Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:53:27 -0800 (PST) From: Shiloh Creek <tbotsauthor@yahoo.com> Subject: The Boys of Twillingate Shore: Chapter Eleven - The Final Say-So The Boys of Twillingate Shore _____________________________ **DISCLAIMER: This story contains strong sexual content between minors (boy-boy, boy-teen, boy-man), mature language, and some violence. If you are offended by this sort of material, please do NOT read any further. If you are underage (<18; <21 in some areas), please do NOT read any further. All characters, main setting, and places or people mentioned in this story are completely, 100% fictional. If you find similarities between this story or any characters in this story in comparison to some place or someone in real life or other stories you may have read anywhere else, these circumstances are purely coincidental and do NOT reflect the intentions of the author of this story.** ---------------------------------- Hey everyone. Well, we've pretty much come to the end of the story. Just this chapter left and then the final chapter. I've really enjoyed writing this story and I've already started on my next project, which will actually be a lot more... down to earth, I guess? I feel that this story, while it's been a lot of fun to write, has had its share of unlikely events. But as long as you guys have enjoyed it, that's all that matters. As always, comments and criticisms are always welcome. Thanks a lot to all of you who have sent me emails. I really appreciate all of it. I know I haven't been the best at responding to emails, but I've read all of them at least. Anyway, enjoy the last two chapters. _____________________________ Previously... Cody noticed something hanging on the doorknob as he walked up the steps onto the porch. It was a rolled up piece of paper hanging on the doorknob by a rubber band. He grabbed the piece of paper off the door and opened it up. A blank piece of paper with three words. It said: Cody, I know... --------------------------- Cody looked into the younger boy's eyes again. He had to do a double take within his mind. Logan had actually used the word love. "Love..." Cody mumbled. Logan nodded affirmatively. "I love you... Cody," Logan said sweetly. Cody smiled at his young boyfriend brightly, feeling as if his skin was about to take him in every which direction at the same time. His heart pounded excitedly within his chest, making breathe a little harder. "I... I love you too, Logan," Cody said. "More than anything in this life." --------------------------- Once the window was open, Gill quietly climbed over the window seal onto the shingled roof over the sunroom. Gill looked through the window into the bedroom. His jaw dropped all the way down when he saw what was happening inside. He couldn't believe his own eyes. Cody and Logan were both on the edge of the bed naked and Cody was fucking the younger boy up the ass. Cody was on top with his cock lodged deep inside Logan's anus, pumping away like there was no tomorrow. Logan was on the bottom with his legs wrapped around Cody's torso for support and his hands holding tightly onto Cody's arms, which were propping his own body up as he fucked the younger boy. Both of them were moaning erotically and each of them had their eyes closed. Gill thought his little cousin looked to be in a lot of pain at this moment as Cody pumped his cock in and out of his ass mercilessly. --------------------------- Logan walked over to the boys' bathroom, still pissed off that Gill had threatened him into retrieving his keys for him like a big, dumb dog. Logan cursed Gill's name under his breath as he reached the door handle of the boys' bathroom. He turned the knob and then opened the door widely. As soon as he opened the door, his jaw dropped as far as it could go. Just in front of him, he saw Cody on his knees in front of Adam Chase who's pants and underwear were around his knees. Cody had his hands on the young boy's penis, looking as if he was about to take it into his mouth. "Oh my god!" Logan called out. --------------------------- "Okay, the plan's over," Adam said as he pulled his briefs up. "I think I'll take my hundred dollars now." "Not so fast, little buddy," Gill said. "The fucking job's not done. You gotta do a few more things before I'll give you the money." Adam looked up at the older guy with a confused expression on his face. Gill walked up, placed his hand around the nape of Adam's young neck, and then squeezed down on the back of his neck, forcing Adam to do whatever he wanted him to. Adam clenched his face as Gill gripped the back of his neck and led him towards the large handicap stall at the far corner of the bathroom. Once both of them were inside the stall, Gill shoved the boy forward and then closed the stall door, locking it behind him. --------------------------- "Even if what you're saying is the truth, so is what Gill said about you," Logan said. "What?" "You only like boys. Like me. Or Adam. Or even Jesse when you guys were my age. But someday when I'm your age, you won't like me anymore. Not the way you do now," Logan said inconsolably through his tears. "You know how I know that's true? Because you haven't tried to defend yourself." --------------------------- "Oh yeah, little dude, he told me everything," Gill said. "You're lying through your god-damn teeth," Logan claimed. "Okay. What if I am lying?" "Then you're just the normal scumbag piece of shit you've always been." "Fine. Then let's make a deal. If you find out I'm lying, then I have to do whatever you want me to do. But you find out I'm not lying, then you have to do whatever I want you to do. Sound fair enough?" "And you can prove that you're not lying, how?" "By telling you a few things that Cody told me," Gill said. "Cody said when you arrived home on Sunday night, you guys were laying here in your bed all talking and shit and then you stripped down to your underwear for him. He said something like `time to take those tighty whities off,' and then you told him to take them off for you. After that, you guys got into the sex stuff. Not only did he fuck you on this bed, but he said he fucked you with your legs wrapped around his waist and the two of you were on the edge of the bed the whole time. Detailed enough for you?" --------------------------- He felt everything in his stomach begin to rise up on him, knowing he would need to take a break soon or he would end up vomiting. He kept sucking Gill's cock. His tears were flooding his face. He tried to not cry so heavily though. He mainly focused on sucking Gill's penis. He tried to take a little more of Gill's cock inside his mouth, but as soon as he did, he gagged so hard that he had to take all of Gill's cock out of his mouth. "I didn't say you could take a break, fucking fairy boy!" Gill yelled. With that, Gill reached down and grabbed a fistful of Logan's long hair. He forced Logan's mouth back onto his own cock. All of a sudden, Logan gagged so hard that everything in his stomach rose up quickly. With Gill's cock still in his mouth, Logan vomited all over it. The vomit traveled all the way down to the base of Gill's cock and spilled over onto the pants and boxer shorts that were down around his knees. Gill freaked out immediately and took his cock out of Logan's mouth. "Holy fucking shit!!" Gill yelled furiously as he released Logan's hair and swiftly yanked his cock out of the younger boy's mouth. Gill pulled Logan up onto his knees roughly. Without saying a word, Gill balled up his fist and threw a powerful uppercut square at Logan's right eye. At the brutal impact, Logan was sent hurdling back down onto the ground. Gill sprung towards the small boy and kicked Logan as hard as he could in the side right under his rib cage. "Don't you go running off or anything, fairy boy," Gill said calmly now. "I'll be back to see you soon." Gill pulled his keys out of his pocket as he walked away towards the house and his motorcycle, leaving Logan alone on the ground. --------------------------- "Gill. You told him everything. You told him about us." "What?? No I didn't! I would never tell anyone about us. Especially Gill!" "Another lie. Cody, when're you gonna stop lying to me?" All of a sudden, Logan started crying. The younger boy placed his hand over his eyes, trying to hide his tears from Cody. "I hate you," Logan whispered, staring down at his lap, still crying. "I hate you. I hate you! I hate you!!" Cody stood up from the bed quickly, still looking down at Logan in utter shock. "Get out!!" "Logan... I..." Cody attempted, but was cut off by Logan's yelling. "Get out!! Get the fuck out of here!! I hate you!! Get out!!" --------------------------- "Cody, what just happened in there?" Ruth asked demandingly. Cody stayed quiet for a few long seconds, swallowed hard, and then answered. "I can't work for you anymore, Ruth," Cody said simply. "What??" Ruth asked in total disbelief. "What're you talking about??" "You heard me right," Cody said. "I can't work here anymore. I'm sorry." Without saying another word, Cody quickly ran down the stairs. "Cody!" Ruth called from the top of the stairs. Cody walked over to the recliner, grabbed his cowboy hat from the end table, and headed towards the front door, ignoring Ruth's call. "Cody!!" Ruth called a little louder, still receiving no response from the boy. --------------------------- "Buddy, you're making any sense. Who is he? And why would he give you money?" "Because I did what he wanted. But he said I can't have the money yet. The fucking job's not done. He said... `Act like your thing hurts like a motherfucker. Then pull down your pants in front of Cody Haynes. Ask him to look at your cock for you.' After I did what he told me, that boy came into the bathroom." "What boy?" "That blond boy. He had long hair. He came in the bathroom. My pants and underwear were down. That boy got mad and then ran out. Cody ran out too. Then... I said the plan's over. I asked for the money. Then... he... he took me into the stall in the corner. He locked the door and then pulled his pants and underwear. He said... he said `Get over here... and suck me off.' I had to put my mouth on his thing. He made me lick it and he said `Suck it like a fucking lollipop, kid.' After that, he said... he said `Don't plan on running off.'" "Oh my god..." _____________________________ Chapter Eleven "The Final Say-So" Friday, August 7th, 1998 Cody was sitting on his bed alone, wearing just his white Hanes briefs and a plain green t-shirt. He was eating Oreo cookies right out of the carton, splitting the cookies apart and licking the white cream out of the center. He was watching Jurassic Park on the twenty-inch television set he had in his room, which was set on top of his dresser. There was an empty carton of Chips Ahoy on the floor, along with a few empty cans of cola. He had a half-empty can of cola sitting on the nightstand. There were clothes scattered all over the room, dirty clothes and clean clothes alike. He had locked himself in his bedroom since yesterday afternoon, leaving his room only to go to the bathroom or grab some more food out of the kitchen downstairs. His parents and sister had griped at him several times for coming out of his room without pants on. Cody just didn't care anymore though. He felt as if his life had come to an end. When his parents found out about him quitting his job at the Henderson farm, they went ballistic, asking him all sorts of pointless questions, letting him know just how irresponsible of a demon child he was. Cody didn't give a rat's ass anymore though. Everything he lived for before this day was now over. The boy he loved more than anything in the world now hated him for something he didn't do. His job helping Ruth Henderson, which was something he enjoyed doing above anything else, was now over as well. He knew it was only a matter of time before Ruth would let him go, so that's why he made the decision to leave in the first place. Ruth had tried to call him last night, but he refused to talk on the phone. Apparently though, the word that he had quit his job spread like wildfire within Twillingate Shore. The night before, Cody's good friend Josh had come over to see him. At that time, Cody was just lying on his bed watching television in his briefs while eating barbeque-flavored potato chips right out of the bag. Josh had been appalled to see his best friend like that. He spent almost an hour in Cody's bedroom with him, trying to talk Cody out of his funk, trying to reason with him, trying to convince Cody to put on some clothes. The only thing that worked in Josh's favor was that Cody slipped on a t-shirt. Other than that, all of Josh's attempts had been blocked completely. Josh left after telling Cody that he was there for him no matter what. Since then, Cody had been locked up in his bedroom alone, not wanting to talk to anyone, and not wanting anyone to talk to him. He just felt as if he had nothing to live for anymore. He wished he could go back and change things. He wished he could go back a week before, to the wonderful weekend he and Logan had spent together on the houseboat. He realized it was a week ago from this particular day since he and Logan boarded the houseboat together and cruised out onto Twillingate Lake for the whole weekend, just the two of them. He couldn't believe how much had changed just within the past week. It all seemed so unreal, so unfathomable. Cody just couldn't figure out where things went so wrong. He knew things changed drastically when Logan walked into the bathroom at the time Cody was checking Adam Chase's penis for swelling or sores or anything. But what Cody couldn't figure out was whether the whole fiasco was legitimate and accidental or if it was in fact planned from the very beginning. Cody was aware that he couldn't just go accusing Gill of starting this stuff when he had no physical evidence to support the accusation. Then again, Cody further knew that Gill was somehow involved in all of this. First off, how would Gill be able to tell Logan what had happened between them during the past weekend on the houseboat? Obviously, Gill had told Logan enough bullshit that Logan believed for some reason. Now, Logan was under the strong impression that Cody had told Gill everything about their sexual escapades over the weekend and perhaps even before that. But how did Gill know anything? How did he know he and Logan were together at all? There were so many questions Cody had that couldn't possibly be answered. And evidently, Logan was asking those same questions and assuming Cody had told Gill everything. This whole disaster had Gill's stink on it. There was no denying that Gill was somehow behind everything. And it was also evident that Gill was pissed off about something too, because he had beat the living shit out of Logan. What had happened? Cody just couldn't understand how any of this was possible. He remembered Gill's ways though. He remembered far too well how sneaky and conniving Gill Craig was. Three years before, he had caused so much commotion that it changed his and Jesse's lives forever. Obviously, Gill still wasn't over what had happened. Cody was quite sure that he was Gill's primary motivation this time around. And why not? Cody had given Gill a run for his money back in the day and now Gill wanted revenge. For Cody, that part was unmistakable and obvious. But how Gill was managing to do these things – this is what had Cody stumped. How could Gill possibly bullshit enough to Logan to make the boy think Cody had told him everything about their private relationship? Furthermore, how would Gill be able to convince Adam Chase – Cody's ex-girlfriend's little brother of all people – to join forces with him to sabotage Cody's and Logan's relationship? There were so many things that just didn't make sense. Cody had spent the past twenty-four hours or more dwelling on these thoughts, hoping to be able to piece everything together eventually. It all just felt useless though. He had a strong feeling that Gill Craig would win this time. Cody had always heard that good guys do not always triumph over the bad guys. But Cody had just hoped he would be proven wrong in this case. It didn't look promising though. Cody just continued eating his Oreo cookies and watching Jurassic Park. The two kids in the movie were being crushed underneath the jeep by the tyrannosaurus rex. Cody remembered being a little kid and wishing the girl in the movie would've been crushed to death or eaten by a dinosaur or something. He had always thought she was annoying in the movie. Cody took a few deep breaths as he watched the movie, wishing he could be with Logan at this very moment. ---------------------------------- Logan sat in the hair stylist's chair, fulfilling Gill's second big "request" with a big lump in his throat. The hair stylist started off with the scissors, cutting long strands of his hair off. Logan watched as big clumps of his once beautiful, wavy blond hair fell to the dirty floor of the hair stylist shop. He wanted to cry, but he knew he couldn't. He had to be strong. Gill was sitting in the chair next to his, just getting his hair trimmed. Once Logan's long strands had been whacked off, the hair stylist began to groom what remained of his hair. Logan closed his eyes, not wanting to watch any longer as the hair stylist cut his hair the way Gill wanted it. When he and Gill arrived at the small hair salon in town, Logan had already been instructed to keep his mouth shut the entire time and to only answer the hair stylist's questions with short answers and nothing else. Gill instructed Logan's hair stylist to cut his hair in a "short-tousled" style, in which Logan's hair would be short in the back and sides, but long enough on the top so that the hair could be worn in a stylish, messy fashion, which according to Gill was how Henry Thomas looked in the movie E.T: The Extra Terrestrial. Logan didn't see it though. He just couldn't believe Gill was forcing him to cut his hair. And there were no questions asked by his grandmother whatsoever about it. Gill had come over that morning, told Ruth that he was getting his hair cut, and then asked Logan in front of her if he wanted to come along to get a haircut as well. Of course, Logan couldn't say no. Couldn't being the key word. "So what do you think?" the black, female hair stylist asked Logan. Logan opened his eyes and gazed at himself in the mirror. His hair was short now. Very short. The hair stylist had already styled his hair for him using a little bit of gel. It was long enough on top that it could be fashioned in a messy sort of style. He looked at it and wanted to cry. For as long as he could remember, he had never had short hair. He had always kept his hair longer. People said he looked adorable with longer hair. With short hair though, Logan felt that most of the adorableness had simply faded away. "Looks fine," Logan said simply and unenthusiastically. "You know what would really look good," Gill started. "If you had this nice lady right there dye your hair dark brown." Logan eyes widened in a certain fear suddenly. "What?" Logan asked. "Don't you think that would look good, Logan?" Gill asked forcefully. "Sure. It would look fine," Logan said in surrender. "You're sure you wanna dye that hair of yours brown, son?" the hair stylist asked. "You got such fine, blond hair on top yo head. I'd hate to ruin it with dark brown color." Logan glanced over at Gill. His older cousin was staring at him domineeringly, as if nonverbally demanding Logan to allow the woman to dye his hair dark brown. "I'm sure," Logan said simply and sadly. "Dye it dark brown." Gill sat in his chair with a satisfied grin on his face, as if he knew he had just won completely over Logan. There was nothing the younger boy could do now to avoid Gill's power, nothing he could say to avoid Gill's authority. The lump in Logan's throat grew exponentially inside his throat as the hair stylist led him over to the hair color station on the other side of the salon. Logan sat down on the chair and the hair stylist laid the back of the chair down until Logan's head was hanging over into the sink. The black woman washed Logan's hair thoroughly with a weird-smelling shampoo and then she started squeezing pre-mixed dark brown coloring into his once long, beautiful blond hair. With that, the woman slipped some latex gloves on her hands and began to rub the mix thoroughly in the young boy's hair, making sure it was even throughout. Logan kept his eyes closed, just hoping he would eventually wake up and discover that this whole thing was a measly nightmare. No suck luck though. Logan tried pinching himself on his arm, and nothing. He was awake. "Where'd you get that shiner, son?" the young black woman asked as she rubbed the dark brown coloring throughout Logan's now-short browning hair. "Fell out of the shower and landed on a bathroom fan," Logan said simply, still trying not to cry, his eyes still closed as his head was leaned backwards over the sink. "Well, that had to hurt!" the young stylist said. "When'd you do that?" "Night before last." "Oh, so it's still fresh, huh? Well, I'll make sure to be careful with ya." "Thanks." After the coloring was mixed well atop Logan's head, the stylist placed a plastic cap over the boy's head and then had him sit under a large hair dryer for about ten minutes. Once those ten minutes were up, Logan went back to the hair coloring station. His hair stylist washed all the coloring out of Logan's hair, washed his hair with good shampoo and conditioner, and then began drying his hair using a manual hairdryer. Logan kept his eyes closed the entire time, simply prolonging the time in which he didn't have to accept his hair was no longer long and blond. He could smell the gel that was being placed in his hair after it was dry. In his entire life, Logan had never used any kind of hair chemical. Now all of a sudden, he would be forced to by the older cousin he hated. "Okay, I think done here," the hair stylist said. "You can open your eyes. Logan opened his eyes ever so slightly. When he looked into the mirror, he had never been so shocked in his entire life. He didn't even look like the same person anymore. His hair was now so dark brown it was practically black. And it was still short and styled in that same messy style that Gill wanted him to have. Speaking of which, Logan saw Gill standing directly behind him in the mirror next to the black hair stylist who had so reluctantly dyed Logan's blond hair into this nearly-black color. "There. Now you look just like Henry Thomas," Gill said as all three of them stared in the mirror at Logan's short, messy, dark brown hair. ---------------------------------- Katherine Haynes was sitting in front of the television in the living room with a big bowl of extra-buttered popcorn watching the Julia Roberts movie My Best Friend's Wedding when she heard the knock at the door. No one else was home besides Cody, but he was still locked up in his room, refusing to face the world any longer obviously. She grunted as she realized it would be her who would have to answer the door. There was another knock at the door. "Alright, I'm coming!' Katherine yelled out. She placed the bowl of popcorn down on the couch and then headed towards the front door to answer it. She opened the front door and there stood Darlene Chase. Katherine thought she looked really nice today. Her hair was actually down flat instead of in a pony tail as she usually wore it. And she was wearing a pair of jeans with a nice, summer-ish pink top. "Hey Darlene!" Katherine said excitedly as she reached out to hug Darlene. "Hey Katie!" Darlene said sweetly as she embraced the huge girl. "You're looking so pretty these days!" "Thanks!" Katherine said. "I lost five pounds." "Yeah, I can tell! You look great!" Darlene said as sincerely as she could. "Is Cody home today? I heard he quit his job with Ms. Ruth." "He's here. He's all depressed and just lousing up in his room in his underwear watching TV and eating junk food." "Oh. Well, could you let him know that I'm here and that I need to talk to him?" "Sure. Come on in. I'll get him for you." Darlene walked into the Haynes house and shut the front door behind her. Katherine walked over to the base of the staircase and then stopped. "I'll just get Cody for you," Katherine said softly. Suddenly... "CODY!!!! YOU MIGHT WANNA GET DRESSED OR AT LEAST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CLEAN TIGHTY WHITIES ON!!!! DARLENE'S HERE AND WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!!!!" Darlene rolled her eyes, actually feeling embarrassed for Cody now. "There you go," Katherine said. "If that doesn't get him down here, nothing will." "Thanks a lot, Katie," Darlene said. Meanwhile upstairs, Cody heard Katherine's grand announcement that was probably loud enough for people on the other side of Oregon to hear. He blushed at the thought of his ex-girlfriend standing there listening to his stupid sister bellow such things out loud like that. Katherine was too fucking shameless. Cody quickly got out of bed and ran to his closet to find some clothes to wear. He grabbed an older pair of blue soccer shorts from his dresser drawer and put them on. Afterward, he stripped his green t-shirt off and replaced it with a nicer white t-shirt with an Adidas on the front in various shades of blue. He knew he didn't look very nice, but for lounging around the house all day, Cody figured he looked as good as Hugh Hefner right about now. He looked at himself in his dresser mirror. His hair was starting to look greasy. Perhaps she wouldn't notice it though. He decided he would take a shower after Darlene left. With that, he was ready to go downstairs. He left his bedroom without shoes or socks and headed downstairs where Darlene and Katherine were sitting on the couch together watching that stupid Julia Roberts chick flick that Katherine insisted on watching over and over again. When he made it to the bottom of the stairs. Darlene turned around and looked at him with a smile. "Hey Darlene," Cody said simply. "Hey there, Cody," Darlene said in an almost sympathetic tone of voice. "Bout damn time you got down here!" Katherine said. "I hope I didn't embarrass you too much by mentioning your tighty whities in front of your ex-girlfriend." Cody rolled his eyes and sighed, trying hard not to think about grabbing his mother's prized crystal vase off the mantel and forcing Katherine to eat it. "Cody, can we go somewhere and talk privately?" Darlene asked seriously, ignoring Katherine's previous comment. "Sure," Cody said. "Uhmm... we can go outside in the back." "Okay." With that, Darlene got up off the couch and followed Cody towards the back door. They went out the back door together and Cody slipped on a pair of old flip flops of his that were sitting right outside the back door. The two of them walked over to Cody's mother's gazebo on the other side her huge flower garden. The gazebo was built right at the edge of the forest at the boundary of the Haynes' backyard, which was about five acres altogether. Once inside the large, wooden gazebo, Cody and Darlene sat down on the porch swing which hung from the ceiling of the gazebo, facing out towards the huge flower garden. Cody recalled many, many times sitting in this exact porch swing with Darlene. They used to love to sit on that swing at night and look out at the horizon where they could see distant mountains and the stars which hung above in the midnight sky. Those seemed like simpler times, Cody thought to himself. But he had never been in love with Darlene. "I guess you're wondering by now why I'm here," Darlene said. "Well, Josh was here yesterday to fill me in on how I'm an insensitive prick for being depressed about the loss of my job and stuff," Cody said smartly. "I suppose you're here for something quite similar to that, right?" "Not at all actually," Darlene said. "I was sorry to hear about you quitting your job. I mean, sure, we're all curious about why you quit, and why you're depressed about it as well, but that's your business." "How'd you find out about it anyway?" "From Josie." "Josie... Where'd she hear about it?" "From Julia Griffith." "That little bitch? Where'd she hear it?" "That I don't know to be honest," Darlene said. "But she's quickly becoming the town slut though, even though she's only twelve. However she found out, it wouldn't shock me." "That's true. So Darlene, why are you here, for real?" "Well, what I'm here for is something far more serious than I think you even realize." "Meaning what?" "Gill Craig. Logan's cousin." "Yeah, I know the bastard pretty well actually." "So do I, sorry to say." "How do you know Gill Craig?" Cody asked curiously. "Okay," Darlene started. "What I'm about to tell you never leaves this gazebo unless it's just the two of us, okay?" "Sure. You have my word." "Well, let me set the story up. Basically, after you broke up with me a few weeks ago, I was... hurt. I was hurt pretty bad. The day you broke up with me, I drove down to Vernon to that bar we used to go to – you know, the one that'll sell to minors as long as you have the money for it?" "Yeah." "Yeah. Well, I was there by myself drinking a beer and then Gill Craig walked in. I never seen him before that. To me, he was a stranger. He saw me there by myself and then he sat with me at the table. He bought me another beer and we started talking. I of course bad-mouthed my ex-boyfriend who just dumped me that day. I made you seem pretty horrible to be honest with you. Anyway, one thing led to another, we tried to figure out if we'd ever met before and then he said his grandmother was Ruth Henderson. So I said my ex-boyfriend worked for her. Then he said your name out loud." "Well, just that bit of information clears up a lot of my questions," Cody said. "There's more," Darlene said. "And I have to get it all off my chest. Otherwise, I'll never be able to live with myself. Gill started going on about getting revenge on you for breaking up with me. At the time, it sounded like a good idea. As far as I was concerned - at that time of course – a little revenge would do me some good. So I agreed to it, not realizing exactly what I was getting myself into. After that, that's when things started happening. He was the one that wrote that note on your doorstep not too long after we broke up." "The one that said `Cody, I know...'?" Cody asked. "That's the one. I was with him when he posted that." "And what was he claiming he knew exactly?" "Nothing really at the time. He just did it to scare you some. But... there were some things Gill told me about you... and your past. Things that... honestly, I'm not too sure whether to believe or not." "Like what?" "Gill told me that you... and Jesse Henderson... he said you guys used to be... together. You know... like really, really... together." Cody nodded without responding. "So is that true? Were you and Jesse... together like that?" Cody sighed deeply. "Yes. Me and Jesse were together... like that... for a long time actually." "Oh." "I mean... shit, I don't even know how to explain this to you. It's too weird. You're like my ex-girlfriend. You're not supposed to tell your ex-girlfriend things like this." "Cody, I really don't care if you and Jesse were together like that. I mean, it's not like it's so taboo we can't talk about it." "We live in rural Oregon, Darlene. That's about as taboo as it gets to some people around here." "Not to me though. Besides, from the looks of it, that's the least taboo thing that's been going on lately." "What all did he tell you?" Cody asked. "He said that he caught you and Jesse making out one time. He also said he caught you guys giving each other... you know... blowjobs? And he said he also saw you guys... doing it... behind the barn at the Henderson place." "All true. As much as I hate to admit anything that comes out of that asshole's mouth is true, I have to in this case. Gill saw a lot more than that too, but that stuff makes him look bad, so I guess he didn't share that with you." "How come you never told me about it when we were together? I mean, yeah, we fought a lot, but we could always talk to each other pretty well. I thought so at least." "I was just scared to talk about it, really. Surely you can understand that. There was just so much that happened, especially in that last summer Jesse was here three years ago. I just couldn't talk about it too much." "Yeah. I hate to say this, but that's just the beginning of this conversation," Darlene said seriously. "I figured as much," Cody replied. "When me and Gill were coming up with revenge ideas against you, he started coming up with these... just plain evil schemes. I mean, horrible schemes. After a couple of weeks, I started to get over our break-up and I started to get over the idea of revenge. But Gill kept turning things around his way. And... he demanded a payment for me getting his help in revenge against you." "A payment..." "My virginity," Darlene said forlornly. Cody's eyes widened in utter disbelief. "Oh my god," Cody said in a surprised tone of voice. "He really talked you into...?" Darlene nodded her head, sniffling in a soft cry now. "Yep," Darlene said through tears. "He made me have sex with him as a payment for something I didn't want anyway. And he did it without a care in the world." Cody just stared at her sympathetically, even feeling himself wanting to cry for his ex-girlfriend. He knew how much she prized her virginity when they were together. Cody had always tried to respect her for that. Most times, he did respect her wishes to wait until marriage for sex. But to know that Gill Craig managed to persuade her into giving up her sacred virginity, her pureness, her innocence, just for something as silly as a revenge plot – Cody wanted so bad to just kill the guy and get it over with. "What else?" Cody asked with a deep sigh. "Well, there's quite a bit more," Darlene said, still sniffling, but managing to get herself under control again. "And it just gets worse. On Sunday when you and Logan got back from your weekend on the houseboat, Gill was at Ruth's house hiding there." Cody's eyes widened, already aware of where this conversation was heading. "He said he snuck inside and then climbed out onto the back ledge over the sunroom and watched through Logan's window as... as you and Logan... had... sex," Darlene said, as if hoping Cody would immediately strike this down as a lie. Cody remained silent. He looked off in different directions, avoiding Darlene's gaze at all costs. He cleared his throat awkwardly and tried to stop moving around. Darlene just continued staring at Cody, realizing now that what Gill saw was also the truth. "It's true, isn't it..." Darlene said as more of a statement rather than a question. Cody stayed quiet for a few more seconds, taking another deep breath. "Yes. It's true," Cody said softly. Darlene and Cody stared at one another awkwardly for several dead silent minutes, neither of them entirely sure of what to say next. Cody couldn't believe the truth of his and Logan's relationship was finally out in the open to someone, not to mention his ex-girlfriend of nearly two years. He felt his skin growing warm. "Well..." Darlene said simply. Her eyes widened suddenly and then contracted all within several moments. "I don't even know what to say." "I don't either really." "How did it happen, Cody?" "I dunno. It just... did. I mean, it wasn't something I was looking for. But... the more time I spent with Logan, the more... I dunno... the more in love I fell with him." "Love... you mean, you're actually in love with Logan?" Cody nodded for a few silent seconds before replying. "Yes. I think I am." "Wow. Now that's taboo right there," Darlene said with a sudden chuckle. Cody chuckled along with Darlene, realizing himself just how left field this whole concept was – a sixteen year old country boy falling in love with a twelve year old Louisiana-grown city boy. "It's pretty crazy, isn't it," Cody said. "I don't know if crazy covers it, honestly. But Cody, I just want you to know that I really do understand. I get it. And I'm not gonna judge you for it." "Thanks, Darlene. That... that really means a lot to me." "No problem. Now that we have that out of the way, there's something even more serious we need to talk about. Something I just found out yesterday that I'm pretty sure connects all of these little pieces together." "What is it?" "The church incident," Darlene said. "Adam told me yesterday about what really happened there." "Oh? So you didn't know anything about it beforehand?" "No. I told Gill to fuck off basically when he told me about him hiding and watching you and Logan through the window. That was the mistake on my part. I should've never let him loose like that. But I did. And the first person he went to was my little brother. He told Adam he'd pay him a hundred dollars to pretend that his penis hurt and ask you to look at it for him when the time was right." Cody's eyes widened again. "Well, why did Adam accept?" Cody asked. "I mean, I thought he liked me." "Oh he did, Cody. He does like you. But you know Gill. Whether he was to offer to pay Adam to do it or not, Adam was probably gonna have to do it anyway." "Good point. Gill has his ways." "He certainly did with my brother." "What?" "After Logan came into the bathroom and saw what was going on, Adam said he left the bathroom really mad and then you followed after him, leaving Adam alone with Gill in the bathroom. Once you and Logan were gone, Adam said he asked to be paid, telling Gill the plan was over and basically he wanted no part of any of the rest of it. Well, Gill decided not to pay Adam. Instead, he took Adam into the corner stall and forced him to give him a blowjob right then and there." "Holy shit..." Cody said with his eyes widened in disbelief. "You're telling me. Adam said the only reason he got away from it early was because someone happened to walk into the bathroom. After that, Gill let him go and told him not to go too far." "So Gill will still be after Adam now..." "It sounds like it. Cody, I'm afraid of this guy. I mean, he had so much power over me and I'm old enough to somewhat take care of myself. I can't imagine what it was like for Adam to go through something like that. He wouldn't even talk or do much of anything after that evening. Even today, he's just... kinda zoned out really." "You didn't leave him alone there, did you?" Cody asked concernedly. "No. I took him over to his friend Darrel's house. At least if he's there, I know Gill can't find him." "Good. You need to make sure not to leave Adam alone anymore. Whatever the cost, do not leave that boy alone." "You think Gill would hurt Adam even worse than he has?" "I wouldn't put it past him," Cody said honestly. "After everything that fucker's done, nothing would surprise me about him anymore. In fact, I'm beginning to think he has Logan under his thumb now." "Why do you say that?" "Logan was really sick yesterday and he couldn't work with me to do the morning feedings or anything," Cody explained. "So after I finished with my work, I went upstairs to see how he was doing. I knew he was still mad at me, but I least wanted him to know that I still cared about him, you know. Anyway, I get up there and he has this humongous black eye and a huge bruise on his side, and he looked really sick. Anyway, he said he fell out of the shower and that's how he got those bruises. Then he starts accusing me of lying to him, accusing me of telling Gill everything about our relationship and the things we did together. That's when he told me he hated me and then he told me to leave. Ruth heard some of what was said. I don't think she heard everything though. But when I saw her, that's when I told her that I couldn't work for her anymore. Then I left." "So you think Gill's feeding him lies about you? Telling him that you told him about your relationship with him?" "Definitely. And those bruises? I have no doubt in my mind that Gill did that to him." "But why would Gill attack someone so close to him, family-wise anyway? I mean, surely he'd know he could get seriously busted like that." "I don't think that's a top priority for Gill." "Cody, what happened? Back then, I mean. What happened to make Gill want to get revenge on you so badly? I've known there's gotta be something more than what he told me at the beginning. What happened that summer?" Cody thought about it for a few seconds. He had never once spoken to anyone about what happened that summer with Gill and Jesse. He had spent a better part of the past three years trying to erase it from his mind, but he understood those memories would haunt him for the rest of his life. He further understood that if there was one person in the world he could tell about this, and trust that it would go no further than the gazebo, it was Darlene. Cody took a few deep breaths, returning his mind to the past. d ? c "During the wonderful summer of 1995, when I was thirteen years old and Jesse was fourteen, we were lovers. Every time we had the opportunity, we made sweet love to each other. I worshipped Jesse back in those simple days. At the time, he was everything to me. That summer, we announced our fervent love for one another over and over, as if nothing in the grand universe could compare to it. Jesse was not really homosexual though. And I didn't believe I was either. He and I were together, but our love for one another was purely of the physical nature. We worshipped each other's bodies and even admitted to each other later on that our love for each other was truly nothing more and nothing less than a pure lust. In the end, Jesse and I would not be together, for we were walking on different paths of life in the grand scheme of things. These summers were merely seasons in our young lives in which fate allowed our paths to cross and bond together for a little while. We knew the final day would eventually arrive when we would be forced to part ways again, giving up the beautiful summers in which our paths crossed, even if for a short time, with nothing more than a melancholy handshake. "Jesse's older cousin Gill, who was about nineteen at the time and working for Paul Henderson on the farm, had at various times caught Jesse and I showing our love for one another, whether through kissing, holding hands, or even making passionate love. Catching these displays of love between Jesse and I made Gill envious, for he was deeply infatuated with his younger cousin Jesse. At every convenience, Gill had strived to gain the attention of his younger cousin: telling Jesse how beautiful he was, letting him know he was special to him, saying he loved him with his whole heart. Jesse felt nothing for his cousin though, least of all love. Gill was in the background, watching us with an eye of vengeful, insufferable abhorrence. He hated me. He hated that his cousin would rather be with me than to be with him. He was also determined. He knew he would eventually have Jesse in his grasp, to be able to kiss him, to make love to him, to tell him he loved him – whether Jesse was in favor of the idea or not. "One tremendously stormy night, Jesse was sleeping soundly in his bed, his little brother Logan sleeping on the other side of him, and I was also there, sleeping on a pallet on the floor next to Jesse's bed. All of a sudden, in the middle of the night, as thunder growled within the night sky, Jesse felt a hand grab at him in the dark. The hand closed in around his mouth, enforcing his total silence. Jesse struggled as two strong hands picked him up off the bed and carried him away without the slightest hint of reluctance. I heard a muffled cry, for I had not been able to fall asleep amongst the stormy sounds of thunder and rain pounding the roof of the house. I sat up and caught glance of the face of the man carrying my beloved Jesse away from me. Jesse was struggling in Gill's arms, but it was no use. I quickly leaped from the bed after Gill and Jesse disappeared, put on some clothes, and followed behind as quiet as a mouse. I followed the dark figure, which mercilessly carried away my Jesse down into the darkness of the basement. I stayed outside the door of the basement. Jesse was down there now with Gill. I knew nothing good was happening. The basement frightened me though. I feared that a portal into the depths of despair lie at the bottom. I feared that Gill would take my beloved there with him. I noticed a baseball bat leaning against the wall closest to the back door. That was my only chance against a bigger man like Gill. I ran over, grasped the hard baseball bat into my hands, and returned to the door of the basement. "I took a deep breath before opening the door. There was a dim light from a lamp coming from the bottom. Gill was down there with his cock shoved into Jesse, his large hand draped over the boy's mouth tightly as he pushed in and out brutally. The younger boy was crying, struggling hard to get away from Gill's strong clutches, but with no luck. I closed the basement door quietly and carefully eased my way down the stairs, mindful of every little creak in the wooden stairs. Gill was moving in and out of the Jesse with a fierceness that made me cringe. When I made it to the bottom, I lifted the baseball bat and without any reluctance, I swung the bat and hit Gill on the back. Gill shrieked in pain and immediately took himself out of Jesse. He turned around to face me. His face was distorted in pain. He looked like a demon with a teenage boy's face. Gill lunged after me, so I quickly flung the bat behind him towards Jesse. The boy caught the bat in his hands, his body only partially clothed now. Gill swung with his fist and hooked me on the cheek. Immediately following, Jesse lifted the bat and swung at Gill himself. Only this time, he didn't stop. He hit Gill again with the bat. Gill shrieked in pain again as he fell to the floor. I moved out of the way, holding my hand up against my aching cheek. Jesse hit Gill once more with the bat. Then again. And again. Finally, Gill waved his hands in the air in surrender, promising not to mess with Jesse anymore. With that, Jesse and I walked out of the basement together, Jesse still holding the baseball firmly in his hand. Before we left, I turned around to face Gill again. He was still lying on the ground in immense pain from where Jesse and I had hit him. I said to him `You will never know what true love feels like.' After that, Jesse and I left together. "One week later, we were all at the airport. Jesse and his little brother were heading back to Louisiana. The summer was over. That final day had arrived, the one in which we would have to say goodbye to one another. When Jesse's gate was called, it was time for him to leave. Our paths were officially breaking apart and moving in separate directions. I wanted to kiss him again, to tell him I loved him. But I couldn't. Instead, we settled for that dreaded melancholy handshake. A lonely tear traveled my cheek, over the bruise that had formed on my skin. Jesse smiled lightly and turned around. Without looking back, he held his little brother's hand and the two of them walked through the gate towards the plane. I stood at the large window watching as the plane backed away and drove down the pavement. I watched as the plane sped up and lifted off the ground, carrying my Jesse away with it into the heavens." d ? c Darlene sat still with her mouth hanging open slightly. She and Cody stared at one another. Darlene was shocked after hearing the story. She cleared her throat, not having the slightest idea what to say. She had heard many rumors back then, but nothing even came close to the truth. "Uhmm... wow..." Darlene said simply. "I know," Cody said. "It was definitely an interesting time." "Now it all makes some sense," Darlene said. "I can see why he hates you so much." "Apparently, telling him that he'll never know true love wasn't the smartest move on my part," Cody said. "But it seemed right at the time." "It was right. I mean, you can't just hide the truth, right?" "Yeah. It makes me feel horrible to know that all of this crap that's happened lately is partly my fault." "What? None of it's your fault, Cody. I mean, you didn't know what would happen back then. You were only trying to protect Jesse." "Yeah, but I still feel somewhat responsible. I guess I'll get over that though." "Does Logan know any of this?" Darlene asked curiously. "I don't think so. Jesse would've never told him. Logan did catch us kissing three years ago, but that's all he knew. I was the one who told him about me and Jesse actually. Right after Logan moved here." "God, that boy reminds me so much of Jesse. I mean, they don't really act the same, but they look so much alike. Logan looks just like Jesse did at his age." "Yeah, I know. It's almost scary. But then again, it's kinda not." "So wait. Gill tried to get Jesse under his thumb like that three years ago just so he could have sex with Jesse?" "As far as I know, yeah." "Cody, didn't you say you think Gill's got Logan under his thumb now?" "Yeah. Yeah... I said that," Cody said in sudden realization. "And Logan looks just... like... Jesse?" Darlene said. Cody felt his skin boil as the realization was coming over him. He now fully understood what Gill was doing. He hadn't put the pieces together yet. He felt like an idiot. It all seemed so simple. Gill was going to try to get Logan to start having sex with him, just as he tried to get Jesse to have sex with him. All of this just because Logan closely resembled his older brother. The bruises on Logan's body – Gill had to have been the one who made those bruises. Perhaps Gill had already succeeded in making Logan his little slave. Gill was older and wiser now. And probably stronger too. Logan was only twelve and he was tiny for his age. There would be no way he could defend himself against Gill. "Oh dear god," Cody said suddenly. Without another moment's hesitation, Cody leaped up from the swing on the gazebo and started running towards the house at full speed. Darlene followed quickly behind. Cody ran into the house as fast as he could. Katherine asked him what was going on now, but Cody ignored her and continued his way upstairs to his bedroom. He quickly changed into a pair of blue jeans and he put one of his plaid shirt on over his white t-shirt. He quickly slipped his feet into his cowboy boots, placed his cowboy hat on his head, grabbed his truck keys, and then left his bedroom. Darlene was explaining to Katherine that Cody was leaving and probably wouldn't be back for a little while. Cody ran down the stairs at full speed and headed straight for the front door. "I'm staying here with Katherine," Darlene said as she followed Cody out into the front yard. Cody headed straight for the truck, not slowing down for a second. "Good, when my parents come home, tell them I'm with Josh in Duggard," Cody said before climbing into his truck. "BE CAREFUL!!" Darlene yelled loudly enough for Cody to hear inside the truck. Cody started the truck and quickly drove off down the country road, speeding up as hastily as he could. Dust was trailing directly behind Cody's truck as he sped off down the dirt road at fifty miles an hour or more. ---------------------------------- Logan felt like crying again. He felt as if everything he believed in was proven false now. He felt as if the entire world had abandoned him. His grandmother had allowed him to come here, saying it would do him some good to just give his cousin a chance, especially since Gill would probably be the one to take Cody's place on the farm on weekends. Cody was god only knows where, probably not caring about Logan anymore after the way he had treated him yesterday in his bedroom. His father was somewhere off in Romania, not even remotely aware of what was about to happen to him. Sophia was in Shreveport, most likely playing some peek-a-boo type game with her little granddaughter, not caring that one of her boys that she took care of for years was about to experience something horrible. And Jesse was dead now, not having the ability to care for his little brother anymore. Not the way he could when he was physically on earth at least. The only person in Logan's life right now was Gill. And Gill was practically putting an end to Logan's life now, telling him what he could and couldn't do, how his hair should look, how he should dress, how he should speak, and how he should obey Gill in everything he did – or suffer the consequences. Gill made it all seem so simple too, as if Logan's life hadn't changed one bit. And his grandmother was too blinded by his older cousin's seemingly different behavior around her, as if he was trying to act like the best cousin in the world, more like as a replacement for Logan's brother. His grandmother supported that of course, especially since Cody was gone now. Logan was at Gill's house a few miles outside of Vernon, about twenty-five miles away from Twillingate Shore. Gill's house was tiny and old. It was secluded from everyone and everything practically. It was surrounded by huge trees and the house itself set about a mile off the main road. Logan sat on the floor in the tiny living room watching television. He was only wearing his white Fruit of the Loom briefs. His clothes were laying in a heap over by the front door. Logan was watching some cartoon PBS show he hadn't seen in years. Gill didn't have cable in the house. Gill was in the kitchen messing around with his camera equipment. He had told Logan that he would star in his own movie on this day. Logan smiled and nodded approvingly, knowing he had to. He wasn't stupid though. He already knew exactly what this "movie" would consist of. Logan felt like crying again. Just in the past two days, Logan had been stripped of all his liberties, with no end in sight. He had been forced to get his hair cut and colored just to please Gill. He had been forced to give Gill a blowjob the other night and then he paid handsomely for gagging. He had been told what to say to people when he was questioned, particularly by their grandmother. He looked over his clothes which were still piled next to the front door. Logan thought about grabbing his clothes and running. But he had no idea where he was now. He could vaguely remember the twists and turns to get back to the main road, but he was afraid he wouldn't make it. Gill had a motorcycle and would easily catch him. If that happened, Logan didn't even want to think about the consequences for something like that. "We'll be ready in a about an hour, Logan," Gill said as he continued working with his cameras, trying to get them to work right. "After I fix these fuckers, we'll get the stage set up for us." "Okay," Logan said simply and unenthusiastically. Logan looked down at the bruise on his side, wondering how everything changed so fast. It all happened just because Gill was stronger than him. Whatever Gill wanted, he could take just beating Logan up. Logan took a deep breath and then he stared out the window. There were so many huge trees outside. He felt as if he was stuck in the middle of the wild wilderness, with no one in the world to help him anymore, no one who even knew what was happening, or even cared. ---------------------------------- "You're not welcome here anymore," Ruth said seriously, standing at the threshold of her front door in front of Cody, blocking him from entering the house. "Ruth, I said I was sorry for what happened," Cody replied. "And I really can't explain what's going on right now. I just need to talk to Logan." "Logan's not here today," Ruth said simply. "Where is he?" "Young man, it's none of your business where I send my grandson." "Ruth, c'mon, I swear to you. I never meant to hurt you or Logan. Now, I'm asking you nicely. Please, tell me where Logan is." "You think I'm stupid, Cody? I know what you were doing with Logan. Now, he hasn't told me and he refuses to talk about it, but I think I know what was going on. Just like I think I know some of things that happened between you and Jesse last time he was out." "I'll be glad to explain all of it to you, Ruth. But not now. I need to know where Logan is. Is he with Gill? Please, if he's with Gill right now, I need to know... now!" Ruth looked at the boy questioningly. "Why? What's wrong with Gill?" Ruth asked. "He's been going out of his way today to be a good cousin to Logan. He took Logan to get a haircut this morning and now they're spending some time together at Gill's house." "Where is Gill's house?" Cody asked. "I'm not saying a word until you tell me what's going on, Cody," Ruth said firmly. "Fine. I'll find his house myself. I know he lives in Vernon so I'll just ask around till I find him," Cody said. "But just so you know, if anything happens to Logan while I'm wasting my god-damn time looking for Gill, anything at all, I will blame you for it directly." Ruth looked at the boy with a confused expression on her face. "Cody, what're talking about? What do you think's gonna happen to Logan?" "Where do you think those bruises on Logan came from, Ruth? It sure as hell didn't come from falling out of the fucking shower." "What, you're telling me Gill did that to him?" "I'm not only telling you; I'm assuring you it was Gill." Ruth got very silent all of sudden, trying to consider what Cody had just told her. "Now let's try again, Ruth," Cody said. "Where is Gill's house?" ---------------------------------- Logan and Gill walked into the guest bedroom. That's where everything would be taking place. Logan was instructed to step aside and let Gill set up the stage. Logan looked around the room in horror. There were posters and printed pictures of naked people having sex all over the walls. Logan felt like he was about to be sick as he looked at the walls. There were pictures of men and women having sex, two men having sex, two teenage girls having sex, two young boys about Logan's age having sex, a man and a little boy about five years old having sex, and Logan also saw a picture of an older teenage boy fucking another boy about Logan's age. It was evident that no one ever came in here unless Gill was making one of his movies. Logan felt as if he would puke all over the place. Logan glanced over at the side of the wall and saw a few pictures that shocked him. Gill was in each of those pictures. There was a picture of him with Darlene. She was naked and Gill was fucking her up the ass. Logan's eyes widened when he saw that picture. There was another picture of Gill and he was with a young teenage boy. Logan recognized the boy, but he couldn't put a name to him. There were more pictures of Gill with boys, girls, older women, younger women, young men, and even a few older men. He couldn't believe how sick his older cousin was. Gill was fluffing the pillows on the king-sized bed. The sheets looked like they used to be white. They weren't white anymore. The smell in the room was awful, as if a dog had taken a dump under the bed and no one cleaned it up. Logan stood still, wearing just his white briefs. He felt afraid as Gill starting setting up the camera in front of the bed. On the nightstand sat a bottle of lubricant. Logan already knew what that would be used for. His heart was pounding so hard, he felt as if it would just thump out of his chest. He felt like crying again. His side still hurt. So did his eye. He looked out the window of the bedroom. He couldn't see anything but trees outside. No one would ever be able to find him here. And most likely, no one was really even looking. "Alright," Gill said. "Get on the bed now." Without responding, Logan walked over and climbed onto the large king-sized bed, striving hard not to cry. "Okay, I'm gonna turn the camera on in about a minute," Gill said. "As soon as I turn it on, you're gonna have to smile big. Got that?" Logan nodded his head affirmatively. "And... uhmm... well, never mind. I was gonna have you go ahead and take your underwear off, but I think we'll just wait till I get on the bed with you. That'll look better." "Okay," Logan said simply. "And whatever I tell you do during filming, you better do it. Whatever questions I ask you, you better answer with something good and sexy. Got it?" "Okay," Logan said, a lump beginning to form in his throat. He swallowed hard, trying so hard not to cry. Gill spent a little bit adjusting the camera angle and putting it on the correct settings. Logan stared up at the camera, still frowning and ready to cry. He took a few deep breaths, wishing he could just jump out the window and start running. He was just simply too afraid to even give it a try though. "Alrighty then," Gill said. "Boyfucker, scene 1, take 1." Suddenly, Gill snapped his fingers and the camera was turned on. Logan immediately smiled a fake smile as he sat on the bed in just his white FTL underwear, the camera looking directly at him. "Hey everybody," Gill started in a fake, enthusiastic voice standing behind the camera still. "This is my little twelve year old cousin Jesse that I've told you all about before. Isn't he adorable? And he looks just like me with that dark brown hair." Logan automatically tensed up when he heard his brother's name. Gill had actually just called him Jesse. Was it an accident or not? "Okay, Jesse, here's what I want you to do for our viewers," Gill continued. "I want you to stand up on the bed and give a few turns so they can all get a good look at you." Logan automatically stood up on the mattress, still wearing that fake smile of his. He stood up straight on the mattress and began to turn around slowly. "Alright, stop right there," Gill said with Logan facing sideways on the bed, his profile being shown on camera. "Look at that bulge in his little tighty whities, guys. Let's zoom in on that. Isn't it beautiful?" Logan could hear Gill adjusted the camera so that it would zoom in on the side of his crotch. Logan had never felt so humiliated in all his life. But yet, he had to just keep smiling. He had no choice in the matter after all. "Okay, Jesse, I want you to turn around so we can see that cute butt of yours." Logan turned around, facing away from the camera so the camera could see his butt. While he was facing away from the eye of the camera, he wiped the smile off his face and rolled his eyes in anger. He knew he couldn't do anything about this predicament though. "Jesse, pull down the back of your underwear so we can see your butt for real." Logan took a deep breath as he hooked his thumbs into the waistband of his white briefs obediently. He pulled the back of his underwear down, revealing his butt to the camera. He didn't even want to think about how many people out there would be watching this video later on. He felt a tear slide down his cheek. He quickly wiped it away, knowing Gill was probably about to tell him to turn around to face the camera again soon. "Leave your underwear the way it is and turn around to face the camera, Jesse," Gill demanded the boy. Logan allowed that fake smile to creep across his face again as he turned around to face the camera. His briefs were still covering his private parts for now, but they were pulled down so low now that his hairless pubic region was revealed to the camera. "Have you ever seen a more beautiful boy than this guys?" Gill asked to the camera. "Jesse, tell the camera what you like me to do to you." Logan decided to shut his emotions off now, knowing he would have to get over whatever feelings he had about this. He had no choice in what was happening now. "I like it when you touch my dick through my underwear," Logan said, hoping the reply would suffice for Jesse's question. "Oh, I know you like that," Gill said in his fake voice for the camera. "I'll bet you guys wanna see me touch my little cousin's pecker through his underwear now, huh?" Logan suddenly felt lower than a bug under a brick. He realized that this was where things were about to get bad." ---------------------------------- Cody was beginning to think he took a wrong turn somewhere. He had tried to follow Ruth's directions as best as he could, but he wasn't sure if he remembered whether she said to go right or left at that one street down the way. He drove a little ways down the road, looking for the house with the black and red motorcycle. He drove for a few minutes, finally deciding he had gone the wrong way. He stopped in the middle of the road and then turned around to go the other way. As he drove, he began to think about what he would do when he arrived at Gill's house. He felt like he couldn't just bust in and rescue the boy. On the other hand, he had done so for Jesse three years before. Surely he'd be able to do it again. And this time, Cody was a little more prepared. He already knew what to expect now. He knew to expect the very worst, because most likely, that was what was happening. With that thought in mind, he drove faster down the road. ---------------------------------- Gill was only wearing his boxer shorts as he stood on his knees beside Logan on the king-sized bed. Gill was rubbing Logan's penis through the white cotton material of his briefs, trying to get him hard in front of the camera. Logan was letting off fake moans, just as he had seen and heard in that porno he caught Jesse watching one time. Gill had rubbed Logan's dick roughly through his underwear, as if that would make him hard. After several minutes though, Logan felt his penis began to harden underneath his briefs. He cursed his own boyhood, wishing suddenly that he wasn't a boy. After all, it was far too easy to make a boy horny, even in a situation like this. As soon as Logan's penis got hard, the head poked out over the elastic waistband of his Fruit of the Looms. "Now check this out guys!" Gill said in his fake voice, his large hand still rubbing Logan's cock through his underwear. "My little cousin must really like what I'm doing to him here. He's already horny under these little tighty whities of his. I think it's about time we take these off, don't you, Jesse?" "Yeah, I want you to take them off and then suck me," Logan said, knowing that his older cousin was looking for him to say something like that. "See, out of the mouths of babes..." Gill said. "My little cousin wants me to take his underwear off and then suck his dick. I think we can manage that." Gill reached up, grabbed the sides of Logan's white briefs, and began to pull them down. He pulled the briefs all the way down and then threw them on the floor, leaving Logan standing completely naked in front of Gill and in front of the camera. Finally, Logan's hard boner was revealed to Gill. It was more beautiful than he could ever imagine. He had spent many nights over the past couple of months fantasizing about his little cousin's dick. And now that the moment had finally arrived, he was not disappointed. Gill reached up and placed his hand around the shaft of Logan's hard penis, all the while the camera was pointing directly at them and running. Gill began to stroke Logan's penis up and down. Logan moaned erotically. As much as he hated to admit it, the sensation was quite nice. He swung his head back and closed his eyes, beginning to imagine that it was Cody rubbing him like this. He was no longer angry with Cody anymore. He knew now that somehow, Gill was lying about everything. And Cody had been the one telling the truth from the start. All he wanted now was to be able to tell Cody he loved him and be able to kiss him. Suddenly, Logan felt Gill's wet mouth envelope his hard boyhood. Gill began to suck down on Logan's penis hard, actually chomping away on it. Logan felt pain down there as Gill sucked on it. The older guy wasn't being careful and considerate like Cody always was. He didn't care if he was hurting Logan or not. Gill placed his hands behind on Logan's butt cheeks and began to push Logan's body towards him. Logan lost his balance and had to prop himself up by keeping his hands on Gill's shoulders. The boy was practically off his feet now as Gill sucked away wildly on his aching boyhood. Logan moaned erotically for the camera, but he was really in quite a bit of pain as Gill chomped down on his dick. Gill managed to get all of Logan's dick and his balls in his mouth at the same time. Logan could feel his testicles being crushed and smashed around inside Gill's forceful mouth. He kept groaning sexually just to please Gill, but Logan felt as if Gill was about to just bite his whole penis off his body. He actually began to wince slightly in pain as Gill continued devouring his boyhood as if it was a piece of hard candy. ---------------------------------- Cody finally spotted the small house with the red and black motorcycle in front. It took him far too long to find the place. He had spent a little over thirty minutes on this one road looking for the house. But he finally found it. It was secluded from basically everything else and the house itself was buried behind a bunch of trees. Cody sat in his truck with it still running. He hadn't parked yet. He was looking for signs of life in the house. He couldn't see anything at all yet. Cody backed the truck up behind a bunch of bushes to the side of the dirt road, figuring no one inside would be able to see the truck behind the bushes. After Cody parked the truck, he purposely left the keys in the ignition with the truck turned off. He took his cowboy hat off and placed it down on the passenger seat. He got out of the truck and walked around the corner. He ran over to the first tree he could see in Gill's front yard and hid behind it. He felt like a spy of some kind, moving around with stealth so the bad guy inside can't see him. He looked from behind the tree to see if he could spot any signs of life yet. Still nothing. He ran out from behind the tree and headed towards the next the next tree. He looked out from behind and the place was still dead silent. Cody got low to the ground as he approached the house. When he got to the house, he got down on his belly and crawled over to the side of the house. He came up to the first window. He ever so carefully poked his head up to look inside the house from the first window. All he could see inside was the living room. No one was in the living room. The television was on some PBS cartoon. Cody could see a bunch equipment in the kitchen. He glanced over at the front door and saw a pair of discarded soccer shorts laying next to the front door. Blue soccer shorts. They were very small. "Holy shit," Cody said softly to himself, realizing those shorts belonged to Logan. He knew he was right to expect the worst. Cody got back down on the ground and continued to crawl next to the side of the small house. He came up to the next window and carefully poked his up to look inside. As soon as he saw what was inside, he hid his head underneath the window, afraid someone had just seen him. He couldn't believe what he had just seen. He only caught half a second of it, but he was pretty sure he saw Gill sucking on Logan's penis. Cody ever so carefully lifted his head again and looked inside. Gill was facing away from the window, his face buried in Logan's bare crotch. Logan had his head leaning back and his mouth was hanging open erotically. Not to mention, almost all of Logan's hair had been chopped off and it was a dark brown color now, almost black. He almost didn't recognize the boy at first. "What the fuck..." Cody said softly to himself. Cody glanced over and saw the camera on a five foot tall tripod pointing towards the bed. Gill was filming his sexual encounter with Logan! Cody's mouth dropped as he realized what was really going on inside. No wonder why Gill didn't need a real job. Cody realized he was making and selling sex tapes. It was very obvious now. Cody looked all around the room and saw posters of people having sex. He knew he desperately needed to get Logan out of there. He looked around the room for an escape. This window was the only window in the small bedroom. All of a sudden inside, Logan happened to lower his head and open his eyes, catching Cody's stare. Logan's eyes widened in shock when he saw Cody staring in through the window. Cody placed his index finger over his lips, signaling for Logan to keep quiet while he figured out what to do. "Stay calm," Cody mouthed silently to Logan. Logan just barely nodded his head affirmatively, Gill still chomping down on his preteen penis roughly. With that, Cody got down on his belly again and started to crawl on the grass towards the front of the house again. He looked around him and happened to notice a thin, leafless branch laying carelessly on the ground about ten feet away from him. It looked to be a little thicker than an average-sized baseball bat. Cody crawled over to the branch, grabbed it quickly, and then crawled the rest of the way towards the front of the house. ---------------------------------- Logan smiled genuinely after he saw Cody through the window. He couldn't believe Cody had found him. He couldn't believe Cody had driven out all this way to save him. He knew any moment, Cody would bust into the house and save him from Gill once and for all. He waited patiently as Gill continued to suck on his preteen boyhood. All of a sudden, Gill stopped sucking on his penis and looked up at him with a smile on his face. Logan looked down and smiled brightly as well, but for a completely different reason. Gill leaned in and licked the shaft of Logan's penis one more time. Afterward, he turned around to face the camera again. Gill started talking with that fake voice of his. "Wasn't that pretty hot guys?" Gill said. "Now that you've seen me give my little cousin a blowjob, it's time for Jesse to tell us what he wants me to do to him next. Jesse, tell the camera what you want me to do." "Fuck me," Logan said suddenly, with a very sarcastic tone of voice. "Well, guys you heard what the boy wants. So I'm gonna – " Gill said and was then interrupted by a knock at the front door. Gill looked in the direction of the bedroom door and then looked back up at Logan, his face contorted in a confused expression. There was another knock on the front door and it was louder this time. Gill stood up from the bed and quickly got dressed. With that, he turned the camera off and faced Logan again. "You best stay quiet as a mouse, you little fucker," Gill demanded. "I'll be back in a minute to fuck brains out." "Looking forward to it," Logan said with that same fake smile, with an undertone of sarcasm lying underneath. Gill looked at the boy suspiciously. Suddenly, there was another knock on the front door. Gill looked at the boy one more time and then exited the room, locking and then shutting the bedroom door behind him. As soon as Gill was out of the room, Logan got off the bed and grabbed his white briefs from the ground. He quickly put his underwear back on and then walked up to the bedroom door. He pressed his ear against the wooden door so he could hear what was going on. ---------------------------------- Gill wondered who the hell would be knocking on his door. He knew his father had mentioned dropping by to see about helping him fix the leaky water heater, but he thought he still had another few hours before that would happen. It was only two o'clock in the afternoon after all. Gill was racking his brain, trying to figure out who would be here at this time of day. Surely it wasn't his father this early in the day. Perhaps it was his mother. She was usually the one who pounded on the door like that anyway. Figuring it was probably his mother, Gill quickly grabbed Logan's discarded clothes that were laying in a heap next to the front door and pitched them to the side of the recliner where they couldn't be seen. There was another pounding on the other side of the front door. Gill walked up to the front door, unlocked it, and then turned the knob. Gill opened the front door and then all of a sudden, he saw Cody Haynes standing on the front porch with a huge tree branch in his hands. Without saying a word, Cody swung the branch as hard as he could and smashed Gill directly on the face with it, sending Gill to the ground. Gill yelped out in pain after being hit with in the face with the tree branch. He suddenly felt like his nose had just broke. With an anger boiling out of him more than ever, Cody rushed inside with the tree branch in hand, stood over Gill's body, and began hitting Gill with it over and over again on the side, the chest, the back, and then Cody hit Gill in the face again with the branch. Gill screeched out in pain as Cody beat the shit out of him with the tree branch. "AH FUCK!!!" Gill screamed out in pain. "I'M GONNA FUCKIN' KILL YOU!!!" "This is for Jesse!!" Cody yelled and then pounded Gill in the face again with the branch. "This is for Adam Chase!!" (Swing. Smash!!) "This is for Darlene!!" (Swing. Smash!!) "And these are for Logan!!!" (Swing. Smash!! Swing. Smash!! Swing. Smash!!) As if the branch hadn't phased him at all, Gill reached up and grabbed the branch when it was traveling through the air towards him again. He wrapped his hand around the branch as hard as he could, trying to pull it from Cody's grasp. Cody held onto the branch with both hands, striving to keep hold of it as best as he could. He held his breath as Gill pulled the branch towards himself, trying to release it from Cody's grasp. All of a sudden, Gill swung his leg around and kicked Cody off his feet. Cody suddenly fell to the ground with a loud thud after being kicked off his feet. After he fell, Cody accidentally let go of the tree branch. Gill stood up from the ground weakly, blood pouring from his nose and forehead. He stood above Cody and lifted the branch above his head. "You've asked for it now, you motherfucker!!" Gill said in fury as he lifted the tree branch over his head. Gill brought the tree branch down quickly towards Cody's body. Suddenly, Cody rolled over on the ground as quickly as he could, avoiding the hit from the tree branch. Gill hit the ground instead after Cody rolled out of the way. Cody got up on his feet and balled his fists up in front of him, ready to fight Gill, standing about ten feet away. Gill stared at the younger boy in front of him angrily, blood dripping from his chin and landing on his t-shirt. Gill's whole face was covered in blood now. Cody figured he had smashed Gill's face with the branch at least four times. Surely he had broken the guy's nose. The two men stood in their fighting positions in the middle of the living room, Cody with his fists in position for fighting, Gill with the tree branch in his hands, looking as if he was ready to swing at a baseball with it. "So what, Cody Haynes, you just thought you'd come over here and save the day?" Gill asked. "To be honest with you, if you think you're gonna even walk out of this house alive today, you got another thing coming to you, you lowlife fucking cock-sucker." "That's the pot calling the kettle black," Cody said with his fists in front of him. "Logan is my boy, not yours!" Gill said possessively. "If you plan to take him away from me today, you're gonna have to kill me to do it." "You're fucking insane," Cody said. "But don't think for a minute I won't kill you, Gill. You've hurt far too many people for me to even give a fuck if you die or not." "Looks like we have an understanding then," Gill said. "The man left standing alive is the winner here." "If that's how you wanna play the game, fine with me." "You'd really risk your life for that little fucker in there?" "I love Logan more than anything," Cody said. "I love him in a way you'll never begin to understand, Gill." "I fucking understand love, you asshole!! God damn it!!" "You only understand obsession, Gill. That's why you're going after Logan. Jesse's not alive anymore, so you needed someone who looked like Jesse to complete your task." "You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about!" "No? And you've been going after me too, still trying to get revenge on me because I saved Jesse from you three years ago." ---------------------------------- Logan stood in the bedroom leaning against the door when he heard Cody mention saving Jesse from Gill three years before. Logan had a confused expression on his face as he listened from inside the bedroom. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. But Cody said he loved him more than anything. Logan felt like crying in happiness, knowing that he hadn't completely pushed Cody away from him. It was obvious now though. Cody was literally putting his life on the line to save Logan from Gill. He stayed as silent as possible, keeping his ear pressed up against the door. ---------------------------------- "I've been trying to get you out of the way," Gill said honestly. "But you know what? No matter what I do, you always end up right in front of me, you little fucker." "Gill, just face it," Cody said. "It's over for you. Darlene already knows what you did to her little brother. And she'll probably inform the police about it here before too long. And you'll spend the rest of your life in prison, being fucked up the ass every day by some big honkin Joe twice your size. Just think, Gill. You'll have the chance to experience what it's like being someone else's bitch." All of a sudden, Gill screamed furiously and ran towards Cody with the branch. Gill swung the branch towards Cody as hard as he could. Cody tried to move out of the way, but Gill managed to strike Cody in the back with the end of the branch. Cody yelped in pain and then turned around to face Gill again. Gill swung the branch again, but Cody caught the other end of the branch in both hands. Both of them immediately began to pull at the branch, as if playing a very violent game of tug-of-war. Cody suddenly lifted his leg and kicked Gill in the shin as hard as he could with the toe of his cowboy boot. Gill released the branch all of a sudden, which caused Cody to fall back and land on the ground. Gill was leaning over and holding his shin, his face distorted in utter pain. "You motherfucker!!" Gill yelled out furiously. Cody got back up on his feet as fast as he could. Suddenly, he threw the branch as hard as he could towards the window. The branch crashed through the window without any trouble, smashing the plate window glass into thousands of pieces outside on the lawn. Gill straightened back up, his shin quivering weakly after having been kicked so hard. Gill balled his fists up in front of his face. Cody followed suit, ready to fight the man the old fashioned way. They stayed silent for a few seconds. Suddenly, Gill lunged forward and swung his fist at Cody. Cody swerved his whole torso backwards and avoided the punch. With that, he swung back and hooked Gill directly on the cheek. Without hesitation, Gill swung his fist and punched Cody in the stomach. Cody leaned over in pain and then Gill punched him in the face hard enough to knock Cody off his feet. Cody felt as if his nose was about to fall off. He placed his hand on his face and when he looked down at his hand, there was blood over his fingers. All of a sudden, Cody felt a hard kick at his side. Gill lunged forward and then kicked Cody in the side again just for good measure. Cody folded his whole body over in pain, coughing roughly while trying to catch his breath again. "I told you, Cody," Gill said. "You came into my house and started a fight. So if you walk out of here alive, I'll be very shocked." Gill lunged forward and kicked Cody again, but on the back this time. Cody then straightened out again, placing his hand on his stinging back. Without waiting, Gill jumped over the boy and kicked Cody in the stomach yet again. Cody yelped in pain, but not very loud. His voice had practically been kicked out of him. Cody laid on the ground hunched over, holding himself tightly in a ball, nearly in tears as the pain overwhelmed him. "Get up!!" Gill demanded. "GET UP, FAIRY BOY!!!" Gill lunged forward yet again and kicked Cody as hard as he could, managing to kick the top of Cody's head, which was hunched over. Cody felt the kick at his head, which felt worse than he had ever imagined before. He suddenly felt so lightheaded he could barely think. Cody moved around and attempted to stand up. Gill was standing idly by, watching as Cody Haynes struggled to get up. After a minute of struggling, Cody finally stood up in front of Gill, his fists out in front of him, blood dripping from his nose now as well. "You can't win this, Gill," Cody said weakly, his voice rough and croaky. "Looks to me like you wouldn't make it another two rounds with a mosquito." "I will kill you, Gill," Cody threatened. "Not if I kill you first, you fucking faggot." All of a sudden, Cody jumped forward and attacked Gill, bringing both of them down to the floor, Cody sitting on top of Gill's body. Cody immediately swung his fist and punched Gill in the face as hard as he could. Without hesitation, he punched him again, and again. Gill made no sound. As the fifth punch came down, Gill caught Cody's fist and then swung upward with his other hand, punching Cody in the cheek with his fisted forehand hard enough to knock the sixteen year old boy off of him. Cody rolled over and then Gill crawled over, balled both of his fists together, lifted them both over his head, and then began to bring them down towards Cody. Cody automatically rolled over again and Gill hit the ground with his balled up fists, missing Cody again. Cody propped himself on the ground and then swung his booted foot over as hard as he could, kicking Gill directly in the face. Cody saw two of Gill's teeth fly out of his mouth when he kicked him along with a large spray of blood that spewed from his mouth, landing on the carpet. Gill screamed in pain as he fell over onto the ground. Cody stood up as fast as he could, with much difficulty though. Gill too attempted to stand up. Cody decided not to wait for Gill to stand up. He already knew he'd have to fight as dirty as possible to win this fight. He lunged forward quickly and punched Gill in the face so hard that it knocked the guy to the ground again. Gill landed on the ground on the threshold between the living room and the kitchen. Cody walked forward and kicked Gill several times on the side with his boot. When he tried the third time, Gill reached over, grabbed Cody's leg as hard as he could, and then he pulled Cody off his feet into the kitchen. Cody landed on the hard kitchen floor, hearing the loud rattle of every utensil in the kitchen when he hit the floor. Cody stood up as fast as he could. By the time he did, Gill was already standing in front of him, holding his side tightly where Cody had kicked him twice. Gill looked horrible now. His face was all bloody and bruised up and he could barely stand. Cody figured he looked the same way though. "You fight much better than you used to," Gill actually complimented. "But you're not fucking walking out of here alive." "How much you wanna bet?" Cody asked weakly. Gill jumped forward and the punching match began. They punched, shoved, kicked, and pulled hair: whatever it took. The punches were flying between one another so fast that neither of them could stop to think about the pain that was being caused towards them. Cody punched Gill in the face as hard as he could and then shoved him roughly against the stove, knocking a cold pan full of chili off the stove and onto the floor. The chili spilled out all over the white, linoleum floor, leaving brownish-red splotches all over. Gill came back and smashed Cody in the cheek with his fist and then shoved the boy against the refrigerator. Gill walked over, tried to punch Cody again, but missed when Cody suddenly dodged the punch and ended up punching the refrigerator. There was now a huge dent in the plastic door of the refrigerator. Cody stepped up, placed his hand roughly on the back of Gill's head, and then smashed the older guy's face into the door of the refrigerator. Gill screamed in pain after his face was smashed into the refrigerator. Cody shoved Gill down onto the floor as hard as he could after that and then grabbed a glass bowl that was sitting on the countertop. Blood smeared all over the glass bowl as Cody handled it with his right hand, which was covered with his own blood and some of Gill's blood as well. Without hesitation, Cody pitched the glass bowl at Gill, but missed. The bowl landed on the floor and then smashed into a thousand pieces all over the linoleum floor. "I'll have you know that's my grandmother's glass bowl, you fag!" Gill said from where he lay on the ground. "You think she hates you now!" "She won't care when she realizes she lent the bowl to a fucking psycho," Cody said. Gill was furious now. Without paying any attention to his wounds, he jumped up off the ground and attacked Cody head on. The punching match started over again. Gill punched Cody as hard as he could in the stomach and then shoved the boy all the way across the kitchen and back into the living room. Cody landed on the carpet in the living room and then immediately stood back up. As soon as he did though, Gill walked up from behind and punched the boy in the back, sending Logan down on his knees. Once Cody was on his knees, Gill wrapped his arm around Cody's neck from behind as hard as he could, attempting to strangle the boy for all he was worth. Cody placed his hands on Gill's strangling arm, trying to stop Gill from strangling him any longer. He couldn't breathe now. He was struggling to breathe, grunting hoarsely as he strived to force Gill to release him. Suddenly, Cody started digging his fingernails into the skin of Gill's arm as hard as he could, now thankful that he had been too lazy to cut his fingernails this morning. Gill screeched out in pain, but managed to keep himself stable enough to continue strangling the boy. ---------------------------------- From inside the locked bedroom, Logan could hear Cody straining. He could only imagine what was going on out there. Deciding he needed to intervene on Cody's behalf, Logan tried the doorknob, attempting to open it. But it was locked from the outside for such an occasion as this one. He struggled with the doorknob as hard as he could, hoping he could break the lock or something. But it was no use. He thought about trying to kick the door, but he noticed that the frame of the door was on the other side as well, which mean the bedroom door opened the opposite direction. Logan felt helpless now. He wanted so bad to get out there and help Cody. He was so afraid Gill would actually kill Cody. Logan had heard the word "kill" being passed around between the two of them several times in the past few minutes, so if Gill no had the upper hand, there was no telling what he might do to Cody. Logan looked around the room for anything he could use. Suddenly, he thought of the window. Logan ran over to the window as fast as he could. There was a two-by-four on the other side of the window, keeping it shut tight. Logan decided that wasn't going to stop him though. He ran over to the tripod, yanked on the plug of the camera as hard as he could, and unplugged it. He grabbed the camera off the tripod, ran over to the window, and then pitched the camera as hard as he could at the bedroom window. The camera shattered the glass and landed outside on the ground, splitting into three different pieces when it landed. The hole in the glass wasn't big enough or safe enough for Logan to climb through, so he quickly ran over to the other side of the room, folded the tripod up, and then charged for the window as fast as he could. As soon as the tripod hit the glass window, it shattered the rest of the window into millions of pieces. Logan used the end of the tripod to knock off any shards of glass that could potentially cut him when he attempted to climb out the window. Afterward, he threw the tripod down on the ground. He saw a pair of cloth house shoes on the floor close to the bedroom closet. Logan swiftly slipped into the house shoes and then rushed over to the window. Still wearing nothing but his white Fruit of the Loom briefs and now the house shoes, Logan carefully climbed out the window, managing to scrape to his upper arm on a stray shard of glass that he had somehow missed with the tripod. He grunted in angry pain as he jumped out the window. Luckily, he didn't cut himself deep enough to draw too much blood. Once he was outside, he rushed towards the front of the house. ---------------------------------- Cody struggled with all of his might to loosen Gill's grip around his neck. He felt himself growing weaker though as the seconds passed. His breathing was slowly but surely diminishing as Gill had his arm wrapped tighter than ever around his neck. Cody tried to kick Gill from where he was, but he couldn't move his legs very well since he was on his knees. He tried to punch Gill's arm, but nothing was working. "I told you, you little fucker, that you wouldn't be walking out of this house alive," Gill said roughly in Cody ear as he strangled him. "I've been dealing with your ass for far too long. So don't take it personally if I exhibit too much pleasure in killing you. Once I'm finished with you, then I'll take care of my little cousin once and for all." Cody grunted and moaned hoarsely as he continued struggling under Gill's grasp. He tried to kick again, but nothing was working. "Just so you know how much you've failed your little boyfriend, as soon as you're dead, I'm gonna make a movie of me fucking that boy's brains out so hard that he won't be able to stand it. After that, I'm gonna grab a knife, place it at about the same place on his neck that I have my arm on your neck, and then I'll slice his neck open so hard they'll need a two ton rope to make sure his head stays attached in the casket during his funeral." A few tears escaped Cody's eyes as he was beginning to realize his own fate along with Logan's fate. He now understood that it was all over. Gill would murder him and then he would take great pleasure in raping and then murdering that defenseless little boy in the next room. If only Cody had come up with a better way of dealing with this. If only he had told Ruth what was really going on. Perhaps she would have called the cops and now the story would be closed and Gill would be headed to prison for life. But now, Gill was going to have his final say-so about Cody's life and the life of his younger, innocent cousin. Cody had never imagined evil taking such a pungent form in one human being. But Gill was beyond evil. He was beyond dark. He was even beyond satanic. Gill's cruelty was so strong within him that Cody couldn't even begin to think of a word for it. He had always known Gill was a horrible person, but until today, Cody had never thought Gill was capable of such wickedness. Cody struggled as much as he could, but he felt himself getting weaker. He could barely move his feet anymore and his hands were quickly losing their power. His breathing had shortened so badly that he could no longer inhale or exhale at all. And Gill's grip was not loosening or slacking whatsoever. The room was beginning to grow dark for Cody. His eyes were beginning to close involuntarily. And then all of a sudden, Cody heard a loud, heavy thwack from behind him. Gill's grip around his neck immediately released and Cody turned to see Gill falling to the ground unconscious, his face laying directly on the ground. Cody fell to all fours and placed a hand around his neck. He was coughing horrendously and breathing hard, trying to get air circulating through his lungs again. Cody turned all the way around. His eyes widened in utter shock when he saw a half-naked Logan Henderson standing proudly behind him, the same tree branch from before lodged in his hands, a hug smile draped across his face. "L-Logan..." Cody managed to say. "Cody!" Logan yelled out. Suddenly, Logan allowed the branch to fall to the ground and then he got down on the floor with Cody and immediately wrapped his arms around the older boy's body. Cody weakly wrapped his own arms around Logan's small body, his hands caressing the boy's smooth back. After Cody regained his breath a little bit, Logan brought his face up to Cody and they leaned in for the passionate kiss. Logan and Cody kissed each other for what seemed like forever, both of them feeling as if they had finally won the battle. After the kiss ended, Cody looked deeply into Logan's blue eyes. Logan was crying uncontrollably now, tears streaming down his cheeks in endless gushes. "I... I love you so much, Cody," Logan said through his irrepressible tears, their arms still wrapped loosely around each other's bodies. "I lo- " Cody said and then had to stop to clear his throat and cough. After that, he looked back up into the boy's eyes. "I love... you to." Logan leaned in and kissed the older boy sweetly on the lips and then they faced one another again. "Cody, I'm so sorry," Logan said through his tears. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I had no idea things would get this far out of control." "You're... you're still okay," Cody said with a little difficulty. "That's all that matters." "Please, Cody, don't ever leave me again," Logan said while crying. "I can't live on this earth without you. I love you too much." With that, Logan embraced the older boy tightly, his whole little body shuddering unmanageably underneath Cody's protecting hands. Cody hugged the younger boy tightly, feeling as if the sun was finally rising again on their lives. Somehow, just within a matter of seconds, each of their lives had been delivered from a terrible fate. And it was all due to Logan and his bravery to come to Cody's rescue. The two boys hugged one another tightly as they sat together on the floor, Logan sitting lightly on Cody's lap. "I promise..." Cody said weakly. "I love you more than anything, Logan." They continued hugging one another, neither of them saying another word. On the floor lay the discarded tree branch all by itself. A few feet from the branch lay the limp hand of Gill Craig, who was lying on the floor face-down. Cody and Logan were still hugging one another tightly, both of them believing that the worst was finally over. On the floor lay the discarded tree branch all by itself, with the limp hand of Gill Craig now lying on top of the tree branch, awaiting the right moment to strike. _____________________________ END OF CHAPTER ELEVEN NEXT: THE FINAL CHAPTER Chapter Twelve – "Never Fades Away"