It was a quiet night,

the roads mostly empty at two am,

a deal ran overtime and he had you waiting

in his office for hours before he came to get you.

You were more quiet than usual

and he could tell.

You were always talkative,

asking him questions or telling him about something you admired about the world.

But you were sitting there,

mostly silent,

staring out of the window like you had never

seen the city lights before.

"Why don't ya just say it huh?"

He told you lowly,

one hand on the steering wheel

as he glanced at you,

the other falling onto your thigh.

Sighing softly,

You thought about it,

hesitant to ask him.

"I went to the bathroom because I needed

to pee and you were taking too long.

There were these girls standing in the corner,

talking by the mirrors and gossiping.

When I went into the stall,

I overheard them talking about having

such a wild night last night and

your name was mentioned"

"What do ya mean my name was mentioned?"

He searched your face.

"In what context?

That I own the club,

That I was there that night

or that I fucked them?"

"They didn't say..."

You trailed off into a silence.

"Alright"

He sucked his teeth.

"And what do you think huh?

You think I fucked them?"

Not answering him,

you feared telling him the truth.

"No,

Go on doll"

He scoffed.

"I wanna fucking hear ya say it"

"I think you might have..."

You answered him quietly.

"It's hard to tell.

It isn't like you haven't done it before"

"That was nine months ago"

He told you firmly,

looking at you like you were

being difficult or

feeding into obvious lies.

"I was off my face on coke.

It didn't happen before that and it sure

as fuck didn't happen after"

"I just want to go home"

You turned your body away from him,

resting your head against the leather seat and staring at the buildings as they flashed by.

You felt the car coming to a halt,

too tired to open your eyes,

the sound of the car door opening and

he leaned over your little body to

unbuckle the seatbelt,

taking you into his arms as you whined tiredly.

"Just leave me here"

You buried your head into his chest,

a low chuckle leaving his mouth as he pressed the car keys in his left hand to close the door.

"I'm not gonna leave you in a fucking parking lot"

He rolled his eyes,

scanning the keycard,

pushing down on the handle and

holding it open with his foot,

placing you down in the hallway and

tapping your thigh softly.

"Go to bed baby girl.

I'll be there in a minute alright?"

Climbing into bed,

you crawled under the covers,

closing your eyes instantly,

You could barely keep them open.

Appearing in the doorway with a cigarette,

his eyes fell onto you laying there

with your clothes still on,

an irritated sigh leaving his mouth

as he stubbed the cigarette out,

telling you to raise your hips so he could

take your skirt off.

"I'm tired daddy"

You breathed out.

"Just let me take it off doll"

He pulled your skirt off,

leaving you in a t shirt and your panties.

The notorious insomniac that he was,

he pulled off his shirt,

changing into his sweats and getting into bed

with you on top of the sheets,

taking the remote from the nightstand

and switching on the television,

staring at it blankly,

bored out of his mind before he switched

it off again,

his intense blue eyes falling onto you.

"Baby?"

"What daddy?"

You answered him tiredly.

"I didn't fuck no one,

alright?"

"Uh huh"

You replied weakly,

too sleepy to understand what

he was talking about.