Page 57 of Under Rusted Stars

I am slowly brought out of my sleep, but I keep my eyes closed. I hear voices around me, but they’re hushed.

“Jett, she’s okay. If she wasn’t, she’d tell you. She trusts you,” Kate says quietly.

“I hurt her,” he sniffs. “She cried, Kate. I… fuck, I hate this. I hate that I had to… I didn’t have a choice, but…”

“Do you think any of us would let you near her if we thought you raped her?” Luke asks. “What you did was not rape. I don’t care what you say; you were forced to do that. We saw the live stream. We saw how hard you fought it.”

“She cried, man. I can’t get her cries out of my head,” Jett says tearfully.

I move over a bit so I can crawl over and drop myself next to Jett so I can lay my head in his lap. He hesitates but starts gently stroking my hair.

“Rapists don’t comfort their victims,” I mutter. “You and me, remember?”

“I hurt you, Liv,” he says quietly.

“Because you have a giant dick and you weren’t given time to make sure I was ready,” I argue. “You still found a way to help me, though. You still did everything you could.”

“How’s your back?” he asks.

“I don’t know. I can’t see it,” I mutter.

“Roll to your belly and let him check,” Bodhi says.

“Me? You’re the doctor,” Jett says.

“Yeah, and you are the one she went through that with. You two need each other,” Bodhi argues.

I move to my belly and pull the back of the shirt up, exposing my ass and back.

“Whoops. Left a handprint on your ass,” Rhett chuckles, gently patting where he slapped my ass. “My bad.”

“Your tiny dick made up for it,” I say, and Bodhi laughs.

“They aren’t too bad,” Jett sighs. “Mostly just welts. A few bled.”

“Could be worse,” I say. “Jett?”

“Hmm?” he sighs.

“Thank you,” I say. “And Rhett?”

“Yes?”

“Come here,” I say, forcing myself to sit up, and I fix my shirt as Rhett sits next to me. “Thank you for getting us out of there.”

“You’re welcome, Olivia,” he says with a soft smile. “You owe me three hundred grand, though.”

“Oh, fuck you,” I laugh, and he wraps me in a hug.

“I’d give up everything just to know you’re safe,” Rhett says quietly. “I’m sorry I had to…”

“Try to slay me with your giant dick?” I ask, and Bodhi laughs heartily this time. “How is it possible that you three have the world’s largest dicks?”

“Must be something in the water,” Kate laughs.

“Too bad Luke doesn’t drink water, huh?” I ask

“You little shit!” Luke laughs.