he Merman, My Man by Black Velvet Chapter 50
Every inch of my skin felt tainted. Dicken’s breath and touch seemed to have seeped into my bones. I stood in the bathroom, cleaning myself from head to toe with the hot water flowing down my body. The water was so hot that it caused my skin to turn red. That way, it would feel like my body had been cleansed of shame.
I crouched down helplessly and buried my face into my arms as I cried from losing my strength and dignity as an adult woman.
My mind was a mess as I didn’t expect this turn of events. ‘If my father knew about this, he would rather not have a daughter like me!’
I was a young and aspiring biologist with hopes and dreams up to about a week ago. But at that moment, I was trapped in this reservoir and had become nothing but an object of gratification to the merman. He had teased and violated me time and time again, but I could only keep quiet and pretend none of this happened.
‘No! It shouldn’t be like this!’
I tugged at my wet hair crazily as my mind filled with intrusive thoughts.
‘That’s right! I need to leave! I need to leave this island and that cursed being. I must return to the mainland so that he won’t be able to touch me!
Linda, you have to pull yourself together! You have to destroy all evidence of what happened here so that it’ll be a secret you take to the grave!’
After I had reorganized my thoughts, I stood up shakily and exited the bathroom. I walked to the desk and switched off all the monitors before breaking the surveillance camera.
Finally, I shifted my gaze to the cursed creature lying on the floor. I shuffled toward him, and with all my might, I dragged him into the cylindrical glass
tank which had previously held Alice. I closed the door of the tank then verified that the door was locked multiple times.
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