IN HER EYES

lla

hat cliff shattered me. I was ju

here when I did... I can't even

ou

ng her to that lounge. It was a

culated. But she had to see fo

h. Her boyfriend and her s

boyfriend was a chronic cheat

had trusted with everything, w

together with the wo

en? I asked myself hoping that

p. She dese

e last thing holding her to thi

vivid memory of Anne drenche

n my arms. The same way Ella

ut broken and b

. it brought back every ounc

amed in my head with my body

hat son of a bitch. I felt like k

ear she has shed. But I couldn'

el mafia would catch my scent. I

e

fs edge, I drove her home. She

br

gives a fuck about me not

she kept repeating, voice bar

face, my hands trembled. "He h

on

re mistress a surprise visit, d

myself to punch that

ing to help her sleep. Even wit

hair tangled, she looked

ispering soothing words I barely

gerous. This wasn't just lust

alling

rability they pulled me in like g

I can't afford. Not in t

he was okay, went home, shower

painting room. I neede

ened a file I'd been working

Axels. I needed to understan

e point

on pinged on my screen .... Noa

d him to do so

e sent was

Alna

. The bastard had got his han

ealing weapons right under his f

end is. He had drug related c

n he mysteriously escaped. We

d tha

t he was stealing from him. Cut

ped, accusing his father of lovin

father and yet a little mi

file ch

ttern, Abusive, Possessive, Vi

trace and no one ever asked a

ade sure they had no loved, no

ly presents himself as their s

pear from his life, they d

la was in

breakups and bruises an

I needed to keep her close, prot

thing was clear; I h

ulating, planning. I had to prote

I feared them but because I was

ons, backup and a littl

ng Ella with me to Vermont wo

rtment for the both of us. I do

ither she follows me willingly or

er. I picked up my phone and d

on the se

ready?" I aske

there," She r

eft. We will leave New Yo

consider it

ne, she always gets things done

structed her to secure an apar

use to move my b

ving with El

ause. Then a

e what

my tone leaving no room for

en a quiet,

eady. You already know how

, I ended

ng at my screen. A strange feel

d my

ok on his face when he sees me

ybe re

lla, I left the secret room, gr

pl