𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙 •𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆•

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟛 - 𝚆𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗
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𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚.

She gets out and follows him into his apartment.

He shuts the door behind them.

"I can just go 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, Nick." She says.

"Nora, your 𝘯𝘰𝘵 going back there" he responds sternly.
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Nora looks at herself in the mirror.

She had managed to find the bathroom.

She lightly touches the bruise on her face. She examines the mark on her neck.

Her father had managed to draw blood.

There's suddenly a light knock at the door.

When she doesn't answer, Nick walks in.

He walks up behind her.

Nora tries to ignore him. She grabs a cloth and runs some of the faucet water over it.

She turns it off. 

Right as she's about to press it to her neck, Nick stops her.

He gently takes the cloth out of her hands.

She doesn't fight him.

He places his hand on her back and leads her into the living room.

He sits her down on the couch.

Nora moves her hair to the side and Nick gently presses the cloth to her neck.

He's 𝘴𝘰 carefull.

He's always been carefull with Nora. She never knew why.

She's not used to that.

There were times he almost took his anger out on her.

But he never ended up hurting her like he does others.

Nora winces as Nick lightly dabs the bit of blood away from her neck.

Nora stares at him.

He notices her staring and looks at her.

He pulls the cloth away from her neck. He reaches up to touch the bruise on her face.

She flinches a bit and stops him.

"Don't."

He sighs and takes his hand away. "I'm going to 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 him." He says.

"He got arrested for this year's ago.. And when he got released.."

"Your mom just let him back in?" Nick asks.