The man's eyelids fluttered open as he tried to scream but his mouth was already sealed with duct tape, his hands were bound behind him at the back of a chair.
Cassie frowned at him for letting out muffled groans when he sighted that they had gathered all the electric gadgets that they could find on the small table set in the middle of the room.
Aside from torturing him for taking advantage of a teenage girl, Cassie had plans on ruining whatever evidence he had or wherever he might have kept the photos hidden.
She had checked even the smallest cases for USB drives and even found CDs as well.
Worse, while Gerald was unconscious she took photos of his member and prepared an email to the Dean of his faculty, an email which was now displayed on a laptop right in front of him.
"Take it off, " Cassie said and Penelope roughly tore out the duct tape from his lips.
Gerald let out a cry of agony as his face reddened, "Who are you? Penny, what is the meaning of this?" he growled.
"Yell at her one more time, loser and I'll rip your face off! " Cassie hissed, raising her hand to punch him but retreated. "Sit down and enjoy, my love, " She smiled at Penelope who headed to the freezer to fetch a bottle of soda.
The sight of Cassie giving Gerald a taste of his medicine was pleasing to her. For months, she had endured whatever form of toxic behavior he displayed to save their relationship which was why he perceived her as naive enough to manipulate to fulfill his desires. Hopefully, Cassie would fix this and her life could go back to normal and she could pretend that she never met him.
"I'm going to cut to the chase, Jeremy—"
"It's Gerald, " he corrected and Cassie slapped him so hard that his face flipped to the direction of her hand, his teeth forcefully bit his lower lip which left a slight wound.
"As I was saying, freak. I'm going straight to the point because the sight of you disgusts me, what were you expecting today? The poor girl would show up with no one and give you 500k pounds, then you go ahead to humiliate her again? You thought wrong, " Cassie smirked as she brought a chair closer to him after which she grabbed the laptop and showed him the tab.
Gerald's eyes widened as he saw his nude photos neatly composed to be sent to the Dean properly. "Please, please don't send this, I'll do anything, "
"Give me a million pounds, " Cassie declared without batting an eyelid.
Gerald gulped. Not in a million years unless he graduated from college and got a stable job would he be able to afford something like that.
"I don't have that kind of money, please it's because of the nudes? Fine, I'll delete them,the backup files included. Don't click send please, I'll lose my scholarship, I'm the only hope of my parents," he cried.
"You should've known better before you messed with Wellington, backup files? Gerald,I trusted you," Penelope seethed.
"And I'm sorry, Penny I still love you," Gerald begged.
This time, Cassie sent a punch straight to his jaw.
"Don't you dare manipulate her, you've got some nerve there young man. Penelope holds this," Cassie said, handing the laptop to Penelope. She grabbed a baseball club from underneath the table and approached the collection of gadgets she could find including the television.
"Wait…what are you doing?"
Cassie smirked,"Dealing with the backup files,"
Immediately,she viciously used the bat to crush all gadgets she had gathered and used the heel of her boots to crush USB and flash drives. The sounds of Gerald's screams superseded the sound of the bat's thuds. Gerald stared at the scene in horror as beads of sweat emerged on his forehead with tears slowly seeping out his eyes in pain and regret.
Most of the things like his laptop and phone, Penelope had gotten for him as gifts. He worked as a mere delivery guy, how in the world was he supposed to replace all the things getting destroyed?
After Cassie finished, Penelope handed her a handkerchief to clean a few drops of perspiration on her face. She walked back to Gerald, grabbing a fistful of his hair she made him look at her straight in the eye, with a frown of disgust drawn on her face.
"Everything you said has been recorded,chats of you cajoling Penelope, a minor to send her nude photographs are in my custody. If you dare manage to keep a copy of those pictures and share them with anyone then you're dead. If you come near her again, you're dead. If you think of her or even text her, you're dead. If you call her or show your filthy face in her life, I will not hesitate to skin you alive come what may. Understood?"
He nodded, "Y-yes,"
"Good boy," she smirked, sealing his lips with another batch of duct tape.
With that,their job was done and they left him there to fix his own problems and electronic gadgets that were brought to ruins. Cassie and Penelope held the urge to celebrate until they walked back to the car in silence. Then they squealed with excitement as Penelope hugged Cassie in gratitude.
"Thank you so much," She smiled brightly.
"Anytime, phew…that was enough drama for one day,"
"There might be one problem, Cassie," Penelope whispered.
"And that is?"
"I accidentally sent the message to the Dean before you crushed the laptop,"
Silence.
Cassie burst into a maniacal laugh as she realized that Gerald's life was now ruined and there was no hope or future for him. Penelope couldn't help but to join along.