horror. I tried to pull against the leather straps with all my strength, “Doctor, please,” I begged, “I told you, I am better. I am doing good!”

He didn’t listen. He didn’t even look angry. He just flipped a switch on the side of the handle, and a loud, ZZZTT sound filled the quiet room. A bright blue spark danced between the metal prongs.

“The brain forgets its lessons without a proper reminder, Gianna,” the doctor said.

He leaned forward and pressed the cold metal prongs straight against the bare skin of my right thigh.

An explosive, blinding pain crashed through my entire body. A massive wave of electricity ripped through my legs and shot straight up my spine. My whole body went completely stiff, my back arching violently off the chair as my muscles locked up into a hard, tight knot. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t even scream. My jaw slammed shut so hard my teeth clicked, and my vision went totally white.

My limbs shook and seized against the leather straps for three long seconds before he pulled the metal tool away.

I fell back against the metal chair, gasping for air, my chest heaving up and down. My legs were trembling violently, the skin on my thigh burning where the metal had touched me. Tears leaked out of the corners of my

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eyes, blurring the sight of the white ceiling.

“You see,” the doctor continued, “We must create a strong path between the eye and the hand. Pain is a very good teacher for a lazy brain.”

He took a step closer, his eyes studying the way my legs were shaking.

“Now, tell me again about the letters,” he murmured, his thumb resting right on the black switch, “pid they really stay still on the page, or are you just telling me what I want to hear?”

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