Tessa: Chapter 1 excerpt

Tessa

     Saturday morning the sun crept its way through the blinds and found Tessa’s blood covered face. She began to stir as the light illuminated her eyelids giving her a red light show as the beams bounced off the blood in her eyelids. “Aaahh!” she winced as she reached to shield her eyes with her right hand. The bruising on her arm matched the torn purple t-shirt she had worn last night in color and distress. Her face was equally bruised ranging from crimson red to a dark blue. Bzzzz! Bzzzz! Bzzzz! Her phone vibrated on her nightstand. She turned her body attempting to silence it but was met with a sharp pain on the left side of her torso. Her body was of no use to her this morning, something she hadn’t seen coming the night before.  Even more so she hadn’t expected it to come at the hands of her boyfriend He’brewq (Hay-Brook). Tessa had never thought of herself as the type of person to indulge in an abusive relationship and still did not. The right and logical thing to do would be to call the police.  However after her run in with He’brewq and his best friend Prez, she was not too eager to stir the pot and get authorities or her family involved. She of course, like some women she thought, found stimulation in the occasional rough housing and rough sex. However this moved beyond turning her on, it scared the hell out of her. So did this morning after when her movements were limited and all she could remember from the night before was He’brewq’s massive hand around her throat. Standing 6’5” weighing roughly 265, in times of passion he would lift Tessa’s nice sized frame as if it was nothing. Only 5’9” she had him by 30 pounds, but it didn’t matter.

      Laying on top of her beige comforter breathing lightly so as to not out stretch her sore body, Tessa could not help but to recall the happy moments of He’brewq covering her with kisses and all the love a chick could handle. He would show up at her apartment randomly with flowers and sock monkeys. It was so perfect; he was so perfect that she even found herself second guessing why this amazing man wanted to make her happy. He would shower with her after their passionate nights of sex and finish off by rubbing her body down with her favorite Japanese Cherry Blossom body lotion. For the past year or so the two had been inseparable. You couldn’t see one without the other, or even have a conversation without them bringing each other up; months of pure bliss and then this.

       Yesterday evening Tessa had managed to find her way to the Wolfchase Galleria Mall and had gotten lost in He’brewq’s wallet as she had done many times before. It was Friday; a pay day so she expected the mall parking lot to be full given how unseasonably warm it was for October. After driving around for few minutes she finally found a parking space a little ways down from the entrance near the carousel. Lightly eye shopping at some of the slimmer fitting stores she shimmied through the over crowded mall into Torrid. It was packed but not as much as other stores, something she’d love. It was her diamond in the rough. She loved being a standout, plump figure and all. Perusing through hangers and tables she grabbed a few items. She made her way into one of Torrid’s dressing rooms and tried on a black lace corset that she knew would go amazingly well with her Lucky Brand Ginger skinny leg jeans. Removing her shirt, she half pulled the corset closed just to see the effect it would give on her already full size D breasts. Eyeing herself in the mirror she was digging how it hugged her girls and gave that “soft titty” look as her home girl Nisha would call it. “Yasss, He’brewq is going to love this on me for real.” Throwing the corset back on the rack, Tessa redressed throwing on her Augusta red crop top ensuring that her liquid black Capri pants covered the bottom half of her stomach comfortably, and made her way to the register. 

     “Is this all for you today?” the brunette asked from behind the counter. Rocking a chevron print jumpsuit with her hair pulled up into messy bun she resembled a plus size model. “Yes, I think I have done enough damage in this mall today. You know you so look like Ashley Graham” Tessa smiled holding the other bags that weighed her arms down. The sales associate giggled, “Aw thanks ladybug! Well let’s go ahead and ring you up. Oooh I love this top!” Ashley Graham’s twin lifted the corset to admire it herself. After scanning the barcode she proceeded to remove the security tag and place the corset in a bag. “Are you interested in providing us with an email today? You’ll get 10% off your total.” She smiled at Tessa awaiting an answer. “Nah I’m good today boo.” Tessa reached in her purse for He’brewq’s credit card. “Okay no problem, your total is $74.84.” Tessa proceeded to swipe He’brewq’s card. “Now I wouldn’t mind seeing you in that myself.” A light skinned fellow mentioned from behind Tessa. She turned to gauge his comment. “Oh….is that a compliment?” She laughed as she took the bag off the counter. 

      The guy was maybe an inch or two shorter than Tessa and just about her size only slightly bigger. He rocked his hair smoothed back in a thick curly ponytail that rested at the top of his back. If he hadn’t spoke Tessa would have sworn he was Hispanic by the way he rocked his white tee with a gold rosary hanging around his neck, blue jean Levi’s and white Air Forces. “No ma’am, just stating a fact but I’m Lito.” He extended his hand sideways as if for a handshake. “What’s your name?” he asked as he gave Tessa’s hand a slight squeeze. “Tessa but people call me Tess.” She started to blush a little as she caught a whiff of his YSL cologne. She was so use to He’brewq’s Jean Paul Gautier cologne sending chills down her spine, that she hadn’t imagined a man smelling any other way.