Forever Viper (14 page)

I don’t think he is a threat so I let him go and he strolls over to glance out the door. “Fuck there are hundreds of fans outside.” He runs his hand through his hair, “Double fuck there’s a couple of press vans out there too.”

I can’t help what comes out of my mouth next. “You should be in your element then, you can do your favorite pose.”

Cruz glares daggers at me and his middle finger slowly raises.

“Ok guys enough.” This comes from Saul, “We need to get out of here before this turns bad.” He twists his head and asks the man, “Is there another way out of here?”

The man nods and I notice his hand shake as he points in a direction and starts walking and looks over his shoulder to see if we are following. Saul leads the way and when the man stops at the doors that lead out to the back, he didn’t give us time to contemplate what could be out there waiting for us, he opens them up and we walk out into the unknown. The doors shut loudly behind us and that’s when the screams and shouting start, “There they are!”

Cruz quickly shouts out, “Head for the van! Don’t say a word! Let me do the talking!”

We are then attacked by the crowd. They are like a swarm of bees attracted to the honey. We can hear a few boos and then shouts of, “Why did you cancel?” But we push through the crowd trying to get to the van. A microphone is suddenly propelled into Cruz’s face, “Why have you let your fans down tonight? Do you realize you have left girls in tears? There are rumors of you splitting up is that true?”

Cruz stops dead in his tracks and turns slowly to stare at the camera pointed in his face and with a devilish smile he addresses his audience. “We turned up tonight to rock the stage for our fans. If we had cancelled we wouldn’t be here. There has been some misunderstanding and we will get to the bottom of it. Let me get this one thing across to our awesome fans, we are sorry tonight didn’t happen but we are not splitting up.”

He turns away and starts walking again, flashes from phone cameras are going off all over the place. More boos are heard and as we reach the van a photographer steps right up into Cruz’s face and a flash goes right off in his eyes which actually blinds me to for a second.

Cruz pushes the photographer out of the way, who then lands right on his ass and starts shouting shit about suing the band. The van door is quickly opened and all three of us hotfoot it inside to safety and I let out a sigh of relief.

Saul quickly turns on Cruz, “You fucking idiot, I guess that’s going to be splashed all over the headlines tomorrow. Couldn’t you control yourself just this once?”

Cruz starts the van up seething with rage but keeps his mouth shut.
For once
. Bangs start to rattle through the van and screams and shouting are heard once again. Cruz puts his foot down and we slowly leave as fans stand in our way not letting us pass. Cruz honks the horn a few times and revved the engine. They finally get the message, but not without chasing us until we hit the main road.

I lean my head back on the seat and huff, “What the hell was that about?”

Saul sighs, “Someone is definitely trying to ruin us but who?"

Cruz slams his hand down on the dash board in displeasure, “It has to be fucking Donald Blaise.”

I grimace at that statement and shake my head viciously, “No way, I don’t believe that for a second. He wouldn’t compromise Noah’s business like that.”

Once again Cruz slaps a hand down but on the steering wheel this time, “Then who the fuck is it?”

None of us speak, we all seem to be lost in our own thoughts. Saul breaks it by saying, “Drive to Jade’s, we need answers and I think they might start with Noah.”

I frown at Saul but he ignores my look and sends a text, more than likely letting Jade know we are on our way. When we get there I tell the others I need to make a phone call to Peppa and they leave me to it. I know I have upset her again. I hear it in her voice, she is so trusting and understanding of me. After we say goodbye, I lean back against the wall and close my eyes trying to fight the internal demons that rage inside of me. Noah opens the door when I knock to be let in and takes me in his arms, “I feel your pain Juan. This has to stop. We are both suffering, but most of all, she is.”

I pull away slightly and rest my forehead on his, “Soon I promise.”

A loud cough comes from across the floor, “Enough of the man on man loving. Let’s get this sorted, I have people to pleasure.”

I laugh at Cruz, “You do realize you said people? So, I’m taking that means you like a bit of male on male loving too.”

He mouths, “Fuck you.” And this time I’m awarded with two middle fingers.

Jade sniggers, “There’s nothing wrong with a bit of male on male action. It’s a turn on to watch, you should try it sometime Cruz.” I crack up when I notice the look Saul gives Jade, shocked didn’t even cover it.

Cruz’s voice cuts through the tittering, “Can we get on with it? I want to feed and shag before this night is over and with a woman, or women, just for your information.”

I walk over to the large sofa taking Noah with me and we sit side by side holding hands.

Saul looks over at us seriously, “Noah, I know this might be hard for you, but you know what has been happening lately with the band. Can you think of anyone who would want to ruin our careers? It has to be someone who works at Devil records.”

Noah swings his head from side to side, “No, and before you ask, my father wouldn’t do that, he wouldn’t let everything I have worked for be destroyed like this. I’m friendly with everyone at work. The only person who I can think of is Jacob, but he’s long gone, you saw to that.”

I hate what I am thinking but I have to ask him. “What about Lara? Do you think she could be involved?”

Again, his head moves from side to side, “No, Lara hasn’t the brains to come up with something like this.”

I agree, Lara is beautiful, but has nothing going on up top. “Shit.” We all glance over at Cruz to see him staring irate at his phone. “Shit, shit, shit….fuck…”

Saul stands and walks over to Cruz and leans into him so he can see what he is cursing at. “You fucking idiot, that’s just great, you better hope they don’t pick up on your eyes and play it off as a trick of the camera.”

Saul stares over at me, “Viper will be headline news tomorrow, because of this twat.” Saul laughs, “Venom Viper Cruz strikes back. Who comes up with that shit?”

“Ok, ok, I fucked up but the idiot was right in my face and that flash nearly caused me to have a fit. I lost it for a second, he was lucky I didn’t punch him out.”

I let go of Noah’s hand and walk over to see what all the fuss is about. Yeah I laughed at the headline too but realized something might have to be done about the photographer, “Cruz, it might be a good idea to find out where this photographer lives, just in case he wants to press charges and use some mind control on him.”

Cruz slaps me on the back, “Good thinking, you’re not just a pretty face after all.”

A big grin slowly spreads across my face, “I knew I would bring you round to some male on male loving.” I walk back over to Noah chuckling to myself as I already know what Cruz’s reaction to that comment will be.

“Ok can we stop talking shit and get back to why we are here.” My eyes fall on Saul who is usually calm but is oozing annoyance right now.

Jade puts her hand on his knee and gives it a squeeze, “I hope no one minds me butting in, but I have a suggestion as to how you might be able to get around this.” Silence settles around the room and all eyes fall to Jade.

She fidgets in her seat as she is nervous with us all waiting with baited breath at what she has to say. “From what Saul has told me, someone is phoning the venues pretending to be Cruz. So why don’t I phone your remaining spots to confirm and without going into too much detail, let the venues know to ignore any phone calls from someone called Cruz?”

Cruz glares daggers at Jade and blurts out, “I have always been the one in charge of the band. That isn’t going to change so forget it.”

An angry growl leaves Saul’s mouth and he stands and starts walking out of the room shouting, “Cruz with me NOW!”

Cruz does a double take and his jaw hits his chest.

“NOW CRUZ!” Saul is angry and I rise to my feet to go to him but Noah grabs my arm and pulls me back down shaking his head.

It’s then Cruz decided to do as Saul has asked and we all watch him walk out of the room to face Saul. I notice Noah reach for the laptop and he opens it and starts tapping away while the rest of us listen to the loud shouts of, “Fuck you!” Why do you keep bringing that up?! I don’t care about my Entwined!” “It’s a great idea! You just can’t take not being in control!” “Just go, you big headed knob!” And then there is silence and all you hear is a slamming of a door.

Saul walks back into the room and his wrath is wrapped tightly around his whole body, clearly on show for us all to see.

Noah stands and places the laptop in Jades lap. “Here are all the venue addresses and phone numbers. It’s a great idea Jade, Cruz will get over it.”

My man comes back and sits next to me and I lean over and kiss him to let him know how proud I am of him. We all sit and watch Jade work her mojo using her silver tongue to talk to the people in charge of the venues for the band. I decide to do something in that split second and I angle my head so I can whisper in Noah’s ear, “Do you want to get out of here?”

He turns his head so we are eye to eye and I see the excitement that fills his whole face, making it come alive, “Really? Are you sure? Do you think I’m ready?”

I know it is too early, but I have faith in him and I won't let him out of my sight. I take his hand in mine and pull him up with me to stand. I peek over at my brother, “I’m taking Noah out to show him how to feed. We won’t be long.”

Saul stands quickly and concern fills his face, “Is that a good idea? Surely it’s too early for that. He might lose control.”

“He’s a fighter Saul and do you really think I will let anything happen?”

Saul sighs, “Just be careful brother, with everything going on we don’t need to be exposed right now.”

I nod and grab Noah’s arm, leading him to the outside world. He takes in big gulps of fresh air and I notice his body go rigid as he sniffs the humans all around us. He starts fighting to break free but I pull him into me tightly so he can’t escape, “Fight it Noah, please fight it.”

I hold him for a while until his body relaxes and he tells me, “I can feel the pull to Peppa. I want to go to her Juan. Please let me go to her.”

My breath catches in my throat, I feel it too, “I can’t let you do that, but show me tonight that you can fight the need and hunger and Peppa will be in your arms soon I promise.”

I hear him whisper an, “Ok” into my neck and before he can do or say anything else, I take his hand and with my vampire speed I drag him along to meet the other woman in my life. Noah isn’t impressed with Dolly and then I'm not impressed with Noah as he does something stupid and could have clearly exposed us to the world. But I get the situation under control and after having a firm talk with Noah we end the night with my dick firmly embedded in his ass.

Chapter 11 (NOAH)

“Sweetheart, you feel so good. Your tits are perfect and my hands can’t get enough of you. I will never get bored of sucking on your nipples and hearing your moans of delight when I bite them. I love the way you taste in my mouth, especially when your juices flow down my throat from your orgasm. I want to dine and feast on every part of you over and over again. Do you know what I like most of all about making love to you Peppa? I love the way your pussy sucks on my dick and takes it deeper inside of you. You make me want to fuck you harder when your moans grow louder, when every inch of me pounds into you letting you know that I possess your soul and that you belong to Juan and I. You’re ours, don’t ever forget it.”

My daydream of being with Peppa comes to an abrupt end as I groan with gratification and I spunk all over my hand and stomach. It’s in these moments of loneliness that I visualize being with Peppa and what I would like to do to her. I never thought being apart from someone would hurt so much. The pain of not being with her can sometimes reach the same level as the hunger that rides me when I awake each night. I head to the bathroom and clean myself up. I groan, and not in a good way, when I walk back into the room and sit on the bed. Jade and Saul are at it again, I have no idea what he does to her, but the way she screams, he is either trying to kill her or bringing her to ecstasy. Again, the separation from Peppa makes me question why I chose this path. I have been pulling back emotionally with Juan since he pissed me off: he gets to hold her and all I get is Pam and her five sisters.
Yeah, I’m going stir crazy. I need to get out of this house.

Juan turns up to feed me as usual and tells me what is happening with Peppa and what my father has done. I can’t believe how vindictive he is being, but I can do sod all as usual.
Or can I? Two can play this game. He may be my family but I’m not going to let him hurt the one I love.

I borrow a laptop from Jade and because I do Lara’s accounts for Café Net, I have access to that account and I open the file up to see what I can do. I thought it would be too obvious to transfer money from my personal account straight to Peppa’s as the police are involved and who knew what they were checking. So, I moved money around in Lara’s account and upped the direct debits that she paid to Peppa each month so if she needed money she can use the business accounts to cover herself. I will of course reimburse Lara when I can, but hoped the police didn’t look too much into Café Nets accounts. I'm fuming with my father and I hope with the document Peppa signed about paying rent etc is enough and he will back off, but just in case there is a backup plan now in place.

What I did next is foolish but I can't help it. Google is calling to me so I typed my name in and watched all the posts scroll down the screen.

Of course, there were the usual ones of me stepping out with a different woman each week, and of course some of Jacob and myself stumbling out of some nightclub. But the one that holds my attention is the one about my accident. I hadn’t known exactly what had happened, but five minutes later I did. How I didn’t die in that car is a miracle. Then I spotted an article of my Mother and Father pleading for information about my whereabouts and it saddened me as I haven’t really given much thought to how they are feeling. There is also relief at finding out my father has taken over at Devil Records. His words and I quote, “I will invest my time in keeping my son’s business afloat until he is back behind his desk. You can be assured the bands he manages will have my full support and business at Devil Records will go on as usual.” I can only hope he will practice what he preaches and I have to have faith that my company will run ok without me for the time being. I shut the laptop down and reach under the mattress to bring out the notepad I asked Jade for. I start writing a letter to Peppa explaining everything, from how I am coping to how Juan is taking good care of me, and to how much I missed her. I poured my fucking heart out to her.