I tried to speak,but my throat locked up.No sound came out.
Slap!
This time,the blow was harder than before,knocking me clean to the floor.
My ears rang.My mouth filled with blood.I tasted iron as red droplets dripped onto the soft,pale carpet beneath me.
Lennon looked down at me,his voice filled with nothing but loathing.
"You really disgust me."
Then he turned,plucked a flash drive from his pocket and threw it to a nearby waiter.
"Forget the finale piece,"he barked."Play this instead.A lovely little video of Meredith Evans screwing a homeless guy."
I stayed unmoved.I stayed crumpled on the floor,blood pooling at the corner of my lips,as laughter filled the room—sharp,delighted,merciless.
"Oh my god...she was really doing that with a homeless man?"
"Tch,no wonder Lennon hasn’t brought her to any public events lately.Turns out he knew she was trash all along."
"A woman like that should be thrown into a cage like a wild animal."
I clenched the carpet beneath me.My nails dug into my palms so deeply I felt the skin tear.