CHAPTER 6 Ten Million Dollars

Damon’s POV

Presenter: ONE MILLION THREE! Aaand! SOLD. TO THE MAN IN THE FRONT.

The presenter points to Richard and some people turn to look at the place where he is pointing. Richard is smiling proudly as if he won the most important game of them all.

Damon: That's just...

Michael: I know Damon. But it's none of your business.

Damon: ...

I swallow down the lump of anger and disgust in my throat and try to focus on the next auction hoping for it to be the last in this madness.

The two women leave the stage. Of course, the bidding "items" go to their buyers at the end of the auction.

Presenter: AND NOW! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! THE ATTRACTION OF THE DAY! A YOUNG FLOWER!

A PURE GEM! A GIRL NOT YET BECOME A WOMAN! SHE HAS THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL! THE LOOK OF A GODDESS!

AND THE PURITY OF A CHILD! PLEASE LET'S WELCOME OUR SPECIAL GUEST!

The lights all focus once more at the center of the stage. All around the room I hear gasps some people even applaud. What I see makes my jaw drop. A woman...no! A girl? A young woman...is on her knees at the stage only wearing a piece of underwear she has her hands wrapped around her chest protectively covering her bare skin.

She is looking straight ahead yet I can say she can't see anything.

The lights must be blinding...

I can't see her face clearly but the difference from the girl before is crystal clear. That woman doesn’t want to be here. She is standing there as if placed in that state. Frozen, unmoving, looking terrified and as if she has given up at the same time.

I don't know why but I feel a sharp pain in my chest...like I have been stabbed. The sight before me is heartbreaking and the actions that brought her here must have been inhuman. Who would dare to do such a thing?!

Richard: She is perfect!?

At the hearing of his voice, something inside me snapped!

I turn my head to face my father. He looks at me too, he nods in approval. And I know exactly what to do!

Presenter: LET THE BIDDING BEGIN! STARTING PRICE: ONE MILLION LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR A PURE GEM!

A woman shouts. "ONE MILLION AND A HALF."

I believe I know who she is. Red lips and fur that must have cost a fortune. She is in her late 40s and yet she is a celebrity among men of sin. She has the most luxurious brothel in New York. God knows what is going to happen to this girl if she ends up in her hands!

An older man continues the bidding.

"TWO MILLION"

He is one of those "businessmen" who would sexually harass their employees in order to give them a job.

Trash!

My father mouths to me.

Michael: Now!

Damon: FOUR million.

Everyone in the room falls silent. The excited bidders sit back on their chairs with disappointment and fear in their eyes. Nobody has ever even heard my voice in this room and now it was the younger Tenner who was bidding.

Nobody saw it coming. Not even me. But watching how that girl was suffering by simply existing on stage gave me no other option but to interfere!

Silence

Presenter: FOUR MILLION! FOUR MILLION ONE! FOUR MILLION TWO-

Richard: FIVE MILLION!

I turn my head and see the devilish smirk on Richard's face as he is looking back at me.

Presenter: SEEMS LIKE THE PRICES ARE GETTING HIGHER!

I look at the stage and see that the girl is trembling from head to toe. God, she is scared to death…even her beauty shrinks before the terror in her eyes. I knew at the moment that the games had to stop and I had to act!

Damon: TEN FUCKING MILLION.

I can say that everyone's eyes have literally fallen from their scalps. The gasps and murmurs fill the room.

Even my father seems surprised. But he doesn’t say or do anything to stop me. Yeah, that's a lot of money.

Not that we will miss them. But I would rather spend all my fortune in order to save her from the claws of corruption itself than leave this poor woman at the hands and cock of this lunatic mafiaso!

Richard: ...

Richard grits his teeth in defeat and I hold back the urge to laugh in his face as his arrogant smirk disappears from his lips.

Chief: TEN MILLION DOLLARS?

Presenter: TEN MILLION DOLLARS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! AND THE ATTRACTION OF THE DAY JUST GOT SOLD TO THE MAN WITH THE MOST GENEROUS WALLET!

The applause starts but I know that this decision is going to change many things. My father seems a little bit reluctant at first but then he looks at the trembling girl.

Michael: Yeah son. You did the right thing.

Damon: I hope I did.

No...I know I did that time all I wanted was to save this woman from the predators of this room and I believe I managed to.

Even if I had to do it that way.

Even if this…was the only way!

• Meanwhile -

A man is sitting in an armchair. He is at a luxurious beach house.

A woman is on her knees with her head between his legs. She is sucking up and down his length using her hands to massage his balls giving him extra pleasure.

What was her name? Laura? Yeah, that must be it!

His sex body for the week. Literally. That’s how long he was indenting to stay. Then he has to return to New York.

Jason: FUCK.

He growls as he reaches the verge of his pleasure...

The woman goes faster at his thick shaft. He grabs her head from her hair and makes her swallow him whole which he does without further objection. Jason doesn’t really care what they say about women like her, as long as she is obedient and knows how to suck dick he is satisfied.

His phone rings but he doesn’t see it as a reason to stop.

Jason: Suck it all.

He says and she smiles as he picks up the phone.

Jason: What?!

His father is heard from the other end of the phone but he sounds annoying.

James: You have to come back, son. You did a shitty job of not checking what was going to be sold at the auction.

Jason: What is that supposed to mean?

James: That you messed up! And now Damon has bid.

Jason: WHAT?

The man nearly jumps making the woman fall to her butt shocked.

James: You really are an idiot.

Jason: What did he bid for?

A pause follows before the man answers.

James: Something that wasn't supposed to be sold!

And he knows. He knows he has to return. No delays. When Tenner bids, things get serious, and when Damon himself does then that means that everything is out of control!