I'd rather trade it all while somehow saving you[a Synyster Gates story]WTTYAWDS

Chapter six

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A few hours later, everyone except Brian went to sleep. He pulled out his acoustic guitar and strummed a song. Kate wondered out and sat down across from him.

“Did I wake you?” He asked. She shook her head.

“No, I’ve been up for a while now.” He nodded and set the guitar down.

Neither of them said anything for a while. Then Brian cleared his throat.

“So how long were you with him?” He asked. Kate sighed.

“Well we dated for about 6 months then he moved in with me for about a year.” She said. Brian nodded slowly.

“Did he always…” He let his voice trail off. Kate shook her head quickly.

“No no. He used to be the sweetest man I knew.” She said. He looked at her in disbelief.

“I mean it. He used to be so soft spoken, and he would bring me flowers every day at work, and he was just nice.” She said. She closed her eyes as she spoke, like she was remembering it all.

“But then something changed.” Brian waited for her to continue.

“I wasn’t sure what it was at first I just knew something had changed.”

“When was the first time?” Brian asked her. She took a deep breath.

“It was about 6 months after we moved in together. He had come to surprise me at work and he saw me talking to a man. I was still an intern and there were three male interns. We were all pretty close so if I touched one of them on the arm it really wasn’t unusual. Well we were laughing about something and I touched his arm and Scott saw. He was furious. He didn’t say anything to me until we got home. I went to give him a kiss and he drew his hand back and slapped me so hard I fell to the ground.” Brian shook his head and Kate went on.

“Then he left and came back later that night, crying so hard. He promised me that it would never happen again. And it didn’t for a while. Then I would do something to set him off and we would repeat the process. Pretty soon, he stopped saying it wouldn’t happen again. The worst time was when I found his stash. He did cocaine and heroin. I confronted him and he freaked out. He kept yelling and said I had no right to go through his things. He hurt me so bad that time. I was bleeding all over and had three broken bones. When he was done, he just left me there. He just took off. Thankfully, Torri found me and called an ambulance. My dad was called because he is a domestic detective. When he got there, he started to cry. That was the first time I ever saw him cry. He told me I needed to get a restraining order against him and kick him out. I did and changed the locks in my apartment and I haven’t heard from him until last night. He called me but I didn’t return the call.” Kate had tears in her eyes. Brian got up and sat beside her and put his arm around her. She put her head on his shoulder.

“I don’t want to be afraid anymore.” She said softly. Brian held her tightly.