Chapter 72: Chapter 72

In an intimate collision with Luca... While being humped by him to ecstasy in moans, grunts, and screams of passion, Courtney was able to plunge deep into her darkest whim and acted on her most destructive intent.

Fortunately, Luca lived alone so it made things easier for her.

Courtney could still vividly remember how the pleasured look on his face had turned awry and horrific when she stabbed a knife at his neck amid the intercourse.

His blood gushed and tainted her view, but Courtney hadn't minded. Her heart first trembled and shook in fear but it had become cold and indifferent afterward, though her hands that still stabbed the knife at his neck shook in fear.

In a fit of rage, Courtney had pushed him aside and stabbed him severally even long after his eyes had lost the life in them. She did so until she was satisfied, and then broke into a fit of crazed laughter.

In nothing but panties and bra that were shifted to the side and revealing her most intimate parts while sitting on Luca's corpse with her body covered in his blood, Courtney broke into tears after having laughed like crazy. She seemed like a serial killer in this vivid picture of horror that had been painted.

She knew she might end up being caught! She knew she might never see Bob again. But she didn't care so long she had her revenge. She had planned to tell Bob about everything and apologize to him...

No! She would take control of her life by her own hands.

Courtney went to the bathroom to clean herself. She made certain that there was no remnant blood in the shower before leaving. Though, she still couldn't get the stench of blood off of her.

Since she had planned to be naked in bed from the start, her dress was still finely thrown to the corner.

Nonetheless, Courtney dressed herself up and scouted the room for any signs or traces of evidence that could lead the police to her. She took the bedsheet and the knife she'd stabbed Luca with along with her and she cut off Luca's dick both in revenge and with the goal of not giving herself out to the forensics since it was just inside of her.

She gathered all the things that may point the evidence at her in a black body bag she found in his kitchen before sneaking out into the dark of the night, still nervous and scared that she couldn't escape such atrocities she'd caused.

Since it was dark, Courtney was able to take the backdoor and sneak out of Luca's house, escaping the neighbors' pry.

" I work at the abattoir" She'd told the cab driver with a flash of a sweet smile when the latter had twitched his nose at her, obviously smelling blood. The latter had an expression of apprehension all the way till she reached her destination.

She stopped around the woods and went deep into it to bury the things she'd taken with her. She'd borrowed a small shovel from Luca's place and had dug and buried everything by herself.

Thankfully, Bob had left on a business trip and she was able to sneak into their home successfully without suspicion despite the mud she carried on her dress and body. The attendants had no reason to ask her where she'd been, after all, Courtney was their mistress.

Courtney had then rushed to clean herself off of the stench and remaining stains of blood and mud on her.

Days went by, and weeks too. In fear and apprehension that someday, the cops would come knocking at her door, Courtney lived a normal life.

When Bob came back, she contemplated telling him the truth about everything but she decided not to. After all, there was no telling if he'd despise her just as Luca had said.

Besides, he already would hate her if he knew about her past. Courtney started to see Bob in a new light, feeling she couldn't trust him either.

Courtney had fallen out of love, and her compassion and trust for everyone had totally diminished.

Did Bob really love her? If he would hate her for her past, then where was the love?

" Bob, would you ever be with a prostitute?" She had asked amidst their fun discussion and Bob had instantly answered,

" No, not ever!"

It hurt her so bad that her heart tinged in pain. It wasn't her fault, life had been hard on her, and she had to survive.

Courtney had previously been glad she survived for his sake. But... he'd said no that instantly without having even given a thought to it.

Luca was right!

Although, Bob had chuckled and said he could only have married Courtney...

' That's not it!' Courtney had lost it, totally.

She started thinking that Bob wasn't really what she... needed. What she needed was her own place in life. Her own utopia where no one would judge her.

" Bob, can I co-own your jewelry company?" She had asked him after a sumptuous night in bed.

" Anything for you my sweet love" Bob had readily agreed. And so began Courtney's quest towards liberation.

Val was again in a place where she'd wanted. She lived happily, even though she became the CEO of Citadel's and had to work, she still pushed on without guilt nor regret.

She worked the business to success with everything she had. Sleeping around and fucking with rich clients, making most of them subservient to her. Courtney had to kill, deal a lot of shady businesses and lots more even at that stage. She had also established a connection with the Don from that nightclub, making them do the dirty work while she paid them.

Courtney was finally where she wanted because of her own actions. She didn't need anyone to tell her if what she did was right or wrong.

Bob included!

Until, one day, a threat came.

She had just returned to Seattle from San Francisco, with the hope to leave for a holiday when her phone buzzed.

" I've heard quite well about what your little pretty ass has been up to lately. Rejoice toy, I'm getting out soon. Hold Madam's fortress till she returns!"

Courtney had shuddered in fright and had suffered from her PTSD badly that very day. She knew exactly whom it was from. It was the only person whom she had never thought she could overcome. It was someone who had instilled deep fear and reverence for them in her that she instinctively knew to submit whenever she heard or remembered her name.

Madam J!

Courtney had ignored it at first, thinking it was probably a bluff. However, the threats only kept coming.

Courtney's PTSD worsened and she couldn't take it any longer.

Courtney in search for a way out to solve her dilemma discovered from her connections that Madam J was currently still locked up but was soon to be released truly. She had panicked and had thought of ways to finish her off before she got out.

Courtney got to know Adam Mash, the chief warden at the female correctional prison where Madam J was serving her sentence. She had someone trail the warden for days and finally approached him.

Fortunately, she was able to convince him with a pitiful talk, and a subtly feigned surrender into intimacy. The stubborn man who had separated from his wife gladly accepted her advances and had sex with Courtney, several times.

The problem being he did so without protection. Courtney was too much a high class for him not to demand all of her. She was at his mercy so he had taken advantage of that to do her raw.

Courtney had convinced him to kill Madam J and he'd agreed to do so.

Eventually, the threats stopped coming and just when Courtney thought she had triumphed, she realized she was pregnant.

Moreso, Bob knew as he was with her the whole time, so she couldn't tell him she wanted to abort it when he didn't. It'd raise suspicion as the one whom she was pregnant for was her husband who actually wanted a baby, why wouldn't she want the same as well? They were a couple, and had been so for years now...

Courtney then thought to continue to sell the thought that the child belonged to Bob then. There wasn't anything else she could do after all.

She couldn't have just outright come up to tell him she'd cheated on him, not once with a single person but several others, and had gotten pregnant for the other person on top of that. It was the greenest hat one could ever put on their partner.

One could imagine just how funny Bob looked to other men who had a relationship or the other with Courtney on the side.

Things quieted after all of this, and through the struggle of guilt and righteousness, Courtney pushed forward.

However, the threat letters came again, and Courtney had to confront Adam. It was at this time that she learnt he had only put watch on Madam J and had somehow increased the length of her jail term only.

He didn't actually kill her! Not that he didn't want to, he just couldn't!

Courtney began to panic at that point, knowing the source of her worry was still at large. It didn't seem like Adam Mash would do anything beyond vulgar to kill Madam J. As much as she tried to persuade him, he just wouldn't do it and would come up with excuses.

It was then that Courtney thought to take reign herself. She would become important, so much that when the Madam finally got out, she would make her his bitch! and to do this she'd need a lot of influence, power and most especially, money!

As the CEO of Citadel's and a hot wife that had sold her body to many men of power and influence, Courtney had made contact with numerous powerhouses and had managed to conquer most of them with her beauty and allure. So influence was already established.

The power part came with money, and Courtney generally thought she lacked this. Being married to a billionaire at the moment, didn't mean she was a billionaire as well. Of course she could get whatever she wanted but it all had to come from Bob. Courtney's own annual income wasn't even up to millions. She could only manage as much as a million and a half or so in a year.

Although, her possession was worth more than this. Regardless, it was all due to the fact that she was married to Bob.

For the life she envisioned to be probable, Courtney needed to be a multimillionaire if not a billionaire herself. She couldn't make Madam J suffer and be her bitch using Bob's money without having to explain herself, thus, revealing her last.

Courtney surely couldn't skyrocket from a millionaire to a multimillionaire within months. None of the powerful men she had under her wings were willing to do so much, they weren't that rich themselves, they only had relevant positions. The other billionaires she'd managed to get with weren't insecure, they owned her like a bitch if anything, and she would only be able to scrape so much from them. Maybe some ten to twenty million from all sources.

Why do that when she could have Bob's riches, or half of it to herself? Although she loved Bob and didn't wish to make him go through such, she still needed to own her life. Besides, Bob had said that he couldn't be with a prostitute. Courtney still held that to heart.

' I'm a prostitute!' She'd thought scornfully.

She needed to get what was rightfully hers! And she'd done everything she did to suck Bob dry of his wealth.

The poor man's love for her had him falling into even more despair, allowing Courtney's intent to be even more easy to execute.

She'd set him up with Mae whom the Don had recommended to her, but the bastard didn't take the bait.

Luckily, she had previously planted cameras in his room and Mae was able to kiss him. She pulled some other strings to make Bob seem abusive, quarreling and having arguments with him on purpose.

Courtney filed a divorce after this, confident that there was no way she wouldn't get what she deserved.

Now look where all of that got her...

Courtney hated how unfair the world was... How it had been cruel to her all along.

' Perhaps if I had spoken to Bob about this?'

She realized Bob was the only person who ever really cared for her. Courtney became remorseful and clenched her head as she lowered her head dejectedly.

" ... Besides Adam Mash's murder, we've also been able to determine that you've also been involved in a series of other murder cases of Ian Delano, John Finnegan..."

In the interrogation room, Courtney listened in sheer silence as the officer interrogating her listed the names of those whom she'd murdered or had contributed to their death in one way or another.

Memories of their death flashed in her eyes as they were mentioned. Some she remembered and others she didn't.

She felt remorseful but didn't regret ever doing what she did. Her emotions welled knowing she was finally at the end of the road.

Courtney neither assented nor denied the words of the officer. She knew she was going to jail.

It was already predetermined, and she knew even those men of influence she knew wouldn't bother to try and do anything this time. This was a capital case, and anyone who got involved could have their secrets rooted out as well.

Courtney gave up the struggle. She had long accepted that she was fated to live a wretched life. From the beginning to the end.

And here she was...

Perhaps, this was for the better. After all, in jail, Madam J couldn't get to her. She shouldn't be able to, right?

But nonetheless, Courtney was scared of the life that lay before her. She was going to lose everything. The freedom she'd had ever since she left Madam J. It was going to be taken again. Everything, she'd ever had. She'd also lose someone whom she really thought she could have lived happily ever after with, if only her fate wasn't so miserable. She was going to lose him.

" Bob..."