Love Hurts

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Revenge is sweet....

Chapter Nine.
Two Years Later.


Buffy returned to the mansion after her latest job. Angel met her half way up the marble staircase and wrapped his hand around her arm , halting her progress.

"You didn't come to me last night . " His eyes were cold and his lips were stiff with anger . His grip just a little painful, but enough to be threatening .
"I was busy . You can blame Faith for that , she booked the client and he specifically asked for me . "
"Faith? " Angel frowned as if it was hard for him to comprehend her doing such a thing. I rolled my eyes. Faith was starting to be manipulative, for what purpose ,I had no idea. "She knows that I come before any of our clients.Why would she do that? "

Buffy shrugged, shaking his hand from her arm and continued up to her room. Eight months ago a client had been a little too rough with Buffy and had beaten her, badly. Angel insisted that she move back into the mansion. She hadn't hesitated and now she had her own suite of rooms. Buffy wasn't naive, she knew that Angel had ulterior motives when he suggested it but the beating had shaken her up enough not to care.

Once she was in her rooms, Buffy threw her jacket and bag onto a chaise and went straight in to the bathroom. After her ritualistic shower , Buffy sat on her bed, wrapped in the damp towels and pulled her bag towards her. She opened it up and pulled from it a list of phone numbers and then a new mobile phone. With shaking hands she dialed the first number. Buffy blew out a nervous breath as the first dialing tone came through the speaker by her ear.

"Morgan , Summers and McDonald. " The voice at the other end said.
"Hello, I was calling on behalf of .... " Buffy glanced again at the name on the list and continued .... " Mrs. Harper. I was wondering if you could schedule an appointment with Mr. McDonald? "

" Please hold while I check for you . Is there a particular day that would suit you? " The secretary asked.
" As soon as possible, please. It is kind of an emergency. "

Buffy heard her tap away at her keyboard and then a beep , "You're in luck Mrs. Harper, it seems Mr. McDonald has an opening tomorrow.Could you make an eleven o'clock? "
"That's fine.Thank you. "
"Goodbye. "

Buffy closed her phone and bit her lip as nerves took hold again. She had taken the first step towards gaining her freedom again. Tomorrow. Buffy would put in motion her plan to bring Angel down. Now for the next part...

The next call was to Tara . She was not one hundred per cent sure if it was the same Tara McClay, but she had a number after months of searching behind Angels back. Buffy dialed the number and closed her eyes as she internally prayed that this was her old social worker.

""Tara here. " The voice was as she remembered it and Buffy breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tara? It's Buffy ,Buffy Summers. I don't expect you to remember me ..... "
"Of course I remember you! Oh my! Where have you been? Are you okay? "
"I don't have time, Tara . I'm sorry. The night Spike and I ran away I was kidnapped by the man that murdered my parents and I need your help. "
"Oh gods ,Buffy, are you still being held captive? Where's Spike? "
"Spikes dead, " Buffy breathed in deep and let out a slow rattling breath. Even now it still hurt. Buffy closed her eyes tight to stave off the images that flooded her mind and sighed. " They shot him.I'll tell you more soon but I need your help. Can you help me? "
"What do you need me to do? " She asked without hesitation.
" Find Elisabeth. Angel was paying her to fast track girls through the system for him. Once he has them, he forces them in to prostitution. We need her to testify against him Tara.I'm taking him down. "
" Oh god! Is that what he has had you do? Is that why he wanted you? "
" No... and yes. Look, it's a long story, one I will tell you soon.I just need you to find her and get her to admit everything. It will mean taking it easy , not being up front with her, just in case she still works for him. Angel used to pay her a lot of money. It's not something she would have let go too easily. I want you to pull up records of all the girls she re-homed and investigate them. Start with Faith Lahane, she was one of the girls that arrived after me. "
"I'll do what I can Buffy. "
" Great.I'll call you when I can. This number cannot be used to take calls.If he finds out I have this phone, he'll kill me. "
"You have my word. " Tara said with a little more fear in her voice. Fear for Buffy or for what she was getting mixed up in, Who knew . But she was wise to be scared.
"Thank you ,Tara. "
"Bye Buffy, stay safe. "

Buffy hung up and sighed. So far ,so good. Now it was a case of calling the private detective. A noise outside her bedroom door made her panic and she haphazardly picked everything up and put it in her bedside drawer. No sooner had she done that, Angel walked in to her bedroom. Feeling uncomfortable, Buffy clutched the towel to her body.

"I told Faith to cancel your appointment for tonight . "

He came close and traced the path of a stray droplet of water as it ran down to her breast. "I think this is my favorite look on you. You look almost as innocent as you did the first time I saw you. How innocent you were then, but not anymore." He walked around her to stop behind her. "Darla will be coming home again next week, so I won't be able to see as much of you as I would like. Will you miss me like I'll miss you? " He whispered to her as he kissed her shoulder.

"Yes, " she lied , "Of course I will. " He smiled at her, happy with her response. "You know I will. "
"I bought you a gift, to apologize for my absence in advance. I intend to pay as much attention to you as I can until she arrives.Starting now. "

Angel kissed her deeply and then drew away.He handed her a velvet box and watched as she opened it.Her face lit up as her eyes feasted on a large single diamond that hung from a fine chain. "It's .... beautiful. Thank you. "
"It pales in comparison to you , Buffy . "

She turned so that Angel could put it on her. She rolled her eyes at the sentiments that he spoke into her ear as he did. He kissed her neck and enclosed his arms around her. He held her hands away from the front of the towel, leaving it to fall to the floor.He turned her to face him and pulled her slowly back to her bed.


Faith pulled up outside the mansion and slammed the car door. She rushed through the front door, not waiting to close it .She ran up the large marble staircase and didn't stop until she was outside Buffy's room. Faith walked in , a force of anger and fury.Faith froze at the vision before her.

Angel laid across the bed, his shirt open showing his broad chest.Buffy's pale pink nails scraped down to his abdomen and he hissed.Faiths gaze followed up Buffy's arms , taking in the firm breasts that shook with every movement as the bodies in front of her thrust together. Finally her eyes met with hazel ones that closed as Angel rubbed at her swollen nub.

Without pause and without taking his eyes from the goddess that was riding him, Angel spoke.

"Are you going to just stand there and stare or are you will you close the god damn door so the whole house doesn't see us? "

Faith slammed the door and took a few steps towards the bed.

"What is so important that you interrupt us? "Angels voice was breathy yet still stern.
"Maria was found dead in an alley a hour ago.The police are holding a suspect. Its Norm. "

Both Buffy and Angel stopped their movements and he raised himself up on his elbows. Buffy moved to disengage herself but his hand shot to her thigh and stopped her. His cock twitched inside her and caused her to swallow hard. Buffy watched him for his reaction to Faiths news.

"Maria was one of my best, damn! " Angel closed his eyes and thought about something for a short time before he turned back to Faith. "Have the police found anything that can link her to me? "
"No boss, I think they would be here by now if they had. Only loose canon you have, is Norm. "

Angel nodded and slid Buffy off of his lap. Buffy rose from the bed to get herself a robe but found that Angel had caught her wrist and then he pulled her back to the bed. He forced her onto all fours, facing Faith, and entered her from behind. " Get Penn to deal with him should he make bail. Tell him to be careful and not to leave any evidence behind. Last thing we need is the police tracing him back to us. "

Still Faith watched as Angel moved behind Buffy with slow and gentle thrusts. Sick of her being there, Buffy huffed out, "Haven't you got somewhere else to be? "

Faiths brows rose as she looked over her head straight at Angel. He slapped Buffy's ass and laughed , " put your claws away, she can watch and maybe even join us. What do you say? " Buffy shot Faith a look and got up from the bed.She wrapped a discarded sheet around herself as she got off the bed and walked away turning to say to Angel , "You want to fuck her, do it in her room but I will not be joining you! "

Angel set his jaw tight and grabbed a handful of Buffy's hair , pulling her against his chest. "If I say she's joining us, she will. " He paused and let her go, pushing her away and causing Buffy to stumble on the sheet and fall to the floor, where she looked up at them. "I seem to have lost my passion for you now anyway. "

Faith smirked as Angel walked to her and took her into his arms.He dropped a kiss to the brunettes hair and then shook his head . "Just because you're my favorite it doesn't mean that I will tolerate that kind of behavior. "

All Buffy could do was sit on the floor and watch as a naked Angel and a smug Faith left her room. When her door closed she got up and locked her door .She smiled, glad that she would not have to wake next to him in the morning. Buffy remade her bed with fresh linens and picked up the gift that Angel had given her.She opened her armoire and put the velvet box on the growing pile that already sat on a shelf in there.She closed the door again and walked into her bathroom, desperate to remove the traces of him from her body .

After a restless night Buffy woke up with a headache and felt like crap.A quick look at her clock showed that she had a hour to get herself ready for her meeting with Lindsay. Nerves hindered her appetite and so Buffy left the mansion with plenty of time to make it. The dive into town was hot and slow, which only added to her already tattered nerves.Buffy finally breathed her relief when she stood at the reception desk. Her fathers portrait still hung behind the reception desk, only now it had his birth and death date on a brass plaque along with ' Founder of Summers , McDonald and Morgan.'If everything went according to plan, Buffy would soon be in charge and would have it removed. The last thing she wanted was to have to look at the smug look on her fathers face as soon as she walked into the offices every morning. Not after everything that he had done and had caused to happen to her. A voice bought her back to the present and Buffy looked down at the woman sat behind the desk as she asked, "Can I help you? "

"Eleven o'clock for Mr. McDonald. "
After typing into her computer the receptionist looked up and smiled , "Of course, Mrs. Harper, follow the hall and Mr. McDonalds office is the second to your left. "
"Thank you , " Buffy said with a smile and then picked up the briefcase that she with her. She walked the route given to her and knocked on the door.Buffy wiped her nervously wet palms on the skirt before entering. Lindsay sat behind an oversized desk and shuffled some files without looking up at Buffy. "Please take a seat, " he offered, still busy sorting his desk.

Buffy was not impressed.This was not the impression that she wanted for her law firm. She took a mental note to make sure this stopped once she was in control of the firm.

"Mr McDonald? " He looked up at Buffy briefly , " I am not paying you to re-organize your desk. "
"Sorry Mrs. Harper, now tell me, why are you here? " Lindsay finally looked up at Buffy as he sat back in his oversized chair and relaxed. He frowned as recollection dawned on him. "You're very familiar Mrs. Harper, have we met before? "

"You could say that Lindsay.You knew my father well and even attended his birthday parties. "
" Buffy? " He leaned forward and looked closer , shocked that she was there. "Jesus! " he cried "Where have you been? Last reports we had said that you had run away with a boy . "

Buffy smiled but kept an even, business like tone to her voice. "I did run away ,but something worse happened.That is why I am here, Lindsay. I need your help. "
" Name it . I'll do all I can to help. It's the least I can do for you. " He lost his smile although his eyes were still friendly, "Will you be taking over the firm now that you are back? "
Buffy laughed, "Is that what worries you? That I'll sit on my fathers throne and take over his empire? "

Lindsay shook his head. He looked sincerely into her eyes, "No , in fact I'm hoping you will be. If you're not here for that then why don't you tell me why you need my help. "

Buffy shifted in her seat and took the deep breath she needed to tell her story. " After my parents were killed I was put in the care facility.I met the boy I ran away with. That night the man that murdered my parents kidnapped me and killed the boy , they shot him . " Buffy's voice broke and she took a minute to collect herself before carrying on. " For the passed four years he has used me as his whore and have suffered from abuse by his hand. I have his trust now and I'm finally in a position to see that justice is done. I have evidence regarding his businesses that are not strictly legal and I have friends gathering more. I have details of his businesses and his dealings and I have a recorded confession. He admitted.. well more taunted me with the fact that he killed my parents and I recorded it. "

Lindsay was shocked.He listened intently and when Buffy had told him everything , he was impressed . " That's great, but we will have to get the case re-opened.Shouldn't be hard to do if you can get the evidence you say that you can. "
"I can. "
"That will help, but the confession is a fifty-fifty, unless you can get witnesses as well , that can say that they were there and heard him confess. Unfortunately the tape as it is ,is inadmissible in court. He could easily say that he was coerced into admitting it. "

Buffy sighed deeply.The chances of him admitting it to anyone else, were slim. "I have put up with hands on me... with him fucking me and hiring me out to the highest payer for four years. I am not about to let him get away with it on a technicality! He killed my mum and my dad in front of me. He searched the system for me and when I ran away with the man I loved, he shot him in front of me too and then kidnapped me. Now I will do anything ... Anything to get that bastard and see him rot in jail for it! " Her breathing was fast and deep as her anger bled through her veins.Buffy didn't even feel the hot scalding tears as they fell. Anger radiated off her.So much so that Lindsay knew he would help as much as he could. It was the least he could do. Hank had given him the chance years ago when he was still studying at college and needed the break.

"I'll see that you do Buffy, we'll put him away , you have my word. "
"Thank you , " she replied, "I only have one question Lindsay, and I expect a honest answer. "
"Ask me anything. "
"Do you or anyone here at the firm have any dealings with or represent Angel O'Connor or his wife Darla? "
"I don't , no. As far as I am aware, nor do any of the partners or colleagues here. "

Buffy simply looked at him.She held his eye contact and seemed secure in the fact that he was being honest with her. "Good.I have an idea , one you may or may not like. "

His attention peaked and he sat forward in his chair, his elbows on the table. "And that would be? "
"Are you married? "
"To my job, yes, to a woman , no. What are you thinking Buffy? "
"How would you like to become a regular customer of mine? " She smiled at him, the look on his face was truly priceless. "I live in his mansion and work from there so he can keep an eye on me. Call him there and arrange for my services.If Angel asks why me, tell him that you know Eric Morris and he gave you Angels card. Drop it to him that Eric spoke of me and that he informed you that I was the best. Don't worry, Eric won't say anything should Angel ask. The poor man is forgetful and is easily confused and will cover for us. "

"Okay, but what if Angel refuses to let me see you? "
"I'm sure the substantial amount of fifty thousand dollars will ensure his co-operation. "

Lindsay was shocked at how much she was willing to spend on tonights arrangements. "Are you sure you are going to be safe if we do this? This man is dangerous ,Buffy. I'm not sure that I like the idea of you doing it. "
"I have been living with Angels threats for four years and he hasn't done anything .... well not much anyway.As long as he thinks I am entertaining you, we should be fine. See you later. "

Lindsay couldn't believe that she was going through with it, let alone that he was considering it. The look on her face was all it took to make him nod her way and sigh , "Okay,I'll do it .I'll make the call and make the appointment once you have left.And , Buffy? "
"Yes? "
"It's good to see you again. "
"It feels good to be back.Well I best get back before Angel gets suspicious. "



Angel stormed into her room a hour after she returned to the mansion and slammed her door behind him.

"Where the fuck were you this afternoon? " He stood just inside the door, anger flared from him, his fists gripped tight and his eyes dark with his fury.
"Doctors, we have to have check ups so your clients are happy. " Buffy thrust a document into his chest as she spoke. Angel looked at the print out , satisfied with her reason for being out of his sight for so long.

"Are you sore? "
"No. The doctor was gentle. Why? " She didn't need him to tell her why , she knew that Lindsay had made the call.
"New client, a high payer, asked for you .He said that another client of yours recommended you. He has paid handsomely so I suggest you give him your best. I won't have a man leave in the morning with a hard cock and an empty wallet, you get me? "
"Don't worry Angel, he'll get the full Buffy Summers special. Is there anything else? "

Angel watched as Buffy turned her back on him and walked towards the bathroom , dropping her robe as she did. He cursed the fact that she had a client that night as his cock twitched in his pants. "No ... Just do me proud Buff. " He left as she raised a brow "Oh I will.You'll be proud of how much I have learned from you.I promise, " she whispered as she stepped into the running shower.