Insatiable by Ursula Dukes Page A

beating his mother, and as she lay sprawled out on the kitchen floor her eyes were fixated on him. In fact so were his fathers. Liam didn’t realize it but when his mother started screaming so did he. He'd been screaming so loud and frantic that he'd become hysterical, and his mother, who was already beaten and battered struggled to her feet and went to him.
    She'd pulled him into her embrace, and he could feel the dampness of her skin, her face was tear stained and red. When he hugged her, she winced in pain. As he placed his hands around her, he could feel the burning skin through her satin dress; the welts had already begun to form.
    "It's alright baby," his mom whispered to him. "Let's get you back to bed."
    Liam sniffled back tears and looked at his father. "You better stop babying that fucking boy. I don’t want no goddamn sissy for a son!" He shouted and shook the heavy end of his belt in Liam's face.
    His mother instinctively positioned herself in front of little Liam. "I'm just going to put him to bed," she repeated and took hold of her son's hand. "Come on son."
    When his father didn’t object, she quietly led Liam up the stairs. She stayed with him until she thought he'd fallen asleep. But as the night grew darker, and the light in the hallway dimmed, he lie awake watching his mother who'd fallen asleep in the small twin bed next to him. She'd quietly cried herself to sleep that night, and it was a night that he would never forget.
     
    Chapter Five
     
    After some more girl time with Rosie and Mari, Aurora took a call from Liam.
    "I just wanted to see how you were doing," he said, his voice soft and soothing.
    "I'm fine," Aurora replied. "Thank you though for being so concerned. And thank you for not getting into any altercations with that asshole."
    "You're welcome Aurora. But I want you to know, had you not stopped me I would have…"
    Aurora smiled. As barbaric as it may have seemed, she would have liked to watch ken get his teeth kicked out and his ass beat.
    "I know you would have, but I'm glad you didn’t," she said. "Thank you for your chivalry," she smiled again.
    "Anytime Aurora, anytime. And since you think me chivalrous might I be so bold as to offer you an invitation to dinner?"
    "Liam I am …"
    "Now before you say no, let me just say that you did just call me chivalrous and where I come from that means that you find me utterly irresistible so you can't possibly turn me down. Please? Accept my invitation, you won't be sorry."
    Aurora let out a sigh before answering. "Alright, but only because you asked so nicely," she said.
    "Great, tomorrow evening sound good? What time shall I pick you up?"
    "Geez, you don’t waste any time do you?" She giggled.
    "Not when I know what I want."
    "Hmmm," she said. "How about seven?"
    "Seven sounds perfect, see you then Aurora."
    Her first date in years and she barely knew the guy. Barely? Hell she didn’t know him at all. When she'd called one of the board members and asked about Liam, they'd told her that he was an upstanding guy and a major contributor to their cause. "You could do a lot worse for volunteers. Not to mention the guy is some kind of distant relative to the Vanderbilt's," board member Scott told her. "His family owns a lot of real estate in Newport but his old man is a big time entrepreneur in Boston. He owns several real estate offices and caters to the wealthy; he also owns several high end apartment buildings. But Liam runs his own real estate office in Newport; he does pretty damn well for himself too. He caters to the rich as well but he's very grounded considering that his family comes from old money. If you ask me, the guy can't stand being around the glitz and glam like his old man does. In fact he hardly spends anytime with his father." Aurora's interest was now peaked. "Do you know why?"
    "Sure don’t," Scott said. "Liam Hunt may have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth but as soon as he turned eighteen, he took it out