Chapter 22: One Lie and One Truth

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*a week later*



*Vanity's POV*

"You need to take a shower Van, you look gross...and you need to put some medicine on that eye." I glared up at Tonya, who was standing over me with her her hands on her hips.
"I'm fine." I lied. Of course I lied, no one understands how depressed and withdrawn I am. "Get up and take a shower. Now!" She yelled, ripping the blanket off of me.

"Damnit Tonya! Leave me alone!" I yelled, getting off the couch and grabbing the blanket back, but to no avail as she quickly took it away again.

"No! I'm not letting you sit around here and mope! You have work tonight, you need to get cleaned up." She said, as I plopped back down on the couch,
"Do you wanna talk about it?" She asked me, causing me to shoot another glare at her.
"Alright fine. We don't have to talk, but please take a shower, eat something too. I haven't seen you eat anything since yesterday morning." She said and I sighed, contemplating if I should tell her to fuck off and let me be. Interrupting my train of thought, the doorbell rang. I took it as my way to get out of the confrontation.

"I'll get it." I told her as I walked through the hall and to the front door & opening it, then quickly slamming it again.

Nikki was on the other side, "Doll, just hear me out, please!" I leaned against the door and faced Tonya,
"Get him out of here, now." I grumbled, walking away from the door, Tonya quickly replacing my spot in front of the white door, quickly opening it.

"Come on in Sixx!" Tonya said cheerfully making me stop dead in my tracks.
"Maybe you can talk some sense into her cause she's being a bitch!" Tonya shouted,
"Yeah, what the fuck ever, Ton." I spat back at her.
I noticed Nikki was holding a bouquet of red roses in his hands,
"Why the fuck do you have those?" I asked him, his lips curling into a small smile.
"They're for you, doll." He moved his hand forward, trying to hand them to me. His smile falters as I don't move a muscle.
"I thought they would make you feel better." He added on, I smirked and rolled my eyes.

"Make me feel better? Or make you feel better for being an asshole?" I questioned him, noticing his eyes squint as he watched me. I already knew I was testing his patience.

"I'll take those." Tonya said, taking them to the kitchen to probably put them in a vase.
"You look like shit." Nikki commented on my appearance, plopping down on the couch.
"So do you. When was the last time you slept?" I questioned him,
I'm fine." I rolled my eyes and sat down next to him.

He placed his hand on my thigh, as his finger started drawing shapes on my skin.
I'm sorry doll. I'm sorry he did this to you." He said, placing his free hand under my chin, examining my face.
My lip was almost healed, purple shades no longer prominent unless someone was up close. But my eye, I can't get the swelling to go down. I'm pretty sure something is broken underneath, or at the least fractured.

"Why would he even do this to you?" Nikki asked, a look of frustration on his face. I pulled away from his touch.
"It's something he's always done! He's a literal walking piece of shit, Nikki!" I shouted back at him, pulling my knees to my chest as I rested against the arm of the couch facing him.

"He's done this before?!" Nikki shouted back at me,
"And you just let him come back into your life! What the fuck Van! How could you be so dumb! Why didn't you tell me from the beginning!?" Nikki argued a much valid point.

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