"Come in 'bout earlier no hard feelings,"said Stetler watching Ryan take his seat.
"None,"he responded in a cold tone. Stetler could understand his anger.
"Mr. Wolfe,after I was done talking with you,a few questions popped in my head. You said she...abused you,both physically and verbally for two years,why now did you choose to leave?"
"Well,Mr. Stetler,"he replied hastily, "I didn't tell you anything. But she did and I heard her talking on the phone to one of her friends to come and rape me then kill me. Dieing early isn't on my to do list so I got out of there."
"Alright,"he said moving his tape recorder towards Ryan. "Mr. Wolfe,Horatio told me that she strangled you,is that true?"
"Yes." With that he pulled his shirt collar down and showed him the marks. Stetler was cringing on the inside. There was so many marks on his neck,he knew that she didn't try to strangle him once,but more times. He didn't know how many,but he noticed smaller marks on his neck.
"Um,Mr. Wolfe,what are the other smaller marks,"he asked dreading the answer. Ryan was glad that someone finally noticed,he just wishes it was a different someone.
"Well,I'm a Wolfe. So sometimes at night she would get mad and put a collar on my neck and chain it to something inside and locked the door so I couldn't get in."
"How many nights would she leave you out there,"he asked. This was starting to get interesting.
"Depends,mostly two if I was off work the next day she would leave me out there until the morning til I had to go to work."
"Would she beat you while you were out there?"
Ryan paused for a much as he wanted to tell someone,he was scared. Stetler could see his dilemma. He felt sorry for the younger man,he really did.
"Mr. Wolfe,you can tell me."
"No,"he shook his head, "No I can't.I want to but I can't." Images from the nights were flooding his mind.
Flashback
He was chained outside with a collar on his neck...again. Most of the time he just sat there,but was forced awake when Cassie came out with a torch.(like the ones with letters). He started trying to pull to get away,but it was useless. It had the letter R and it was bright red. She stood before him and he could feel the heat radiate from it. "No,"he said loudly but not that loud.
He started fighting to get away. She put it down and rolled him on his stomach and lifted his pant leg up to his thigh. She grabbed the R and pressed it down into his skin. He screamed bloody murder. He thought for sure someone would help him,but they didn't. No one came.
He heard it bang to the ground and thought she was done but she wasn't. She rolled up his other pant leg to his thigh and grabbed a W that was hotter than the R. She placed it on his skin. He just wanted to die right there,right then.
End of flashback
He took in a deep breath and said, "I'll show you,but you have to close the blinds and lock the door." Stetler agreed and five minutes later,Ryan took his pants off and revealed to Stetler the R and W on the back of his thigh.
Okay,I honestly have no idea when this will end. But I'm getting there.
