Rebecca sat in the small booth at Gretta's downtown. Jesse and Emma sat in front of her as she caught them up on all of the events of the last few weeks.
"So his brother is stalking him" Jesse stated
"Are you sure you don't want to move back in with us? That sounds terrifying"
"Move back in?" Rebecca questioned "I'm perfectly safe where I am.. and if I moved back in and Brandon found out.. you two wouldn't be safe either" she shook her head
"How are you planning on doing the next semester of school if you're in the middle of a soap opera?"
"I'm taking classes online while Colby is at work" she explained
"You're in that giant house all alone?"
"I'm not alone, there's security guards at the gate and one stays at the house constantly.. and Maria is there until Colby gets home"
"Does your mom know this is going on?" Jesse asked
"Are you crazy?" Rebecca laughed "I am not about to call her and tell her all about my problems.. especially when she has her own issues"
"Where does she think the money you're sending her every week is coming from?" Emma asked
"It doesn't matter where it's coming from.. what matters is she's got a roof over her head and she's not going to be evicted" she shook her head "if I tell her what is going on with me its only going to make her more sick from worrying about me"
Rebecca walked into the house and saw Maria's wide eyes immediately as she walked in.
"He's not in a good mood" Maria shook her head "I will come back and finish dinner when he's not throwing things"
"Don't even worry about it" Rebecca shook her head "Go home to your family" she said
"Are you sure.."
"I know how to cook Maria" she nodded "Go home" she said
Rebecca walked into the kitchen and saw Colby in the refrigerator and he closed the door when he heard footsteps.
"What the fuck" she said as he looked at her "What happened to your face?"
There was a noticeable bruise forming under his eye, his lip had been busted and she could tell that by the blood that was white shirt.
"Nothing" he shook his head as he closed the refrigerator and turned away from her, she was quicker than him though
She slid between him and the counter to be face to face with him.
"You've got a cut here too" she ran her hand over the small cut above his eye "Colby.." She looked at him and she noticed he was avoiding eye contact with her on purpose "I'm going to ask you again and I want the truth"
"Brandon came to the office" he said without her even having to ask
"Did you kill him?" She asked closing her eyes and taking a deep breath
"No" he shook his head with a laugh "Kent pulled me off of him before I got the chance"
"You're welcome!" Rebecca heard Kent's voice come from the living room
Rebecca turned her attention back to Colby once again and he shook his head.
"He got a few good punches in.. that's it" he shrugged "He's back in jail now"
"For how long this time?" She folded her arms across her chest
"That's up to the judge to decide at sentencing.. they might want you to come in and identify him"
"I didn't really see him when he handed me my drink" she shook her head "he was just there and then gone in the same second" she said and he nodded
"He already admitted to it" he said
"He beat it out of him" Kent said as he came in the kitchen
"You said you pulled him off of him" Rebecca looked at the protection officer
"I did" Kent nodded as he took an apple from the counter "I just let him do what he needed to do first" he said
"You two are no good together ya know that?" The redhead questioned and the two men laughed
"You think he actually listens to me?" Kent asked "the only one in this house he listens to is you"
"Well in that case.." She grabbed Colby's hand and began to lead him from the kitchen
"Where are we going?" He asked
"To get you all stitched up.." She said as she walked up the stairs with her hand still firmly holding his
Colby watched as Rebecca moved around his bathroom as he sat on the marble counter. He watched her pull out the rubbing alcohol, the gauze and a fresh cloth.
"You don't have to do this" he shook his head "I can do it"
"If you could do it you would have done it when you first got home" she said as she put the rubbing alcohol on the cloth
"I was going to-" he said as she placed the cloth on the cut above his eye "OW!" He exclaimed "That hurts!"
"Do you want me to hold your hand?" She asked tilting her head to the side and he glared at her "Thought so" she nodded
He watched her carefully clean everything before applying antibiotic ointment and a bandaid to the cut. He watched her clean his knuckles that were scraped as well and he shook his head, he had never let a woman just touch him like this before.
"What are you doing with that?" He asked as he noticed her holding his toothpaste in her hand
"Close your eye" she said and he felt her apply a thin layer of the toothpaste under his eye "It will help with the bruise. It will make it go away quicker" she said
"How do you know that?" He asked
"I had to patch myself up many times in my teen years.." She said "having an abusive boyfriend will get you very good at learning self remedies"
