All I Need by Scarlett Metal Page A

door. I couldn’t be sure he wouldn’t cause a scene if I chose to ignore him and hope he went away. I didn’t really want to open the door either. Maybe I should call hotel security before the situation got way out of control.
    “ I’ve changed, Linds. I only want to talk. Please, give me five minutes and then I’ll leave,” he pleaded through the door.
    I didn’t really believe him and against my better judg ment I put my hand on the door. I wouldn’t let him in my room; we could talk in the doorway. That should be safe. Right?
    I opened the door slowly and leaned against the door frame. “What do you want, Shaun? I think I made it clear downstairs I wanted to be alone tonight.”
    “You did,” he nodded, his gaze moving over me and I rea ched up to hold my robe closed. I should have put some clothes on. Standing here wearing only a robe made me feel vulnerable and probably gave him a few ideas; it wasn’t one of my smartest moves. “I only need a few minutes. I promise.”
    “That’s all I’m giving you,” I said sternly, putting a hand on my hip with the other still clutched my robe tightly. “We’re over and I don’t really have anything more to say to you. I don’t appreciate you harassing me in the lobby this morning or coming to my room either.”
    His brow furrowed and it was almost as though a dark cloud passed over his face. I thought he was going to lose his temper but he shoved his hands into his pocket. He rocked back on his heels and played with his tongue piercing – something he always did when he was nervous.
    “I saw you the other night,” he said quietly.
    “I know. We talked, remember?” I asked, a sense of panic coming over me. If he couldn’t even remember seeing me, he was crazier than I thought.
    “ No,” he shook his head. “I saw you with him .” The words were full of venom and my knees started to tremble when I realized what he was talking about. He must have seen me with Cane the other night before we went back to the bus. Shit.
    I had no idea wha t to say. Should I deny it? I had no reason to, we had done nothing wrong. Cane and I were consenting adults and Shaun and I were over for months. On the other hand I didn’t need him knowing my business.
    “ Don’t deny it,” he said. “I know what I saw. I saw the way you kissed him – the way you moaned and rubbing yourself against him like a fucking whore.” He leaned in closer, towering over me. “I watched you follow him back to his bus. You’re no better than one of his groupie whores. Did he pass you around to the rest of the band too?”
    “There’s no reason to talk to me like that . So what if we fucked, Shaun? You and I aren’t together so it doesn’t matter.”
    “Why would you be with him?” H e asked, his eyes full of hurt. “He uses women. He fucks them and throws them away. He doesn’t care about you. Not like I do, Linds.” I cringed at the way he said the pet name he once had for me. He reached out a hand to touch me but I backed away.
    “What are you doing? Don’t touch me. Go back to your room and I’ll pretend you were never here.” I started to close the hotel door so I could lock it.  This was quickly becoming a nightmare I was praying I would wake up from.
    “I love you, Lindsay,” he said and pushed his way inside the room, his strength no match for mine. “You’re mine.”
    “Get out of my room you crazy son of a bitch,” I spat out, glaring at him.
    His hand flew out and slapped me hard on the face. I screamed and fell to the floor. I reached up to touch my face and when I drew my hand away, there was blood on my fingers.
    “ You’re an asshole,” I snarled.
    “And you’ re a bitch,” he replied and reached down to grab my wrist. He pulled me up from the floor and threw me onto the bed. For the first time I was really scared. What was this sick fuck going to do to me?
    Before I could roll off the bed, he was on top of me, pinning me so I couldn’t breathe,